Category Archives: Justice
First Nation calls for release of Site C report in open letter to premier
MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. — A First Nations leader is calling on the British Columbia government to release several reports on the Site C dam, claiming details of escalating costs and safety concerns have been "shrouded in secrecy." In an open letter
Suspected RCMP secrecy breach fallout upgraded to ‘severe’: newly released documents
OTTAWA — New documents show Canada’s cyberspy agency was so alarmed by the potential fallout from an alleged secrecy breach by a senior RCMP employee that it revised a damage assessment to “severe” from "high" in the days after his
Doctors group condemns protest at home of Saskatchewan chief medical health officer
REGINA — An association representing physicians in Saskatchewan is denouncing a protest staged outside the home of the province's chief medical health officer while an Alberta man has been charged with making threats against the Northwest Territories t...
Drug users at greater risk of dying as services scale back in second wave of COVID-19
OTTAWA — Under fluorescent lights, Wendy Muckle surveys the supervised consumption site that sits in quiet contrast to Ottawa's peppy ByWard Market nearby. Users filter into the brick building — dubbed "the trailer," a nod to the service's former digs ...
A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline
Here is a look at the Coastal GasLink pipeline project and its history: The project: B.C. Premier John Horgan announced provincial support for the project on Oct. 2, 2018. He said LNG Canada's decision to build a $40-billion liquefied natural gas
‘We’re still in it’: Wet’suwet’en push forward on rights recognition
Tensions had reached a boiling point over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia when a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief said he made a phone call that changed everything. Na'moks, who also goes by John Ridsdale, was among a group of
Twenty new COVID cases in New Brunswick as Edmundston region enters lockdown
FREDERICTON — Public Health officials in New Brunswick reported another 20 cases of COVID-19 in the province Sunday, just hours after one of the province's hardest-hit areas began a 14-day lockdown. Nine of the new cases are in the newly locked-down
Senator urges study of vexing barriers to using secret information in court cases
OTTAWA — A Senate committee should examine the hurdles that make it difficult to use secret intelligence in Canada's courts, says the government representative in the upper chamber. Sen. Marc Gold says "a fresh look" at the vexing issue would help
Senator urges study of vexing barriers to using secret information in court cases
OTTAWA — A Senate committee should examine the hurdles that make it difficult to use secret intelligence in Canada's courts, says the government representative in the upper chamber. Sen. Marc Gold says "a fresh look" at the vexing issue would help
Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at B.C. jail after 20 people test positive
SURREY, B.C. — Fraser Health has declared four new COVID-19 outbreaks, including at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, where 20 people in custody have tested positive. The health authority says it is working to identify others who may have had contact
