Tag Archives: Justice

Canadian teacher Christopher Maclure remembers the first time he felt afraid living in China. Almost all the newspapers there carried stories about how angry Chinese officials were when Huawei's chief...

OTTAWA - As the Trudeau government prepares new gun-control legislation, a victims group says all firearms' magazines should be limited to five bullets to reduce the damage a mass shooter can do. The ...

EDMUNDSTON, N.B. - A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia has been shot and killed by police in northwestern New Brunswick. The Edmundston Police Force says it received a request to chec...

TORONTO - A court ruling allowing people accused of sexual assault or other violent crimes to argue they were so intoxicated they didn't know what they were doing has angered women's-rights activists ...

QUEBEC - Sexual assault victims in Quebec will soon be able to pursue justice against their abusers regardless of how long ago crimes took place, according to proposed legislation tabled Thursday...

TORONTO - The death of a Toronto woman who fell from her 24th-floor balcony while police were in her home has renewed calls for an overhaul of how society deals with people in mental health crises. So...

OTTAWA - Federal prison chaplains say the spiritual needs of inmates have become an unnecessary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when offenders are feeling particularly vulnerable and alone...

HALIFAX - The gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia during a 13-hour rampage was described by police Thursday as an "injustice collector" whose grudges built up over time...

TORONTO - Relatives of a Toronto woman who died after falling from her balcony last week have postponed speaking with Ontario's police watchdog, citing concerns about possible leaks from police s...

TORONTO - A law that bans an accused from using intoxication as a defence in cases of sexual assault and other violent crimes tramples charter rights and is unconstitutional, Ontario's top court ruled...