Category Archives: Justice
Mayors ask federal Liberals for help covering transit shortfalls
OTTAWA — Canada's largest cities are asking the Trudeau government to help cover tens of millions in transit revenue shortfalls to prevent stalling of the country's economic recovery. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit municipal coffers hard as cities have ...
B.C. civil rights group sues federal government over solitary confinement
VANCOUVER — A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over solitary confinement, two years after the top courts in British Columbia and Ontarioruled there has been a violation of prisoners' constitutional rights. The B....
RCMP assess enforcement resources after court reinstates logging injunction in B.C.
VICTORIA — The RCMP are reviewing the department's resources following the temporary reinstatement of an injunction against old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island by the British Columbia Court of Appeal. A B.C. Supreme Court judge ref...
Line 5 opponents urging White House to reject Canada’s ‘audacious’ treaty gambit
WASHINGTON — Environmental activists in the United States are seizing on Canada's decision to invoke a 44-year-old treaty with the United States as an "audacious," misguided and misleading gambit aimed at short-circuiting Michigan's effort to shut down...
Judge strikes down Maj.-Gen. Fortin’s request for reinstatement to vaccine campaign
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge has struck down Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s request for reinstatement as the head of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign after he was abruptly removed from the high-profile position in May. In rendering her decisi...
Charge dropped in Ontario man’s terrorism hoax case: Lawyer
OTTAWA — The lawyer for an Ontario man charged with falsely claiming to have committed terrorist acts as a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant says his client is relieved after the charge was withdrawn. Shehroze Chaudhry was
Protesters outside N.L. jail call for better care for prisoners after inmate suicide
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Joanne Power drove over three hours to St. John's to take part in a demonstration demanding better mental health and addictions care for people in Newfoundland and Labrador’s correctional system. For Power, the issue is urgent: her
Calgary councillor running for re-election charged with fraud and breach of trust
CALGARY — A Calgary city councillor running for re-election is facing charges of fraud and breach of trust following an RCMP investigation. Mounties say a "complex investigation" was done into the expenses of incumbent Ward 2 Coun. Joe Magliocca after ...
Manitoba premier says he’s willing to consider proposal to stop protests at hospitals
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Kelvin Goertzen says he's willing to consider ways to ban protests that block access to hospitals and other health centres. Goertzen says he will take a look at a private member's bill from the Opposition New Democrats
Civil rights lawyer wants Quebec permit system for doctors declared unconstitutional
Montreal-based civil rights lawyer Julius Grey said Friday he will ask a judge next week to suspend Quebec’s system for determining how many family doctors can practise in a specific region of the province. Earlier this week, Health Minister Christian ...
