Category Archives: Justice
Mountie doesn’t recall talk about sharing information about Meng’s devices with FBI
VANCOUVER — An RCMP officer tasked with overseeing the electronics seized from Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says he doesn't recall a senior officer telling him that he shared information about the devices with American investigators. Const. Gurvinder ...
Bill to mandate sexual-assault law training for judges passes House of Commons
OTTAWA — A long-awaited bill that would require judges to commit to take training in sexual assault law has passed unanimously in the House of Commons.The proposed legislation originated as a private member's bill from former interim Conservative leade...
In Halifax, housing advocates fear shortages of shelter adding to the ‘new poor’
HALIFAX — Community legal worker Mark Culligan refers to cases of Nova Scotians facing pandemic-era evictions in a hot housing market as "the new poor." "We're seeing a growth of a new form of homelessness, or housing precariousness," the director of
Quebec city set to kill white-tailed deer relents, will move to relocate them instead
MONTREAL — A Quebec municipality that had planned to cull about 15 white-tailed deer in the coming days relented late Monday amid pressure on officials to relocate the animals. Longueuil Mayor Sylvie Parent said in a statement the threat of people
RCMP boss responds to watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters
OTTAWA — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki has responded to a long-delayed watchdog report on alleged surveillance of anti-oil protesters after a civil liberties group went to court to force her hand. The submission of Lucki's comments on the interim repo...
Canadian Armed Forces to formally apologize to victims for sexual misconduct
OTTAWA — The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces is preparing to formally apologize to victims of sexual misconduct as the military seeks to turn the page on its record of failing to prevent inappropriate and criminal behaviour. The Armed Forces
Exclusion of mental health as grounds for assisted death is likely temporary: Lametti
OTTAWA — The federal government's bill to expand eligibility for medical assistance in dying appears to be in for a rough ride in the Senate. Justice Minister David Lametti was grilled about Bill C-7 Monday by members of the Senate's legal
More than 100 nuns and staff at Quebec City convent test positive for COVID-19
MONTREAL — More than 100 nuns and staff members at a Quebec City convent have tested positive for COVID-19, public health authorities said Monday, as 1,164 new infections were reported across the province. Fifty-eight of approximately 300 nuns at Soeur...
Canadian officials also obtained security code for Meng’s home, court hears
VANCOUVER — The RCMP officer who took custody of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's electronics on the day of her arrest two years ago says foreign law enforcement never asked him to obtain the passcodes or search the devices. Const. Gurvinder Dhali...
Exclusion of mental illness in assisted dying-bill slammed by psychiatrists
OTTAWA — The federal bill revising the rules on medically assisted death in Canada has raised the ire of the Canadian Psychiatric Association over the proposed law's explicit rejection of mental illness as grounds for ending a patient's life. The feder...
