Category Archives: Justice
Nova Scotia mass shooting: law firm gathering evidence for two class-action lawsuits
HALIFAX — A law firm representing the families of victims of the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia has hired a criminal investigation firm as it prepares two potential class-action lawsuits. Halifax-based Patterson Law issued a statement Wednesday say...
COVID-19 pandemic accelerating digital privacy risks, federal watchdog warns
OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic is underscoring weaknesses in Canadian privacy law that place people's personal information at risk, a federal watchdog warns. In his annual report presented Thursday, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said the pandemi...
Canadian military-college students report widespread sexual misconduct
OTTAWA — A new Statistics Canada report that paints a picture of widespread sexual misconduct at the country’s prestigious military colleges is prompting fresh criticism as well as promises of action more than six years after the Canadian Armed Forces
Supreme Court declines to review sentence in stabbing of Manitoba teenager
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the eight-year sentence handed to a man who stabbed a teenager at a church.Maksym Kravchenko assaulted the girl in a washroom after a Sunday service at the Pembina Valley Baptist
It was ‘Here we go’ moment, N.S. man says of alleged race bias during arrest in park
HALIFAX — A Halifax man and his spouse testified Thursday in front of a police review board that they believe race played a role in his 2018 arrest and jailing after they'd stopped in park to make a quick phone
Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of change to jury selection procedure
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a key legislative change to the jury-selection process. In a ruling from the bench Wednesday, a majority of the high court said scrapping so-called "peremptory challenges" amounte...
Email raises questions about potential bias at transport regulator
Questions about potential bias at the Canadian Transportation Agency came to the fore this week after a government official acknowledged that CTA board members greenlit the regulator’s stance in favour of travel vouchers over refunds. Transport Canada ...
Halifax police cleared of wrongdoing in high-profile case of alleged racial profiling
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of wrongdoing following their violent arrest of a Black woman who later alleged she was a victim of racial profiling. The Serious Incident Response Team released a report today saying the...
Canadian defence minister calls out China for ‘hostage diplomacy’
OTTAWA — Canada's defence minister described China’s continued detention of two Canadians as "hostage diplomacy" on Wednesday and urged the NATO military alliance to keep tabs on the increasingly assertive Asian giant. Harjit Sajjan made the comments d...
Free votes for Conservative MPs on assisted dying, conversion therapy ban: O’Toole
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole promised free votes for his MPs Wednesday on two pieces of legislation that are a source of tension within the party.Both have been put on the agenda early by Justice Minister David Lametti: one
