Category Archives: Justice
Inquiry into mass shooting in Nova Scotia facing delays due to ‘technicalities’
HALIFAX — Technicalities are causing delays as the provincial and federal governments work out what form an inquiry into the April mass shooting that claimed 22 lives will take, the province's justice minister said Thursday. Speaking aft...
Ottawa jail inmates argue anti-COVID measures a breach of charter rights
TORONTO — Nine inmates of a provincial jail in Ottawa have gone to court to argue they are being subjected to egregious conditions due to COVID-19 that violate their constitutional rights and international law. The application filed in Superior Co...
Military member arrested after truck rammed gate near Trudeau residence: RCMP
OTTAWA — A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has been arrested after someone rammed a truck through the gates of Rideau Hall and drove up the path toward the official residences that house Gov. Gen. Julie Payette and Prime
Ontario ombudsman receives record number of complaints about provincial jails
TORONTO — Ontario's ombudsman said Tuesday that conditions in some of the province's correctional facilities have left him "shaken", and contributed to a record of over 6,000 complaints from inmates last year. Overcrowding, poor living c...
Nova Scotia senators renew call for joint inquiry into April shooting rampage
OTTAWA — Nova Scotia senators are renewing a call for the province to join with Ottawa to launch a joint inquiry into the mass shooting in April that claimed the lives of 22 people. Senators Wanda Thomas Bernard and Dan Christm...
Toronto city council passes motion on police reform, but rejects cuts to budget
Toronto city council has passed a motion seeking reform of the city's police department, but rejected a cut to the force's budget. Mayor John Tory put forth a motion proposing a suite of changes to policing that includes overhauling the respo...
Rights group blasts Ottawa for not helping detained ISIL members, families
OTTAWA — The federal government has been accused of violating its international human-rights obligations by refusing to help dozens of Canadian men, women and children detained in squalid camps in Syria because of their suspected links to the Islamic S...
Former Saskatchewan Highway Patrol chief fired over buying equipment like silencers
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says the former chief of the province's highway patrol was fired for buying inappropriate equipment, including firearm silencers. But Robin Litzenberger is suing for damages alleging he was wrong...
Data on PS752 flight recorders to be downloaded in Paris next month
OTTAWA — The federal Transportation Safety Board says information on the flight recorders of the civilian airliner Iran shot down earlier this year will be downloaded the week of July 20 in France. The development comes just days after Ottawa...
First ministers couldn’t agree on condemning systemic racism in declaration: PM
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a first ministers' declaration condemning racism didn't mention systemic discrimination because not all the premiers would agree. The statement released Thursday says firmly that all 14 first ministers oppose...
