Category Archives: Justice
Winnipeg church charged with breaking COVID protocols over graduation ceremony
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg church has been accused of breaking COVID-19 health orders by holding an indoor graduation ceremony. The Manitoba government has issued a court summons to Springs Church over the event last month that saw high school graduates gat...
Slovakia court tosses acquittals in reporter’s slaying
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia's Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lower court's acquittal of a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancée.
Police: 4 dead, 4 hurt in shooting on Chicago’s South Side
CHICAGO (AP) — An argument in a house on Chicago's South Side early Tuesday erupted into gunfire, leaving four women dead and four other people injured, police said.
Police: 4 dead, 4 hurt in shooting on Chicago’s South Side
CHICAGO (AP) — An argument in a house on Chicago's South Side erupted into gunfire early Tuesday, leaving four people dead and four more injured, police said.
Slipshod practices might mean gaps in Canada’s COVID-19 record, info watchdog says
OTTAWA — Key government decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic might be lost to history because of a sudden shift to new technologies and long-standing poor record-keeping practices, the federal information watchdog warns. In her annual report tabled T...
Enrique Bolaños, former Nicaragua president, dies at 93
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Former Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños Geyer, a businessman who led the country from 2002 to 2007, saw his predecessor and old running mate locked up for corruption and pushed for the country’s economic development, has d...
Mississippi grand jury clears deputy in fatal shooting
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury says it found “no criminal conduct” by a deputy sheriff who shot and killed a man outside a courthouse.
US urges court to reimpose Boston bomber’s death sentence
BOSTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev despite the president’s vocal opposition to capital punishment.
Violent extremists driven by ideology turning to virtual currencies: federal centre
OTTAWA — The federal financial intelligence centre warns that violent extremists driven by causes including racial hatred are increasingly turning to virtual currencies for fundraising. In a newly published special bulletin, the Financial Transactions ...
Saudi man accused of participating in rebellion executed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia executed a young man Tuesday who was convicted on charges stemming from his alleged participation in an anti-government rebellion by minority Shiites. A leading rights group said his trial, however, was “...
