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Godson pleads guilty in philanthropist's murder
The godson of a Toronto philanthropist who donated millions to wildlife conservation and environmental causes has pleaded guilty to planning his shooting death in 2007.
Details...B.C.'s missing women inquiry opens
B.C.'s inquiry into the death and disappearance of women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside opened in Vancouver amid the chants of protesters outside, and the withdrawal of several more advocacy groups.
Details...U.S. agents defend Ontario pedophile-luring ploy
U.S. authorities say their online portrayal of Ontario as a haven for child-sex tourism helped them catch four predators.
Details...Canada U.S. border security deal talks continue
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada is still working on a security border agreement with the United States.
Details...Stepfather charged after 10 year old kills teen
A B.C. man is facing two charges after his 10 year old stepson accidentally shot and killed another boy while showing off his stepfather's shotgun.
Details...Riot trial broadcasts defended by B.C. premier
A proposal to open the Stanley Cup riot trials to television news cameras and radio stations will help show the public that the wheels of justice are turning, according to B.C.'s premier.
Details...Feds launch anti-cybercrime campaign
The federal government has launched a national campaign aimed at stopping cybercrime and helping Canadians protect themselves online.
Details...U.S. mulls Canadian border fence
The United States is looking at building fences along the border with Canada to help keep out terrorists and other criminals.
Details...Copyright bill reintroduced in identical form
The federal government believes it has struck a balance between the needs of consumers and creators alike with the reintroduction of the exact same copyright bill that died when the federal election was called last spring.
Details...Medicine Hat teen killer slated for release
An Albertan teen who killed her parents and younger brother when she was 12 is a low risk for future violence and will be allowed to live in the community, a judge decided Tuesday at her sentence review.
Details...Ex U.S. officers border bans to be reviewed
Several American immigration lawyers are calling for a review of all cases where Canadians were banned from entering the U.S. by former border officer Joel Helle, who pleaded guilty to harassing a Canadian last month.
Details...Husband charged after Montreal woman's body found
A New Jersey man has been charged with killing his wife after police discovered her remains in a 55 gallon concrete filled drum in the apartment building where they once lived.
Details...Canadian mom sues son for support
A Canadian man who is being sued by his estranged mother for financial support is trying to have the case thrown out.
Details...Tory crime bill cracks down on drug, sex offences
Conservatives are moving to fulfil a campaign pledge to pass omnibus crime legislation, which includes potentially costly new mandatory minimum sentences and could double the penalties for marijuana production and trafficking.
Details...Road rage driver pins B.C. man against car
West Vancouver police are looking for the driver of a pickup truck who took road rage to the extreme, following another man in a car and then punching him after they pulled over.
Details...Winnipeg brawl nets manslaughter charge against teen
A 17-year-old girl faces a manslaughter charge in the aftermath of a deadly melee between two families that spilled onto a Winnipeg street early Saturday.
Details...Romeo Cormier gets 18 years for kidnapping, sex assault
A judge in New Brunswick has sentenced Romeo Cormier to 18 years in prison.
Details...B.C. man freed after 3 years in Mexican jail
A Vancouver man has been reunited with his family after spending three and a half years in a Mexican prison on drug charges apparently laid by mistake.
Details...Federal Court Chief Justice Allan Lutfy retiring
Chief Justice of the Federal Court Allan Lutfy plans to retire Sept. 30 after holding the position for eight years.
Details...Tobacco firms sue over new labels
Five tobacco companies sue the US government over a new law that would force them to place graphic health warnings on their cigarette packets.
Details...B.C. gang leader reported killed in brazen shooting
Reports indicate well-known B.C. gang member Jonathan Bacon, the eldest of the notorious Bacon Brothers, was killed in a brazen daylight shooting outside a Kelowna hotel on Sunday.
Details...B.C. polygamy evidence helps Warren Jeffs conviction
B.C. has been unable to win polygamy convictions connected to the religious commune of Bountiful, but the province's attorney general is taking credit for helping to prosecute American polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
Details...Sex worker turned law student dies
Wendy Babcock, a former teenage prostitute and dropout who later went on to attend law school and advocate for the rights of sex-trade workers, died Wednesday. She was 32.
Details...Delay in Vancouver riot charges a contrast to U.K.
Some B.C. residents are expressing frustration about the delay in laying charges in connection with Vancouvers Stanley Cup riot eight weeks ago, while more than 100 people have already been charged following rioting in England this week.
Details...Canada orders out Libya diplomats
Canada orders diplomats at the Libyan embassy in Ottawa to the leave the country within five days, and freezes the mission's bank accounts.
Details...Woman dies in custody at Alberta RCMP detachment
An autopsy could not determine what caused a woman to die Sunday while she was in custody at the RCMP detachment in Assumption, Alta.
Details...Polygamist sect leader convicted
Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs has been convicted on child sexual assault charges by a jury in Texas.
Details...Accused in vicious B.C. attack to appear in court
The man accused in a vicious beating and sexual assault in Penticton, B.C., last weekend is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Thursday.
Details...Right-to-die lawsuit fast-tracked by B.C. judge
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has agreed to fast-track the lawsuit of a dying woman pleading for help to end her life before she gets even sicker.
Details...4th war crimes suspect arrested in Toronto area
A fourth person living in Canada illegally and identified by the federal government as a suspected war criminal has been arrested in the Greater Toronto Area.
Details...Cunningham v. Alberta
Ontario Coalition of Aboriginal People concerned about the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Cunningham v. Alberta.
Details...Grandmother jailed after oil mistaken for heroin
A Minnesota senior was jailed by Canadian border guards at a Manitoba port of entry after a jar of used motor oil in her vehicle was mistaken for heroin.
Details...Teen saved from trunk in Brampton alleged abduction
Five men face kidnapping and extortion charges after police rescued a teen from the trunk of a car in Brampton, Ont., on Monday.
Details...Canada returns Chinese fugitive
One of Chinas most-wanted fugitives has arrived back in Beijing after a Canadian court cleared the way for his deportation.
Details...War criminals hiding in Canada
Thirty fugitives wanted for war crimes or crimes against humanity are believed to be hiding in Canada, the country's government says.
Details...Canadian commander Menard pleads guilty for affair
Retired brigadier-general Daniel Menard, a former commander of the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, has pleaded guilty at a court martial Thursday in Montreal for allegedly having an affair with another soldier during the mission.
Details...U.S. visitor turned away over long-ago prank
An American man says he was denied entry to Canada at Vancouvers airport because of a conviction stemming from a high school prank 20 years ago.
Details...Phone-hacking whistleblower found dead
The reporter who first came clean in Britains phone hacking scandal has been found dead. Two top police officers have also resigned.
Details...Woman charged in Winnipeg fire deaths
Winnipeg police have made an arrest in connection with a weekend rooming house fire that killed four and left two others critically injured.
Details...Dad who killed daughters boyfriend to serve 18 months
Kim Walker, the father from Yorkton, Sask., who claimed he shot his daughters boyfriend in 2003 to save her from a drug-addicted lifestyle, will spend another 18 months in prison.
Details...Replace Indian Act, Atleo says
The National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo told the countrys 630 chiefs on Tuesday that it is time to move away from the Indian Act.
Details...WikiLeaks founder Assange fights extradition
Australian in London to fight extradition to Sweden on sex assault charges
Details...Canada rejects Palestinian statehood bid at UN
Canada is rejecting a Palestinian effort to win recognition at the United Nations as an independent state.
Details...Canada drug doctor pleads guilty
A doctor who has treated Tiger Woods, baseball star Alex Rodriguez and other elite athletes has admitted charges of bringing illegal drugs into the US.
Details...Quebec MD not criminally responsible for killing kids
A jury has found Guy Turcotte, the Quebec cardiologist who admitted he stabbed his two children to death, not criminally responsible because of a mental disorder.
Details...5 firms win northern drilling rights
The federal government announced the winning bids on Monday for oil and gas exploration in Canadas north.
Details...Canadian stabbed to death in Mexico
A Mexican state official says a Canadian woman was stabbed to death in a suburb of San Miguel de Allende, a colonial city filled with foreign artists and retirees.
Details...2 Canadian soldiers charged in death of corporal
Two Canadian soldiers have been charged with manslaughter in the 2010 death of a corporal during a routine training exercise on a shooting range in Afghanistan.
Details...B.C. man nabbed over 1983 U.S. murder
A B.C. man could be facing the death penalty in Oklahoma after his arrest Friday on a decades-old murder charge.
Details...Canadian mining firm threatens legal action against Peru
Canadas Bear Creek Mining Corp. is threatening a legal challenge against Peru after its mining rights were revoked in a move that raises the risk for other resource companies doing business in the mineral-blessed South American country.
Details...MPs debating Canada Post bill
Members of parliament are debating back-to-work legislation for postal workers as politicians stare down the possibility of an all-night debate on sending Canada Post employees back to work and ending a lockout.
Details...Kidnap victim says she was too scared to escape
A woman who told a New Brunswick court she was abducted, held for 26 days and sexually assaulted by Romeo Cormier testifies she was too fearful to escape, even though there were opportunities.
Details...Two men found guilty in IWK shooting
Two men have been found guilty of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder in a shooting outside a Halifax childrens hospital in 2008.
Details...Nova Scotia told to buy marijuana
A Canadian couple too poor to grow their own medical marijuana should have their growing operation funded by the province of Nova Scotia, reports say.
Details...Mounties probe inmate death at Alberta prison
Police say an inmate death at Bowden Institution in central Alberta is being investigated as a homicide.
Details...Medical marijuana growth rules to change
The federal government is poised to tighten the rules on medical marijuana so that only licensed private operators are allowed to grow it, The Canadian Press has learned.
Details...Vancouver riots after Cup defeat
Riot police use tear gas to quell violence in central Vancouver after the Canucks lose the finals of ice hockey's Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins.
Details...RCMP arrest four migrants in human smuggling operation
The RCMP has arrested four male Tamil migrants in their 30s under an investigation dubbed Project Panurgic
Details...PM a bad boy: sex worker in prostitution challenge
One of the sex workers at the centre of an Ontario Appeal Court hearing that could decriminalize prostitution in Canada has a message for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Details...Calgary shooting victim Tasered in prior incident
The Calgary police officer who shot and killed a 40-year-old man Friday night had Tasered the victim during a confrontation in 2010, according to Calgary police Chief Rick Hanson.
Details...Canadian aided Mumbai attackers
Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana is convicted of backing Islamic militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, but is cleared of a more serious charge.
Details...B.C Supreme Court trial suspended because of shortage of sheriffs
A home invasion trial at the B.C Supreme Court was suspended on Wednesday because of a shortage of sheriffs.
Details...Bystander killed by Montreal police identified
Police have released the name of a 36-year-old man who died after being shot by police in Montreal's downtown core.
Details...RCMP report warns of extremists spinning web to recruit youths online
Radical groups are using online video games, cartoon characters and even crossword puzzles to promote their extremist agendas and encourage young people to join them.
Details...Canada may extradite bomb suspect
A Canadian judge approves the extradition to France of a man charged in a deadly bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980.
Details...Canadian Justice Gets A Major Makeover
Tough on crime or the fast route to a police state?
Details...14-year-old boy charged with mischief in hospital bomb hoax
Police say a teenager is facing several charges after a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of a northern Nova Scotia hospital.
Details...Court rejects Conrad Black appeal
The US Supreme Court has rejected former media tycoon Conrad Blacks appeal against his convictions for fraud and obstruction.
Details...Nanny sues boss for $195K over wage theft
Ugandan immigrant was paid $100 a month for 16-hour days, lawsuit says
Details...Vancouver airport workers accused in drug bust
Two security screeners at Vancouver International Airport are facing drug smuggling charges after officers busted another man allegedly attempting to export nearly 15 kilograms of ecstasy to the U.S.
Details...Canada imposes sanctions on Syrian leaders
Canada has announced economic sanctions would be imposed against members of the Syrian government in response to the countrys crackdown on protesters.
Details...Canada officers shot in dispute
A Quebec provincial police officer is dead and another wounded after an apparent domestic dispute ended in gunfire, officials say.
Details...No jail time for Tlicho ex-chief in sex assault
Former Tlicho grand chief Joe Rabesca will not be going to jail for sexually assaulting a woman in Behchoko, N.W.T., last fall, after a judge sentenced him to a year of probation late Thursday.
Details...Women not guilty of death threats to school staff
Two women who got into a protracted battle with a Toronto elementary school over the outcome of a spelling bee were found not guilty Wednesday of sending death threats to school staff.
Details...Slavery charge issued against B.C. woman
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a West Vancouver woman accused of keeping a slave.
Details...IMF chief awaits arraignment on sex charges
The court appearance on sex charges for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund and a potential candidate for the French presidency, has been postponed until Monday.
Details...Top court to rule if PM, ministers subject to info law
A battle between the government and information commissioner over whether the public should have access to the prime minister's agenda books will finally end Friday when the Supreme Court of Canada issues its ruling.
Details...Canadian drug program in court
Canada's Supreme Court will on Thursday begin hearing arguments over the legality of a safe injection site for addicts in Vancouver, which the federal government says facilitates drug use.
Details...Top U.S. class-action lawyer coming to Canada
Ontarios move to allow American-style shareholder class-action lawsuits has attracted a feared and revered Wall Street plaintiffs lawyer to the province just as the pendulum is swinging away from similar suits in the United States.
Details...Child sex-abuse suits settled after MDs bogus study
A hospital in Hartford, Conn., has settled lawsuits with 32 people who say they were sexually abused by a prominent, now-dead doctor believed to have molested scores of children over three decades with a bogus human growth study.
Details...Canada extradition appeal denied
A Toronto court has denied an appeal by the Canadian government to extradite to the US a man accused of supplying weapons to al-Qaeda.
Details...Charge coming in cult leader's death: RCMP
A man will appear in Moncton Provincial Court on Friday in connection with the death of the notorious killer and cult leader Roch Theriault.
Details...Supreme Court to hear Viagra patent challenge
The Supreme Court will hear a Canadian drug makers challenge of the Viagra patent held by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
Details...Former Catholic bishop Lahey pleads guilty on child porn charge
A Roman Catholic bishop has pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography for the purposes of importation.
Details...Elections law violated on Twitter
Turns out Elections Canada neednt have worried so much about the threat posed by twittering politics nerds to a 73 year old ban on publishing early election results.
Details...Should parents be charged if kids aren't wearing bike helmets?
First, your son is hit by a car while riding his bike. Then, the police charge you with failing to make sure he was wearing a helmet.
Details...Ontario government won't apologize for secret G20 law
The Ontario government is refusing to apologize for its secret G20 law that resulted in hundreds of arrests
Details...Court won't hear G8 audit case before election
A Federal Court judge has denied a request to speed up a lawsuit that could have forced the auditor general to release her audit into the governments G8 spending before Monday's federal election.
Details...Missing woman's fiance charged with murder
The fiance of missing Nova Scotian Laura Lee Robertson has been arraigned in court.
Details...N.S. man begins 2nd court martial for shooting
A new court martial for a former soldier charged in the fatal shooting of a friend and fellow reservist in Afghanistan begins Tuesday morning in Halifax.
Details...Calgary brothers charged with Oxycontin fraud
Two brothers are accused of getting and filling more than 85 prescriptions of highly addictive Oxycontin in both Alberta and British Columbia, then selling the pills on the street for a profit.
Details...Que. school gun incident to result in charges
Man arrested after taking rifle, hunting knife into school
Details...Owner charged after dog bites womans nose off
The elderly owner of a dog that attacked a Home Depot employee in Ottawa on Friday, leaving the victims face disfigured, was charged by the city on Monday
Details...Federal Court bans man for frivolous lawsuits
A man with a history of launching numerous frivolous lawsuits in Yukon and Nunavut has been barred from the Federal Court.
Details...Schoenborn decision continues to victimize ex-wife
The ex-wife of Allan Schoeborn is reportedly relieved the decision to allow him escorted day passes is under review, but her family says the process continues to victimize a fragile woman who is struggling to heal.
Details...Supreme Court to hear securities regulator issue
The Supreme Court of Canada is set for two days of hearings into the controversial issue of the constitutionality of a national securities regulator today.
Details...Anti-polygamy law a relic: lawyer
The federal prohibition on polygamy is a relic from another time that imposes Christianity on all Canadians and violates their right to religious freedom, says a lawyer arguing against the law.
Details...Nova Scotia court issues landmark decision for abused women
Battered women have won an important legal victory after Nova Scotias highest court concluded a woman living in a state of terror was understandably driven to try to arrange for her abusive husbands murder.
Details...Attempted murder charge in C.B. attack
A Port Hawkesbury man faces a charge of attempted murder after a violent domestic dispute that was described as off the charts by one RCMP officer.
Details...Cancer faker Kirilow spared jail
An Ontario woman who faked cancer to make money through a bogus charity will not go jail for the scam.
Details...Ontario man charged after carjacking, 150-km-long police chase...
