COVID-19 has delayed criminal trials across Canada. Is the justice system doing enough to avoid it?
It was an emergency decision announced late on a Friday — three days before a murder trial was set to begin. A judge postponed the trial of…
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Back of the line: vaccines and the brawl over who goes first
Politicians might want to be careful about suggesting that people held in disrepute should be at the back of the line when health officials decide when individual…
What two brothers taught me about drug addiction. And why I need to apologize.
It's not unusual for any journalist who pushes stories and topics with a degree of zeal to apologize from time to time for mistakes that get on…
Case challenges ‘horrific’ prison surveillance some consider harsher than solitary confinement
Advocates for women in prison are heading to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Truro, N.S., on Monday, aiming to end a practice they say "amounts to…
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 are currently detained in…
Testing, contact tracing are keys to easing social restrictions. But is Canada ready?
There may be many different paths to the new COVID-19 "normal" as provinces announce various plans to gradually ease social restrictions across Canada. But all of them…
Prisoner advocates urge release strategy to prevent spread of COVID-19 behind bars
Prisoners' advocates are ramping up calls to release lower-risk offenders after the Correctional Service Canada (CSC) confirmed COVID-19 cases in two penitentiaries — and are warning that…
Lawyers blame police for congestion of prisons in Ebonyi
Lawyers in Ebonyi State under the aegis of Good Leadership and Peace Advocates of Nigeria (GOLEPAN) have blamed Nigeria Police for the increase in the congestion of…