Tag Archives: Justice

EDMONTON - The Alberta government moved to the final stage of debate early Wednesday on legislation that, if passed, would see the Charter's notwithstanding clause invoked four times in less than two ...

INDIAN BROOK - A Nova Scotia First Nation says it has banned the province's premier and two of his senior ministers from band lands. The Sipekne'katik First Nation says Premier Tim Houston, Attorney G...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's attorney general has announced further provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation "a step toward ju...

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is defending the funding process that saw one government ministry give money to a company even after another ministry identified "irregularities" that are now being...

HALIFAX - Uber drivers in Halifax could soon be subjected to more scrutiny under changes proposed for the region's vehicle-for-hire regulations. A new staff report for Halifax regional council is reco...

OTTAWA - A military justice watchdog says an investigation of a sexual assault claim against former army officer Dany Fortin was "compromised" by "tunnel vision," bias and a lack of oversight. On Tues...

MONTREAL - Police officers in an off-island suburb of Montreal fatally shot a 15-year-old boy only 10 seconds after they parked their car on scene, the family's lawyers alleged Tuesday as they announc...

A new photo of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding has been released by U.S. law enforcement as they chase down the alleged Olympian turned drug kingpin. The Federal Bureau of Investigation shared on socia...

OTTAWA - Federal legislation introduced Tuesday proposes new measures to address hateful and controlling behaviour toward women and shield children from online predators. The Protecting Victims Act wo...

LAVAL - The coroner is investigating the death of an 88-year-old woman found outside a retirement home north of Montreal. Laval police say the woman was found on Monday morning near the Villagia de l'...