A 20-year-old faces a long list of charges after pulling a knife on his parents and then leading police on a number of chases in southern Ontario.
Details...Trial starts for Edmonton foster mother
A new trial started Monday for an Edmonton foster mother previously convicted of manslaughter.
Details...RCMP arrest 12 in drug raid
Seven people are facing charges following early morning RCMP drug raids in Shediac on Saturday.
Details...Greens file court challenge over debate snub
The Green Party of Canada has filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge a broadcast consortiums exclusion of leader Elizabeth May from the election campaigns televised leaders debates.
Details...Top court will hear prostitution law challenge
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a challenge on the legality of Canadas anti-prostitution law.
Details...Vegan parents on trial in death of baby fed only breast milk
In a case that is likely to spark heated debate, a vegan couple are on trial in France this week facing charges of neglect or food deprivation in the death of their 11-month old baby.
Details...Lawyer reprimanded over nude photo affair
Jack King also ordered to pay more than $13K
Details...Supreme Court to look at copyright
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to look at the question of copyright on material downloaded from the Internet.
Details...Que. alimony case to go before top court
Canadas highest court will consider an appeal of a landmark Quebec ruling over the rights of unmarried couples to sue for alimony when their live-in relationships end.
Details...Red light district pitched for Toronto Island
But residents arent keen about Coun. Mammolitis brothel island idea
Details...Supreme Court to hear Black libel case
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments on Tuesday from the people Conrad Black has accused of libelling him.
Details...Spits coach charged with aggravated assault
Windsor Spitfires coach Bob Jones was arrested on the weekend for aggravated assault in relation to a fight that took place at The Dock's Riverfront Grill in Sault Ste. Marie in February.
Details...Controversial rape ruling appealed
The Crown has formally filed an appeal in a Thompson, MAN., rape case that sparked outrage over a judges controversial comments about the victims dress and readiness to party.
Details...PMO asks RCMP to investigate former aide
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office has asked the RCMP to investigate conflict of interest allegations against one of his former senior aides.
Details...Ont. murder trial halted for lack of aboriginal jurors
A judge has adjourned a murder trial in Thunder Bay after ruling it was impossible to convene a jury representative of the northern Ontario city's aboriginal population.
Details...Slain womans brother charged with murder
Nearly eight months after Amarjit Khosas body was found inside her Abbotsford home, police have arrested her brother in connection with the killing.
Details...Pacioretty on-ice hit to be investigated by police
Quebecs top prosecutor has asked police authorities to open an investigation into the violent on-ice hit that sent Montreal Canadiens forward Max Pacioretty to hospital with a broken vertebra and concussion.
Details...Refugee board member with zero acceptance rate chastised
The day the Star broke the story on acceptance rates of refugee board members, a Federal Court chastised an adjudicator who had not granted asylum to anyone in three years.
Details...Italys Mafia crackdown stretches to Canada
Italian police say they are conducting a major crackdown against the Ndrangheta crime syndicate, with suspects also being sought in Germany, Canada and Australia.
Details...34 cocaine packs removed from mans gut
11 packages containing the drug were passed
Details...No impunity in Libya: Gadhafi prosecutor
The International Criminal Court in The Hague opens its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity involving Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, some of his sons and his inner circle as new airstrikes were launched in the oil town of Brega.
Details...Ex-Goldman Sachs director charged
A former Goldman Sachs board member is charged with insider trading by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Details...Court sides with CRTC, broadcasters on TV fees
The Federal Court of Appeal has cleared the way for broadcasters to charge cable and satellite providers for carrying their programs.
Details...Cult leader Theriault killed in prison
Notorious killer and former cult leader Roch Theriault has died of injuries suffered in an altercation Saturday at Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick, RCMP say.
Details...Man claims mercy killing of terminally ill wife
RCMP say theyre investigating possible homicide
Details...Doctor charged in sex assault has military ties
One of the doctors charged last week with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in a downtown Toronto hotel is a long-serving member of the Canadian military, CBC News has learned.
Details...Teen charged in Delta girls beating death
An 18-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of Laura Szendrei, police in Delta, B.C., announced on Monday morning.
Details...Que. prosecutors angry over back-to-work law
Quebecs Crown prosecutors are furious that the government plans to legislate its 1,500 striking lawyers back to work Monday.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: YouTube Sensation...NOT
Isnt the whole point of breaking the law trying to keep it somewhat secret?
Details...Latimer still defends killing daughter
Saskatchewan farmer says, I know I was right
Details...Que. cabbie loses court fight over dash decor
A Montreal taxi driver fighting to keep personal and religious items displayed in his cab has been denied the right in a Montreal court.
Details...911 caller shot after trying to run down police
A man who called 911 and then tried to run down the Montreal officers who responded is in hospital after being shot by police, officials say.
Details...Amazon pollution: Chevron fined
A court in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron a reported $8bn for polluting a large part of the country's Amazon region.
Details...Immigrant visas to drop 5 per cent: records
New figures show the federal government intends to reduce the overall number of visas it grants to overseas immigrants this year by five per cent.
Details...Ont. mothers murder conviction quashed
A mother who spent almost 14 years in prison for killing her toddler has had her conviction quashed after Ontarios top court found flawed evidence from disgraced ex-pathologist Charles Smith helped convict her.
Details...Drunk driving tops list of pardoned offences
People convicted of drunk driving received about 13 per cent of all pardons granted by the Parole Board of Canada over the past decade, according to a CBC News analysis of the administrative tribunals data.
Details...Migrant ship arrival cost Canada $25M
The arrival in Canada of hundreds of Tamil migrants aboard the MV Sun Sea from Thailand cost the federal government $25 million, according to supplementary budget estimates released by Ottawa.
Details...RCMP boss should be police officer: senior Mountie
An RCMP deputy commissioner who was among senior officers raising concerns about commissioner William Elliotts management style says the next boss of the force should be a police officer.
Details...Dominican charges expected in Ont. mans death
Prosecutors in Dominican Republic are reportedly preparing to lay charges against two Canadians after the beating death of a 19 year old Ontario man at a resort near Punta Cana.
Details...Legal battle for fathers largesse sparks a row straight out of Dickens
A dying millionaires attempt to skip a generation and leave most of his fortune to his grandchildren is snagged on a massive obstacle: his sons.
Details...CRTC must reverse internet usage ruling: Clement
The CRTC must reverse a decision that ends unlimited internet access plans offered by smaller internet providers, or the federal government will intervene, Industry Minister Tony Clement says.
Details...Strip-searched Que. woman alleges police abuse
Video shows Sherbrooke woman forcibly stripped by police officers in holding cell
Details...Canada investigates husky deaths
Canadian police are investigating the reported killing of 100 huskies which had been used to pull tourist sleds in the ski resort of Whistler.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Stupid Criminals Caught by Georgia Snow
Two burglars in Georgia were easily caught on Monday morning, thanks to the record Georgia snowfall.
Details...Tunisian asks for Canada asylum
The Canadian government says Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of former Tunisian President Ben Ali, has requested refugee status in Canada.
Details...Appeals Court slightly reduces jail term of convicted Canadian paedophile
The Appeals Court Friday commuted the jail term of convicted Canadian paedophile from six years to five years and four months.
Details...Canadians G20 charges dropped
Charges have been dropped against a Canadian artist who was accused of possessing explosives and dangerous weapons in connection with Torontos G20 summit.
Details...Soldier Charged after Examining Female Recruits
A Canadian soldier is facing charges of inappropriate behaviour after performing medical exams on female recruits.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Craigslist Car Thief Foiled By Own Tactic
What goes around, comes around. Especially if its a Nissan Maxima.
Details...US army spy jailed for 32 years
A US engineer who sold military secrets to China has been sentenced to 32 years in prison.
Details...Charity chief convicted of sexual assault
Operation Save Canada's Teenagers and Revival Time Ministries International charitable registration revoked
Details...Terror suspect faced Canadian charges
Charges dropped against Sayfildin Tahir Sharif soon after arrest
Details...Men posing as police invade Ajax home
Three men posing as cops entered an Ajax home early Tuesday.
Details...Report on Que. judges probe to be released
The Premier of Quebec will find out Wednesday if a former Supreme Court of Canada judge thinks he tampered with the way judges are nominated in the province.
Details...Man charged in decapitation death
A Sault Ste. Marie man has been charged in connection to last weeks discovery of a decapitated body on the side of the road.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: The Decades Top 6 Stupid Criminals
The decade was filled with stupid criminals. Here is a list of the top six stupid criminals
Details...Trial starts in 1980s Winnipeg schoolgirl death
Hearings begin on 26th anniversary of discovery of girl's body
Details...Lying in Canada’s courts must be stopped
In criminal cases, false evidence can lead to wrongful convictions. In civil cases, it can lead to miscarriages of justice, ranging from plaintiffs not receiving adequate compensation for injuries, to custody being awarded to an undeserving parent.
Details...Woman could go to jail for not filling out census
A former leader of Saskatchewans Green Party has been found guilty of breaching Canadas census law.
Details...Jail feces thrower hopes for leniency
A former convict at the maximum-security Edmonton Institution pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault with a weapon for throwing a cup of feces in the face of a guard.
Details...Former RCMP officer is charged with perjury
A retired RCMP officer whose testimony came under scrutiny during a 2009 murder trial has been charged with perjury.
Details...Canadian artist brings lawyer into fight with National Portrait Gallery
Canadian artist AA Bronson has brought a lawyer into his dispute with the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. over the gallerys refusal to return to Canada one of his works currently in a controversial exhibition there.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Stupid Criminal Wears Plastic Bag Instead Of Ski Mask
Most stupid criminals still have enough cells in their heads to know that it might be a good idea to hide their face during their crooked activities.
Details...Sask. court to advise on same-sex compromise
Saskatchewans highest court will rule Monday morning on whether provincial civil marriage commissioners can refuse to perform same-sex ceremonies on religious grounds.
Details...Giffords assassin suspect may seek Unabomber lawyer
A man, 22, described as a social outcast with wild beliefs faces a federal court hearing on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Details...Ivory Coast expels Canadian, British ambassadors
Ottawa, however, is ignoring the expulsion order.
Details...Canada child sex priest arrested
Belgian authorities are seeking to expel a Canadian priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children.
Details...Man charged after parking officer hit by car door
Police said the female officer was struck by a car door and shoved while writing a parking ticket.
Details...'Dirty money' suspected in B.C. casino deals
Millions of dollars flowed through two B.C. casinos in the spring and summer of 2010 in what the RCMP believes may have been a sophisticated scheme to launder money from the drug trade, CBC News has learned.
Details...Accused baby abduction due in court Tuesday
An aspiring New York actress and singer accused of abducting a baby last week from a fake casting call is set to appear in Toronto court Tuesday.
Details...Canadian fraud cases rose in 2010
Shifting from identity theft to marketing scams
Details...Ex-con charged in slaying of Canadian in Mexico
Mexican authorities have charged a local man in connection with the October murder of an Ottawa businessman and are looking for other suspects.
Details...Group protesting at CAS offices Thursday
A rally taking aim at the practices and accountability of the Childrens Aid Society takes place Thursday and features Brenda Waudby as a guest speaker.
Details...Denmark arrests 5 over planned attack on newspaper
Five men planning to shoot as many people as possible in a building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were arrested Wednesday in an operation that halted an imminent attack, intelligence officials said.
Details...Ont. man charged with attempted murder in Jamaica
A Toronto-area man is set to appear in a Jamaican court Tuesday charged with attempted murder after his wife said he slashed her throat near the resort area of Montego Bay last week.
Details...Dying mans access to life-saving drug ending
Ontarios health ministry has yet to decide if it will pick up the cost of a $500,000-a-year drug keeping a man alive.
Details...Former coach charged in sexual assault
A 48-year-old former coach has been charged with sexual assault and uttering threats against a teenaged boy.
Details...Veterans' pension lawsuit OK'd by top court
The Supreme Court of Canada has reinstated a class-action lawsuit over military veterans' pensions that was launched by an injured mechanic.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Dumb Criminals in New York
A cheese grater, pack of cigarettes, and a missing sneaker kept police in Bushwick and Ridgewood busy with a November spike in clueless criminals.
Details...Top court ruling gives provinces in vitro jurisdiction
The Supreme Court of Canada rules that provinces have the right to regulate in vitro fertilization and some forms of assisted human reproduction.
Details...New Ticketmaster law in effect
Ontario's new law to stop U.S. entertainment giant Ticketmaster and others from selling and reselling tickets to the...
Details...G20 conspiracy charges dropped against activist
One of 19 people accused of conspiracy during the G20 summit in Toronto has had her charges dropped.
Details...Quebec to appeal common-law alimony ruling
Quebec will ask the countrys highest tribunal for permission to appeal a court ruling that paves the way for common-law spouses to obtain alimony when they split from their partner.
Details...Mackenzie pipeline decision coming Thursday
The National Energy Board will say Thursday whether it will approve the long-awaited Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline in the Northwest Territories.
Details...Top judges giving up silence to embrace the peoples court
A blue-chip crowd of several hundred jazz aficionados cheered and applauded at a swank Sunday night concert recently as Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler stood on stage and belted out part of an Ira Gershwin standard, I Can't Get Started.
Details...Credit card rules unfair, says watchdog
The federal competition bureau says Visa and MasterCard impose anti-competitive rules on merchants that lead to higher...
Details...Wikileaks founder bailed by court
Julian Assange is granted bail by a London court but will remain in custody as prosecutors have two hours to lodge an appeal against bail.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Two women arrested for shoplifting after smuggling jeans and boots inside their rolls of fat
Two women in Oklahoma were stopped as they tried to smuggle $2,600 of clothing and accessories inside rolls of body fat.
Details...Canadian blogger gets bail in Iran
An Iranian rights group says a pioneering Canadian-Iranian blogger has been temporarily freed from prison on bail of about $1.5 million.
Details...Harkat security certificate upheld
A Federal Court judge said there is reasonable grounds to believe Mohamed Harkat of Ottawa, who has been detained under a security certificate for eight years, remains a threat to national security.
Details...Judge rules Hyde's death accidental
Three years after Howard Hyde died in a Halifax-area jail cell, a provincial court judge says his death was accidental and not the result of excited delirium.
Details...Taser killed Ontario man: SIU
An Ontario man with schizophrenia died in June from being jolted with a stun gun, but no criminal charges will be laid against the officer who used the weapon, the province's Special Investigations Unit has concluded.
Details...Canadian resident given death sentence in Iran
An Iranian-born Canadian resident has been sentenced to death in Tehran in a case his supporters say is rife with torture and human rights abuses.
Details...Crossbow slaying suspect charged in Toronto
Ottawa man faces 1st-degree murder charge after death in library
Details...Ont. prostitution laws will stand for now
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that Ontario's prostitution laws will stay in place until April 2011, pending an appeal of a landmark ruling, according to The Canadian Press.
Details...Refugee claimants entering Quebec from U.S.
A legal loophole has would-be refugees in the U.S. coming into Canada through the Quebec border, CBC News has learned.
Details...SUMMARY: Charges Against Ottawa CAS
Summary of the case provided by John Dunn, Executive Director, The Foster Care Council of Canada
Details...Canada's handling of young Afghan detainees queried
The Canadian Forces have for years arrested children suspected of working with the Taliban and handed them over to an Afghan security unit accused of torture, CBC News has learned.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Ushered to jail
Well, this has got to be just about the dumbest of the dumb criminal stories yet.
Details...CAS under threat over list of members
Advocate wants to lobby children's aid society members to create membership class for former Crown wards
Details...Court rejects provocation defence in husbands murder conviction
Finding your spouse in bed with someone else may send you into a rage, but it doesn’t mean you can get away with murder...
Details...Sex abuse victims can sue Que. priest, order
Former students allege widespread abuse at Saint-Alphonse Seminary
Details...Daughter charged in deadly Markham home invasion
Murder charges have been laid against a woman in connection with the fatal shooting of her mother during a home invasion on Nov. 8 in Markham, Ont.
Details...Deny polygamy legal protection, lawyer urges
Practice leads to trafficking of child brides, B.C. lawyer argues
Details...Polygamy law faces test in B.C. Supreme Court
The constitutional validity of Canada's polygamy law will be tested by the B.C. Supreme Court on Monday, following the province's failed prosecution of two leaders from the religious community of Bountiful last year.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: New York cops using Myspace, Facebook to bust criminals
Aside from the fact that Facebook and other social networking sites are good in sharing stuff like cute kittens and funny articles, cops over at New York City think these portals are also the best place to hunt bad guys.
Details...Yukon land-claim appeal dismissed by top court
The Yukon government did not breach its duty to consult a First Nation about an agricultural land lease six years ago, Canada's top court has ruled.
Details...Canada senate kills climate bill
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has defeated a climate change bill calling for cuts in CO2 emissions.
Details...Body scan refusal creates online uproar
The refusal of an American air traveller to go through a body scanner has given rise to an internet sensation, and has the U.S. government defending the controversial machines.
