Category Archives: Justice
Advocates call for mental health help for jurors on anniversary of Stafford verdict
OTTAWA — Advocates fighting for better mental health and financial supports for Canadians who serve on juries say they are concerned about the stalled progress of a bill that would allow jurors to disclose details of the cases they witness
Ukraine charges Putin ally Medvedchuk with treason
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has indicted a top opposition figure who is a close ally of Russia's president with treason and attempts to steal natural resources from Russia-annexed Crimea.
Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case in blow to gun group
DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge dismissed the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case Tuesday, leaving the powerful gun-rights group to face a New York state lawsuit that accuses it of financial abuses and aims to put it out of business.
Men plead not guilty to hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery death
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the white defendants' neighborhood.
New Brunswick government introduces legislation for photo radar and plate readers
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has tabled legislation to allow municipalities to use technology such as photo radar and red-light cameras. The legislation would also enable the use of school bus cameras and automated licence plate readers t...
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
BENI, Congo (AP) — When Shekinah was working as a nurse’s aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job from a World Health Organization doctor at double her salary — in exchange for sex.
Whitmer threatens profit seizure if pipeline keeps operating
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge's profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down.
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
BENI, Congo (AP) — When Shekinah was working as a nurse’s aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, a World Health Organization doctor offered her a job investigating Ebola cases at double her previous salary — with a
Ex-Mauritania leader under house arrest on corruption charge
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Mauritania's authorities placed former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz under house arrest Tuesday as they investigate allegations of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering made against the West African country's l...
Alberta justice minister sorry for saying feds, others rooting for COVID disaster
EDMONTON — Alberta’s justice minister says he was wrong to accuse Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, Alberta’s Opposition N-D-P, and the media of rooting for COVID-19 to buckle his province’s health system. "I would like to offer an apology fo...
