Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
Tag Archives: Justice
Jury selection change preserved fairness of process, Supreme Court says
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says Parliament was entitled to abolish a long-standing jury selection procedure that some critics had denounced as discriminatory. The newly released reasons shed...
Jun 25, 2021
Knife attack in German city leaves 3 dead, suspect arrested
BERLIN (AP) - A man armed with a long knife killed three people and injured five others, some seriously, in Germany's southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday before being shot by police and arrested, aut...
Jun 25, 2021
Man who killed B.C. teen not at 'immediate risk' to violently reoffend: lawyer
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who killed a 13-year-old girl and injured her friend at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., has been asked to read the victim impact statements before he appears for sen...
Jun 25, 2021
U.S. senator wants Canada on religious freedom watch list over pastor COVID arrests
EDMONTON - A U.S. senator has asked that Canada be investigated for violating religious freedom over the arrests of Alberta pastors accused of flouting COVID-19 restrictions. In a letter released Thur...
Jun 25, 2021
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin's knee led to the biggest out...
Jun 25, 2021
Montreal police make 15 arrests after Canadiens win, promise to be ready for finals
MONTREAL - When the Montreal Canadiens begin the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs next week, police will be ready to manage the big crowds that are expected to gather in the city's downtown, a ...
Jun 25, 2021
Montreal police make 15 arrests after Canadiens win, promise to be ready for finals
MONTREAL - When the Montreal Canadiens begin the final round of the Stanley Cup playoffs next week, police will be ready to manage the big crowds that are expected to gather in the city's downtown, a ...
Jun 25, 2021
Two more extreme right-wing groups join Proud Boys on Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has added two more right-wing extremist groups and an American neo-Nazi to its list of terrorist entities as it tries to counter the rise of white nationalist violence....
Jun 25, 2021
Ottawa Redblacks release Larsen after suspension, say cuts are based on roster size
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks say their decision to release a player suspended by the Canadian Football League club after Toronto Police launched an investigation into a possible hate crime earlier th...
Jun 24, 2021
Meng loses publication ban request on HSBC materials obtained via Hong Kong court
VANCOUVER - The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed an application for a publication ban from Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on new evidence that her legal team wants to intro...
Jun 24, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...