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Inuk leader Mary Simon named as Canada’s 1st Indigenous governor general
Inuk leader Mary Simon will serve as the Queen’s new representative in Canada, marking the first time an Indigenous person has held the role....
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...
Federal government’s move to take Speaker to court raises questions that divide experts
The Liberal government is taking the Speaker of the House of Commons to court to get a judge’s confirmation that it has the...
Acquitted of terrorism but still considered a threat, this man’s status in Canada hangs in limbo
Since his release from immigration detention almost two years ago, Othman (Adam) Hamdan has been living in limbo. The Canada Border Services Agency...
The Real Reason Bill Cosby Is Getting Out Of Prison
Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby will soon walk out of prison as a free man. Per Pennsylvania’s, Cosby’s jail sentence has been overturned by...
Canada’s acting top soldier gives head of navy chance at redemption after golf controversy
After two weeks of deliberations, Canada’s acting top soldier, Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre, has decided Vice-Admiral Craig Baines will continue to serve as the head...
‘Where is their soul?’: Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses
Residential school survivor Rick Daniels and his wife, Judy Greyeyes, live in a small apartment just a few kilometres from Saskatoon’s towering $28.5-million Holy...
RCMP looking at legal options to remove serial sexual harassers from the ranks
The RCMP says it’s looking into whether it can automatically fire Mounties accused in multiple sexual harassment cases and stop other alleged perpetrators...
Supreme Court Backs Businesses Challenging California Labor Law
In a 6-3 decision, the Court's conservative judges sided with agriculture businesses that sought to restrict communication between unions and unionized workers during...
Justice Mahmud Jamal is first person of colour nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated the Honourable Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court of Canada. “I know that...
Tŝilhqot’in Nation slams ‘failure’ to condemn B.C. lawyer for misconduct on residential school file
The head of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government says the body governing B.C.’s law profession has failed to “appropriately condemn” a lawyer who hired...
Ex-judge releasing review of military justice system rocked by sexual misconduct crisis
In normal times, a review of the military justice system would be an obscure exercise, something of interest only to a select constituency....
As tensions rose during N.S. fisheries dispute, province balked at paying for extra RCMP
A top RCMP officer requested help to pay for extra policing costs during last fall’s fisheries dispute in southwest Nova Scotia, but the province’s...
Ottawa failed to properly implement sexual misconduct report, top Defence civil servant says
Canada’s deputy minister of National Defence says the military’s operation to end sexual misconduct in its ranks “lost its way” because the government failed...
What Canada can learn from U.S., U.K. about COVID-19 vaccinations and reopening
For a few brief weeks in February and March, Nancy Olaoye envied her friends in Canada. The 30-year-old, who moved from Toronto to...
Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction in case involving teens, alcohol
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the conviction of a youth found guilty of sexually assaulting another teenager in a case involving...
