Category Archives: Justice
Police look for suspect after controversial mural in Victoria is vandalized
Victoria police are looking for a suspect after a controversial mural was found vandalized with spray paint Saturday morning. They say witnesses reported seeing a suspect arrive on a red-and-white motorcycle before spray-painting over a letter in the "...
Police look for suspect after controversial mural in Victoria is vandalized
Victoria police are looking for a suspect after a controversial mural was found vandalized with spray paint Saturday morning.They say witnesses reported seeing a suspect arrive on a red-and-white motorcycle before spray-painting over a letter in the "M...
Trudeau government eyes national declassification centre for historical spy documents
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is looking at ways to pry open Canada's neglected national security vaults, possibly through creation of a centre to declassify historical documents, a newly released memo reveals. But getting federal departments to unse...
Canada crawling toward AI regulatory regime, but experts say reform is urgent
OTTAWA — On Thursday, privacy watchdogs revealed that five million images of shoppers' faces were collected without their consent at a dozen of Canada's most popular malls.Real estate company Cadillac Fairview embedded cameras equipped with facial-reco...
Former MP Rob Anders accused of not reporting $750K in income for tax purposes
CALGARY — Tax authorities allege former Conservative MP Rob Anders failed to report more than $750,000 in net income over five years, court documents show. Anders faces five charges, including tax evasion. Some of the charges date back to his tim...
Fallen construction magnate ordered to pay $2 million after pleading guilty to fraud
MONTREAL — One-time Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and several companies tied to him have been ordered to pay $4.2 million after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Quebec's Revenue Department said the sentences were delivered today at a courthouse ...
Fallen construction magnate ordered to pay $2 million after pleading guilty to fraud
MONTREAL — One-time Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and several companies tied to him have been ordered to pay $4.2 million after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Quebec's Revenue Department said the sentences were delivered today at a courthouse ...
Lobster dispute: RCMP release images of men near fish plant that was torched
HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia RCMP released images Friday showing two men walking away from a fish plant on the night it burned to the ground amid an escalating dispute over an Indigenous lobster fishery. Yarmouth County RCMP described the men
Class-action lawsuit in investment case can go ahead, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA — A class-action suit over personal investments can proceed against a Montreal-based financial services firm, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. Between 2005 and 2007, Ronald Asselin purchased principal-protected term deposits from a Desjard...
Group launches legal action against N.B. government for greater abortion access
FREDERICTON — A national civil liberties group has filed legal notice in the first stage of a suit against the New Brunswick government for lack of access to abortion. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association sent a letter dated Oct. 29 and
