Category Archives: Justice
Pornhub policies reveal legal gaps and lack of enforcement around exploitive videos
OTTAWA — Serena Fleites was in seventh grade when a sexually explicit video of her was uploaded to Pornhub. The fallout from that fateful post — made without her knowledge after a boyfriend demanded she send him naked images — would
Alberta Premier slams vandalism after slur painted on MLA’s office window
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is condemning alleged vandalism at the office of an Opposition legislature member. His denunciation came on Saturday shortly after Edmonton MLA Janis Irwin posted pictures showing the front window spray-painted ...
Desmond inquiry: psychiatrist says former soldier’s suspicions were almost delusional
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — An inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Friday from a psychiatrist who said there was an aspect of Lionel Desmond's life he could not figure out. Anthony Njoku was
Address anti-Indigenous racism in health care before expanding MAID: advocates, MP
OTTAWA — The federal government should not expand access to medical assistance in dying to those suffering solely from severe mental illness while Indigenous people live in conditions linked to higher rates of mental illness and suicide, says Tyler Whi...
Trudeau, Blinken tight-lipped on two Michaels as U.S. secretary of state Zooms Canada
WASHINGTON — Neither Canada's prime minister nor the U.S. secretary of state were showing their diplomatic cards Friday as the two countries discussed the plight of two Canadians languishing behind bars in China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met ...
B.C. businessman dinged for illegal donation to NDP MP’s 2015 campaign
OTTAWA — A British Columbia businessman who made an illegal contribution to New Democrat MP Peter Julian's 2015 election campaign has been ordered to pay $7,500 to the receiver general of Canada. Elections commissioner Yves Côté says Robert Gibbs, co-o...
Public health agency investigating quarantine sexual assault allegations
OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada is launching an investigation and reviewing its practices after two returning travellers were allegedly sexually assaulted during their mandatory quarantine periods. A spokesperson for Health Minister Patty H...
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of Saskatchewan school funding case
REGINA — A legal battle that a judge once called one of the most important in Saskatchewan's history is over, after the country's highest court decided against hearing the case about funding non-Catholic students who attend separate schools. The Supre...
Desmond inquiry: psychologist describes spotty treatment, marital difficulties
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A former Canadian soldier who killed three family members and himself in 2017 received sporadic mental health treatment immediately after he left the military in 2015, a fatality inquiry heard Thursday. The provincial inquiry in...
Michel Girouard resigns from Quebec Superior Court: Canadian Judicial Council
OTTAWA — The Canadian Judicial Council says a Quebec judge has resigned after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear his appeal. Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner says Michel Girouard's decision to step down from the Quebec Superior Cour...
