Category Archives: Justice
More than 100 inmates, 23 staff test positive for COVID-19 at Saskatoon jail
REGINA — Some offenders in a Saskatchewan jail where more than 100 inmates have been infected with COVID-19 say their units are too full to stop the spread. The Ministry of Justice says that as of Monday 107 inmates and 23
Corrections minister won’t pursue how COVID-19 spread in Saskatoon jail
REGINA — Saskatchewan's minister of corrections and policing says she doesn't know how the novel coronavirus got into a jail where more than 100 inmates are infected — and she isn't going to try to find out. Christine Tell says precautions
Quebec City’s memorial to 2017 mosque shooting victims symbolizes defeat of hatred
Quebec City has inaugurated a memorial to the victims of the 2017 mosque shooting. The commemorative work designed by artist Luce Pelletier is located near the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec, in the city's Ste-Foy district. Mayor Regis Labeaume said...
Auditor general says N.S. slow to act on cybersecurity amid increasing risk
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need for more robust cybersecurity and anti-fraud measures as government employees are forced to work remotely. However, he says the provincial government isn't work...
Tory MPs keep talking on assisted dying bill as clock ticks down to Dec. 18 deadline
OTTAWA — Conservative MPs are refusing to be rushed into a vote on assisted dying legislation, despite a looming court-imposed deadline. The Liberal minority government has until Dec. 18 to pass Bill C-7, legislation intended to comply with a Quebec Su...
As Nova Scotia’s mass shooting inquiry begins its work, many tough questions remain
HALIFAX — For eight long hours, Nick Beaton was in agony as he waited to learn what had happened to his missing wife. By the early afternoon on April 19, he knew a lone gunman disguised as a Mountie had killed
B.C. says land registry is open and will increase transparency in housing market
VICTORIA — The B.C. government has launched a new land registry that it says will help combat money laundering and make the real estate market more transparent. Beginning Monday, any corporation, trustee or partnership that buys land in B.C. must...
Review finds no evidence of alcohol game at B.C. ERs, but vast Indigenous profiling
VICTORIA — A former judge says she found widespread systemic racism in British Columbia's health-care system where extensive negative profiling of Indigenous patients affects treatment and care. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond said Monday she could not confir...
Quebec urged to create provincial director of youth protection to oversee system
MONTREAL — A provincial commission looking into the protection of vulnerable children in Quebec recommended on Monday the appointment of a youth-protection director to oversee the entire provincial system.The Laurent Commission released a preliminary r...
Judge tosses application to pause Alberta inquiry into funding of oil and gas foes
CALGARY — An environmental law group has lost its bid to pause Alberta's inquiry into where critics of its oil and gas industry get their funding. Ecojustice sought an injunction in the summer to suspend the inquiry until there is a
