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Victims of mosque attack to be honoured with national day of remembrance, action
OTTAWA - The federal government intends to make Jan. 29 a day to honour victims of the deadly 2017 attack on a Quebec City mosque. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault made the announcement Th...
Jan 28, 2021
Sex assault cases involving ex-PQ leader Andre Boisclair back in court April 16
MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair will return court in mid-April to face charges related to two separate sexual assault cases. Boisclair was not in court today when the judge fi...
Jan 28, 2021
Controversial head of judges' disciplinary council retires
TORONTO - The controversial head of the council responsible for handling complaints against federal judges has retired.In a statement Thursday, the Canadian Judicial Council said Norman Sabourin, exec...
Jan 28, 2021
Opioid deaths highlight need to decriminalize hard-drug possession, police chiefs say
TORONTO - The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. In ur...
Jan 28, 2021
Police officer who shot and killed Winnipeg girl will not face charges
WINNIPEG - A police officer will not be criminally charged for fatally shooting an Indigenous teenager who was driving a stolen vehicle last spring. The unnamed Winnipeg officer fired two bullets at E...
Jan 28, 2021
B.C.'s Surrey Six killers can argue to have case tossed over abuse of process: court
VANCOUVER - Two men found guilty of British Columbia's most notorious gang killings will be allowed to argue the case should be thrown out because their rights were violated by police and correctional...
Jan 28, 2021
New trial ordered for N.S. booking officers convicted in jail cell death case
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for two special constables convicted of criminal negligence in the suffocation death of an inmate at a Halifax police lockup.The three...
Jan 28, 2021
Quebec City mosque co-founder decries lack of federal progress on curbing handguns
OTTAWA - The co-founder of the Quebec City mosque where six people were killed and many others injured four years ago this week laments the lack of federal progress on handgun control in a new letter ...
Jan 28, 2021
Top court to hear case on sexual consent and use of protection
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case concerning the use of protection during sex and how that relates to consent and possible deception. The complainant in the British Columb...
Jan 28, 2021
Military justice system at crossroads as court hears case on judges' independence
OTTAWA - Canada's military justice system will be on trial again Friday, when an appeal court weighs whether the handful of judges responsible for overseeing courts martial are truly independent.The C...
Jan 28, 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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