Category Archives: Justice
Tickets withdrawn against men at Edmonton protest over COVID-19 restrictions
EDMONTON — Two people who were given $1,200 tickets when they took part in protests at the Alberta legislature during the COVID-19 pandemic in May will not have to pay the fines. The Justice Centre for Constituti...
Toronto woman to continue pressing late mom’s human rights case
TORONTO — Veronica Gerber was set to go before Ontario's human rights tribunal on Monday in a bid to see her mother more often during the COVID-19 pandemic. But three days before the case was to be heard, Dorothea Gerber, 82,
B.C. government undermines information rights: privacy commissioner
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government routinely undermines the rights of its citizens by delaying requests for information, says a report by the information and privacy commissioner. The extension of timelines by the government for responses to ac...
Former N.L. inmates launch class action over alleged harm from solitary confinement
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is being targeted with a class-action lawsuit on behalf of inmates held in solitary confinement for periods longer than two weeks. St. John's-based law firm, Morris Martin Moore, announced its ...
Deceased former principal secretary of N.B. vice-regal office embezzled funds: RCMP
FREDERICTON — A senior civil servant who had control of the former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor's finances is accused of siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds into his personal coffers between 2012 and 2019. Cou...
Police calls for domestic violence, mental crises rise during pandemic
OTTAWA — New data from some of Canada's biggest police forces show major COVID-19 lockdowns across much of the country in the spring led to a sharp uptick in calls to police for domestic violence and people in a mental health crisis. At
Lawyer for ex-Canadian Forces reservist wants weapons charges dropped
WASHINGTON — The lawyer for Patrik Mathews is asking a U.S. court to throw out two of the four charges against the former Canadian Forces reservist and alleged neo-Nazi, and to allow his client to stand trial separately from his alleged
RCMP to respond to bullying review sparked by director facing security charges
OTTAWA — The RCMP says it is addressing "lessons learned" from the force's handling of employee complaints about bullying by a senior director who now awaits trial on national-security charges. The Mounties asked consultant Alphonse MacN...
Use of predictive policing tools in Canada highlight need for federal action, report says
Police forces across Canada have already begun using technology to predict who may become involved in illegal activity or where crimes might take place, an expert group warned Tuesday as it called on the federal government to protect residents from
Patient wants B.C. to protect legal rights of mentally ill like most provinces
VANCOUVER — A week after giving birth to her daughter, Shareen Nimmo was forced to enter a psychiatric facility without being informed of her rights or having access to independent legal advice. Involuntary detention is permitted in ...