Details...Accused Ponzi schemer won't be prosecuted
The Ontario Crown Attorney's Office withdrew criminal charges against a Toronto man accused of operating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme partly because the court lacks resources, CBC News has learned.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Three men arrested for trying to steal battery from highway sign
It's early but we have three front-runners for stupid criminals of the day. Three men waited until the busiest time of the day to try and steal a battery from a highway sign on Interstate 435 near Stadium Drive.
Details...Mom guilty of murder in daughters' drowning
A jury in Barrie, Ont., has found a 35-year-old woman who drowned her two young daughters guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.
Details...Sentencing expected in death of Delta girl
A B.C. judge is expected to sentence a Delta woman convicted of running over and killing a four-year-old girl while impaired.
Details...Stabbed RCMP rookie still makes arrest
A rookie RCMP officer who was stabbed in the arm by a suspect in North Vancouver still managed to arrest the man after shocking him with a stun gun, police say.
Details...VIDEO: Wrongfully convicted man struggles with freedom
Ivan Henry, a Vancouver man who spent almost 27 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of rape, talks to the CBC's Ian Hanomansing about adjusting to freedom.
Details...NUMBSKULL NEWS: Deputies Check Car For Bomb, Find Dead Body In Trunk
Deputies Say Man Was Turning Himself In For An Outstanding Warrant
Details...'Masked man' to face immigration panel
A young Asian man who boarded an Air Canada plane in Hong Kong disguised as an elderly Caucasian man is expected to appear before an immigration review panel on Monday to determine whether he will remain in custody.
Details...N.S. man guilty of hate crime in cross burning
A Nova Scotia man has been found guilty of inciting hatred in a cross-burning incident last winter near Windsor, N.S.
Details...Canada's prisons overcrowded: report
A new report on the state of Canada's prisons reveals overcrowded and aging facilities, where inmates wait years for access to rehabilitation programs.
Details...Top Hells Angel faces 22 murder charges
Twenty-two murder charges have been laid against an alleged biker boss once tied to the construction company now involved in the renovation fiasco on Parliament Hill.
Details...Ashley Smith family demands criminal probe
The family of a New Brunswick teen who asphyxiated in an Ontario prison cell while guards watched is demanding a formal criminal investigation by the RCMP into her death.
Details...Debt collectors use heavy-handed tactics
Canadians are getting deeper and deeper into debt. Since the mid-1980s, the average household debt load has climbed to 146 per cent of disposable income from 50 per cent, according to a recent TD Economics report.
Details...Top court rules on Que. sex abuse suit
Canada's highest court said in a ruling Friday that an appeal should be allowed in the case of Shirley Christensen, and that her case should be remanded to the Quebec Superior Court to assess the evidence.
Details...Khadr should go back to Canada: UN official
The United Nations representative on child soldiers says Omar Khadr should not be imprisoned in the United States but rather returned to Canada to be rehabilitated.
Details...Mafia big player in Que. economy, book says
Exposé says more than 600 Montreal businesses pay Mafia fees
Details...Firearm-related homicides drop: StatsCan
The number of gang-linked and firearm-related homicides declined slightly, although the overall homicide rate remained unchanged last year over 2008, according to Statistics Canada.
Details...Canadian militant pleads guilty in Guantanamo tribunal
Canadian Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay, has pleaded guilty to all charges at a tribunal.
Details...Adscam sources case sent back to Que. court
The Supreme Court of Canada has sent back to a lower court the issue as to whether a Globe and Mail reporter should reveal key confidential sources in the federal sponsorship scandal.
Details...Khadr plea talks involve Clinton: report
Cannon official denies foreign affairs minister is 'closely involved'
Details...N.S. soldier in shooting death gets new trial
A Nova Scotia soldier convicted of shooting his friend and comrade to death in Afghanistan has won his appeal and will get a new trial.
Details...Top RCMP officers forced out or quitting
They complained about Commissioner Elliott's leadership style
Details...Col. Russell Williams pleads guilty
Col. Russell Williams has pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in a Belleville, Ont., courtroom.
Details...Khadr plea deal in the works
'Serious charges' have to be dealt with in U.S., Harper says
Details...Myriam Bédard appeal dismissed by top court
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed former Olympic champion Myriam Bédard's appeal of her sentence and conviction for child abduction.
Details...Graham James arrest warrant to be issued
The Canadian Press has learned that a Canada-wide warrant for convicted sex offender Graham James will be issued Wednesday, based on new allegations from multiple complainants.
Details...Fort Hood massacre: Nidal Hasan faces US court hearing
Soldiers wounded in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base in Texas are set to describe the attack in detail at a preliminary court hearing on Tuesday.
Details...Canadian linked to al-Qaeda let out of U.S. prison
A Canadian man who admitted to going to al-Qaeda training camps has been released from a U.S. prison in advance of his deportation back to Canada.
Details...Alzheimer's patient wrongly jailed, wife says
Winnipeg man's case put over 11 times since Sept. 8
Details...N.S. to defend tobacco display law
The province of Nova Scotia will be in court next year to justify an anti-smoking law that has been deemed a Charter violation.
Details...Semrau to be sentenced
Capt. Robert Semrau, a Canadian soldier convicted of disgraceful conduct for shooting a wounded Afghan insurgent in 2008, will learn his fate on Tuesday.
Details...Toronto Chinatown grocer's trial begins
The high-profile trial of a Toronto Chinatown storeowner charged with assault and forcible confinement after apprehending a shoplifter begins Monday at Old City Hall.
Details...U.S. hunter not guilty in husband's shooting death
Death the 'result of an accident and nothing more,' judge says
Details...Offshore bank account probe nets Canadians
More than 1,700 private offshore bank accounts belonging to Canadians turned up on a list of secret accounts in Switzerland, a joint CBC News/Globe and Mail investigation into possible tax evasion has found.
Details...Canadian judge overturns brothel ban in Ontario
Pimping, soliciting and running brothels have been decriminalised in Canada's Ontario province after judges overturned a ban on the practices.
Details...Blogger sentenced in Iran to 19 years
A Canadian-Iranian blogger has been sentenced in Tehran to 19 years in prison after being convicted of creating anti-government propaganda.
Details...Census change challenge heads to Federal Court
The Federal Court will hear a complaint Monday by a French-Canadian group that opposes the government's move to replace the mandatory long-form census with a voluntary survey.
Details...US woman Teresa Lewis executed for family murders
A 41-year-old woman who conspired to murder her husband and stepson has been executed in the US state of Virginia.
Details...Skydiving murder trial begins in Belgium
A Belgian skydiver accused of allegedly killing her lover's paramour by sabotaging her parachute went on trial Friday.
Details...Gun registry survives Commons vote
Despite result, Harper says 'abolition is closer than it has ever been'
Details...Vote on gun registry to be close
Ignatieff: all Liberals will be present for Wednesday night vote
Details...Laval men shot by Mountie settle for $1.5M
Payout on hold as appeal court reviews earlier ruling
Details...Winkler calls for fresh approach with expanded mandatory mediation
Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler wants to see a complete overhaul of the province's family law system rather than more tinkering around the edges of a flawed process.
Details...Air India bomb plotter convicted of perjury
A Canadian who helped make the bomb that destroyed an Air India jet in 1985 has been convicted of committing perjury at the subsequent trial.
Details...Jury deliberates Air India perjury charge
Twelve jurors considering a perjury charge against Inderjit Singh Reyat were to resume their deliberations on Friday morning after spending the night sequestered in Vancouver.
Details...Gatineau man who strangled 2 women gets life term
A man in Gatineau, Que., has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 15 years for strangling two women in 2008.
Details...OxyContin abuse target of Ontario bill
A bill aimed at curbing the abuse of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin and other prescription drugs will be tabled in the Ontario legislature on Wednesday.
Details...Iran releases U.S. woman accused of spying
Sarah Shourd freed on bail but 2 male hikers still being held by Tehran
Details...Canada's military won't probe heroin allegations
Canada's military won't investigate British media reports that Canadian soldiers are alleged to have smuggled heroin out of Afghanistan, sources told CBC News.
Details...Pickton victims' families hopeful about inquiry
Families of Robert Pickton's victims are expressing relief and hope now that a public inquiry has been called into their loved ones' deaths.
Details...Gay Ont. man loses blood donation negligence suit
Donor falsely denied that he had had sex with another man
Details...Medical response in jails ID'd as still a problem
A review of nine deaths that occurred in federal custody between April 2008 and April 2010 shows recurring problems in responding to medical emergencies, as well as problems with accountability and compliance.
Details...Tories target human trafficking in new campaign
The federal government is partnering with Crime Stoppers to enlist the Canadian public's help in detecting and reporting signs of potential human trafficking.
Details...Peshdary gets bail as RCMP probe alleged plot
Awso Peshdary, an Ottawa man detained on assault charges while under surveillance during an RCMP anti-terrorism investigation, has been granted bail.
Details...Autistic B.C. boy's killer learns fate Thursday
A panel of experts meets Thursday to decide the fate of a woman found not criminally responsible for the slaying of a 12-year-old autistic boy in Grand Forks, B.C.
Details...Nude photos of judge contained in complaint
Naked photographs of a senior Manitoba judge engaged in bondage are part of a man's complaints to legal watchdogs about the judge's past and that of her husband, CBC News has learned.
Details...Oilers' Khabibulin faces DUI sentencing
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin will be sentenced Tuesday afternoon in an Arizona courtroom for drunk driving.
Details...Man detained in terrorism probe awaits hearing
An Ottawa man arrested last week during a domestic terrorism probe will appear in court again Tuesday on unrelated charges.
Details...Fake iTunes reviews row settled
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ruled against a marketing firm that posted favourable reviews of its clients' gaming applications on iTunes.
Details...Bomb plot investigation moves to 4th individual
One of three Ontario men alleged to be part of a domestic terrorist plot was remanded into custody Friday, and authorities say they are closing in on a fourth individual believed to be involved in the case.
Details...Men arrested for 'terrorist offences' appear in court
Two men arrested for 'terrorist offences' are appearing in an Ottawa courtroom Thursday morning.
Details...Arrest made in LaFortune torture case
A man wanted on Canada-wide warrants has been arrested in the case of Dustin LaFortune, who was dumped at a Regina hospital in April with injuries his family describes as the result of torture.
Details...Blackwater fined $42m for breaking US export laws
Private defence company Blackwater has been fined $42m (£27m) for violating US export and arms traffic laws.
Details...Police chiefs plan gun registry defence
Canada's police chiefs are planning a large public relations campaign in support of the federal long-gun registry the Conservative government is trying to scrap, CBC News has learned.
Details...Tamil migrants 'taken aback' by jail stay: lawyer
Some thought they'd be able to explore Canada 'the next day' after arriving
Details...Toronto mayor nominee Ford admits U.S. charges
Toronto mayoral candidate Rob Ford says he pleaded guilty to a charge of refusing to give a breath sample while driving in Florida 11 years ago and also faced a marijuana possession charge that was later dropped.
Details...Government appeals Tipple decision
Adjudicator awarded fired public works executive $1.35M in damages
Details...Guy Lafleur acquitted
Quebec's highest court has acquitted former NHL hockey star Guy Lafleur, earlier convicted of giving contradictory testimony at his son's sexual assault and forcible confinement trial.
Details...Tamil migrant hearings to begin in Vancouver
Immigration officials are expected to begin detention review hearings on Monday in Vancouver for the roughly 490 migrants who arrived in B.C. aboard a cargo ship on Friday.
Details...Khadr trial delayed after lawyer collapses
The Guantanamo Bay military trial of Omar Khadr will be delayed for 30 days after Khadr's lawyer collapsed in court and must be airlifted to a medical facility in the United States.
Details...RCMP vessels head for Tamil migrant ship
A flotilla of 10 boats, including RCMP vessels and one navy ship, left the B.C. coast on Thursday morning headed for a Thai cargo ship with an estimated 200 Tamil migrants on board.
Details...Census court challenge to be heard in Sept.
Francophone groups have won a procedural victory in their attempts to get the Federal Court to fast-track their request to halt the government's planned scrapping of the mandatory long-form census.
Details...Flight attendant in court after in-flight tirade
Leaves plane by evacuation chute after berating passenger over intercom
Details...Woman accused of faking cancer appears in court
An Ontario woman accused of lying about having cancer so she could raise money for herself has had her bail hearing put over until Wednesday.
Details...Lobbying Act loophole to close: Day
The federal government will close a loophole in the Lobbying Act to include all MPs, senators and staff of opposition leaders as designated public office holders.
Details...Abdullah Khadr released after court ruling
Ontario justice denies U.S. extradition request
Details...Two charged in vigilante sword battle
Two men have been charged following a sword-wielding vigilante attack north of downtown Edmonton, say police.
Details...Pickton won't get new trial: top court
Robert William Pickton will not get a new trial for murdering six women in British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously Friday.
Details...US Congress approves new funding for Afghan war
The US House of Representatives has approved funds to pay for President Barack Obama's increase in US troop numbers in Afghanistan.
Details...RCMP dealing with management 'issues': memo
Senior RCMP officers, including Commissioner William Elliott, say they are working through their issues, following complaints about Elliott's management style, according to an internal memo.
Details...Arizona immigration law set to come in amid protests
Protestors are expected to stream into Arizona as the state's controversial new anti-illegal immigration law takes effect on Thursday.
Details...Ex-Nazi charged in deaths of 430,000 Jews
88-year-old German 3rd on most-wanted Nazis list
Details...Top RCMP staff complain about boss
Senior RCMP members have complained about Commissioner William Elliott to some of the highest levels of the federal government on two separate occasions in the past seven days, CBC News has learned.
Details...G20 police shot rubber bullets, woman says
A 20-year-old environmental activist from B.C. is suing the Toronto Police Service, claiming she was hit by two rubber bullets during a G20 summit protest.
Details...Top court upholds damages in B.C. strip-search case
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld $5,000 in damages against British Columbia for breaching the charter rights of a Vancouver lawyer who was strip-searched by police in the mistaken belief he was going to throw a pie at Jean Chrétien.
Details...Canada police arrest alleged G20 troublemaker
An Ontario woman who police allege was a ringleader for trouble at Toronto's G20 summit in June has turned herself in after police called for her arrest.
Details...Conrad Black can't come to Canada
Former media baron's associate puts up $2M US unsecured bond
Details...Crime decreased again last year
The volume and severity of crime reported to police across the country dropped again last year, continuing the downward trend seen over the past decade, reports Statistics Canada.
Details...Jury deliberates in Semrau court martial
Deliberations continued Sunday in the military trial of a Canadian Forces captain charged with second-degree murder in the death of an unarmed insurgent in Afghanistan.
Details...Immigrant marriage fraud crackdown urged
A Toronto area MP is calling on the federal government to make changes to national immigration laws in order to make it harder for immigrants who enter into marriages of convenience so they can live in Canada.
Details...US military to hand over last detention centre in Iraq
The US military is to hand over control of its last remaining detention centre in Iraq, as it increases the pace of its withdrawal from the country.
Details...Internet luring conviction upheld by top court
Edmonton man's steps to learn age of person he chatted with weren't 'reasonable'
Details...Earl Jones victims can sue Royal Bank
A Quebec court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against the Royal Bank of Canada launched by victims of convicted fraudster Earl Jones.
Details...Quebec mom charged in so-called honour stabbing found fit to stand trial
MONTREAL - A woman alleged to have stabbed her daughter in the head in a so-called 'honour crime' has been declared fit to stand trial.
Details...Khadr says no hope for fair trial
A defiant Omar Khadr told a military court in Guantanamo Bay Monday that he does not trust the military to give him a fair trial and that he has fired his American lawyers.
Details...Clifford Olson threatens lawsuit over pension
One of Canada's most notorious serial killers is threatening to take the federal government to court over its plan to end pension payments to federal inmates like himself.
Details...Regina man charged in Amber Alert case
Christopher Martyn, a Regina man arrested in connection with an Amber Alert missing child case, has been charged with assault causing bodily harm.
Details...Conrad Black applies for bail
Conrad Black has applied for bail with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
Details...Toronto man convicted in Iran nuclear case
A Toronto man has been found guilty of trying to send devices to Iran that could be used to build nuclear weapons.
Details...Ottawa charity director charged with $1M fraud
Ottawa police have charged a 46-year-old Ottawa woman with defrauding a provincially funded charity of more than $1 million over a period of nine years.
Details...Facebook teen luring trial ends in conviction
A 24-year-old P.E.I. man was found guilty of internet luring Wednesday in connection with Facebook communications with a 14-year-old girl.
Details...Ottawa passes bill to tighten prison pardons
MONTREAL - The Conservative government passed Bill C-23 in its third reading last night, introducing restrictions that will make it more difficult for repeat offenders convicted of serious crimes to obtain pardons after they have completed their sentences.
Details...U.S. gun ban weakened by court opinion
A new opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States holds that the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment restrains any significant government limit on 'the right to keep and bear arms.'
