Category Archives: Justice
Manitoba’s top doctor questioned in church challenge of COVID-19 restrictions
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's top doctor told a court challenge of the province's public health rules Friday that restrictions on faith-based gatherings had to be imposed because health care was being overwhelmed during the pandemic's second wave. Seven church...
Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction in case involving teens, alcohol
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the conviction of a youth found guilty of sexually assaulting another teenager in a case involving alcohol and capacity to consent. In its ruling Friday, the high court also affirmed the constitutionality...
Judges’ sexual assault training bill receives royal assent after clearing the Senate
OTTAWA — Rona Ambrose says she had no idea it would take so long and require such determination to see that new judges are properly trained in sexual assault law.Four years and three attempts later, Bill C-3 received royal assent
Canadian on death row says execution may be ‘preferable’ to endless prison time
Ronald Smith sounds tired. Despite good news last month, when a bill to resume executions in Montana was unexpectedly defeated, the Canadian on death row in that state is in a sombre mood. Smith, originally from Red Deer, Alta., has been facing
Alberta gets court injunction against planned anti-COVID-19 health order protests
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has taken legal action to stop any planned protests of COVID-19 public health orders, including one at a central Alberta cafe that was closed for not following the rules.On Wednesday, Alberta Health Services
Alberta gets court injunction against planned anti-COVID-19 health order protests
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has taken legal action to stop any planned protests of COVID-19 public health orders, including one at a central Alberta cafe that was closed for not following the rules.On Wednesday, Alberta Health Services
Alberta gets court injunction against planned anti-COVID-19 health order protests
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has taken legal action to stop any planned protests of COVID-19 public health orders, including one at a central Alberta cafe that was closed for not following the rules.On Wednesday, Alberta Health Services
Canada must sanction Vladimir Putin’s oligarchs: Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff
OTTAWA — The chief of staff to Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of the Russian president, is calling on Ottawa to impose new sanctions on those who he described as "Vladimir Putin's oligarchs." Leonid Volkov told members of a parliamentary commit...
Northern Pulp mill withdraws court challenge against Nova Scotia: minister
HALIFAX — Northern Pulp is withdrawing its request for judicial review of a government decision that led to the mill's closure in December 2019, Nova Scotia's environment minister said Thursday. Keith Irving told reporters the company informed him of i...
No tickets, charges issued in Quebec for travellers violating hotel quarantine order
MONTREAL — No one in Quebec has been fined or ticketed for violating the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine at a designated hotel, according to province's prosecution bureau. That is despite Quebec's government ...
