Category Archives: Justice
Former defence chief Vance’s obstruction of justice case to go to trial in May 2023
OTTAWA — Former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance's obstruction of justice case will go to trial in May 2023. Ten days of trial dates were set during a brief, virtual courtroom hearing this morning, three months after military police
Comedian Mike Ward’s mockery of disabled singer not discriminatory: Supreme Court
Comedian Mike Ward's disparaging comments about a singer with a disability did not amount to discrimination under Quebec's rights charter, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a 5-4 judgment Friday, the high court set aside a decision ordering War...
Ontario to spend $72 million to tackle courts backlog, hire court staff: AG
TORONTO — Ontario plans to spend more than $72 million over two years to tackle a backlog in the province's courts it says has reached tens of thousands of cases over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Doug Downey
North America’s first whale sanctuary is taking shape in rural Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — The plan to build North America's first wild refuge for whales retired from marine parks took a big step forward Friday in a remote corner of northeastern Nova Scotia. The Whale Sanctuary Project officially opened its visitor and operations
Alberta jobs minister says he only heard rumours before his chief of staff was fired
EDMONTON — Alberta's jobs minister says he heard rumours about his chief of staff raising a sexual harassment issue which she alleges led to her being fired by the premier’s office. “A lot of that information was new to me,” Doug
Canada’s newest Supreme Court justice embraces an ‘abiding belief in pluralism’
OTTAWA — The newest member of Canada's highest court says the only unifying principle that seems to stitch his life together is an abiding belief in pluralism. Justice Mahmud Jamal, the first person of colour to sit on the Supreme Court
Manitoba ex-reservist, The Base member Patrik Mathews gets 9 years in prison
GREENBELT, Md. — Former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Mathews was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role in what investigators called a violent plot to exploit escalating American social tensions and trigger a "race war" in
Many vendors selling to Ottawa lack policies to prevent child labour, report finds
OTTAWA — A federally commissioned report looking at vendors who sold billions of dollars in goods to the government found the vast majority lacked adequate policies to prevent human and labour rights risks in their supply chains. The report recommends ...
Lawsuit alleges Alberta premier’s office failed to address sex harassment complaint
EDMONTON — A former senior political staffer in the Alberta government alleges in a lawsuit that the premier’s office fostered a “poisoned work environment” and repeatedly failed to address her complaint of sexual harassment about another employee. Ari...
Government still undecided on whether to fight Indigenous child-welfare rulings
OTTAWA — With only two days until the court deadline, the Liberal cabinet still has not decided whether or not to appeal a decision that would see the government pay out billions of dollars in compensation to Indigenous families, according
