Tag Archives: Justice

HALIFAX - A Supreme Court of Canada decision could affect whether government lawyers can use confidential documents to defend their reputations if political bosses "throw them...

NEW YORK - A look at the charges against Harvey Weinstein and the punishment the former Hollywood producer could face if convicted at his New York City rape trial. A jury of seven men and five women s...

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia:   Protesters blocked traffic at a major intersection in Vancouver after the region's pub...

TORONTO - A young woman whose body was found in a stairwell in Toronto's gay village had injuries indicating she died from neck compression, a forensic pathologist testified Wednesday. Dr. Kona W...

OTTAWA - Federal prosecutors are signalling they want to move the national-secrets case against a senior RCMP official behind closed doors, at least temporarily, while they sort out how to handle...

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Lionel Desmond's licence to buy and possess guns was placed under review by firearms officials in New Brunswick in 2014 and again 2015, an inquiry into the...

EDMONTON - A blockade set up on a Canadian National rail line on the western edge of Edmonton in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs was being dismantled - at least temporarily - Wednesday ...

MONTREAL - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools operating north of Montreal are illegal and their religious curriculum for boys is so onerous the students have little time to study anything el...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are rejecting demands from conservatives on Parliament Hill and in provincial legislatures to break up blockades of rail lines by Indigenous prot...

REGINA - Questions are being raised about the Saskatchewan government's move to automatically deny sex offenders the ability to legally change their names. The province has released details ...