Tag Archives: justice

TORONTO - An Ontario court has extended an order suspending legal proceedings against three major tobacco companies as they try to negotiate a settlement with their creditors.  Ontario Super...

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia:   Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the RCMP have offered to move...

HALIFAX - The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door to a libel lawsuit against Nova Scotia's premier by a former government lawyer who says the premier damaged his reputation by denoun...

NEW YORK - Jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial are set to continue for a third day on Thursday. So far, jurors have been focusing a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra's alle...

OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...

OTTAWA - The fate of two men accused of plotting to derail a Via train in a terrorist attack should become a little clearer today. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to decide whether it wil...

MONTREAL - Quebec boxing promoter Yvon Michel says he doesn't know the criminal bikers who showed up at one of his events last September and he never gave any of them tickets. Michel testifi...

MONTREAL - Quebec boxing promoter Yvon Michel says he doesn't know the criminal bikers who showed up at one of his events last September and he never gave any of them tickets. Michel testifi...

OTTAWA - The chief justice of Canada says the judiciary must be free to decide what training and education judges need to do their jobs well. Richard Wagner's comments in a speech to the Can...

VANCOUVER - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief says the chiefs won't meet with the federal government over their opposition to a natural gas pipeline until both the RCMP and Coastal GasLink leave their t...