Category Archives: Justice
Clarification to Sept. 29 story on Fairy Creek logging injunction
VICTORIA — A Canadian Press story on Sept. 29 about a B.C. Supreme Court injunction quoted an environmental group as asserting that forestry company Teal Jones is "intent" on logging all the old-growth forest across a valley on southern Vancouver
B.C. says progress being made following court ruling on First Nation’s treaty rights
BUICK, B.C. — The British Columbia government says it's making progress as it responds to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that found it breached a First Nation's treaty rights by approving industrial development without the nation's approval over many year...
Enbridge says still willing to talk on Line 5, despite Michigan’s frustration
WASHINGTON — The Canadian architect of the controversial Line 5 cross-border pipeline expansion project said Friday it remains committed to a negotiated solution to its impasse with the state of Michigan, even though the government has effectively walk...
Supreme Court upholds Ontario law that slashed Toronto council during 2018 election
TORONTO — Canada's top court has upheld an Ontario law that slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half during the last municipal election, with a narrow majority ruling the move was constitutional. In a split 5-4 decision issued
Ex PQ-leader Boisclair renounces preliminary hearing, will face sex assault trials
MONTREAL — Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair is renouncing his right to a preliminary inquiry on sexual assault charges and will go directly to trial. Boisclair is charged in two separate cases involving two different alleged victims whose ...
Beth MacLean, who won human rights case for people with disabilities, dies at age 50
HALIFAX — Beth MacLean, a Nova Scotia woman with intellectual disabilities who won a landmark human rights case forcing the province to provide her with a home in the community, has died. An obituary says the 50-year-old died peacefully on Sept.
Old-growth logging protesters dig in as company appeals court’s injunction denial
VICTORIA — All sides in the old-growth logging dispute dug in deeper Wednesday after a British Columbia Supreme Court judge refused to extend an injunction against protest blockades on southern Vancouver Island. Forest company Teal Cedar Products Ltd. ...
Truth and reconciliation: N.B. chiefs criticize decision not to recognize holiday
FREDERICTON — Chiefs representing the three largest First Nations in New Brunswick say they are profoundly disappointed with Premier Blaine Higgs' decision not to recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a provincial holiday. The Indi...
‘Put down your sword’: Federal Court dismisses feds’ Indigenous child-welfare appeals
OTTAWA — A prominent child-welfare advocate wants Canadians to ask their MPs to urge Ottawa to cease its court battles around services and compensation for First Nations children after the Federal Court upheld two key rulings on Wednesday. The Canadian...
First Nations chief says less awareness in Quebec about national day for survivors
MONTREAL — As Canada prepares to observe the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday, the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador is lamenting Quebec's decision not to officially recognize the holiday. Many people in the province...
