Category Archives: Justice
B.C. Speaker, adviser yelled at staff during misspending investigation: Trial
VANCOUVER — A former employee of British Columbia's legislature says he was "screamed at like a dog" by the former Speaker and his special adviser during an investigation into misspending allegations against the then-clerk Craig James. Randall Ennis, ...
GoFund Me called to Commons committee as links to U.S. alleged in Ottawa protest
OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee has called on GoFundMe representatives to testify about how it ensures that money raised on its platform isn’t used to promote hate, such as antisemitism and white supremacy. New Democrat MP Alistair MacGregor won the...
‘It feels great’: Trucks heading to U.S. get through Alberta blockades
COUTTS, Alta. — Gurdeep Chumbur says he sympathizes with fellow truckers concerned about cross-border COVID-19 vaccine mandates who have taken drastic action to make their views known. But he was relieved Thursday when a second illegal blockade on a h...
Quebec court says justice minister’s intervention on judge bilingualism illegal
MONTREAL — The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that the province's justice minister does not get to decide whether judges can be required to speak English as well as French. The case was centred around half a dozen Quebec court judge
Quebec premier says no tolerance for mayhem as COVID protest convoy heads to capital
MONTREAL — Quebec City officials were reinforcing security measures around the legislature Thursday, as demonstrators opposed to COVID-19 health orders were expected to begin arriving ahead of a weekend protest. Premier François Legault made it clear t...
Liberals earmark $18 million to assist criminal pardon applicants
OTTAWA — The Liberal government will give community organizations $18 million over the next four years to help people navigate the process of applying for a criminal pardon. The newly announced move is the latest step in a federal plan to
Military response to Ottawa protest ‘not in the cards,’ Trudeau says, urging caution
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is playing down the notion of a military response to the ongoing Ottawa protest against COVID-19 measures, saying that sending in troops is "not in the cards right now." Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly said
Voting underway in B.C. Liberal leadership contest as party faces court challenge
VANCOUVER — Voting to elect the next leader of British Columbia's Liberals is underway as the party is expected to be in court Friday to face a challenge that asks a judge to delay the scheduled release of Saturday's results
Black history, both personal and communal, now a factor in Nova Scotia sentencing
HALIFAX — Jason Middleton says the inclusion of Black history in his sentencing — both personal tragedy and communal struggle — set a new path for his troubled life. A cultural assessment completed in October 2016 led to a sentence of
Environmental groups serve Alberta premier, government with defamation lawsuit
EDMONTON — Five environmental organizations have followed through on a threat to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the provincial government for defamation. In documents filed Wednesday in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench, the groups allege Kenney de...