Category Archives: Justice
Rebel News asks court to quash fines for violating election law on third-party ads
OTTAWA — Rebel News Network is asking a court to quash $3,000 worth of fines levied against the right-wing media outlet by the commissioner of elections. The fines were imposed earlier this year after an investigation by the commissioner's office into
Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer was sent threatening emails: government
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says the province's chief medical health officer is the second person to receive threatening messages through email. On Monday, Regina police said a man was charged with uttering threats from a fake account to two p...
Lawyers say they should be excluded from money laundering policies in B.C.
VANCOUVER — Two groups representing lawyers say their profession should be excluded from any government regulations aimed at fighting money laundering in British Columbia in order to protect the confidentiality of the lawyer-client relationship. Kevin ...
Man charged following threatening email to Saskatchewan health official, premier
REGINA — Police in Regina say a man is accused of sending a threatening email from a fake account to two people, one of whom a spokeswoman in the premier's office says was Scott Moe. The Regina Police Service says in
Sudbury jail closed to manage COVID-19 outbreak, 145 inmates moved
TORONTO — A jail in Sudbury, Ont., has closed for at least two weeks to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak among inmates. The Ministry of the Solicitor General says about 145 inmates from the facility are being moved to other jails,
B.C. money laundering inquiry hears plea for whistleblower protections
VANCOUVER — A lawyer representing British Columbia government workers has urged a public inquiry into money laundering to call for better protection for whistleblowers, saying had those been in place, illegal cash may not have ended up in provincial ca...
Citizen’s complaint filed over Halifax police’s use of force during protest
HALIFAX — A private citizen has launched a formal complaint on the police tactics used as they clashed with protesters during the destruction of a small shelter for the homeless in the summer. The complaint filed to the Halifax police was
N.B. chiefs call on commissioner to denounce gag order on land acknowledgments
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's six Wolastoqey chiefs called on the province's new commissioner on systemic racism on Monday to take a stand against the provincial government's ban on land acknowledgments. Last Thursday the province ordered government em...
World March of Women’s 5th action wraps up with rallies against poverty and violence
MONTREAL — The World March of Women's fifth international action wrapped up with events in Quebec on Sunday, with organizers demanding the provincial government better protect Indigenous women. The Montreal coalition of the World March for Women said ...
City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations
VERNON, B.C. — The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spiritual teachings. Council members in the
