Category Archives: Justice
Heritage committee won’t reverse change to Bill C-10 despite public outcry
Days of debate over whether revisions to the Broadcasting Act could undermine Canadian rights and freedoms continued Friday. Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines while discussing the public outcry sparked by an April 23 ...
Trudeau says review of military sexual misconduct a response to system-wide failures
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday an independent review of the military's handling of sexual misconduct is an attempt to correct a "failing of the entire system." "We have brought in a number of measures. They have all been
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Crown over immunity of prosecutors
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has ended a bid by Toronto police members to sue over the actions of Crown prosecutors that the officers say damaged their reputations. In its 8-1 decision Friday, the high court stressed the importance
Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era
BERLIN — Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from western Africa by a British colonial expedition and subsequently sold to collections around the world, including German museums, authorities said Fr...
Germany to return Benin Bronzes looted during colonial era
BERLIN — Germany is returning hundreds of artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were mostly looted from western Africa by a British colonial expedition and subsequently sold to collections around the world, including German museums, authorities said Fr...
Crime victims need help through gruelling, traumatic parole process: advocates
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Last Friday, a Parole Board of Canada decision gave Greg Parsons a momentary reprieve from weeks of night terrors and unearthed trauma. The parole hearing for the man who killed Parsons' mother, Catherine Carroll, had just ended,
Only B.C. drivers, not passengers, to be asked about non-essential travel: minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's solicitor general says police conducting checks will only ask drivers and not their passengers whether they're travelling for non-essential reasons as part of an enforcement plan aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Mi...
Death due to COVID-19 parties could lead to manslaughter charges: experts
People who break health rules by holding parties that lead to death from COVID-19 should heed the warning from a British Columbia judge about facing a manslaughter charge, legal experts say. Prof. Lisa Dufraimont of York University's Osgoode Hall law ...
Former B.C. cabinet minister denies saying government knew about casino crime
VANCOUVER — A former cabinet minister bluntly denied telling a gaming investigator members of the B.C. Liberal government knew about illegal activities at casinos but were doing little to prevent it. Kash Heed told the Cullen Commission public inquiry...
O’Toole defends Conservatives’ handling of Vance allegation in 2015
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he acted appropriately after hearing a "rumour" about Jonathan Vance months before the general took over as Canada's top military commander in July 2015. The comments follow new questions about the decisio...
