Category Archives: Justice
Profit margin of heavily subsidized Yarmouth-to-Maine ferry service revealed
HALIFAX — A private ferry operator has released the management fees it receives from the Nova Scotia government after a judge last week ordered the figure be disclosed. Bay Ferries said today that under a deal dated April 1, 2018, it
Profit margin of heavily subsidized Yarmouth-to-Maine ferry service revealed
HALIFAX — A private ferry operator has released the management fees it receives from the Nova Scotia government after a judge last week ordered the figure be disclosed.Bay Ferries said today that under a deal dated April 1, 2018, it
Ontario bill would give police more power in human trafficking investigations
TORONTO — Ontario moved to crack down on human trafficking by introducing legislation Monday that would give police more power to swiftly access information in suspected cases. The bill, if passed, would compel hotels and similar companies to keep a l...
Court won’t revive porn star’s defamation suit against Trump
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from porn star Stormy Daniels, who sought to revive a defamation lawsuit she filed against former President Donald Trump. The justices did not comment in leaving in place a lower court
Commercial fishers seek intervener status in lawsuit over Indigenous fishing rights
YARMOUTH, N.S. — A group representing commercial fishers is seeking intervener status in a lawsuit filed by a First Nation challenging Nova Scotia's rules around buying and selling seafood products. The Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance said toda...
‘Trojan Horse:’ Alberta to argue that federal assessment law unconstitutional
Alberta and its allies are in the province's highest court trying to have the federal government's environmental assessment act declared unconstitutional. "The Trojan Horse has now arrived," say arguments submitted to the Alberta Court of Appeal by the...
‘Trojan Horse:’ Alberta to argue in court federal assessment law unconstitutional
Alberta is in court fighting against Ottawa's law on environmental assessment. Arguments in Alberta's Court of Appeal are expected to last all week. The Alberta government calls the Impact Assessment Act, or Bill C-69, a "Trojan Horse" that attempts to...
N.L. election a ‘warning signal’ for rest of country: Democracy Watch
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Simone Dubeau has cast a ballot in every election since she was first eligible to vote. So when she tried several times Friday to register online for a mail-in ballot with Elections Newfoundland and Labrador and
Conservatives win all-party support of Uighur genocide vote in House of Commons
OTTAWA — Canada's House of Commons voted unanimously in favour Monday of a Conservative motion declaring as genocide the atrocities committed against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in China's Xinjiang province. Liberal backbenchers answered the Conservative cal...
Deschamps laments progress on military misconduct amid calls for external oversight
OTTAWA — Retired Supreme Court justice Marie Deschamps is criticizing the Canadian Armed Forces for not having done more to address sexual misconduct, as experts call for more independent oversight of the military to finally root such behaviour from th...
