Category Archives: Justice
Supreme Court touts role of free expression in democracy as it sets out guidance
OTTAWA — The ability to express oneself helps create a healthy democracy, the Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday in setting out rules for deciding when a lawsuit has merit or is intended simply to quell participation in matters o...
N.S. Tories say justice minister in conflict of interest in mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Tory leader says the province's attorney general is in conflict of interest when it comes to setting terms of reference for the public inquiry into the April mass shooting. Tim Houston filed an affidavit today with the conf...
RCMP not charging former N.L. cabinet minister for leak of police promotion list
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Police have ruled out charges against a former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister and a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer over the leak of a police promotion list before it was seen by the executive counc...
B.C. fisher fined for tossing explosive device at sea lions off his boat
OTTAWA — A B.C. fisher was fined $8,000 last month and banned from possessing explosives for three years after he threw an explosive device into a group of sea lions in March 2019. Video footage posted to social media last year showed Al...
Quebec parents lose first round in legal fight for online classes amid pandemic
MONTREAL — A group of Quebec parents has lost the first round of a legal fight to force the province to provide an online learning option for families worried about sending children to school amid the pandemic. Quebec Superior Court Justice F...
Toronto has speeding problem, mayor says as automated speed cameras roll out
Toronto has a speeding problem, the city's mayor said Tuesday after officials analyzed the first month of data from automated speed cameras that have been rolled out. Mayor John Tory said the cameras have been operational in 50 school zones across...
Canadian lawyers demand freedom for ailing, hunger-striking ‘Mandela of Iran’
OTTAWA — The Canadian legal team for an imprisoned Iranian human-rights lawyer is calling for federal sanctions and United Nations intervention as she wages a life-threatening hunger strike entering its 29th day. Nasrin Sotoudeh was hospitalized briefl...
Changes needed to help Canada prosecute war criminals, Amnesty International says
OTTAWA — Canada is failing to bring suspected war criminals to justice, a prominent human-rights organization says in a new report that calls on the Trudeau government to take several steps to ensure the country is not a safe haven ...
‘It is urgent:’ Commissioner calls for Indigenous bodies to oversee police
Aboriginal civilian groups that would oversee police actions are long past due in Canada, says a commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Michele Audette says it's been obvious for...
Quebec police investigating online threats against unnamed elected official
MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police have launched an investigation after online threats were made against an elected official, spokesman Guy Lapointe said Sunday. In a tweet, Lapointe said many people had alerted police to threats made in a F...
