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Justice Minister David Lametti proposes permanent justice reforms in wake of pandemic
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic appears set to force a modernization of Canada's justice system. Already grappling with a backlog of cases, courts across the country were forced to pivot swiftly when t...
Feb 25, 2021
Military reeling as new defence chief steps aside amid allegations of misconduct
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is reeling after news defence chief Admiral Art McDonald is being investigated for misconduct, only weeks after military police launched an investigation into allega...
Feb 25, 2021
Police chiefs endorse new 'Rescu' platform used to find missing kids
TORONTO - A new alert system that police recently used to find two missing girls received endorsement from the country's police chiefs on Thursday.The system, known as the Child Search Network, allows...
Feb 25, 2021
U.S. secretary of state plans virtual visits Friday with Trudeau, Garneau, Mexico
WASHINGTON - Antony Blinken will meet virtually Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau in a day of online diplomacy for the U.S. secretary of state. Blinke...
Feb 25, 2021
Poll finds strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests months of controversy has not dampened Canadians' strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying. Sixty-nine per cent of respondents to the Ipsos web-b...
Feb 25, 2021
Feds get another month to reform assisted-dying law as bill stalls in the Commons
OTTAWA - The federal government was granted one more month Thursday to expand access to medical assistance in dying even as its efforts to do so stalled in the House of Commons. Quebec Superior Court ...
Feb 25, 2021
COVID-19 quarantine screening officer charged with extortion, sexual assault
TORONTO - A quarantine screening officer who allegedly demanded cash from a woman before sexually assaulting her at her home faces related charges, police said on Wednesday.The accused had been traine...
Feb 24, 2021
Judge correctly found refugee pact violates charter, lawyer tells appeal court
OTTAWA - A lawyer for prospective refugee claimants says a federal judge was correct in finding an agreement between Ottawa and Washington results in people being imprisoned by U.S. authorities. Lawye...
Feb 24, 2021
Excessive isolation in Canada's prisons amounts to torture, criminologists report
OTTAWA - A new report says too many federal inmates in isolation aren't getting a few hours a day out of their cells, pushing them into territory that could be described as inhuman treatment or even t...
Feb 24, 2021
Desmond inquiry: psychologist says soldier showed no signs he was an abusive husband
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Wednesday from a psychologist who said she didn't detect warning signs about domestic ...
Feb 24, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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