Details...Include abortion in G8/G20 agenda: Martin
A former prime minister is criticizing the current prime minister’s signature maternal health initiative as Stephen Harper is set to host two major world summits back to back.
Details...Supreme Court to hear injection site appeal
Canada's top court has announced it will hear the federal government's appeal in relation to Vancouver's supervised drug-injection site.
Details...G20-related incident nets weapons charges
A Toronto man has been charged with explosives and weapons offences in what police are calling a G20-related arrest.
Details...Divorced B.C. father kept from seeing child
A divorced B.C. father who hasn't seen his young daughter for several months blames the family court system and is joining others in a call for change.
Details...Fingerprint error led to four months behind bars
Ironworker jailed in 1996, a year not covered in review of lab http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/7061333.html
Details...Royal Bank Firebombing Suspects to Appear in Court
Two of the three men charged in the firebombing of a Royal Bank branch in Ottawa's Glebe neighbourhood in May are scheduled to make video appearances in court on Monday.
Details...Three killed in California restaurant shooting
A man in California has opened fire on his stepdaughter and her family in a restaurant.
Details...Utah firing squad executes U.S. killer
U.S. man who spent 25 years on death row was executed early Friday by firing squad, the Utah Department of Corrections said.
Details...Murder case against retired judge has challenges
Former Quebec Court of Appeals Judge Jacques Delisle has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife Marie-Nicole Rainville. This is the first time the charge of murder has been laid against a member of the Canadian Judiciary. The case will no doubt have a number of interesting legal and political issues as it develops. The crown has already begun with the unusual move of holding an in camera pre-inquiry hearing.
Details...Air India report urges sweeping security changes
Canadian authorities should have known that Air India Flight 182 was a potential terrorist target, a long-awaited report says in blaming a 'cascading series of errors' by government, the RCMP and CSIS for failing to prevent the disaster.
Details...Native healing hearings open in Winnipeg
Emotions are expected to be running high Wednesday as thousands of aboriginal residential school survivors meet in Winnipeg for the opening hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Details...Street racing at 157 km/h nets charges
Toronto woman with 4 kids in car charged by OPP
Details...'Radical' banking reform needed: Carney
The time for debate is nearing an end and banks should prepare for radical reforms to the world financial system that will aid the economic recovery, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says.
Details...Hunt continues for ammonium nitrate buyer
Police in southern Ontario were asking for the public's help Wednesday as they continued to search for a man who bought 1,625 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, a chemical fertilizer that can be used as a key ingredient in bomb-making.
Details...UN Security Council to vote on Iran sanctions
The United Nations Security Council could vote as early as Wednesday morning on a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
Details...Here comes the judge Bestselling legal eagle to spread message online
The Times Colonist profiles AdviceScene's latest project, Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone in today's Art & Entertainment section.
Details...Mom, grandma arrested after dog kills infant
A teen mother and her mother face charges of criminal negligence causing death after a dog mauled and killed a newborn girl on Montreal's south shore on Monday.
Details...Openly gay judge to host Internet chat show
Canada's first openly gay judge wants to become the country's first Internet celebrity talk-show host while acting as a sitting jurist. In a remarkable and daring attempt to educate people about the legal system, Ontario Judge Harvey Brownstone is going where none of his brothers or sisters on the bench has gone before.
Details...Trial of woman shot by police wraps
The trial of a Saskatoon woman accused of assaulting police, before she was shot by an officer, concluded Thursday with final arguments.
Details...Greyhound killer Li granted walks
Vince Li, the man who stabbed and beheaded a passenger aboard a Greyhound bus, has won the right to have escorted walks.
Details...Copyright Act changes to be revealed
Industry Minister Tony Clement will be in Montreal Wednesday afternoon to introduce a bill to upgrade the Copyright Act.
Details...Calgary father jailed for tot's methadone OD
A Calgary father convicted in the methadone overdose death of his toddler has been sentenced to 2½ years in jail.
Details...Poverty groups take Vancouver security guards to B.C. Human Rights Tribunal
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will be asked Monday to decide whether a homeless person has a right to sit down on a sidewalk without being harassed by private security guards.
Details...Supreme Court dismisses appeal from maker of drug blamed for breast cancer
VANCOUVER - The maker of a hormone replacement drug that's been blamed for higher rates of breast cancer has lost its bid to block a B.C. class-action lawsuit.
Details...Full parole for RCMP officer who threw wife from Toronto balcony
VANCOUVER – Patrick Kelly, a former RCMP officer convicted of throwing his wife to her death from the 17th floor balcony of their Toronto highrise, has been given full parole.
Details...Young man on trial for murder dies suddenly
An Ontario Superior Court jury trial came to an abrupt halt Tuesday after the 24-year-old defendant died suddenly over the weekend.
Details...‘Prince of Pot’ pleads guilty to drug charge, gets 5-year sentence
SEATTLE—Canada's self-styled “Prince of Pot” has been knocked from his throne.
Details...Appeal Court turns out lights on B.C. program targeting grow ops
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled a law allowing city electrical inspectors to search houses for marijuana growing operations without warrants violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Details...Health Canada to legalize loophole on fortified foodstuffs lacking nutrition labels
OTTAWA -- There could be hundreds of food and beverage products boosted with vitamins and minerals on shelves across the country with unchecked health claims and no nutritional fact boxes - and Health Canada is now proposing to legalize the loophole that has allowed the food industry to get fortified snacks and drinks to market faster.
Details...Judge threatens to eject defence lawyer on opening of BC Rail trial
Lawyer bluntly told to sit down and be quiet after interrupting Crown’s opening remarks in political corruption case.
Details...Nova Scotia AG findings on legislators' spending referred to RCMP
Expense-claim scandals have also ensnared politicians in Newfoundland and in Britain over the past year, which in turn have sparked calls for parliamentarians in Ottawa to let federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser audit their expense claims.
Details...Manuels janitor pleads not guilty on sex charges
A school janitor has pleaded not guilty in St. John's court to eight sex-related charges.
Details...Court martial judge says battlefield video can be released
Court says cellphone video must first be digitally altered to blur faces of Afghan interpreters
Details...Toronto-born Omar Khadr's terror trial set to begin Aug. 10 in Guantanamo Bay
The date was issued on Tuesday in a scheduling order to attorneys and 'other interested parties'' in the case of Toronto-born Khadr.
Details...Tories reveal tighter pardon rules
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews on Tuesday unveiled sweeping changes he said are meant to tighten up Canada's system of criminal pardons.
Details...Surprise guilty plea in Toronto terror trial
Fahim Ahmad, one of three men accused of plotting to attack Parliament, nuclear stations and sites in downtown Toronto, has unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty in mid-trial.
Details...'Straw buyer' seduced into mortgage scheme
Albertan may be liable for up to $158K
Details...Accused colonel kept tabs on police probe
Email messages obtained by the Star include condolences to the family of alleged victim
Details...Liberals' lobbying rules motion passes
Tories 'trying to change channel' on lobbying woes: Ignatieff
Details...BP vows to pay all costs of oil spill cleanup
Company launches community outreach program
Details...Times Square video shows 'person of interest'
No evidence of Taliban bomb link: NYPD
Details...No charges in B.C avalanche deaths
RCMP in B.C. say no criminal charge will be laid against the organizers of a March snowmobile event near Revelstoke, where two people died in an avalanche.
Details...Phillion murder charge dropped
Spent 32 years in prison for 1967 death of Ottawa firefighter
Details...Canada seeks global forum on truth commissions
Representatives of Canada’s truth and reconciliation commission went to the United Nations on Tuesday, calling for the international community to work together on dealing with the legacy of aboriginal abuse around the world.
Details...No abortion in Canada's G8 maternal health plan
The federal government has disclosed for the first time that Canada will not fund abortions in its G8 child and maternal health-care initiative for developing countries.
Details...Louise Arbour can finally talk about world's worst regimes
Controversial jurist’s new role allows her to finally speak out against world’s worst regime
Details...Baltovich seeks $13M for wrongful conviction
Robert Baltovich is suing Ontario’s attorney general for what he says was his wrongful conviction in the death of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Bain.
Details...Ex-NHL prospect still not fit for trial: report
A psychiatric report says former NHL hockey prospect Daniel Ryder, who was declared unfit to stand trial after he was charged with armed robbery in January, is fighting severe mental illness.
Details...Sarkozy orders Muslim veil ban in public
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered legislation that would ban women from wearing Islamic veils that fully cover the face and body in public places, the government said Wednesday.
Details...RCMP arrest man in 1995 N.B. double slaying
A 63-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 1995 slayings of a mother and her son near Sackville, N.B.
Details...B.C.'s pro-HST campaign may be illegal
The B.C. government's plan to mail out information pamphlets about the HST violates laws restricting campaigning during the anti-HST petition drive, according to former premier Bill Vander Zalm.
Details...Bhutto murder investigation flawed: UN
Pakistani police deliberately failed to properly investigate the 2007 assassination of former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto — a political murder that could have been prevented, a UN report says.
Details...Rights icon Desmond gets N.S. apology
Nova Scotia is officially apologizing to Viola Desmond — six decades after the black woman was convicted for sitting in a whites-only section of a movie theatre.
Details...Tobacco firms to pay $550M over smuggling
A decade-long legal battle pitting Big Tobacco against the federal and provincial governments drew to a close Tuesday, with two cigarette makers agreeing to pay more than half a billion dollars in connection with a massive smuggling operation set up in the 1990s to dodge taxes.
Details...Karadzic war crimes trial hears of horrors
A Bosnian Muslim who was the first witness in Radovan Karadzic's genocide trial Tuesday testified in The Hague about the horrors of life in a Serb-run detention camp during his country's 1992-95 war.
Details...N.B. kidnapping accused waives bail
A Moncton, N.B., man accused of kidnapping and confining a 54-year-old grandmother for nearly a month has waived his right to a bail hearing.
Details...B.C.'s solicitor general quits amidst RCMP probe
B.C.'s high-profile Solicitor General Kash Heed resigned from provincial cabinet after revealing the RCMP is investigating alleged violations of the Elections Act during the May 2009 provincial election campaign.
Details...Top court orders new trial in Courtepatte killing
The Supreme Court of Canada has ordered a new trial for one man and upheld the conviction of another in the April 2005 rape and murder of Nina Courtepatte, a 13-year-old Edmonton girl.
Details...Pharmacists slam Ontario drug reforms
The stage is set for a battle between the Ontario government and pharmacists over drug reforms being introduced Wednesday by Health Minster Deb Matthews.
Details...Internet spy ring uncovered
Canadian researchers have helped uncover an internet spy network that was used to steal data on India's missile systems, private correspondence of the Dalai Lama and Canadian visa applications.
Details...Creba jury convicts 2 men of manslaughter
A jury has convicted two men of manslaughter in the notorious Boxing Day shootout that killed Toronto schoolgirl Jane Creba over four years ago.
Details...Barack Obama to allow oil and gas drilling off Virginia
US President Barack Obama is set to allow oil and gas drilling off Virginia in a bid to reduce foreign energy dependency, officials say.
Details...3 guilty in wheelchair crash death
Three people in New Brunswick pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a Toronto woman in a wheelchair last summer.
Details...U.S. man tried to buy child, police allege
THUNDER BAY, ONT.—A man from the state of Georgia is in a Thunder Bay jail for allegedly trying to buy a child.
Details...Canada to reform refugee system: Kenney
Proposed reforms to Canada's refugee system would increase the number of refugees accepted into the country and provide more funding to help them integrate into society and find jobs.
Details...LawLINE, CASL, and five regional legal aid offices close tomorrow
Tomorrow morning, five regional legal aid offices, the LawLINE, and CASL will shut down operations due to cuts to services and staff at the Legal Services Society of BC. This is the second round of deep cuts this chapter has faced since April of last year.
Details...Should Toronto license panhandlers?
On a recent visit to downtown Toronto I was surprised by the number of panhandlers who greeted me on almost every street corner. While none of these panhandlers were threatening or aggressive, I must admit that I was cautious as I passed them.
Details...New Afghan detainee documents released
The federal government has tabled 2,500 pages of redacted documents related to the Afghan detainee controversy in the House of Commons.
Details...Court martial begins for Canadian in Afghan death
The court martial for a Canadian soldier charged with murder in the death of a wounded, disarmed insurgent in Afghanistan begins Wednesday in Gatineau, Que.
Details...CBC blasts CRTC for TV signals decision
CBC/Radio-Canada is condemning the CRTC for its new framework for conventional television, saying the decision leaves Canada's public broadcaster out to dry.
Details...Air rage earns Calif. man $30K fine
A California resident has been given an expensive bill for causing a scene on an overseas flight that was forced to land last week in central Newfoundland.
Details...Montreal shop owner arrested after slayings
Masked men gun down 2, wound 2 others in targeted killing
Details...Polar bear trade ban defeated at UN meeting
A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws was defeated Thursday at a UN wildlife meeting in Doha, Qatar, over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and arguments the practice didn't pose a significant threat to the animals.
Details...NHL wants quick OK on head-shot ban
The NHL wants to adopt a new rule against blindside hits to the head before the end of this season.
Details...Cyber crime losses in US almost 'double' during 2009
US losses to online crime almost doubled during 2009, reveals a report.
Details...Montreal movie pirate faces 4 months in jail
A Montreal man the FBI once called Canada's biggest movie pirate will be sentenced in on Tuesday for illegally distributing copyrighted material on the internet.
Details...US bank regulation bill due to be unveiled
A new bill to tighten regulation of US banks is due to be unveiled on Monday, but it is unclear if it will succeed in gaining Senate support.
Details...FBI tip led to Labrador child porn charges
A tip from U.S. investigators led the RCMP to lay child pornography charges against a Labrador teacher.
Details...Schizophrenia no defence in man's murder
Jurvy convicts Jeffrey Downs, 36, of 2nd-degree murder in stomping death
Details...Nunavut Mountie's killer guilty of murder
An Iqaluit jury has found Pingoatuk Kolola guilty of murdering an RCMP officer in a remote Nunavut community over two years ago.
Details...US woman indicted on terror charges
A Pennsylvania woman in her late 40s has been charged with terror offences including using the internet to recruit militants for deadly attacks abroad.
Details...Doctor in mastectomy furor wants to operate
The Windsor, Ont., surgeon at the heart of a controversy over unnecessary mastectomies has asked to have her hospital privileges reinstated.
Details...NAFTA pullout bill fails to scare Ottawa
Fresh off a recent skirmish over 'Buy American,' some Canadian cabinet ministers are expressing confidence that a new protectionist push from some U.S. politicians won't succeed.
Details...Air India perjury trial begins
The only person ever convicted in the Air India bombing 25 years ago was back in court in Vancouver on Monday to face perjury charges.
Details...B.C. transit police release video of Taser incidents
Metro Vancouver's Transit Police Service on Friday released video of nine incidents in which its officers deployed Tasers in response to a CBC freedom of information request.
Details...Ex-student arrested in Calgary school hostage-taking
A former student who held a school secretary at knifepoint at a junior high in southwest Calgary on Thursday has been arrested, police said.
Details...Bankruptcies up 25% in 2009
Bankruptcy filings increased by more than 25 per cent in 2009, official data revealed Wednesday.
Details...Wrongful mastectomy victim to sue
Leamington, Ont., woman whose case helped spark an investigation into wrongful mastectomies in Windsor is taking legal action.
Details...Same-sex security screening required
Canada's air-security agency has ordered officers to stop the routine screening of travellers of the opposite sex.
Details...N.L. prison guard linked to major drug bust
A prison guard charged in connection with drug smuggling into a St. John's prison has been ordered to stay away from people snared in a major drug bust in January, according to court documents.
Details...U.K. prosecutor clarifies assisted suicide rules
Britain's top prosecutor published new guidelines Thursday spelling out what types of assisted suicide cases were more likely to face prosecution, keeping the practice illegal but finding some leeway for suspects not to be charged.
Details...Proposed youth centre likened to residential school
Winnipeg council debates $2.5M for Christian group
Details...Toyota hearing to begin in Washington
U.S. transportation secretary to testify in Toyota investigation
Details...Schoenborn verdict expected Monday
The B.C. Supreme Court is expected to decide Monday whether a man who admitted killing his three children in Merritt should face life in prison.
Details...Minimum sentences can be lowered: top court
Only in some 'exceptional cases': says Supreme Court
Details...Col. Williams to keep pay, rank
Next hearing for man accused in deaths of two women scheduled for March 25
Details...Quebecer in bomb plot gets life sentence
Said Namouh has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years for his role in an international terror plot that threatened European countries involved in military operations in Afghanistan.
Details...Toronto bomb plot participant wasn't entrapped
A man found guilty of terror offences as part of the so-called Toronto 18 has been convicted of those offences - one month later.
Details...Earl Jones to be sentenced Monday
Disgraced financial adviser Earl Jones is set for sentencing Monday in Montreal.
Details...Accused colonel led police to body: sources
Accused killer Col. Russell Williams led police to the body of Jessica Lloyd, one of his alleged victims, sources have told CBC News.
