Law
Vigilante justice or community safety? Protesters target Albertans on bail accused of crimes against children
Triumphant protesters sang last week as Edmonton police officers escorted accused child predator Wade Stene from his mother’s home into a police van and back...
Victim waits for Jamie Bacon to plead guilty to role in Surrey Six slayings
As far as Eileen Mohan is concerned, Jamie Bacon has been playing the justice system for a fool for the past decade. The mother...
Walmart pulls ‘All Lives Matter’ shirts following protests, but Amazon is still selling them
Walmart has pulled merchandise bearing the slogan “All Lives Matter” sold by independent dealers on its website. The move follows outrage expressed on social...
Canadian Broadway actor Nick Cordero, 41, dies from coronavirus complications
Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as Waitress, A Bronx Tale and Bullets Over Broadway, has...
U.S. son can’t see sick mother in Canada because he’s not ‘immediate family’ under current regulations
A family hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic is angry that Canada’s border restrictions are keeping a son in New York City from seeing...
Indigenous communities find little to celebrate on Canada Day
Jess Housty can’t remember the last time Canada Day was celebrated in the Heiltsuk Nation. Housty lives in the coastal B.C. town of Bella Bella where...
Homeless man turned church caretaker may end up back on the street
There was no job interview when Gordon Petrie became the caretaker and security guard at Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church in Surrey, B.C....
Repatriate Canadian former ISIS fighters and family members, Human Rights Watch urges
The Canadian government is flouting its international human rights obligations by failing to repatriate and provide adequate consular assistance to 47 citizens who...
Trial start date, length difficult to predict in China spying case against 2 Canadians
The Liberal government is facing renewed pressure to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and end her extradition process, a move that some believe would trigger the...
Case of Manitobans with COVID-19 who failed to isolate after travel raises enforcement questions
Two people who travelled out of Manitoba, came into contact with a known case of COVID-19 and did not self-isolate for two weeks...
Head of UBC board of governors resigns after liking racist, far-right comments on Twitter
The chair of the University of British Columbia’s board of governors has resigned after liking racist and conspiracy theory posts on Twitter, including tweets disparaging the...
Simple explanations for market ups and downs often prove unreliable: Don Pittis
At the beginning of last week, some Canadians managing their retirement nest eggs may have thought the market crash caused by the COVID-19...
Alberta purges judicial vetting committee for former Tory cabinet ministers, political supporters
Alberta Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer purged the entire committee that vets potential provincial court judges and recruited new members through a closed process...
CEO asks employees to lie on timecards or risk job losses — violating labour laws
Several workers of a high-profile company say they were pressured into giving up paid vacation days, then told to lie about it on...
The difficult history of prosecuting hate in Canada
Warning: This story contains some disturbing details. Late one night in April 2015, a drunk man entered a convenience store in the town...
Heartbreak on the 49th parallel: Lives interrupted by the Canada-U.S. border closure
It’s been a dismal few days for Canada-U.S. relations. Specifically, for people in relationships with someone on the other side of the border, dealing...
