Category Archives: Justice
Airlines failed to prepare adequately for new passenger rights charter: report
OTTAWA — Canada's transportation regulator says poor preparation by airlines for the new air passenger rights charter led to communication problems that frustrated travellers and denied some their proper compensation following flight delays or cancella...
Airlines failed to prepare adequately for new passenger rights charter: report
OTTAWA — Canada's transportation regulator says poor preparation by airlines for the new air passenger rights charter led to communication problems that frustrated travellers and denied some their proper compensation following flight delays or cancella...
Manitoba premier shoots down COVID-19 curfew idea but beefs up enforcement of rules
WINNIPEG — Three days after he raised the idea, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister quashed a proposed curfew as a way that could help slow the spread of COVID-19. "The World Health Organization (and) many other medical experts have said there are
St. Anne’s residential school document fight to stay in Ontario, Appeal Court rules
TORONTO — An Ontario judge was wrong to order a legal fight involving victims of one of the country's most notorious residential schools and the federal government be heard in British Columbia, a higher court has ruled. In its decision this
St. Anne’s residential school document fight to stay in Ontario, Appeal Court rules
TORONTO — An Ontario judge was wrong to order a legal fight involving victims of one of the country's most notorious residential schools and the federal government be heard in British Columbia, a higher court has ruled. In its decision this
Alleged Toronto mosque killer’s case put over to late January
TORONTO — A man accused of killing a 58-year-old Muslim man outside a Toronto mosque has had his case remanded until late January. Guilherme (William) Von Neutegem faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Mohamed-Aslim Zafis, who was stabbed
Indigenous moderate livelihood lobster fishery expands in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — The Indigenous moderate livelihood fishery in Nova Scotia has a new participant. The Pictou Landing First Nation this week became the latest Mi'kmaq band to start fishing for lobster outside the federally regulated season. Like the other band...
Protection against cruel punishment doesn’t apply to corporations: Supreme Court
OTTAWA — Only people, not corporations, benefit from the charter protection against cruel or unusual punishment, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The unanimous decision came Thursday in a case involving a numbered company that faced a fine under ...
Inquiry hears gaming minister focused on money, not organized crime at B.C. casinos
VANCOUVER — A former RCMP officer testified at an inquiry into money laundering Thursday that a British Columbia cabinet minister told him in 2009 that the gaming minister knew about organized crime at casinos but was more focused on the
Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs
SALEM, Ore. — In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offences, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other hard drugs. “Today’s victor...
