Legal News

'Horrific:' Witness says Alberta doctor slain while working in medical clinic
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
RED DEER, Alta. — A witness to a fatal attack at a central Alberta medical clinic says the victim was her family doctor, and while Mounties refused to confirm the victim's identity they condemned the killing and praised the quick response from police.
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Judge grants stay to Quebec English school boards as legal challenge plays out
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Quebec Superior Court has granted a stay to English school boards challenging a provincial government law abolishing them, pending the outcome of a legal challenge on its merits.
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Police investigating after insults, expletives yelled at federal minister's staff
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
Ottawa police are investigating after someone yelled obscenities at a member of federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna's staff, video of which was posted to social media.
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Missing four-year-old girl found dead in neighbour's pool near Quebec City
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
SHANNON, Que. — The circumstances surrounding the death of a four-year-old girl whose body was found in a neighbour's pool remain unclear, Quebec provincial police said Monday.
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Victim details lasting trauma left by former N.S. teacher's sexual abuse
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
HALIFAX — A victim of a former teacher and hockey coach who pleaded guilty to 35 counts of decades-old sexual abuse in Nova Scotia says a week hasn't gone by in the past 40 years when he hasn't thought about the assault.
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Black people 'disproportionately' arrested, struck, shot by police, report finds
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
TORONTO — The idea that the Toronto police are less racist than their American counterparts is a "myth," according to the head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
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Fiat Chrysler calls GM's bribery allegations 'preposterous'
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
DETROIT — Allegations by General Motors that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles bribed union officials are “preposterous” and read like a script from a “third-rate spy movie,” FCA lawyers wrote in court documents filed Monday.
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McDonald's sues ousted CEO, alleging employee relationships
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
McDonald’s says it's suing Stephen Easterbrook, the CEO it ousted last year over an inappropriate relationship with an employee, alleging Monday that he covered up relationships with three other employees and destroyed evidence.
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Man charged with manslaughter after June death of woman in Surrey, B.C.
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
SURREY, B.C. — A charge of manslaughter has now been laid following the death of a woman in Surrey, B.C.
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Man convicted in shooting that killed Jane Creba denied day and full parole
Aug 10, 2020, Canadian Press
TORONTO — A man convicted of second-degree murder in a public shooting that killed a Toronto teen on Boxing Day nearly 15 years ago has been denied day and full parole.
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