Category Archives: Justice
Indigenous boy needing health care was discriminated against: adjudicator
WINNIPEG — A human rights adjudicator has ruled that the Manitoba government discriminated against a disabled Indigenous boy by not providing adequate health care. The province has been ordered to pay the boy and his mother $42,500. The case ...
CRA resumes online services with new security features after cyberattacks
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has resumed all online services after fraudsters used thousands of pilfered usernames and passwords to obtain government services. The agency disabled the services Saturday after discovering more than 5,000 accou...
Toronto protesters block sheriffs from conducting evictions amid COVID-19
TORONTO — Activists and protesters gathered outside a Toronto courthouse this morning to physically block the city's rental enforcement units from conducting evictions. The blockade, which began at 7 a.m., saw dozens of demonstrators occ...
Judicial review sought after Crown land removed from list of pending protected areas
HALIFAX — The lawyer for a retired biologist and an environmental group is seeking judicial review of Nova Scotia's decision to remove a section of Crown land along the province's Eastern Shore from a list of pending protected areas. Jamie Simpson...
Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou ask court to order release of confidential documents
VANCOUVER — The defence team for the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei is asking the B.C. Supreme Court to order the release of more confidential information in an extradition case that's soured relations between ...
Manitoba government plans to appeal court ruling that quashed wage freeze
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is appealing a court ruling that quashed a wage freeze for 120,000 public-sector workers. Premier Brian Pallister's government has filed notice with the province's Court of Appeal that it intends to challenge a lower-...
New Brunswick doctor facing emergency measures charge after cluster of COVID-19 cases
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — A doctor who is suspected of triggering a COVID-19 outbreak in northern New Brunswick is facing a charge of violating the province's Emergency Measures Act. Dr. Jean Robert Ngola has been issued a notice to attend Cam...
CRA expects online services back Wednesday following cyberbreaches
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency expects online services to be fully restored by Wednesday after fraudsters used thousands of pilfered usernames and passwords to obtain government services. About 5,600 CRA accounts were targeted in what the fede...
Assoun case shows police accountability in wrongful convictions lacking: experts
HALIFAX — More than a year after a federal report became public revealing that police erased and suppressed evidence that might have freed him, Glen Assoun is wondering whether anyone will be held accountable for his wrongful i...
Grandfather of Canadian girl killed in Beirut blast says being with her was ‘pure luxury’
When three-year-old Alexandra Naggear's mother saw an explosion through her window in Lebanon, she scooped up her little girl and tried to run into the next room. But it was too late. Alexandra, a Canadian citizen, suffered a head injury from the
