Category Archives: Justice
Charge withdrawn against Edmonton man arrested during COVID-19 protest in May
EDMONTON — A rights advocacy group says the Alberta Crown has withdrawn a charge against a man who was protesting public health lockdowns at the provincial legislature in May. Cory Teichroew of Edmonton was arrested and fined $1,200 under the...
Panel overseeing alternative to solitary confinement blocked from doing its job
OTTAWA — An independent panel tasked with overseeing the segregation of inmates in federal prisons says the Correctional Service of Canada blocked it from doing its job. Anthony Doob, the noted criminologist who chaired the panel, said its wo...
Ottawa must act first to secure release of detained Canadians: China
OTTAWA — Beijing has pushed back against Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne's most recent call for the release of two Canadians detained in China, saying it is up to Canada to make the first move to secure their release. Ch...
Bills anathema to social conservatives will test O’Toole’s leadership
OTTAWA — Newly minted Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's ability to manage social conservatives in his caucus and party will be put to an early test this fall when the Liberal government reintroduces legislation on medical assistance in dying. And it w...
A timeline of events in the case of Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER — A timeline of the Meng Wanzhou case, and rising tension between Canada and China. 2018 Aug. 22: A New York court issues a warrant for the arrest of Huawei Technologies chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. Dec. 1: Canadian authorities arres...
Nunavut moving to civilian police review following RCMP shooting report
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut is preparing legislation to create a civilian police review agency after a recent review of a shooting death of an Inuit man released almost no information about what happened. "We are actively discussing partn...
Federal court upholds confidentiality of documents in Meng Wanzhou case
OTTAWA — The legal team for a Huawei executive facing extradition to the United States has lost its battle to have the contents of six confidential documents released to them. Meng Wanzhou's defence team argued in Federal Court that the redacted
Gun-control reforms passed last year might not be fully in place until 2022: memo
OTTAWA — Several federal gun-control measures that received royal assent over a year ago, including expanded background checks, might not come into effect before 2022, says an internal government memo. A briefing note prepared in June for Public S...
Canadians join lawsuit to overturn opening Alaska wilderness to energy drilling
Canadian environmentalists and First Nations have joined a U.S. lawsuit that seeks to overturn a U.S. decision that opens an Alaska wilderness for oil and gas exploration. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Alaska, alleges the activity will da...
Garneau, Champagne pan Iranian report on downing of PS752 as limited, selective
OTTAWA — The Canadian government has dismissed a new Iranian report on the deadly shootdown of a civilian jetliner in January, saying it provides only "limited and selected information" — and that Tehran still has many questions to answe...
