Category Archives: Justice
Saskatchewan premier’s brother among those pardoned for traffic offences
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has signed off on dozens of pardons for people with traffic offences, including his own brother. An order-in-council was signed by the premier on May 19 granting clemency to about 30 people who had been
Families of N.S. mass shooting victims end boycott, will return to inquiry hearings
HALIFAX — Lawyers representing the relatives of the 22 people murdered in the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting will retake their seats at next week's mass casualty commission hearings, but they say their clients' lack of confidence in the process
‘National shame:’ Groups decry inaction on violence against Indigenous women, girls
Advocates across the country had a similar message for Ottawa one year after it released a national plan to end violence against Indigenous women and girls: the federal government has failed to live up to its commitments. "It is with deep
Man seeking historical records told it would cost feds $21 million to process request
OTTAWA — A researcher seeking records about an RCMP investigation from Canada's national archives was told it would cost the government more than $21 million to process his request under the Access to Information Act. The man filed an access request
Government to review money-laundering inquiry report before public release, says Eby
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it has received the final report from the public inquiry into money laundering. The Ministry of the Attorney General confirmed Friday the 1,804-page report is being reviewed and will be released to the pu...
Federal public safety minister says proposed gun reforms not meant to target farmers
REGINA — Canada's public safety minister says a proposal to reform the country's gun laws isn't meant to target farmers or other rural gun owners who use firearms recreationally or to help keep wildlife off their properties. Marco Mendicino met with
B.C.’s drug decriminalization threshold based on police input: Bennett
OTTAWA — The federal government's decision on British Columbia's drug decriminalization threshold was based on police input, says Canada’s minister of mental health and addictions. Drug users in B.C. who possess up to a cumulative 2.5 grams of illicit ...
Prime minister signs historic land claim settlement with Alberta First Nation
SIKSIKA, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the chief of a southern Alberta First Nation have signed a historic land-claim settlement which the federal government says is one of the largest of its kind in Canada. Trudeau and Marc Miller,
Order of nuns that staffed B.C.’s residential schools to pass records to B.C. museum
VICTORIA — The order of nuns that staffed numerous residential schools and 10 hospitals in British Columbia over more than 160 years is handing over ownership of its archives to the Royal B.C. Museum. The museum and Sisters of Saint
National Assembly of Remote Communities holds inaugural meeting
A new organization of Indigenous leaders is working to lay the groundwork for isolated First Nations to have a stronger presence across the country. “Many times, our remote communities’ voices are lost, and we get the short end of the stick