Category Archives: Justice
N.L. premier says feds offered ‘full depth and breadth’ of support after cyberattack
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says Ottawa has offered to help the province recover from a cyberattack last weekend that has crippled its health system's IT network. Furey told reporters today Intergovernmental Affair...
Ontario planning to introduce digital court system
TORONTO — Ontario is planning to introduce a digital court system that will allow people to access court information from anywhere, and file documents and pay fees online. Attorney General Doug Downey said it will transform the court system for everyon...
Canadian who spent two years in Syrian prison camps fights Ottawa to return home
OTTAWA — A Canadian woman who spent two years in Syrian prison camps, now stranded in northern Iraq, wants a judge to compel Ottawa to give her an emergency passport so she can return home. In her application to the Federal
Nova Scotia says work ongoing on goals of inquiry into abuse at Halifax orphanage
HALIFAX — A former resident of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children says he's encouraged by the initial steps the government is taking to adopt recommendations from a restorative inquiry into abuse at the former Halifax-area orphanage. Tony Smith,...
Desmond inquiry: health professionals failed to share information before killings
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A lack of collaboration among health-care professionals was an "overwhelming theme" in the tragic case of an ex-soldier from Nova Scotia who killed three family members and himself in 2017, a provincial fatality inquiry heard Th...
Court battle over Manitoba Tory leadership race to resume in two weeks
WINNIPEG — A court challenge aimed at unseating Heather Stefanson as Manitoba Progressive Conservative leader and premier got underway Thursday. Shelly Glover, who finished a close second to Stefanson in last weekend's leadership race with 49 per cent ...
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Antigua over registration of judgment in Ontario
OTTAWA — A Caribbean-based company has lost its fight in the Supreme Court of Canada to have Ontario register a judgment enforcing an order of a British judicial committee against Antigua and Barbuda. From 1971 to 2007, H.M.B. Holdings Ltd. owned
Expert says N.L. cyberattack worst in Canadian history, deserves federal response
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The cyberattack that knocked down Newfoundland and Labrador's health system data centres Saturday is a national security issue and should be treated as such by Ottawa, security experts say. David Shipley, chief executive officer of B...
New defence minister says military sex misconduct cases will be handled by civilians
OTTAWA — In one of her first acts as Canada’s new defence minister, Anita Anand announced Thursday she had accepted a retired Supreme Court judge’s recent call to transfer the investigation and prosecution of military sexual misconduct cases to civilia...
Expert tells Lionel Desmond inquiry red flags for domestic violence were overlooked
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The tragic case of a former soldier in Nova Scotia who killed his family and himself in 2017 was predictable and preventable, a domestic violence expert told an inquiry Wednesday. Dr. Peter Jaffe, a psychologist at Western