Details...Rizzuto clan head pleads guilty to tax evasion
Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto, the presumed patriarch of Canada's most well-known Mafia clan, has pleaded guilty in Montreal to tax evasion.
Details...Air Canada to sue for Toronto Island return
Montreal-based Air Canada said Wednesday it will sue for the right to resume flying at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
Details...Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Help From U.S.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The 10 American Baptists detained in Port-au-Prince on child trafficking charges are pleading for the United States government to do more on their behalf and for the news media to focus on them less.
Details...Facebook threat gets boy banned from internet
A Charlottetown boy was given 18 months probation Monday for making a threat against his school on Facebook, and may not use the internet during that time.
Details...RBC knew of Jones account oddity, memo shows
The Royal Bank of Canada knew disgraced Montreal financial adviser Earl Jones was using his personal account for business and passing it off as an in-trust account, The Fifth Estate has learned.
Details...Ex-Hells Angel gets immunity and $3M
Former biker admitted to police that he killed a man
Details...Trial opens in Jordan Manners shooting
The Crown opened its case Wednesday against two youths charged with first-degree murder in first ever high school shooting death
Details...Prison report urges needle exchange programs
A report on drug use in prisons urges the federal government to set up needle exchange programs for inmates.
Details...Intrawest owner wants Ottawa to pay $90M US: report
The New York Post reported Monday that the parent of Intrawest ULC, the company which owns one of the venues for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, wants the Canadian government to put up $90 million US before the Games start or it will sue.
Details...Khadr repatriation overturned by top court
The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned lower-court orders that the federal government must try to repatriate Toronto-born Omar Khadr from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay.
Details...French court clears Sarkozy rival in slander trial
A French court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Dominique de Villepin on charges he was complicit in a smear campaign directed against President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Details...Prison staff failed to help suicidal inmate, inquest hears
An inquest into the death of an aboriginal prisoner heard Tuesday that corrections officials were aware of his history of depression and suicide attempts, but he never got the help he needed.
Details...Battlefield mystery plays out in court
GATINEAU, QUE. - Capt. Robert Semrau is the picture of a proud Canadian soldier with his loving wife never far from his side.
Details...Canadian soldier in court on murder charge
Court martial proceedings begin Monday for a Canadian soldier charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a wounded Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan.
Details...Ministry off the hook in rapist's sex-change
Court rejects decision ordering attorney general to pick up cost of rapist's psychiatric assessment
Details...Ottawa erred on B.C. mine review: court
The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled Thursday that a British Columbia mining development can go ahead, even though the court said the project didn't go through all the required environmental assessments.
Details...Carry-on bags again allowed on U.S.-bound flights
Canada has relaxed strict new rules for passengers of commercial airlines, allowing people to bring one carry-on bag aboard U.S.-bound flights.
Details...Earl Jones's wife wants goods from 3 homes
A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that it is in the interest of the public to know the details of Montreal financial adviser Earl Jones's divorce proceedings.
Details...'Toronto 18' member gets 12 years
Toronto 18 militant Saad Gaya was sentenced in a Brampton, Ont., courthouse on Monday to 12 years in prison, minus 7 1/2 years credit for pre-trial custody.
Details...Consortium to bid for three CanWest dailies
Canadian media luminaries Jerry Grafstein, Raymond Heard and Beryl Wajsman announced today they are leading a consortium of local investors to acquire Montreal's The Gazette, The Ottawa Citizen and The National Post.
Details...Canada may fast-track Haitian immigration
The Canadian government says it is looking into a plan to help fast-track immigration from Haiti in the wake of the earthquake that has crippled the Caribbean country.
Details...Street gangs battling behind prison walls
Court documents are shedding light on deadly battles among gang members inside the walls of the federal prison in Prince Albert.
Details...'Acceptable' to bomb Toronto, trial told
Father of accused issued fatwa on attack, police agent testifies
Details...Congressional commission to ask bank leaders about economic crisis
Congress will hear testimony from the heads of major banks about lending practices, risk management, and pay practices and how that is related to the recent recession.
Details...Not guilty verdict in Creba killing
A man known only as G.C. has become the latest suspect acquitted of killing Toronto schoolgirl Jane Creba during a shootout on Yonge Street more than four years ago.
Details...Government Trying to Decrease Crime on Indian Reservations
The Department of Justice is actively trying to cut down on violent crime on Indian reservations and tribal land.
Details...Super-thief eyes career as security consultant
A man described by Canadian police as one of the most sophisticated criminal masterminds they've ever seen is grooming himself for a new career as a security consultant.
Details...Obama to nominate controversial choice to head OLC
President Obama is set to renominate Dawn Johnsen to head the Office of Legal Counsel.
Details...Convicted bomber arrested in B.C. pipeline blasts
Wiebo Ludwig, an Alberta activist convicted of bombing oil and gas wells in the 1990s, has been arrested and faces an extortion charge in connection with more recent bombings at EnCana pipelines in northeastern B.C., according to his Edmonton lawyer.
Details...AZ sheriff under grand jury investigation for abusing power
An Arizona sheriff is under grand jury scrutiny for allegedly abusing his power by conducting unauthorized searches, questioning county employees in their homes, and threatening county employees with investigations.
Details...California Gay Marriage Trial To Be Shown on YouTube
A federal court judge in California has decided to broadcast the upcoming trial on California's gay marriage ban as part the 9th Circuits experimental broadcast program.
Details...N.L. cancer lawsuit payout details released
A lawyer who represents many of the patients in the multimillion-dollar settlement involving breast cancer testing mistakes in Newfoundland and Labrador has revealed how the money could be paid out.
Details...Sheriff who charged inmates rent must return funds
A sheriff in Massachusetts who charged inmates rent, and fees for services, must return $750,000 he collected over a three year period.
Details...Weapons seized from Gregson's house: documents
RCMP worried about officer's paranoia, anger before Ottawa constable stabbed
Details...Body scanners coming to Canadian airports
Body scanners will be installed in several Canadian airports to comply with new U.S. security protocols.
Details...Organization that Helped Shape the Death Penalty System Gives Up
The American Law Institute (ALI), which helped shape the current death penalty system has abandoned their work towards shaping the capital punishment system.
Details...N.B. justice minister quits suddenly
New Brunswick Justice Minister Michael Murphy has resigned suddenly from cabinet, a week before the legislature returns to continue debate on the Liberal government's contentious plan to sell NB Power to Hydro-Québec.
Details...Judge dismisses charges against Blackwater guards but hints at alternative charges
A federal judge dismissed manslaughter and weapons charges against former Blackwater guards but hinted prosecutors could still bring alternative charges in the pursuit of justice.
Details...State Attorneys General Threaten Suit over Health Care Bill
Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska's political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action.
Details...B.C., Sask. restrict cellphone use while driving
It's now illegal to talk and text while driving in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, putting them in line with most other provinces.
Details...Father of girls who froze to death waives parole review
The Saskatchewan man convicted in the freezing deaths of his two young daughters on the Yellow Quill First Nation is waiving his right for an automatic parole review.
Details...Veterans Receiving Leniency for Criminal Sentencing
Should military veterans get a break when they are sentenced for crimes?
Details...East Coast Custody Battle by Split Lesbian Couple
There is an interesting custody battle brewing in Vermont and Virginia that involves religion, same-sex unions, and artificial insemination.
Details...Boy, 12, charged with murder
A 12-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of a 14-year-old girl in northern Manitoba, RCMP said late Tuesday.
Details...Cities Filing Briefs in Gun Control Case
In a few months time, the Supreme Court will revisit the Second Amendment in McDonald v. City of Chicago, which challenges a gun-control ordinance in the city. Not surprisingly, the case is attracting heavy interest around the country.
Details...Quebec adopts California car emissions standards
Rules will gradually lower greenhouse gas emission ceiling for cars
Details...Judge Intervenes in Oklahoma Abortion Survey Debate
How much information should be known about who has abortions - and why they do it?
Details...Canada's lethal export
If Canadians think that exporting asbestos is a marginal, dying business, they ought to think again. Canada ships $100 million worth of chrysotile asbestos a year to developing nations such as India, Indonesia and Vietnam, where it is used to make cheap, fire-resistant roofing, cement, water lines and other products. We are one of the world's most aggressive exporters.
Details...Libel landscape alters for bloggers, PR advisers
A Supreme Court ruling that provides a new way for publications to defend against libel has put bloggers on more equal footing with journalists and could push public relations officials to change their tactics.
Details...Controversy Over Courthouse Religious Display
A controversy has developed in Scranton, Pennsylvania, over a religious display in the courthouse front lawn.
Details...Judge Gets Jail Time After Trying to Date Defendant
A Texas judge has been sentenced to thirty days in jail after attempting gain a romantic relationship with a female defendant by telling her she would be convicted if she did date him.
Details...Guantanamo Not Closing for At Least Another Year
Congress has balked at the Obama administrations request to pay $150 million dollars for an Illinois prison to house Guantanamo inmates.
Details...Top court spurns Olympic women ski jumpers
Female ski jumpers have lost their battle to compete at the Vancouver Olympics in February.
Details...Prosecutor's email to lawyer from work account is privileged
A court has ruled that a federal prosecutor's email sent to his personal attorney is privileged, despite sending the email from his work account.
Details...Will Lab Analysts Have to Testify About Lab Reports?
The Supreme Court will consider how and when lab analysts must testify in order to satisfy the Melendez-Diaz holding.
Details...Canadians support online voting: poll
Nearly two-thirds of Canadians would be very likely or somewhat likely to vote online in the next federal election, a new EKOS poll suggests.
Details...DNA Test Frees Florida Man After 35 Years in Prison
DNA tests have cleared a Florida man after he spent 35 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
Details...Proposed changes to family law in Ontario applauded
Attorney General Chris Bentley announced the long-promised changes Thursday, saying they should make divorce proceedings faster, less expensive and less combative.
Details...Georgia Supreme Court halts Execution for DNA Testing
The Georgia Supreme Court halted the execution of a defendant, ordering the trial court judge to consider the defendant's request for DNA testing.
Details...33 months for Montreal teen in fatal mugging
One of three Montreal teenagers accused of manslaughter in a bus stop mugging death has been sentenced to 33 months in prison.
Details...Charges that involved top cop dropped against OPP officers
Charges against two senior Ontario police officers have been dropped - effectively ending a disciplinary process that threatened to tarnish the reputation of the head of the province's police force.
Details...Athiests Sue Over Presidential Oath
An athiest lawyer is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit over the inclusion 'so help me god' as part of the presidential oath.
Details...Quebec targets homelessness in $60.5M plan
Quebec has unveiled a new $60.5 million, three-year plan to fight homelessness, including measures to improve mid- and long-term housing options for people on the street.
Details...New York to Offer Antidiscrimination Protection to Transgender Individuals
The governor of New York will sign an executive order that grants transgender individuals the protection of a anti-discrimination statute.
Details...New York's Juvenile Prisons in Rough Shape
New York's system of juvenile prisons are in a catastrophic state.
Details...RCMP watchdog, N.W.T. clash on public complaints handling
An independent police watchdog says RCMP in Inuvik, N.W.T., should not have tried to informally resolve a serious public complaint that police used a Taser on a girl.
Details...Victoria won't appeal the camping in parks verdict
'The city of Victoria will not appeal the B.C. Court of Appeal ruling upholding the right of homeless to set up tents in parks, Mayor Dean Fortin said yesterday...'
Details...Toronto drug officers face more corruption accusations
A CBC News/Toronto Star investigation unearths previous allegations
Details...Up in smoke--feds reign back marijuana prosecutions
The federal government will not prosecute medicinal marijuana providers and users in states that have medicinal marijuana laws.
Details...Polanski's freedom depends on 19th century legal doctrine
Whether Roman Polanski's is extradited to Los Angeles for prosecution of his 1977 rape charge hinges on a legal doctrine from the 1800s.
Details...It's OK to camp in parks, says BC Court of Appeal
If the homeless in BC can't find shelter, it's all right for them to camp in city parks, at least temporarily, says the BC Court of Appeal.
Details...Animal-to-human transplant trials OK'd in Australia
Australia announced Thursday it will lift a 5-year ban on clinical trials of animal-to-human transplantation, after the government's top health body determined the risk of transmitting animal viruses to people was low.
Details...Controversial HST bill passed in Ontario
Legislation to create a single 13 per cent sales tax in Ontario passed third and final reading Wednesday despite strong objections and delaying tactics by the Opposition.
Details...McDonald's faces complaint over transgender row
A Florida teenager who changed her gender has filed a complaint alleging a local McDonalds refused to hire her because she is transgender.
Details...U.S. Supreme Court hears Black appeal Tuesday
Conrad Black is taking his fight to the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch appeal that, if successful, could grant him the vindication he has long dreamed of and cast doubt on a controversial law used to trap white-collar criminals.
Details...Former Detroit Mayor Denies Threat to Prosecutor
The former mayor of Detroit has denied he threatened the prosecutor that convicted him during a jailhouse call to his wife.
Details...Supreme Court to decide if Christian college group must allow gays, others to get school nod
The Supreme Court will decide whether a law school can formally not recognize an organization that effectively prohibit gays and lesbian members.
Details...Police break up climate protest on Parliament Buildings
Authorities have pulled down a giant banner protesting government inaction on climate change that activists had hung from the roof of the West Block of Parliament Monday morning.
Details...42-month sentence in street-racing death
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 42 months in jail for his role in a high-speed street racing accident on Highway 400 that left an Innisfil truck driver dead and his family 'overwhelmed with grief.'
Details...Swiss set to share UBS tax data
Swiss bank USB has begun handing over information on certain individual accounts as requested by the IRS.
Details...Marketing Tactics Put Johnson & Johnson Under DOJ Microscope
Criminal charges are still possible against Johnson & Johnson, stemming from off-label marketing of a product.
Details...Vancouver fugitive thorny issue in Canada-China relations
Improving trade relations and broaching the subject of human rights might be on Stephen Harper's agenda during his visit to China. But Chinese officials could have a sensitive issue of their own to raise with the prime minister - the fact that one of China's most wanted men is still finding refuge in Vancouver.
Details...Heavily-censored Afghan abuse memos released
The military police watchdog agency agreed Wednesday to release censored versions of Richard Colvin's emailed warnings on Afghan detainees previously withheld by the government from a parliamentary committee.
Details...High Court Considers Restrictions on Attorneys Giving Bankruptcy Advice
Supreme Court justices are divided over a new federal law that restricts the advice bankruptcy attorneys can give their clients.
Details...Female ski jumpers to appeal to Supreme Court
Female ski jumpers who want their event included in the 2010 Olympics will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, hoping a decision can be made before the Vancouver Games in February.
Details...A First Look at the Military Commissions Act of 2009, Part Two
An examination of the revised evidentiary rules of military commissions as part of the Military Commissions Act of 2009.
Details...Government could force CN strikers back to work: official
The federal government is prepared to table back-to-work legislation Monday to end the Canadian National Railway strike if the two sides do not reach a deal by the start of the week. The official, who declined to be identified, said Sunday night the government would prefer the locomotive engineers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union and the company to negotiate.
Details...As Innocence Project celebrates 10 years, an exoneree-turned-lawyer reflects on its life-altering impact
After serving twelve years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Alex Ochoa was exonerated by the Innocence Project and pursued a career in law.
Details...Wal-Mart wins at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that Wal-Mart Canada Corp. was within its rights when it shut down a store in Jonquière, Que., that had been unionized seven months earlier.
Details...Humane society president denies charges
Charged with animal cruelty in a surprise raid, the president of the Toronto Humane Society said Friday the accusations were baseless.
Details...Supreme Court broadens Pickton's grounds for appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada has broadened the scope of an appeal by convicted serial killer Robert Pickton, giving him more grounds to argue his conviction should be overturned.
Details...Father was never charged with war crime, family says
The family of Helmut Oberlander says he was never a Nazi and he has not been charged by the federal government with any war crime.
Details...Detainee torture reports reached Foreign Affairs
Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin, who last week gave explosive testimony about the possible torture of detainees captured by the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, sent reports about the issue to the office of the minister of foreign affairs, the CBC has learned.
Details...Nanny wins landmark suit after Star investigation
A foreign caregiver brought to Canada with a job offer from a 'ghost employer' has been awarded $10,000 in damages in what is believed to be the first court victory against a nanny recruiter.
Details...From selling sex to Osgoode Hall
Hooker with a heart of gold. It charms. It sells. And Babcock is now selling herself again.
Details...Ambassador seeks to rebut Afghan detainee allegations
David Mulroney, the high-level federal bureaucrat who used to run the government's Afghanistan Task Force, says he wants to appear as soon as Wednesday before a parliamentary committee to rebuff allegations that detainees were tortured in Afghan prisons.
Details...Colvin a protected `whistleblower,' Cannon says
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says diplomat Richard Colvin had a right to make his explosive allegations about Afghan prisoners.
Details...ISPs to monitor child porn under proposed bill
The federal Conservative government plans to introduce new legislation this week requiring internet service providers to take a more active role in reporting child pornography to police, CBC News has learned.
