Tag Archives: Justice

OTTAWA - A series of steps would need to happen before a judge can restrict a person's movement because of fears they could commit a hate crime, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said Thursday as h...

OTTAWA - The Montreal-based operator behind Pornhub and other pornographic websites broke the law by enabling intimate images to be shared without direct knowledge or consent, the federal privacy watc...

MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, has faced numerous court challenges since it was adopted nearly five years ago, with the Quebec Court of Appeal the latest to weigh in. Here's a l...

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner has issued a final report into the violent deaths of three people who were shot at random in the Montreal area by a mentally ill man in 2022, recommending the province look...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government promised a crackdown on crime Thursday with increased monitoring of people released on bail and new guidelines for Crown attorneys involved in bail hearings. "We've ...

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it has taken steps to bolster research security after two scientists lost their jobs over their dealings with China. The reassurances did little to pla...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The country's highest court refused Thursday to hear an appeal from a Newfoundland police officer convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in 2014, bringing an end to a winding cour...

MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the province's secularism law is constitutional and a lower court was wrong to exempt English school boards from the law, known as Bill 21. In...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools Thursday to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province's justice system. After years of study, the province's P...

SASKATOON - Community members hugged the mother of a mass killer after jurors at a Saskatchewan coroner's inquest determined he died from an accidental overdose following a high-speed police pursuit. ...