Tag Archives: Justice

OTTAWA - An announcement this week that Canada would provide funding for Palestinian women who have survived sexual violence drew an immediate rebuke from a senior Israeli official. Foreign Affairs Mi...

QUEBEC - A retired Quebec judge who was facing a second murder trial in his wife's 2009 shooting death will enter a guilty plea on Thursday, putting an end to a legal battle spanning more than 14 year...

TORONTO - An overhaul of Ontario's 34-year-old law governing policing in the province is set to take effect next month, with its rules and regulations covering everything from oversight to discipline ...

When Patrick Hare of Red Deer, Alta., visited a mall or a store he was the man who always held the door open for everybody, said his son Ron Hare. "At times, you know, he could hardly walk at best, bu...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is bringing in stricter laws around bear spray following a rash of disturbances over the past year at public pools, shopping malls and midways. Justice Minister Br...

CALGARY - A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sex...

SASKATOON - An investigation into the statutory release of a man months before he went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan has made 14 recommendations, including more time for parole board members t...

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the United Nations says a looming military intervention is the best chance Haiti has of uprooting gangs that have wrought escalating chaos on the Caribbean nation for y...

There is no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, British Columbia's solicitor general and the RCMP said Monday, after Federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre and Alberta Premier D...

OTTAWA - The federal advocate for victims of crime is investigating how Canada's justice system treats sexual assault survivors. Benjamin Roebuck, the federal ombudsperson for victims of crime, says t...