Category Archives: Justice
Supreme Court affirms American Indigenous man’s right to hunt in Canada
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says an American Indigenous man has a constitutionally protected right to hunt in British Columbia given his people's historic ties to the region. The decision today comes in the case of Richard Lee Desautel,
Police union concerned about B.C.’s provincial travel ban
VICTORIA — Non-essential travel is being restricted between three regional zones in British Columbia to try to curb the spread of COVID-19, but the union representing RCMP officers says the ban lacks clarity. The government is using the boundaries of t...
Woman at heart of sexual misconduct allegations against Vance testifies at committee
OTTAWA — The woman at the heart of sexual misconduct allegations against Canada's former top military commander says retired Gen. Jonathan Vance believes he is "untouchable."Maj. Kellie Brennan says the former chief of the defence staff told her that h...
Woman at heart of sexual misconduct allegations against Vance doesn’t expect justice
OTTAWA — The woman at the heart of sexual misconduct allegations against Canada's former top military commander says retired Gen. Jonathan Vance believes he owns the military police that are investigating him. Maj. Kellie Brennan told a House of Common...
Alberta bill would protect health workers, care homes from some COVID-19 lawsuits
EDMONTON — Alberta has introduced a bill that would give legal protection to health workers, including long-term care-home operators, facing lawsuits over COVID-19. Richard Gotfried, a United Conservative backbencher, says the proposed legislation offe...
Hate crimes jumped 51 per cent in part spurred by pandemic, Toronto police report
TORONTO — Hate crime complaints and arrests in the country's largest city jumped sharply last year, with Jewish and Black people the most common targets, according to an annual police report released on Thursday.The report cites the COVID-19 pandemic f...
Former minister tells inquiry money laundering on B.C. radar, but so were guns, gangs
VANCOUVER — Reports of money laundering at British Columbia casinos had the attention of the government a decade ago, says the interim leader of the Liberal party who was then the minister in charge of gaming. But Shirley Bond said Thursday
Desmond inquiry: ex-manager of veterans clinic said it lacked psychiatric resources
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A former manager with a clinic for veterans in Nova Scotia told an inquiry Thursday the facility had a shortage of psychiatric services when a former soldier was referred there. Derek Leduc, the former health services manager
‘Good chance’ new Quebec language bill will include notwithstanding clause: Legault
Quebec's premier is hinting that upcoming legislation strengthening the province's language laws will include the notwithstanding clause to protect the bill from constitutional challenges. The notwithstanding clause — Section 33 of the Charter of Right...
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in case of novelist acquitted on child porn charge
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada declined on Thursday to hear an appeal in the case of a Quebec author acquitted of producing child pornography in connection with fictional scenes in a horror novel. In refusing to hear the case,
