Category Archives: Justice
B.C. planning up to 15 First Nations justice centres across the province
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is working with the B.C. First Nations Justice Council to determine the locations for new Indigenous justice centres across the province. In a statement, Attorney General David Eby says Indigenous people ...
Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada’s Myanmar court intervention
OTTAWA — Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls said Canada's Indigenous Peoples ar...
Mounties issue travel reminder after U.S. boater fined for ignoring COVID-19 law
SURREY, B.C. — Foreign boaters should be careful to follow the rules ahead of the Labour Day long weekend, B.C. Mounties say after an American sailor was fined and forced to turn around for failing to follow COVID-19 legislation. Cpl. Daniel Micha...
Anti-carbon tax sticker law unconstitutional, Ontario court finds
TORONTO — Ontario's government had no right to "stick it to" the federal Liberals by forcing gas stations to display anti-carbon tax stickers, a Superior Court judge said Friday as he struck down the law as unconstitutional. Justice Edward Mo...
Victoria mural sponsor says anti-police acronym inappropriate, but fuels debate
VICTORIA — A group that sponsored an anti-racism mural that was called disrespectful by Victoria's police chief says part of the work is offensive. The African Heritage Association of Vancouver Island said Friday it cannot cond...
RCMP secrets case likely to be tangled up in court for some time
OTTAWA — All signs suggest the complex prosecution of a senior Mountie for allegedly revealing secrets will grind through the judicial process well into next year. Cameron Jay Ortis, who led an RCMP intelligence unit, made his lates...
Ex-Canadian Forces reservist charged in ‘race war’ case back in court Jan. 12
WASHINGTON — The lawyer for accused neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews will be back in court Jan. 12 to try to convince a Maryland judge to drop weapons charges against the former Canadian Forces reservist and to allow him to stand trial
‘Political and spiritual:’ Judge reserves decision over Saskatchewan teepee camp
REGINA — The fate of a Metis man's hunger strike to highlight suicide rates will be decided by a Saskatchewan judge after hearing arguments from the government and protesters about what's at stake. Tristen Durocher, a 24-year-old Metis man, erected a
Transport Canada issues first fines to air passengers who refused to wear masks
OTTAWA — Federal transport officials have issued the first fines to air passengers who refused to wear face masks on Canadian flights, in violation of a government order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Transport Canada says two unname...
University of Victoria law centre to train generation of Indigenous lawyers
VICTORIA — A new generation of Indigenous legal scholars will be trained at the University of Victoria, which announced the expansion of its law school to house Canada's new National Centre for Indigenous Laws. The federal and B.C. governments and...
