Category Archives: Justice
Quick Quotes: Reaction to Quebec court ruling on Bill 21, religious symbols law
Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc-Andre Blanchard on Tuesday upheld the bulk of the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21, which bans many public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job. Blanchard, however, struck down clauses p...
Female service members blast military police over sexual misconduct investigations
OTTAWA — Female service members and veterans came out swinging at Canada's military police on Tuesday as they related their own individual experiences after having come forward to report a sexual crime or misconduct. The women, who were testifying befo...
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs submits internal review after initial refusal
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Veterans Affairs Canada initially refused to disclose to an inquiry its internal review of how it handled the tragic case of an Afghanistan war veteran who fatally shot three family members and himself in 2017. The provincial
N.S. fees for COVID-19 jail data more than 20 times higher than Ontario: researcher
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's freedom of information system stands out for fee estimates dwarfing those asked by larger provinces, says a group studying prison responses to COVID-19. Kevin Walby, a University of Winnipeg researcher, said in a recent intervie...
Former B.C. premier says she first learned of money-laundering spike in 2015
VANCOUVER — Former premier Christy Clark has told British Columbia's inquiry into money laundering that she first heard from sources within government in 2015 about a spike in suspicious cash entering casinos. Clark testified Tuesday that she was conce...
Quebec court upholds most of province’s secularism law, exempts English school boards
MONTREAL — Quebec’s secularism law is largely legal, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday, even as he acknowledged it violates the rights of Muslim women and has cruel and dehumanizing consequences for those who wear religious symbols. Justice Marc-And...
Criminal pardons would be less expensive, easier to get under Liberal budget plan
OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it is moving ahead with long-simmering plans to make it easier and less expensive to obtain a criminal pardon. Proposals outlined in the federal budget Monday could undo measures introduced by Stephen Harper's Conse...
First Nations on Vancouver Island celebrate B.C. Court of Appeal fisheries ruling
VANCOUVER — Canada must remedy problems in commercial fishery regulations arising from a legal battle that was first launched in 2003 by a group of Vancouver Island First Nations, the British Columbia Court of Appeal has ruled. While there is no
Huawei CFO’s team asks judge for adjournment in final extradition hearings
VANCOUVER — Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou asked a B.C. Supreme Court judge Monday to delay the final leg of hearings in the Huawei executive's extradition case one week before it is set to begin. Richard Peck said the legal team needs
‘You are not alone:’ Memorial service in Nova Scotia marks one year since shootings
TRURO, N.S. — A lone bagpiper played slow airs outside a church Sunday as relatives of 22 people slain during a killer's rampage in rural Nova Scotia gathered for an emotional ceremony to honour the victims one year later. The sombre
