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Crown wants 40 years without parole for B.C. man who shot and killed 4 people in Penticton
There should be no eligibility for parole for 40 years for a former city worker who pleaded guilty to shooting four people to death in...
Courts inconsistent on domestic violence cases during pandemic, study suggests
After months of abuse at the hands of her former partner, Amber Solberg looked forward to the day she could confront him in court. But...
‘They chose the wrong person’: Pierre Laporte’s son reflects on his murder 50 years after October Crisis
It’s been almost 50 years since Jean Laporte learned from a television report that his father had been killed by a radical group...
After 37 years, convicted B.C. child killer to argue wrongful conviction
On an October day in 1983 in the coastal B.C. town of Prince Rupert, a first-degree murder trial began for a 17-year-old named...
Why Republicans and Democrats are fighting a U.S. presidential election campaign battle in Canada
The U.S. election is being fought on Canadian soil, too. Both the Republicans and Democrats are pushing for a share of the 620,000...
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon to lead the Parti Québécois
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, 43, is the new leader of the oldest sovereigntist party in Quebec’s legislature, taking over a caucus smaller than it’s...
Judge gives Six Nations members until Oct. 22 to leave occupied subdivision or not take part in hearing
An Ontario Superior Court judge has given the 1492 Land Back Lane camp until Oct. 22 to vacate land slated to become a...
Former Hong Kong activists wait eagerly as Ottawa starts approving asylum claims
A family that fled Hong Kong fearing persecution is hoping their asylum claims will be approved by the Canadian government as Ottawa quietly begins granting...
Patients launch lawsuit over pending closure of Alberta opioid treatment program
Shane Monette describes his addiction to opioids as an obsession, a fatal attraction. A survivor of childhood abuse, he began using drugs and...
Innu Nation suing for $4B over disruption to land and culture caused by Churchill Falls project
Saying their community’s culture and way of life was devastated by the construction of a hydroelectric project, the Innu Nation of Labrador is taking...
Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul elected leader of the federal Green Party
Green Party members have picked Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul as their next leader, bringing to a close the year-long race to replace Elizabeth...
Federal government settles lawsuit over deadly suicide attack on Kabul embassy
The federal government has quietly settled a lawsuit filed by survivors and family members in the wake of a suicide bombing outside the Canadian embassy...
Ontario woman sidelined from parole reviews for man who murdered her father
An Oshawa, Ont., woman whose father was murdered nearly 30 years ago says she’s being left out of the legal process that may soon...
‘It’s not easy’: Survivors of deadly Icefield tour bus crash near Jasper, Alta., file $17M lawsuit
An Alberta woman who survived the deadly crash of a tour bus in Jasper National Park this summer says she lives with the...
Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers claim U.S. tried to ‘trick’ judge in extradition case
A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou accused the United States Wednesday of abusing the privileges of its extradition treaty with Canada to try to...
Ottawa argues youth-led climate change lawsuit too broad to be tried in court
Federal lawyers argue that a lawsuit alleging the Canadian government has violated the charter rights of 15 youth is far too broad to...
