Category Archives: Justice
New Brunswick premier faces growing backlash to land acknowledgment policy
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is facing a growing backlash to his government's new policy on Indigenous land acknowledgments, and some of the opposition has come from within his own cabinet. A leaked series of emails reveals Educatio...
Nova Scotia passes legislation banning protests that block access to hospitals
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has passed legislation banning protests that block access to hospitals and other health-care facilities. The Protecting Access to Health Services Act tabled by the Progressive Conservative government passed third and final reading...
Lawsuit between Manitoba and Indigenous agencies over child welfare practice in court
WINNIPEG — Lawyers for Indigenous child welfare agencies in Manitoba argued in court Tuesday that the provincial government misappropriated more than $250 million meant for vulnerable Indigenous children in care over a 13-year period. A four-day civil ...
Federal Court rejects Manitoba’s argument against carbon price backstop
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has lost a two-year-long court battle against the federal government's carbon pricing plan. A Federal Court judge has rejected Manitoba's argument that Ottawa should not have imposed an escalating minimum price on car...
Judge agrees to ‘terrorism enhancement’ in case of ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist
GREENBELT, Md. — The ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist convicted of gun charges linked to what the FBI called a neo-Nazi plot to attack a gun-rights rally in Virginia is facing up to 25 years behind bars, a judge decided Monday. Patrik
Judge agrees to ‘terrorism enhancement’ in case of ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist
GREENBELT, Md. — A judge in Maryland has agreed to include a "terrorism enhancement" when he sentences former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Mathews later this week. The enhancement, which applies in cases where a crime is deemed to promote fe...
Maj.-Gen. Fortin appeals judge’s ruling on reinstatement to COVID-19 vaccine campaign
OTTAWA — Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is challenging a Federal Court judge’s ruling that struck down his request for reinstatement as head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign. The senior military officer’s legal team filed a notice of appeal on...
New Brunswick pastor apologizes after week in jail over COVID-19 rule breaches
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A New Brunswick pastor is free after spending a week in jail and apologizing to the courts Friday for breaches of COVID-19 public health rules. Philip James Hutchings, the pastor of His Tabernacle Family Church in Saint
Privacy czar probing complaints about federal public service vaccination requirement
OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog is investigating "a number of complaints" about the government's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for public servants. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said in a statement Friday his office was looking into th...
Nova Scotia road safety law passed in 2018 still years from taking effect: minister
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is making some road safety changes by amending an old act because a wide-ranging bill passed in 2018 that transforms the rules of the road in the province still hasn't been proclaimed. Public Works Minister Kim Masland
