Category Archives: Justice
West Bank winery wins say on ‘Product of Israel’ case; judge slams other judges
TORONTO — An appeal over wine labelling that threatened to put Middle East politics on trial in Canada's courts has been firmly reined in, with a judge rejecting a dozen groups' bid to weigh in. In his ruling, Federal Court of
‘Part of who I was:’ Scott Moe discloses 1994 stayed impaired driving charge
REGINA — Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe spent another day on the campaign trail Wednesday answering for his past — this time for a stayed impaired driving charge from 1994. At a campaign stop in Regina for the Oct. 26 provincial
No new trial for two men convicted in Via Rail terror case: Supreme Court
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says there should be no new trial for two men convicted of terrorism offences. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges arising mainly from an alleged al-Qaida-inspired pl...
Manitoba throne speech: Tax cuts, reforms and new penalties for protesters
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is promising to reform welfare and education, cut a major property tax and enact new penalties for protesters who block transportation routes. The Progressive Conservative government laid out its plans for the next 12...
Wildlife officers answering dangerous police calls deserve more money: union
EDMONTON — If Alberta wants fish and wildlife officers to take on some of the most dangerous parts of police work, it should pay them accordingly, their union said Tuesday. Mike Dempsey of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said the
Board to hear case of Halifax man alleging racism in arrest while making call in park
HALIFAX, United Kingdom — The Nova Scotia Police Review Board is allowing a case of alleged racial profiling to proceed after lawyers for two Halifax officers sought to have it ended on procedural grounds. Adam LeRue, who is Black, has said
Quebec Premier Francois Legault formally apologizes to Joyce Echaquan’s family
Quebec Premier Francois Legault stood in the legislature Tuesday and formally apologized on behalf of the government to the family of an Indigenous woman subjected to verbal abuse as she lay dying in a hospital. His apology came the same day
Scott Moe apologizes on campaign trail to family of woman killed in his 1997 crash
SASKATOON — Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has publicly apologized to the family of a woman killed in a 1997 highway crash he was involved in. The apology came during a campaign stop in Saskatoon for the Oct. 26 election. Moe says
Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal, charged by RCMP, has case adjourned to January
OTTAWA — A former Liberal MP facing charges of fraud and breach of trust related to his time in office has had his case adjourned until early next year. Lawyers for Raj Grewal and the Crown agreed to have the case
Systemic racism facing Indigenous woman must be combated: former Tory leader Ambrose
OTTAWA — Combating systemic racism experienced by Indigenous women and girls requires better training and education starting in childhood, says former Opposition leader and ongoing advocate for girls' rights Rona Ambrose. Ambrose, the author of a new b...
