Category Archives: Justice
Police issue fines as Quebec curfew takes effect, cases continue to rise
MONTREAL — Dozens of Quebec residents are facing fines for violating the province's newly enacted curfew on Sunday as the COVID-19 infection rates the measure is meant to curb continued their sharp upward trajectory. Provincial police said they targete...
Legal group fights B.C. government’s COVID-19 rules on protests and places of worship
VANCOUVER — A legal advocacy group is challenging the British Columbia government's COVID-19 restrictions on worship services and public protests, arguing they violate people's rights and freedoms. A petition filed by the Justice Centre for Constituti...
As American aftershocks persist, Trudeau says riot ‘incited by current president’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aftershocks shuddered through America's political and cultural bedrock again Friday as shaken lawmakers forged ahead with plans to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached a second time. The ongoing implosion of th...
Timeline: A look at Canada’s relationship with Iran, before and after the PS752 crash
OTTAWA — It has been 66 years since Canada and Iran established diplomatic ties. Those had frayed and been mended many times before the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight near Tehran killed all 176 on board, including at
Head of Chinese bank behind foreign building spree jailed
BEIJING — The former chairman of the main Chinese state bank behind Beijing's initiative to build railways and ports across dozens of Asian countries has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges, a court announced. Hu Huaibang was sentenc...
Head of Chinese bank behind foreign building spree jailed
BEIJING — The former chairman of the main Chinese state bank behind Beijing's initiative to build railways and ports across dozens of Asian countries has been sentenced to life in prison on corruption charges, a court announced. Hu Huaibang was sentenc...
Law firm seeks support in call for President Trump’s ouster
NEW YORK — A large Washington, D.C.-based law firm is asking other lawyers to join in a call for President Donald Trump's cabinet to oust him after rioting supporters of the president attacked and occupied the U.S. Capitol. The 12-member management
Timeline: A look at Canada’s relationship with Iran, before and after the PS752 crash
OTTAWA — It has been 66 years since Canada and Iran established diplomatic ties. Those had frayed and been mended many times before the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight near Tehran killed all 176 on board, including at
Quebec COVID curfew raises concerns over enforcement, profiling, advocates say
MONTREAL — Civil rights advocates on Thursday expressed concern Quebec's new provincewide curfew is not justified by science and will be enforced in a way that will have a disproportionate impact on racialized people and the vulnerable. Premier Francoi...
Manhunt fallout: Premier calls on the RCMP to improve emergency alert protocols
HALIFAX — The premier of Nova Scotia says the RCMP must change how they alert the public to dangerous incidents following the high-profile arrest of a gunman who remained at large for 19 hours. Stephen McNeil made the comment Thursday as
