Category Archives: Justice
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of Quebec comedian on joke complaint
MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to hear the appeal of Quebec comedian Mike Ward in a human-rights case that touches on the limits of artistic expression and the role of the country's human rights tribunals. Ward i...
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of Quebec comedian on joke complaint
MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has decided to hear the appeal of Quebec comedian Mike Ward in a human-rights case that touches on the limits of artistic expression and the role of the country's human rights tribunals. Ward i...
Few regrets for Toronto’s 1st Black police chief, but criticism tails Saunders
TORONTO — Ask the outgoing head of the country's largest municipal police force about defunding or cuts to its $1-billion budget, and the response reflects typical disdain for what he views as sloganeering in response to complex problems. Before consid...
Few regrets for Toronto’s 1st Black police chief, but criticism tails Saunders
TORONTO — Ask the outgoing head of the country's largest municipal police force about defunding or cuts to its $1-billion budget, and the response reflects typical disdain for what he views as sloganeering in response to complex problems. Before consid...
Ontario long-term care COVID commission to report by end of April
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford declined to say Wednesday whether the province's newly launched commission into the effects of COVID-19 on the long-term care system would be empowered to make binding recommendations, prompting critics to quest...
Families of N.S. mass shooting victims transform protest into march of thanks
HALIFAX — Relatives of victims of the Nova Scotia mass shooting marched through the streets of Halifax on Wednesday to thank their supporters for helping them persuade Ottawa and Nova Scotia to call a full public inquiry into the&nb...
Inquest to probe police killing of Indigenous man, New Brunswick says
FREDERICTON — A coroner's inquest will look into the police killing of an Indigenous man in New Brunswick in June. The provincial government says the Rodney Levi inquest will start after investigations and any potential court proceedings are done. Levi...
Facing backlash, Ottawa announces full public inquiry into N.S. shootings
HALIFAX — Bowing to public pressure, the federal and Nova Scotia governments agreed Tuesday to scuttle their plans for a joint review into the April mass shooting that claimed 22 lives and instead establish a more rigorous and&...
Kingston youth pleads guilty to terror charges after January 2019 arrest
OTTAWA — A teenager arrested in an RCMP raid in Kingston, Ont., last year has pleaded guilty to a series of terrorism-related charges for trying to encourage and facilitate a bomb attack. The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified under the terms
Facing backlash, Ottawa announces full public inquiry into N.S. shootings
HALIFAX — Bowing to public pressure, the federal and Nova Scotia governments agreed Tuesday to scuttle their plans for a joint review into the April mass shooting that claimed 22 lives and instead establish a more rigorous and&...
