Tag Archives: Justice

OTTAWA - A panel of judges says Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of the risks to their data upon signing up to the popular social media platform. In a new rulin...

TORONTO - A justice with Ontario's Appeal Court has reserved her decision on whether Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard should get bail as he tries to appeal his sexual assault conviction at the country'...

VICTORIA - The national union for RCMP officers is seeking to make public safety and bail reform a British Columbia election issue after repeat offenders were arrested for violent crimes, including a ...

At least three requesters want Alberta's energy regulator to call off hearings on coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains while the province's top court considers whether the proposal's applications a...

SASKATOON, Sask. - The grandmother of a 15-year-old student who was set on fire at a Saskatoon high school says she has a long recovery ahead. She says the teen is in an Edmonton hospital but declined...

MONTREAL - The deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the mentally ill man who fatally stabbed her were avoidable, a Quebec coroner has concluded, saying health-care workers and police should have...

HALIFAX - A sexual offender who fled Canada in 2022 has been extradited from Italy to serve the remainder of his sentence in Canada, Nova Scotia's public prosecution service says. Bassam Al-Rawi was c...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A judge is expected to hand down sentences today for two men convicted for their roles in the 2022 Coutts, Alta., border blockade. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were convicted...

TORONTO - Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his sexual assault convictions in Toronto. His time behind bars will work out to 6.7 years after accounting for...

MONTREAL - Quebecers who want to arrange a medically assisted death before their condition leaves them unable to grant consent can do so as of next month, the province announced Saturday as it unveile...