Category Archives: Justice
Calling anti-Semite to testify at hate trial would have been disastrous, lawyer says
TORONTO — Calling a notorious anti-Semite as a witness would have been disastrous to the defence of wilfully promoting hatred, the former lawyer for a convicted hate monger testified on Thursday. Under cross-examination by his ex-client, Dean Embry sai...
RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters’ rights, watchdog says
OTTAWA — The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protests in New Brunswick. In a long-awaited report issued...
Help for Canadians in Hong Kong announced, as committee says Uighurs face ‘genocide’
OTTAWA — The federal government announced long-awaited plans Thursday to help Canadians living in Hong Kong amid the Chinese clampdown on democracy in the territory. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said Canada is creating a new measure targeting s...
No crowds or parades as B.C. observes subdued Remembrance Day during pandemic
VICTORIA — The pandemic was ever-present Wednesday at scaled-back and physically distanced Remembrance Day ceremonies across British Columbia. There were no marching bands or parades of veterans in uniforms in an effort to keep people safe during the C...
No crowds or parades as B.C. observes subdued Remembrance Day during pandemic
VICTORIA — Scaled-back Remembrance Day ceremonies were held across British Columbia to keep people safe during the pandemic while honouring the sacrifices of those who fought for Canada. Soldiers, veterans and front-line workers were saluted at the sma...
Anti-corruption unit still investigating Quebec Liberal Party financing
MONTREAL — The head of Quebec's anti-corruption police force says the six-year investigation into Quebec Liberal party financing remains open. Frederick Gaudreau told reporters today his police unit, known as UPAC, is employing the resources need...
Permanent ’60s Scoop foundation set to launch Thursday
TORONTO — Survivors of the notorious '60s Scoop are set to mark a key milestone on Thursday with the ceremonial launch of a $50-million foundation aimed at healing the damage wrought by the practice of taking Indigenous children from their
Assisted-dying bill sparks ferocious debate among Canadians with disabilities
OTTAWA — The determination of two Quebecers with disabilities to decide when their suffering had become intolerable persuaded the federal government to rewrite the law on medical assistance in dying.But now advocacy groups for persons with disabilities...
Canada’s ‘caretaker convention’ offers blueprint for containing an unbridled POTUS
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are strapping in for another two months of Trump-fuelled turbulence, wishing their country had some bedrock principles for how disgruntled leaders ought to behave after losing an election. Canada might have just the t...
TikTok asks court to intervene as Trump order looms
The popular video-sharing app TikTok, its future in limbo since President Donald Trump tried to shut it down earlier this fall, is asking a federal court to intervene. TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, has until Thursday to sell off its U.S. operation...
