Category Archives: Justice
B.C. city council will partially reimburse homeowner for tax sale, equity loss
PENTICTON, B.C. — The mayor and council of Penticton, B.C., offered an official apology and voted to reimburse a woman almost $141,000 after the city sold her home well below assessed value in order to collect a $10,000 property tax
Provincial watchdogs order Clearview AI to stop using facial recognition tool
OTTAWA — Three provincial privacy watchdogs have ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop collecting, using and disclosing images of people without consent. The privacy authorities of British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec are also requiri...
Military preparing to act quickly on Arbour’s plan to fight sex misconduct: minister
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is preparing the military to act quickly on retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour’s recommendations for eliminating sexual misconduct from the ranks, which could come as early as the spring. Those pr...
Discovery of unmarked graves selected as Canada’s news story of the year: CP poll
VICTORIA — The discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the B.C. Interior and the countrywide awakening it set off have been chosen as Canada’s news story of the year by editors in newsrooms across the country.
Trudeau won’t rule out federal intervention in challenge to Quebec secularism law
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he was not ruling out federal intervention in a legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law, after an elementary school teacher was recently reassigned because she wears a Muslim head scarf. "I am in
Ottawa to include $40B in fiscal update to cover compensation for First Nations kids
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is preparing to spend $40 billion to compensate First Nations children harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of child and family services on reserve, as well as on reforming the current system. Crown-Indigenous Relations Mini...
Ottawa delivers long-awaited apology to victims of military sex misconduct
OTTAWA — The federal government sought to emerge from a dark period in the Canadian Armed Forces’ legacy on Monday as political and military leaders delivered a long-awaited apology to victims of military sexual misconduct. Streamed online from Nationa...
Massive software flaw with global reach forces Quebec to shut government websites
MONTREAL — Almost 4,000 Quebec government websites were shut down over the weekend as a preventative measure following threats of a cyberattack, the province's minister of digital transformation said Sunday. Éric Caire made the announcement at an after...
Health workers say existing law against intimidation isn’t strong enough: Lametti
OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti said a new law to single out health care workers for special protection from intimidation and threats at work is a response to a need identified by the workers themselves. But at a Senate committee
Mayor of Surrey, B.C., charged with public mischief over claim of being run over
VICTORIA — A public mischief charge has been approved by a special prosecutor against the mayor of Surrey, B.C. The BC Prosecution Service says the charge comes after Mayor Doug McCallum complained to the RCMP that he was verbally assaulted and