Details...Quebec woman avoids jail for sex assault on son
A 55-year-old woman has been given a conditional sentence, to be served in the community, for sexually assaulting her teenage son.
Details...Criminal harassment could see man get dangerous offender status
On Friday, as a result of a criminal harassment conviction that stems from the events at that Toronto car dealership, the 45-year-old man will attend a hearing that will determine whether he spends the rest of his life in prison.
Details...Accused war criminal wins chance to keep citizenship
An appeal court has ordered the federal cabinet to revisit its decision to strip accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship.
Details...Afghan detainee issue makes news in China
Allegations that detainees in Afghanistan transferred by Canadians were likely tortured made headlines in China on Thursday, just weeks before Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first visit to the economic superpower.
Details...Vigilantism a concern after N.B. teen's death
A small group of individuals are trying to keep the calm on the Esgenoopetitj First Nation as the northern community struggles to cope with the death of a local teenager.
Details...'No-fly' watchdogs blasted
It took months, but Montreal author Jaspreet Singh finally cleared his name and was cleared to fly. Based in Calgary last year, Singh was suddenly hit with lengthy interrogations when he tried to board planes. An Air Canada staffer suggested he change his name.
Details...Cold case search resumes for Woodland Rapist
The Woodland Rapist case haunts seasoned investigators as it did when his reign of terror gripped the Oakville community in the days after a joint Halton-Peel-Waterloo task force released disturbing details in 1995.
Details...Privacy watchdog troubled by anti-terrorism moves
OTTAWA - Canada's privacy watchdog says the national anti-money laundering agency is collecting too much information about personal financial dealings.
Details...Controversial HST bill to be tabled in Ontario
Ontario's Liberal government will introduce legislation Monday to harmonize the province's eight per cent sales tax with the five per cent GST.
Details...Ottawa tightening rules on lobbyists
The federal government is cracking down on lobbyists working for Crown corporations and institutions such as the Toronto Port Authority and the Canadian Wheat Board.
Details...U.S. opens door to Omar Khadr's return
WASHINGTON - Promising open and fair trials for all the world to see, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday he is confident five prime suspects in the attacks of 9/11 will face the 'ultimate punishment' of death after they are returned and tried near the scene of the crime in New York City.
Details...Caledonia family lived 'terrified existence'
A Caledonia family lived inside 'a war zone,' says a Hamilton lawyer whose clients will testify about being trapped inside the barricades during the 2006 native occupation of the Douglas Creek Estates
Details...Female ski jumpers mount final appeal
A group of 14 female ski jumpers appear before the B.C. Court of Appeal on Thursday in their final bid for inclusion in the 2010 Winter Games.
Details...Expert claims migrants are Tamil Tigers
One of the 76 Sri Lankans onboard a migrant ship intercepted off the West Coast last month was a key player in a Tamil Tiger network that transported weapons from North Korea to Sri Lanka, says a terrorism expert who is advising Canada on what to do with the men.
Details...Killer cop seeks funds for appeal
A Toronto police officer who ran up a $1.2-million legal aid bill while on trial for his mistress's murder is now seeking taxpayer funding to appeal his conviction.
Details...Assault a hate crime
A woman had her head covering torn off and was pelted with anti-Arab slurs in an attempted stabbing London police are treating as a hate crime.
Details...Fort Hood shooting suspect to face military court
The lawyer for a man accused in the mass shooting at a Texas military base last Thursday that left 13 dead said the attention given to the incident will make it difficult for his client to get a fair trial in a military court.
Details...Prep school sued in sex case
A lawsuit accuses an exclusive Ottawa prep school of refusing to make a sexual assault complaint to police after a 16-year-old boy was allegedly attacked by fellow students during a Grade 11 trip to Boston.
Details...Superjail for youth raises troubling questions
It was supposed to be a state-of-the-art facility, helping troubled youth turn away from a life of crime. But complaints from inside paint a darker picture
Details...Rookie officer acquitted in sex assault
A rookie police officer has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a financial services worker he met online, but a judge warned him to make sure he correctly reads women in the future.
Details...Arrest made in Laval corrections worker's killing
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the killing of Natasha Cournoyer, a 37-year-old federal Correctional Services of Canada employee, Quebec police say.
Details...Woman declared dead gets apology
Ms. Towle, a resident of Kamloops, B.C., was somehow declared dead by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in September. 'This is an unfortunate situation, which we are diligently working to resolve,' said Melissa Hart, a spokeswoman for the government branch. 'We have been in direct contact with the affected individual and have let them know that the mistake has been fixed. We have issued a letter of apology and have initiated a detailed internal review of the situation.'
Details...Court to appoint counsel for Karadzic
A UN court will appoint counsel for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who on Thursday had his war crimes trial delayed until March.
Details...Ex-boyfriend confesses to child's murder
In a scene worthy of movie-of-the-week witness box confessions, the former boyfriend of a woman charged with fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter testified Wednesday he was the killer.
Details...MPs to vote on abolishing long-gun registry
MPs will vote Wednesday in the House of Commons on a bill that would abolish the federal long-gun registry.
Details...'Guest worker' abuses blasted
Lack of oversight by the federal government has allowed foreign workers to be abused by their employers, Auditor General Sheila Fraser says in a scathing report on Canada's immigration program.
Details...Two charges dropped against shopkeeper
Kidnapping and weapons charges were dropped this morning against a shopkeeper who was arrested for detaining a suspected shoplifter. However, David Chen still faces charges of forcible confinement and assault after he and two employees at his Chinatown grocery store tackled and tied up the man last May 23.
Details...Quebec doctors open door to euthanasia
Right to die in 'exceptional situations' is a matter for patients to decide with their doctors, college says, as bill makes way through Parliament
Details...Report on prisons likely to be critical
Canada's ombudsman for prisons is expected to deliver harsh criticism of the country's correctional service when he tables his annual report in Parliament on Monday.
Details...Media aren't the best friends of human rights
Sometimes it is useful to return to a contentious topic long after it has disappeared from the headlines, public passions have subsided and minds are perhaps more open to sober second thought. One such subject is free speech vs. freedom from hate.
Details...Paralyzed federal minister supports euthanasia, but would not vote on right-to-die bill
A disabled federal cabinet minister who supports euthanasia says he will abstain from voting on a contentious right-to-die bill, even though he calls it 'a provocative starting point' on the issue of assisted suicide.
Details...Woman fired over pregnancy wins $35,000 in rights case
Maciel was four months pregnant when she started working as a receptionist at the salon in August 2008. She didn't mention her pregnancy during her job interview, knowing that if she divulged that information, she wouldn't have gotten the job. There is no requirement under the Ontario's Human Rights Code to advise prospective employers about a pregnancy.
Details...Omar Khadr case cost Ottawa $1.3 million
Ottawa has spent more than $1.3-million fighting against Toronto-born captive Omar Khadr, who has been held at the U.S.-run Guantanamo Bay detention centre for seven years, the government has revealed.
Details...Fugitive banker can be extradited to Thailand: Supreme Court of Canada
A fugitive banker who has been fighting extradition to Thailand since 1996 lost a final legal battle Thursday at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Details...Omar Khadr 'innocent' in death of U.S. soldier
Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was buried face down under rubble, blinded by shrapnel and crippled, at the time the Pentagon alleges he threw a grenade that fatally wounded a U.S. soldier, according to classified photographs and defence documents obtained by the Star.
Details...Life sentence for Rwandan convicted of war crimes
MONTREAL - A Canadian judge has imposed the toughest sentence possible on a man convicted of committing atrocities during the 1994 Rwandan genocide in an act described as the worst possible crime a human being can commit.
Details...Biker murder case in hands of jury
Nearly four years after eight bodies found in field near London, Ont., six-man, six-woman panel begins deliberations
Details...'Brazen' driver guilty in crash
On June 3, 2006, the Radmans were critically injured when their Pontiac Sunfire was hit by a Porsche which had gone out of control while racing a Mercedes. The Porsche's driver, Peter Kippax, 31, was killed. Alan Kippax, 41, his cousin and driver of the Mercedes, was charged.
Details...Sanctuary gives way to freedom
He defied the authorities and avoided deportation for nearly four years by taking refuge at a Montreal Catholic Church, but Abdelkader Belaouni's gamble has finally paid off.
Details...Canadian charged in plot to attack Danish newspaper
Two Chicago men, one of them a Canadian citizen, have been arrested and charged with allegedly plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad, the U.S. Justice Department says.
Details...Two Toronto officers charged with assault
Two Toronto police officers have been charged with assaulting a man after an investigation was launched by the province's Special Investigations Unit.
Details...Canadians to be denied visas for travel to Libya
Canadian travellers have been told they're not welcome in Libya, in an apparent reprisal for Canada's near tongue-lashing of Moammar Gadhafi.
Details...Lifting the cover on Canada's spy files
Only the judge and lawyers could see 'John' behind a large screen in a Toronto courtroom. The Canadian spy entered through a separate entrance each day last week and a 'Do Not Enter. Sealed by Judge's Order' sign hung on the door as he took his place on the hidden witness stand.
Details...Cellphone ban begins for Ontario drivers
An Ontario law has come into effect Monday making it illegal for drivers to use hand-held cellphones, BlackBerrys and other electronic devices while behind the wheel.
Details...B.C. pops the question: Is polygamy a crime?
Canadians and the justice system need clarity on whether polygamy is a crime, British Columbia's attorney general said Thursday in announcing he will ask the B.C. Supreme Court for an opinion on the federal law barring multiple marriage.
Details...Quebec to join lawsuit against tobacco firms
Several Canadian provinces are planning to work together against tobacco companies to recover health-care costs related to smoking...
Details...Supreme Court asked to weigh in on polygamy laws
B.C. Attorney-General Mike de Jong is asking the courts to finally settle the decades-old question of whether polygamy is illegal in Canada...
Details...Top court strikes down Quebec English school law
Canada's top court has declared a Quebec law barring certain students from going to public English-language schools unconstitutional, a decision that has 'angered' the province's government.
Details...Exploited nannies win fee battle
The province [of Ontario] is cracking down hard on nanny recruiters, proposing a new law designed to protect vulnerable workers from being exploited.
Details...Court orders CSIS to hand over secret file
A federal judge says Canada's spy service 'has seriously damaged confidence' in the court process and must help restore trust by handing over a secret file in the case of terror suspect Mohamed Harkat.
Details...Ottawa won't budge on secrecy laws
The federal government has rejected calls to modernize and expand Canada's Access to Information Act, despite warnings that the program is collapsing under bureaucratic foot-dragging and political negligence.
Details...Ottawa to seek top court ruling on single securities regulator
The federal government has decided to ask the Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether its plan for a single, national securities regulator is constitutional.
Details...Montreal Mafia controls 80 per cent of road contracts, whistleblower says
Recent allegations of contract corruption have shaken the province, but the program aired Thursday night went further, suggesting most major road contracts in the Montreal region are fixed with prices inflated up to 35 per cent.
Details...Terror 18 leader pleads guilty
One of the leaders of the Toronto 18, who masterminded a bomb plot targeting buildings downtown, pleaded guilty in a Brampton court this morning...
Details...Court lets Canadian spies snoop on targets overseas
Canadian spies have gained new powers to eavesdrop on so-called homegrown terrorism suspects travelling overseas in a court ruling that opened a small window onto the world of high-tech international espionage...
Details...Abdullah Khadr takes stand to fight extradition
The scion of Canada's most infamous family took the witness stand in his own defence against a U.S. extradition bid today, only to find Crown lawyers taking the opportunity to give Canada's so-called al-Qaeda family the trial it never got...
Details...Sex workers set to launch landmark challenge
If she could do it herself, Terri-Jean Bedford would strike down Canada's prostitution laws, perhaps using the riding crop she plans to bring to court...
Details...File shows how Mohamud case was spun
Newly disclosed communications on the Suaad Hagi Mohamud passport case show officials crafting public statements that appeared to be the opposite to what was going on behind the scenes...
Details...The boy who would be mayor
For less than 36 hours, 19-year-old Kurtis Coombs was Canada's youngest mayor ever, having won a place at the helm of Paradise, Nfld., by a mere three votes. But a recount and a name-drawing later, he's an also-ran vowing to contest the results and take his demands for a recount to Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court...
Details...Rengel killer gets life
The 19-year-old man who gave into his jealous girlfriend's pressure and stabbed schoolgirl Stefanie Rengel to death has been sentenced to life in prison...
Details...Former terrorist wants to be lawyer
A convicted terrorist is asking to practise law in Greater Toronto. Aside from hijacking a plane and shooting at several of his 270-plus hostages, Saini lied his way into Canada, has never gained landed immigrant status, faces deportation and by ministerial order remains a national security threat.
Details...Former Quebec lieutenant-governor facing charges
Quebec's former lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault is facing criminal charges involving fraud, breach of trust, forgery and fabrication of false documents related to the misspending of public funds during her ten years in office...
Details...Second trial starts in lesbian axe murder case
A woman plotted the axe murder of her boyfriend for the two-fold motive of financial gain and love, a Crown attorney told a jury at the opening of her Superior Court murder trial today...
Details...Polygamy charges tossed out
Two religious leaders who wanted to challenge Canada's laws against polygamy, claiming the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects religious rights, had charges against them quashed yesterday.
Details...Abdelrazik sues Ottawa for $27-million
Abousfian Abdelrazik is suing the government - and Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon personally - for $27-million over Canada's role in his arrest and alleged torture in Sudan and for violating his constitutional right to come home...
Details...Self-policing an 'unwinnable' battle for RCMP, inquiry hears
The optics of police investigating themselves in such cases as the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski presents an 'unwinnable' image problem, the officer in charge of the investigation into the Dziekanski case says...
Details...Doctor must support abusive husband
A Cambridge, Ont. doctor has been ordered to pay temporary spousal support of $6,000 a month to her ex-husband despite the fact that he assaulted her in 2007 and was ordered out of Canada...
Details...Top Mountie tells Braidwood inquiry his e-mail was accurate
A top-ranking RCMP officer testified at the Braidwood inquiry Tuesday that his 2007 e-mail, which brought a sudden halt to the inquiry last June, was accurate to his best recollection...
Details...How a cabbie's dashboard sparked a court battle
Arieh Perecowicz says Montreal authorities are violating his Charter rights by ordering him to remove photos, religious artifacts from his taxi, resulting in a court battle that could test the line between personal and public space.
Details...Former KGB agent loses court bid to overturn deportation
A federal judge has rejected a bid by former KGB agent Mikhail Lennikov to stay in Canada. Justice Michel Beaudry ruled Tuesday that he finds 'no reviewable errors' in the government's decision to warrant court intervention...
Details...Police uncover teen fight club
Police say they have uncovered a fight club that has staged bouts at various locations around Brandon, Man., and posted some of them on YouTube.
Details...Divisive terror law losing traction
Ottawa will scuttle one of its high-profile 'security-certificate' terrorism cases later this week, amid a growing reluctance to use the extraordinary power to deport suspected terrorists, according to recent court filings...
Details...Crown seeks life for man who killed Rengel
A sentencing hearing begins today in Toronto for a young man who stabbed 14-year-old Stefanie Rengel to death. The 19-year-old man is known only as D.B. because he was under 18 at the time of the killing - though his birthday was four days later...
Details...Lawyers expected to grill Bettman
Bettman, the NHL commissioner, will take the stand today when the U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing on the Phoenix Coyotes will conclude with the auction of the team. Balsillie was let off the hook at the end of yesterday's hearing when lawyers for the NHL and the suburban city of Glendale, where the Coyotes play, told Judge Redfield T. Baum they did not need to cross-examine the would-be buyer of the Coyotes....
Details...Attorney General urges end to legal aid boycott
Attorney General Chris Bentley is encouraging criminal lawyers to stop boycotting the legal aid system, saying the province will consider enhanced fees for complex trials and end its practice of paying expert defence witnesses about half of what prosecution experts get...
Details...McFalafel owner to fight for his prefix
The owner of a start-up falafel joint says that once MoFalafel makes him enough money to pay for legal costs, he will stand up to McDonald's and reclaim the chosen name for his Dundas St. W. restaurant, McFalafel...
Details...$150M boost fails to stop legal-aid boycott
An Ontario government plan to increase funding by $150 million over four years wasn't enough to keep Ottawa criminal lawyers from joining a provincial boycott of high-profile legal aid cases...
Details...Repeat drunk driver not a dangerous offender, Que. judge rules
A Quebec Court judge ruled here Wednesday that dangerous-offender status should not be applied to a repeat drunk driver who killed a woman last year.
Details...Teen's family blast killer's deal
The convicted killer, 15, will serve only eight months, the remaining part of the two-year custody portion of the seven-year sentence imposed yesterday for a guilty plea to second-degree murder. The sentence is the maximum for second-degree murder under Canada's youth laws.
Details...Is a repeat drunk driver a dangerous offender?
