Category Archives: Justice
Canada’s privacy watchdog investigating Pornhub over alleged non-consensual content
OTTAWA — A federal watchdog says he is investigating Pornhub over potential privacy breaches related to exploitive content posted online, as concerns around non-consensual use of images in a digital world continue to mount. At a parliamentary committee...
‘Pandemic of hate’: Leaders, experts warn anti-lockdown protests linked to far right
OTTAWA — Online conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and protests against public health orders are helping to spread dangerous ideas laden with racism and bigotry, says a network monitoring hate groups in Canada. The executive director of the Canadian An...
Newfoundland and Labrador election turbulence moves to courtroom as results contested
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The debate over Newfoundland and Labrador's troubled, pandemic-delayed election moved to the courtroom today in the form of several challenges of results.Three former candidates have applied to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and L...
Newfoundland and Labrador election turbulence moves to courtroom as results contested
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The debate over Newfoundland and Labrador's troubled, pandemic-delayed election moved to the courtroom Monday, where a judge was asked to order a recount in a hotly contested St. John's riding. New Democrat Leader Allison Coffin has ...
With a sexual assault rate four times national average, Labrador advocates seek help
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Rigolet is a close-knit Labrador community of about 300 people where everyone knows each other. It should be a place where people feel safe, but resident Desiree Wolfrey says she’s constantly warning her three daughters to
U.N. committee to consider racism complaint of N.S. Mi’kmaq fishers against Ottawa
HALIFAX — A United Nations committee on racial discrimination is asking the federal government to respond to allegations it committed racist actions in its treatment of Mi'kmaq lobster fishers in Nova Scotia. The April 30 letter of notice from the Comm...
Fire-ravaged court building in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean will be rebuilt, government says
The Quebec government on Sunday announced plans to rebuild a historic courthouse in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region that was heavily damaged by fire and smoke the previous night. Andrée Laforest, the legislature member for the region, confirmed the pro...
Appeal court says Manitoba acted honourably in cancelling hydro deal with Metis group
Manitoba's appeal court has ruled the Progressive Conservative government acted honourably when it cancelled a $67-million agreement with the province's Metis federation that Premier Brian Pallister called "hush money." The Manitoba Metis Federation ha...
B.C. government to give more than $8 million for programs to curb gang violence
VICTORIA — British Columbia is providing $8.6 million in grants for communities and families dealing with gun and gang violence. A government news release says 221 not-for-profit projects led by local governments and school districts among others will ...
‘Why we survive’: B.C. boundary towns struggle without Albertans during pandemic
Jennifer Coffman didn't expect to get hit with a double whammy at her restaurant in the tiny community of Field just west of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary this year. Coffman has been running the Truffle Pigs Bistro and Lodge for the
