Category Archives: Justice
MacKay recalls the French, German NATO ‘no’ to Ukraine that Zelenskyy denounced
OTTAWA — Peter MacKay says he was chilled by a memory from his time as Canada's defence minister as he absorbed the recent images of Volodymyr Zelenskyy walking through the corpse-laden streets of Bucha. Last weekend, the stricken and angry Ukrainian
Ex-medical examiner says she fears lawsuit from former justice minister
EDMONTON — A former Alberta chief medical examiner says she is afraid to testify at her wrongful dismissal trial for fear a lawyer who was once justice minister will sue her for defamation. Dr. Anny Sauvageau’s lawsuit, which began last week,
Witness tells court police saw ‘low’ threat level for 2012 Quebec election shooting
MONTREAL — Police determined there was a low level of danger outside the Montreal venue on election night in 2012 where a gunman shot and killed a lighting technician, according to a retired provincial police officer who helped oversee security. Daniel...
Holocaust denial — and downplaying the Nazis’ murder of Jews — to be outlawed
OTTAWA — Holocaust denial is to be outlawed in Canada, in a further effort to stamp out rising antisemitism. The federal government is set to make it a criminal offence to make a statement denying the Holocaust took place or
Alberta correctional peace officers can be exempted from clean-shaven requirement
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has changed a policy that required applicants seeking to become correctional peace officers to be clean shaven. The province says in a news release that officers were required not to have facial hair so
‘Crisis in the justice system’: Alberta prosecutors consider strike action
EDMONTON — The group representing Alberta Crown prosecutors has delivered a warning to the provincial government that could end in job action. The Alberta Crown Attorneys' Association sent a letter last month to Premier Jason Kenney, Justice Minister T...
B.C. floats rules to push charged, convicted politicians out of local elected posts
VICTORIA — The Ministry of Municipal Affairs has introduced new tools it says will help local governments in British Columbia to act when elected officials are accused or convicted of breaking the law. A statement from the ministry says the legislative...
RCMP collects evidence of possible war crimes in Ukraine from people fleeing invasion
OTTAWA — The RCMP is collecting evidence of alleged war crimes in Ukraine from people fleeing to Canada following Russia's invasion of their country. The investigation by the Mounties has been launched through the federal war crimes program to ensure i...
Supreme Court of Canada dismisses injunction on Alberta rules on drug-use sites
A last-ditch legal effort to temporarily bar supervised drug-use sites in Alberta from requiring clients to show personal identification has met a dead end in Canada's top court. The Supreme Court of Canada has decided it will not hear an injunction
Review critical of arrest of Indigenous man and granddaughter in opening bank account
VANCOUVER — A retired judge who led a disciplinary hearing against two police officers has found they "demonstrated serious, blameworthy conduct" when they "recklessly" arrested an Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were trying to open a bank acc...