A Quebec judge will decide this week if a repeat impaired driver will be branded as a dangerous offender, a move some Toronto lawyers welcome despite the harsh nature of the penalty...
Details...Supreme Court to hear Ottawa's Khadr challenge
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the federal government's appeal of the Omar Khadr case, a decision that will prolong an issue that has become one of the top political issues on the eve of a likely federal election...
Details...Province pays $2,000 each to nine denied prompt bail hearings
Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General is in the highly unusual position of having to pay thousands of dollars in legal costs to nine alleged gang members who were denied timely bail hearings...
Details...Government appeals asylum ruling for South African
The federal government is appealing a controversial decision by an independent tribunal to grant asylum to a white South African because he feared black persecution in his homeland...
Details...Toronto 18 member gets 14-year sentence
A Mississauga man who confessed to being part of a homegrown terror plot aimed at blowing up buildings in downtown Toronto was sentenced today to 14 years, with credit given for pre-trial custody he was ordered to serve an additional seven years behind bars.
Details...Class Proceedings Claim Launched Against UVic For Parking
On May 22, 2009 a claim under the BC Class Proceedings Act (a Class Action lawsuit) was filed in the BC Supreme Court (Victoria Registry) against the University of Victoria seeking repayment of parking fines collected by the University...
Details...Students sue George Brown for $10M
Two days after the provincial ombudsman lambasted the government for failing to protect college students, another group of students has alleged their college left them unqualified in their field and on the hook for enormous debt...
Details...Ontario dad charged with spanking 9-year-old in public
Police charged the father of a nine-year-old boy with assault after a witness saw the boy get spanked in Renfrew, Ont...
Details...MDs face scrutiny over duty to unborn
Does an obstetrician have a duty of care to an unborn child? A Guelph hospital, citing a 2008 court decision that found a doctor had no such obligation in the case of a girl born with birth defects because of an acne drug prescribed to her mother, says no. But the family of another child says yes.
Details...Cop corruption case revived
Seven years before Toronto drug squad officers were charged with shaking down suspects, a senior member of the Montreal Police force sent a 'red flag' complaint about the behaviour of two squad members...
Details...Students sue George Brown for $10M
Two days after the provincial ombudsman lambasted the government for failing to protect college students, another group of students has alleged their college left them unqualified in their field and on the hook for enormous debt...
Details...Telltale teardrop quashes acquittal
In North American gang culture, a teardrop tattoo on your face often means you've killed a rival gang member. But the jury that acquitted Warren Abbey of the execution-style shooting of a supposed gang rival two years ago never heard about the teardrop he had inked on his face four or five months after the murder.
Details...Domestic abuse law blasted
Ontario's 'zero tolerance' policy on domestic violence has come into question following an unusual court case involving an Orangeville-area woman who was charged with assault after joking in emails that she could solve her marital problems with a gun, if only she could get one.
Details...Was half-sister involved in Ryan Jenkins's flight to Hope, B.C.?
As the family of Ryan Jenkins prepares to bury the alleged killer, they now have to come to terms with another shock — that his half-sister may have been the elusive woman who checked him into a Hope motel...
Details...Legalization the only way to win drug war
The news last weekend that Mexico has moved quietly to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana and other currently illegal drugs has clearly been a hit with Metro Vancouver drug users...
Details...Facebook makes amends
Facebook has agreed to change some of its privacy policies in response to harsh criticism from a Canadian watchdog over how much personal information it was keeping on file and sharing with third-party application developers...
Details...Ottawa mum in Kenya case
Suaad Hagi Mohamud's search for answers about the three months she spent stranded in Kenya was met with stony silence from top government officials responsible for her ordeal...
Details...NDP proposes bill to protect Canadians abroad
Opposition parties are proposing legislation that will force the government to provide better protection for Canadians in trouble abroad following the case of Suaad Hagi Mohamud...
Details...Six years in legal labyrinth
In the topsy-turvy world of security, few stories are more bizarre than that of Adil Charkaoui. Six years ago, the federal government jailed him as an alleged Al Qaeda sleeper agent. Now, it turns out, the government admits it has no credible evidence of that or indeed anything else against him that it's willing to test in court...
Details...Ombudsman slams Ont. government for not keeping closer eye on colleges
Ontario's ombudsman slammed the provincial government Tuesday for failing to keep closer tabs on publicly funded colleges in a report that found a northern Ontario school left some of its graduates unqualified for jobs...
Details...Ottawa to launch Supreme Court appeal of Khadr ruling
The federal government will go to the Supreme Court of Canada to appeal a court order to bring Omar Khadr home from a U.S. military prison, according to a CBC report.
Details...Unmasked blogger sues Google over court order
The formerly anonymous blogger who kicked off a media firestorm by writing a series of derogatory Web posts about a Canadian fashion model now intends to sue Internet titan Google Inc. for revealing her identity...
Details...Fugitive murder suspect found dead
Ryan Jenkins, the reality-TV contestant accused of killing his model ex-wife and stuffing her into a suitcase, has been found dead of apparent suicide at a Hope, B.C., motel, the RCMP said Sunday night...
Details...Legal system weighs in for employees
On Jan. 1, the most dramatic changes to the rules of court since 1985 will be implemented. These rules will disable three of the most valuable weapons in employers' litigation arsenal-- costs, complexity and delay...
Details...The virtual end of online anonymity
Using the Web as a shield is swiftly becoming more difficult as landmark ruling against Google adds to growing list of legal precedents..
Details...Family can't keep ailing mother in Canada
Stefania Magdziak was put on a plane to her native Poland last night, days after she lost her appeal to stay in Canada on humanitarian grounds after a failed refugee claim...
Details...Bars to revive ID scans -- with limits
B.C. bars and nightclubs will be able to scan IDs again soon in their effort to keep out undesirable customers, after the privacy commissioner worked out a compromise with the company behind the technology...
Details...Legalizing drugs will lead to cuts in crime
The prohibition on drugs leads to unregulated and often violent public drug dealing. Perhaps counterintuitively, better police training and bigger guns are not the answer...
Details...Mother of baby left in car faces charges
police charge woman with abandonment, failing to provide necessities of life after baby was left unattended in a hot, unlocked car on Monday...
Details...Stripper 1, Taxman 0
MONTREAL - In a legal showdown against a tax-wary former stripper, it's the Canada Revenue Agency that's been caught with its pants down...
Details...Rights commission targets `blatant discrimination' in rental-housing market
There's obvious discrimination in rental housing, says the Ontario Human Rights Commission's annual report released yesterday, identifying the problem as a key area that needs immediate intervention...
Details...2nd Canadian stranded in Kenya?
A report from the CBC says a case of disputed identity has left another Canadian stranded in Kenya, this time for three years...
Details...Somebody else put fake cocaine in cruiser, officer testifies
A 14-year veteran Peel Police officer, accused of stealing 15 bricks of fake cocaine from a botched RCMP sting, insisted today that a senior officer put the product in his police cruiser...
Details...For cop in racing case, things move slowly
A senior OPP officer has been charged with street racing after a police cruiser was clocked at 160 km/h in a 90 km/h zone...
Details...Judges' ages threaten court cases
The Federal Court was scrambling yesterday to adjourn and reassign cases scheduled to be heard by a 77-year-old deputy judge after a Toronto lawyer challenged his age...
Details...Facebook status update: Privacy dispute is easing
OTTAWA-Facebook has given Canada's privacy commissioner formal assurances that it is tightening up control over how people's personal information is treated on the huge social networking site...
Details...Diplomat's tour of duty in Nairobi 'is over'
The Canadian diplomat who officially disowned Suaad Hagi Mohamud as an 'imposter' has been recalled from Kenya. Liliane Khadour has 'concluded' her posting, a consular official at the Canadian High Commission said yesterday from the capital, Nairobi...
Details...Swiss bank UBS to name names
Swiss banking giant UBS agreed Wednesday to turn over to the IRS the details of 4,450 accounts suspected of holding undeclared assets by American customers, piercing Switzerland's long-standing tradition of banking secrecy...
Details...Pot wasn't mine, officer tells court
A 14-year veteran Peel Police officer, accused of stealing fake cocaine from a botched RCMP drug delivery, today explained why some marijuana was also found in his garage during a search...
Details...Police laud body-worn cam but critics fear for privacy
Police hope a body-worn video device now being tested will help them crack a serious assault case, but civil libertarians are worried the technology could be overused, putting privacy rights at risk...
Details...Lawyer for woman back from Kenya demands return of her passport
The passport which stranded a Toronto woman in Kenya for months is now at the centre of a standoff between the federal government and the lawyer representing Suaad Hagi Mohamud...
Details...'Lola' continues fight for common-law alimony
Having lost her case in Quebec Superior Court as she attempted to win spousal support from her high-profile, billionaire common-law ex-husband, the former model is steadying for a long fight – all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada if necessary.
Details...Sikh not mocked in hard hat row, hearing told
A Sikh security guard who would not don a hard hat at a Home Depot store under construction was not mocked or told he could be fired, according to testimony from an assistant manager heard before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario yesterday.
Details...US judge 'ignored death row plea'
A prominent judge in Texas has gone on trial accused of refusing to let lawyers for a convicted murderer on death row lodge a last-minute appeal...
Details...Judge steps down in B.C. corruption trial
Judge Elizabeth Bennett is stepping down as the trial judge in the long-running political corruption trial involving former executive assistants to provincial Liberal cabinet ministers...
Details...Mother wants answers as to why son died
When Ikram Said's son was placed in seclusion for up to 23 hours a day, he begged her to hire a lawyer and get him out of Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene, she said today...
Details...Facebook to address Canadian privacy issues
Facebook is moving to address concerns raised by Canada's privacy commissioner and will soon implement measures that give users better control over their personal information...
Details...Harper hints at appeal of Khadr ruling
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is hinting his government will fight on in court rather than comply with a second decision ordering his government to ask the Americans to release Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay...
Details...Judge in taser probe rejects bias allegations
The Braidwood inquiry's lawyer is rejecting allegations of bias in a motion by Taser International Inc. that seeks to quash findings by the probe into police taser use...
Details...Striking a balance: Restorative justice brings offenders face-to-face with their victims
In the emotional saga following the brutal murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk in 1997, her traumatized parents went through markedly different experiences with their daughter's two killers: One of denial and self-pity with Kelly Ellard, and one of remorse and closure with Warren Glowatski...
Details...Released Canadian's lawyer clamouring for client's case file
The Harper government will not apologize to Suaad Hagi Mohamud until it gets an internal report on the actions of the Canadians officials that left her stuck in Kenya until her return home two days ago...
Details...Man admits committing 1992 murder
A former Canada Post supervisor admitted today to the 1992 killing of his girlfriend, two years after the Supreme Court of Canada threw out his conviction in a landmark decision because key evidence was obtained through hypnosis.
Details...Canadian stranded in Kenya could be home by Saturday.
TORONTO - A Toronto woman stranded in Kenya for nearly three months was on her way to the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi to pick up emergency travel papers, her Toronto lawyer said Friday morning...
Details...Kenya drops charges against Canadian woman
A Toronto woman stranded in Kenya for nearly three months over false claims she was an imposter has had all charges against her dropped and she is now free to return to Canada, officials say...
Details...Ottawa must seek Khadr's return: Court
OTTAWA - The Conservative government has lost its appeal of a court decision ordering it to bring Omar Khadr home to Canada from the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
Details...Taser maker to file suit over inquiry
Stun-gun manufacturer Taser International is going to B.C. Supreme Court Friday to try to overturn the initial conclusions of the Braidwood inquiry because it believes those rulings are unfair...
Details...Twitter hit with patent infringement lawsuit Emergency alert vendor calls lawyer
Micro-blogging company Twitter has been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit by a mass notification and emergency alert systems provider in the United States...
Details...Harper says 'first priority' to get Mohamad home
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today the Canada Border Services Agency will have to answer for its role in the plight of a Canadian woman marooned in Kenya for nearly three months...
Details...Toronto firm wins battle against Microsoft
A tiny Toronto firm that took on Microsoft Corp. has succeeded in winning an injunction against sales of the technology giant's flagship word-processing software...
Details...'No excuse' for woman's plight
The federal government continued its foot-dragging yesterday, leaving Suaad Hagi Mohamud to languish yet another day in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi...
Details...Judge more chivalrous than sexist
Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod found herself in an intriguing little contretemps this week. Owing to the manner in which a 69-year-old Superior Court judge discounted her testimony in a recent verdict, the gender wars have flared anew around her...
Details...'This nightmare will be over'
The process to bring Suaad Hagi Mohamud home begins today with an appointment at the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya...
Details...Whose fault is it?
Nothing in Canadian law stops the government from 'picking and choosing' which Canadians it will help and who it will abandon, a former senior diplomat warns...
Details...Accused in Tori Stafford murder in court
A 19-year-old woman charged in the kidnapping and death of eight-year-old Tori Stafford has made another court appearance...
Details...Lord Black fails in bid for bail
Disgraced peer Lord Conrad Black will remain in jail pending an appeal over his fraud conviction, the US Supreme Court has ruled...
Details...RCMP watchdog says police must stop investigating themselves
The RCMP's watchdog says it's time to halt the practice of the federal police force investigating its own members in cases of serious injury or death...
Details...Passport for Canadian stuck in Nairobi
Nearly three months after Canadian officials in Africa dismissed her as an 'imposter' and stopped her from returning to her 12-year-old son in Toronto, Suaad Hagi Mohamud is coming home...
Details...Saskatchewan YouTube duck shooters fined thousands of dollars
Three young men who filmed themselves gleefully blasting ducks out of a Saskatchewan pond and posted the video on YouTube were fined thousands of dollars yesterday...
Details...Can a busy female politician give reliable evidence? A judge says no.
Lisa MacLeod is a young female politician who commutes to her job at Queen's Park from Ottawa and leaves her husband, Joe, and four-year-old daughter, Victoria, at home. Mr. Justice Douglas Cunningham of Ontario Superior Court said this is a big distraction for the 34-year-old woman and as a result he felt he could not accept her evidence as corroboration of the Crown's key witness in the recent high-profile, influence-peddling trial of Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien...
Details...DNA test proves identity of stranded Toronto woman
DNA tests have confirmed a Toronto woman marooned in Kenya really is who she says she is. Her Canadian lawyer Raoul Boulakia says the 99.9 per cent positive test results means no one can dispute his client's identity any longer...
Details...Experts vindicate woman trapped in Kenya
Facial recognition experts analyzed and measured a half-dozen photos of Mohamud from different years and concluded that it's almost certainly the same person...
Details...ICBC sues retired teacher over website that offers claims advice
Penny Stainton's helpful guide to dealing with the Insurance Corp. of B.C. has ruffled some feathers at the provincial government's auto-insurance company...
Details...Scanner raises privacy concern
The office of Canada's privacy commissioner has sent a letter to the RCMP citing concerns as police prepare to buy more high-tech licence-plate readers to use on B.C. roads...
Details...Taking the stand a terrifying task for witnesses
For those who pluck up courage to step forward, the 'exhausting' duty is filled with fears of revenge...
Details...Canadian indicted in U.S. on online gambling charges
Money trail leads prosecutors to charge Mr. Rennick yesterday with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling as part of a crackdown against foreign online gambling...
Details...Ontario nurses seek to revive SARS lawsuit
A group of Ontario nurses is seeking to appeal a court ruling that left those who contracted SARS unable to sue the provincial government over the deadly outbreak...
Details...Ottawa mayor acquitted of influence peddling
Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien has been found not guilty of two criminal charges after a lengthy influence peddling trial...
Details...Drabinsky gets 7 years
Livent founder Garth Drabinsky has been sentenced to seven years in prison for an accounting fraud that propelled the theatre company onto the global stage before leading to its collapse...
Details...Woman stuck in Kenya seeks help for stress
The Toronto woman going to extremes to prove her identity to Canadian officials in Africa is seeking psychological help...
Details...Trapped in Nairobi, woman's life crumbles
The 31-year-old's life came to a standstill on May 21 at the Nairobi airport, where she intended to take a flight back to Toronto. She was detained for not looking like her four-year-old passport photo and spent eight days in jail...
Details...Anonymous Posters Named in Defamation Suit
A Texas couple who filed a defamation lawsuit five months ago against anonymous posters on the Internet forum Topix say they have unmasked people behind some of the offending posts...
Details...Crown prosecutors call for legal aid reform
The Ontario government came under intensified pressure Monday to increase legal aid funding after several hundred Crown prosecutors joined their defence bar counterparts in warning that the 50-year-old program is crumbling.
Details...Spy watchdog to probe CSIS conduct in Abdelrazik case
The role played by CSIS - Canada's secretive anti-terrorist agency - in the arrest, imprisonment and alleged torture of Abousfian Abdelrazik, the Canadian citizen forcibly exiled in Sudan for years, will be probed by the Security Intelligence Review Committee...
Details...'Canadian refugee' a Nairobi celebrity
Strangers in street offer support to woman detained for not looking like her passport photo...
