Tag Archives: Justice

MONTRAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon testified Wednesday that he had consensual relations with three of the nine women suing him for sexual assault and misconduct. On his third day of testi...

EDMONTON - Decades after making headlines for faking a radio interview, driving under the influence, and breaking federal lobbying rules, a former member of Parliament says he's looking to throw his h...

TORONTO - Ontario's ombudsman is urging the province to address a "growing crisis" in correctional facilities, pointing to a record number of complaints about facilities in the last year as well as de...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a US$30 million court judgment against a West Vancouver man alleged by the U.S. government to be the "mastermind" of a years-long securities fraud. The ...

TORONTO - National health data released Wednesday shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement fr...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government says it is considering a larger role for the RCMP as the province restructures and modernizes policing services. Justice Minister Becky Druhan announced six change...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government will table a bill this fall introducing stricter bail conditions and sentencing for some crimes, particularly those involving organized crime, human trafficking, home i...

The Alberta Next panel, chaired by Premier Danielle Smith, is holding town halls this summer to get feedback on how the province should stand up to Ottawa while building a "strong and sovereign Albert...

An independent review of the treatment of victims of sexual and intimate partner violence in the British Columbia legal system calls on the government to declare gender-based violence an epidemic. The...

EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general has been granted his request for nearly $1 million in extra funding to continue digging into allegations of corruption in private health-care contracts. Auditor ge...