Category Archives: Justice
Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with COVID-19 rapid test
Spartan Bioscience Inc. has filed for creditor protection after pausing shipments of its rapid COVID-19 test due to an issue with the product.The Ottawa-based company said some customers were getting a high level of inconclusive results. That's not a s...
‘This is torture:’ Proposed law in Montana looms over Canadian on death row
RED DEER, Alta. — The fate of a Canadian man who has been on death row in Montana for 38 years could become more tenuous as the state gets closer to removing obstacles that prevent it from resuming executions. Ronald Smith,
Fighting human trafficking ‘more urgent’ amid pandemic: country star Paul Brandt
CALGARY — Advocates in the fight against human trafficking say the financial hardship and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic have helped perpetrators find new targets. "Traffickers are taking advantage of this time where vulnerable people are at home a...
B.C. applying for stay in court ruling on auto injury claims: Eby
VICTORIA — British Columbia is applying for a partial stay in a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling about jurisdiction over motor vehicle injury disputes, pending its appeal of the same decision, Attorney General David Eby said this week. The March 2
Indigenous leader says Vancouver Island hospital project turns fear to healing
NORTH COWICHAN, B.C. — A new hospital will become a place of healing for members of a British Columbia Indigenous nation after decades of fear associated with the current institution, a tribal leader said Thursday. The planned 201-bed, $887 million ho...
RCMP watchdog waiting over two years for Mountie views on its own foot-dragging
OTTAWA — The RCMP watchdog has waited more than two years for the national police force to respond to its interim report that found, perhaps fittingly, the Mounties were too slow in reviewing the watchdog's findings in an earlier matter. An
Meng Wanzhou extradition case has ‘overwhelming’ U.S. connection: attorney general
VANCOUVER — The extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has an "overwhelming" connection to the United States, a lawyer for Canada's attorney general has argued. Robert Frater responded in British Columbia Supreme Court on Thursday to ar...
B.C. expands local overdose supports to rural, remote and Indigenous communities
VICTORIA — Expanded supports for local overdose response and awareness for people living in rural, remote and Indigenous communities have been announced by the B.C. government. More than $1 million in grants will be provided to 23 rural, remote and In...
Trudeau Liberals ask public for advice on updating Access to Information law
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are asking the public for views on reforming the key federal transparency law, which the government acknowledges is sorely outdated. The government says the ideas for improving the Access to Information Act, which has chan...
Supreme Court to look at requirements for pursuing public interest cases
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will help decide the question of whether a judge should hear a matter of public interest even if there are no individual plaintiffs. The top court's decision to hear the matter flows from an