Details...Obama hosts Rose Garden beer chat
With mugs of beer and calming words, President Barack Obama and the professor and policeman engulfed in a national uproar over race pledged Thursday to move on and try to pull America with them...
Details...Detainee's son, ex-mate provide DNA
An ex-husband and young son gamely opened their mouths to federal agents yesterday, offering DNA samples to resolve questions about the passport photo of a Toronto woman stranded in Africa...
Details...Karlheinz Schreiber optimistic he'll remain in Canada
A relaxed Karlheinz Schreiber says he's optimistic he will die an old man in Canada before he's ever extradited to Germany to face a number of charges, including corruption...
Details...A year later, no end to bus nightmare
While killer gets help, horror of beheading haunts witnesses and victim's family...
Details...Carleton prof fired for alleged terror role
Canadian professors say they are outraged at Carleton University for the abrupt firing this week, with no warning or explanation, of a professor the French government says is responsible for the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue that killed four people...
Details...Financier out on bail as bilked victims fume
Earl Jones spent just one night in jail, and is today free on bail...
Details...Life for teen in Rengel murder
A 17-year-old girl who relentlessly pressured her boyfriend into murdering Stefanie Rengel has been sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility to apply for parole for seven years...
Details...Presidential Dispute Resolution
Obama attempts to settle Professor Gates race row with White House beers...
Details...Woman held in Kenya gives up DNA samples
A Toronto woman trapped in Africa allowed Canadian officials to weigh, measure, photograph, fingerprint and swab her for DNA yesterday in a last-ditch attempt to prove her identity...
Details...In wake of court ruling, Hutterites contemplate leaving Alberta
Two Alberta Hutterite colonies are contemplating flouting the law or leaving the province in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that requires their faces to be photographed for drivers' licenses...
Details...Barwatch calls for meeting with privacy czar over security ruling
The chairman of Vancouver's controversial Barwatch program hopes there is a common-sense route through the thorny intersection of public safety and personal privacy...
Details...Nairobi court grants woman time for DNA test
A Kenyan court decided Friday to postpone the case of Suaad Hagi Mohamud, the Somali-born woman who was accused of faking her Canadian citizenship because she did not look like her passport photo, so she and her son in Toronto can undergo DNA testing...
Details...Tasers need stricter control, B.C. inquiry finds
The man investigating the use of Tasers by police in B.C. has concluded that stun guns can be deadly and much tougher rules must be adopted if they are to remain an option for police...
Details...Victoria bars will continue to swipe IDs
Victoria bars will continue to swipe patrons' IDs and take their photos despite a ruling that collecting personal information as a condition of entry violates privacy laws...
Details...'Where's Ontario's humanity?' mom asks
Matt and Ioulia Gallinger of Ottawa are trying to raise their severely disabled 11-month-old, Daria, at home, but fear they may not be able to in the long run because of a lack of provincial support for special-needs children...
Details...Police condemned for profiling of letter carrier
Ron Phipps won his human rights case for a 2005 incident that occurred while delivering mail...
Details...Woman's lips trapped her in Kenya
A Kenyan official detained the Toronto woman in Nairobi because her lips didn't match the ones in her passport photograph, according to documents released by her lawyer yesterday...
Details...Canada 'indifferent' to Sudan's threat to kill Abdelrazik, files show
The Harper government was warned shortly after it came to office in 2006 that Sudan's notorious military intelligence agency was ready to 'disappear' Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen, unless Ottawa allowed him to go home, The Globe and Mail has learned...
Details...Woman hopes DNA unlocks Kenya trap
Stymied at every step to rescue his client from a bureaucratic limbo in Nairobi, a Toronto lawyer is now turning to DNA as the last resort...
Details...Ontario reveals juries given secret background checks
The province's chief prosecutor is pledging to dig up cases where secret jury background checks were made and notify the defence lawyers involved...
Details...Charge Mounties in taser case, Polish watchdog says
Poland's top civil-rights watchdog says B.C. prosecutors should reconsider their decision not to charge four Mounties involved in a fatal confrontation with Robert Dziekanski due to new facts that have arisen from the provincial Braidwood inquiry into his death...
Details...Ottawa urged to rescue Nairobi detainee
A Toronto lawyer is going to court tomorrow to prove Suaad Hagi Mohamud is Suaad Hagi Mohamud...
Details...Nairobi mystery deepens
Aid workers hit wall of silence around woman's baffling detention in Kenya...
Details...Ottawa takes on social media giant for violating Canada's law
Canada is striking at the heart of social media's revenue model, ordering global giant Facebook to limit the personal information it gives to companies that make add-on programs for the site or face potential court action...
Details...Lawyer in B.C. Taser inquiry steps down
One of the lawyers representing the RCMP in the inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski who was Tasered five times at the Vancouver airport two years ago has quietly resigned...
Details...Members of alleged drug-trafficking ring walk after police lied to court
A former boxer accused of heading an international drug trafficking ring has been acquitted of all charges after a judge found two senior RCMP officers lied to the court...
Details...Praying for return of mother trapped 8 weeks in Kenya
Strain marks the faces of family and friends as conditions deteriorate for a Toronto woman trapped in Kenya...
Details...Report slaps CSIS over Khadr
Canada's spy service believed Omar Khadr viewed Al Qaeda 'through the eyes of a child' but treated him as an adult and failed to acknowledge the human rights abuses here when interrogating him in 2003, says an Ottawa watchdog agency...
Details...Ombud urges career college crackdown
An unregistered, illegal private career college operated in plain sight of the Ontario government for nearly two years, bilking students for thousands of dollars in tuition without providing them proper training, yet the college was not stopped or shut down, Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin said this morning...
Details...Woman stranded in Kenya gets no help from Ottawa
Canadian officials in Kenya are keeping a Toronto woman in suspense over fingerprint results that could confirm her identity...
Details...Let cameras into B.C. courtrooms, lawyer urges
A Vancouver lawyer says it may be time to publicly broadcast proceedings from B.C. courtrooms...
Details...Jury: Hells Angels not criminal group
Four members of the East End chapter of the Hells Angels were found guilty yesterday at the end of a nine-month trial...
Details...Top court strikes down bus ad ban
British Columbia transit officials were on the wrong side of the Charter when they refused to carry messages on the sides of their buses aimed at provincial voters, the country's top court said today...
Details...Ontario court rejects Schreiber's bid to stay in Canada
Ontario's highest court has rejected Karlheinz Schreiber's latest bid to stave off extradition...
Details...Legal aid boycott grows over paltry paycheques
Strict billing caps and meagre hourly rates are fuelling a rapidly growing legal aid boycott in Ontario. It began June 1 in Toronto, where more than 300 criminal lawyers stopped accepting legal aid certificates for homicide and guns and gangs cases.
Details...Bar program effective, RCMP says
Police and bar owners in Nanaimo say a Bar Watch program similar to one launched in Victoria this week has curbed violence and rowdiness in that city's downtown in the last two years...
Details...Relief after woman stranded in Nairobi fingerprinted
A Toronto woman facing jail in Kenya says she feels relieved after Canadian officials finally took her fingerprints to help settle her identity...
Details...Bars swipe patron IDs, collect data
Nine of Victoria's most popular bars are capturing data from patrons' ID cards and taking their photos as part of a new program still under investigation by B.C.'s privacy watchdog...
Details...New petition sought in B.C. polygamy case
A B.C. Supreme Court judge considering whether to quash polygamy charges against Winston Blackmore has asked the religious leader's lawyer to submit a new petition to the court in September...
Details...Racism not an issue in Courtenay, mayor says
As the shock waves continued to reverberate over a race-based assault in Courtenay, B.C., last Friday night, Mayor Greg Phelps defended his council's refusal to join the community's latest anti-discrimination efforts...
Details...Judge ignores legislation, gives bum pincher light sentence
A Calgary judge has decided that federal legislation that prohibits conditional sentences for sexual assault offences should not be applied to a serial bum pincher...
Details...Is woman held in Kenya who she says she is?
If a passport, driver's licence, OHIP card and citizenship certificate are not enough, Suaad Hagi Mohamud is ready to give fingerprints to prove who she is...
Details...B.C. civil, family courts reformed
Changes to civil and family courts announced on Tuesday are designed to make justice more accessible and affordable, according to B.C. Attorney General Mike de Jong...
Details...Landlords trample on tenants' human rights
Toronto study finds the most vulnerable renters are the most likely to be refused
Details...Father ordered to pay $20,000 punishment
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a crusading fathers'-rights activist to pay $20,000 to the federal government as punishment for mounting an ill-founded challenge to federal child-support payment guidelines...
Details...Polygamy prosecutor points to marijuana ruling
The top court's 'bellwether decision' defending the drug's prohibition applies to the constitutionality of the polygamy law, he says
Details...Defence lawyers ask for cops' disciplinary records in court
Defence lawyers would like to use arresting officers' internal disciplinary records against them in court
Details...Legal aid boycott gathering strength
Defence lawyers in two more Ontario centres and an organization that picks up the pieces after a miscarriage of justice - the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted - have joined a spreading legal-aid boycott...
Details...Blackmore's push to quash polygamy charge in limbo
B.C. judge questions whether she has authority to halt the prosecution...
Details...Jury selection questioned in Docks nightclub case
Defence lawyer seeks information on background checks, warns he might appeal client's conviction...
Details...CSIS mistakes could affect Almrei verdict: Judge
A Federal Court judge said revelations that Canada's spy service mishandled evidence in the terrorism case of a Syrian refugee is of 'great concern to the court' and could affect the outcome of the case...
Details...Passport photo puts woman behind bars
Toronto resident jailed, fined and detained for not looking like her 4-year-old ID picture...
Details...'Cruel' Ottawa blasted as couples forced apart
Immigration controversy erupts: 'If you fall in love with someone in an African country, God help you'...
Details...Law professors support legal-aid boycott
Defence lawyers refusing to take on serious cases to draw attention to under-funding...
Details...Pickton appeals to Supreme Court
Less than 24 hours after B.C. Appeal Court upheld his conviction, 60-year-old pig farmer and his lawyers decide to ask top court to consider whether he received a fair trial.
Details...Teen sues elite school for defamation
In the first defamation lawsuit launched by a youth, 15-year-old claims he was wrongly suspended from Toronto French School for beating up a visitor and then compared to genocidal Nazis at a school assembly.
Details...Pickton's second-degree murder conviction upheld
Robert Pickton's conviction of second-degree murder of six women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside was upheld today by the B.C. Appeal Court in a ruling that is expected to go for a final decision by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Details...Dad fined for smoking in car
A 32-year-old Surrey man has become one of the first people in B.C. to get a ticket for smoking with a child in a car.
Details...Pickton's successful appeal might mean real justice
It's a subversive twist to one of the most complex, convoluted legal proceedings in modern Canadian history: the friends and family of some 20 alleged murder victims, most of them siding — for the moment, at least — with the lawyers who represent serial killer Robert Pickton.
Details...Justice Brownstone Talks About 'Tug of War'
Justice Brownstone gave a talk to promote his book 'Tug of War' at the John Howard Society in Hamilton, Ontario. Watch the podcast of Justice Brownstone.
Details...Aboriginal families no closer to answers about jury selection
Findings last year about the systematic exclusion of natives from juries was supposed to be acted upon. But nothing has changed
Details...Man's sleep-sex defence a waking nightmare for the woman he attacked
After being jolted out of sleep by a stranger raping her after a party, it was almost inconceivable to a 34-year-old Toronto woman that anything could ever match the horror. Vote!
Details...Civil juries play key role in system
Lawyers and judges who call for the abolition of juries in motor-vehicle personal injury cases should be careful what they ask for. SHOULD JURY TRIALS BE PRESERVED? Vote!
Details...Inmates go to court over toilet rights
Prisoners at the Matsqui Institution in the Fraser Valley are going to court in an attempt to overturn a lockdown their lawyer says has forced some to use waste baskets and plastic bags in their cells as toilets because of a lack of timely access to washroom facilities. Is this a reasonable punishment? Vote!
Details...Movement on to 'hear the child' in court
Kids need to have views considered in family breakups, activists say...SHOULD CHILDREN BE HEARD IN FAMILY CASES? Vote Now!
Details...Greyhound bus killer to remain locked up in psych ward
A man who killed a sleeping passenger on a Greyhound bus must remain locked up under heavy security at a Manitoba psychiatric facility, a provincial review board ruled Wednesday. Do we need a 'Tim's Law'? Vote Now!
Details...Two more ICBC jury breaches are found
ICBC's investigation into the improper disclosure of the accident-claim histories of jurors has uncovered two other breaches of jurors' privacy, the auto-insurance agency confirmed Thursday...SHOULD JURY TRIALS BE SCRAPPED IN ICBC CASES? VOTE
Details...Feature Interview: Nancy Kinney of AdviceScene.com
Imagine a website that provides free legal information by connecting the public with lawyers and judges. On today's feature interview, Omar Ha-Redeye sits down with Nancy Kinney, the creator of AdviceScene.com... PODCAST
Details...Scrap juries in ICBC cases, critics say
Call comes after disclosure of juror claims histories during civil trial...SHOULD JURY TRIALS BE SCRAPPED IN ICBC CASES? VOTE
Details...Parental alienation cases draining court resources
Study says such cases should be moved out of court system, handled by individual judges
Details...Facebook foils Canadian lawsuits
Lawyers in Canada are increasingly warning their clients about the perils of posting information on social websites such as Facebook after a small but growing number of cases faltered because of damning messages and photographs...DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE WARNING CLIENTS OR LET THE TRUTH COME OUT? VOTE
Details...That toxic tug-of-war
Several recent court cases have focused on the serious problem of parental alienation. Although many are hearing about it for the first time, it has always been a prevalent concern in high-conflict custody litigation.
Details...Law societies under fire
Maclean's Magazine: Critics say there's problem with how lawyers are regulated. WHAT DO YOU THINK? VOTE
Details...New trial for Pickton not in 'interest of justice'
Ordering a new trial for convicted serial killer Robert Pickton would not be 'in the interests of justice' and British Columbia's top court must guard against inadvertently triggering one, prosecutors argued Wednesday in B.C. Court of Appeal. WHAT DO YOU THINK? VOTE
Details...Family Law: The mature stay out of court
Judge Harvey Brownstone of Ontario's family court had an urgent message - family court harms families, litigation hurts children-but whom could he tell, other than those who came to his courtroom? But wait, he thought. Don't people with urgent messages write books? So why not?
Details...Tim's Law--Vince Li's attack on Tim McLean
Judge rules killer not criminally responsible due to mental illness for 'barbaric' bus attack. Do we need a 'Tim's Law'? Vote Now!
Details...A Conservative Dilemma: Illegal Drugs
Different persuasions of conservatism have opposed each other on the appropriate solution to illegal drugs but now circumstances should warrant a closer look at the libertarian point of view
Details...Prime Minister says public supports tough new crime bills
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says it's essential to have strong penalties to deter crime and changes to the Criminal Code proposed by his government will toughen Canada's justice system.
Details...Separation agreements not final, Supreme Court rules
Separation agreements between divorcing couples are not final if one spouse gets a bad deal, the Supreme Court of Canada said yesterday in a ruling that ordered a B.C. dairy farmer to pay his former wife $650,000.
Details...Bountiful leaders in court on polygamy charges
Two fundamentalist Mormon leaders from Bountiful, B.C., are scheduled to appear in court Wednesday on polygamy charges
Details...Canadians can't afford price of justice
Two of the most important rights that should be guaranteed to every citizen are access to the health-care and justice systems.
Details...Supreme Court judge says access to justice often blocked
Canada's highest ranking judge says there is a profound disconnect between the ideal of the right to justice and the reality that many people face.
Details...Legal aid funding crunch leads to service cuts
B.C.'s Legal Services Society will be cutting services and laying off workers because of a funding shortfall.
Details...City revives bylaw aimed at campers
Latest move follows Victoria's court defeat over homeless tenting in parks
Details...Ottawa's 51 day transit strike finally ends
With the threat of federal back-to-work legislation looming, the City of Ottawa and its transit union pulled off an 11th-hour settlement Thursday to put an end to a 51-day-old citywide bus strike.
Details...Irish Internet firm to shut off illegal music users
Irish Internet provider Eircom has agreed to disconnect users who download music illegally from the Web in a settlement with four major record companies that Irish media said was the first of its kind in the world.
Details...New legislation to keep unsafe products off shelves
Health Canada is banking on 45 more inspectors stationed across the country to help keep unsafe consumer products off store shelves as part of a new regime outlined in proposed product-safety legislation tabled on Thursday.
Details...Police google farmers, find marijuana field
Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth
Details...Courts can rescue kids from an alienating parent
The tide of opinion is turning against those who alienate their children from the other parent. Courts are willing to show tough love, even though they have no proof their intervention will work in the long run
Details...Jails may hold many wrongfully convicted, UBC study suggests
A University of British Columbia law school project that looks into cases of people who claim they have been wrongfully convicted has found no shortage of cases to investigate.
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