Category Archives: Justice
Civil liberties group calls on New Brunswick to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions
FREDERICTON — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is calling on the New Brunswick government to rescind travel restrictions that limit who can enter the province. The current rules restrict entry to New Brunswick residents and essential workers, ...
Promote Indigenous access to disability tax credit, advisory committee recommends
OTTAWA — An advisory committee is calling on the Canada Revenue Agency to promote access to the disability tax credit in Indigenous communities. The CRA's disability advisory committee, which includes professionals and advocates, said in its second ann...
Advocacy group challenges tickets handed out during Saskatoon lockdown protest
SASKATOON — A legal advocacy group says it has filed a constitutional challenge on behalf of two lockdown protesters who were ticketed in Saskatoon late last year. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says the two were part of a peaceful
Justice minister orders new trial for ex-Quebec judge convicted in wife’s killing
A former Quebec judge convicted of first-degree murder in 2012 in the death of his wife will get a new trial, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti decided it is reasonable to conclude a miscarriage of
Alberta First Nations say provincially regulated gambling website unauthorized
CALGARY — Two First Nations are taking the Alberta government and its gaming commission to court over the province's entry into the online gambling sector. Play Alberta, a provincially regulated site launched last fall, offers virtual slots and table g...
Ontario issues stay-at-home order, Alberta cracks down on COVID-19 rule-breakers
Residents of Ontario and Quebec were to wake up to more COVID-19 restrictions Thursday as officials plan new approaches to vaccine distribution and promise crackdowns on rule-breakers in several jurisdictions. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, meanwhile, ...
Charged with ignoring COVID-19 health rules: Alberta church shut down, fenced off
EDMONTON — About 30 people sang hymns and a woman walked back and forth with a Bible in her hand as Alberta health officers on Wednesday closed down and fenced off a church charged with refusing to follow COVID-19 health
Former B.C. cabinet ministers to testify at money laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER — A commission of inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is adding former and current cabinet ministers to its witness list. On its website, the Cullen commission says former premier Christy Clark is among those scheduled to testif...
Former B.C. cabinet ministers to testify at money laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER — A commission of inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is adding former and current cabinet ministers to its witness list. On its website, the Cullen commission says former premier Christy Clark is among those scheduled to testif...
Deal reached in Vancouver to help the homeless; and work to close park encampment
VANCOUVER — A formal agreement has been signed by British Columbia, the city and parks board to work together to end a 10-month encampment in Vancouver that has frustrated residents who lost access to a park in their neighbourhood. Housing Minister
