Legal News

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
BOSTON — A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travellers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment.
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USC campus left shaken by 9 student deaths since August
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
LOS ANGELES — The first death occurred in late August, two days before classes began, when an incoming freshman was struck by a car while walking on a freeway near the University of Southern California.
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Judge bans border activist from mentioning Trump in trial
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
TUCSON, Ariz. — A judge banned an Arizona border activist charged with harbouring immigrants from mentioning President Donald Trump during his retrial, which began Tuesday.
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Timeline of Cardinal George Pell's career and accusations
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
Australia's highest court on Wednesday agreed to hear an appeal by Cardinal George Pell of his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago.
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B.C. police say discovery of two bodies is tragic, isolated incident
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
ANGLEMONT, B.C. — RCMP say a 62-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman have been identified as the two people found dead last week inside a home in Anglemont, B.C.
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No kids seriously hurt in Edmonton school bus collision: police say
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
EDMONTON — Children aboard a school bus in Edmonton have escaped serious injury after it collided with another vehicle.
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Winnipeg police chief eyes staff cuts due to expected budget shortfall
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — The chief of the Winnipeg Police Service says he may have to cut staff due to a budget shortfall.
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Quadruple killing trial hears man suffered blows to the head, gunshot wounds
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
CALGARY — A jury has seen graphic photographs of numerous injuries inflicted on a man whose body was found at the side of a rural highway west of Calgary.
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Families of victims testify at hearing for convicted killer Ugo Fredette
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
ST-JEROME, Que. — Friends and relatives of Ugo Fredette's two victims addressed the court Tuesday to explain how the murders of Veronique Barbe and Yvon Lacasse changed everything for them.
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Toronto cop takes stand in assault trial, admits causing victim's eye injury
Nov 12, 2019, Canadian Press
OSHAWA, Ont. — A Toronto police officer accused of beating a young black man nearly three years ago testified Tuesday he was acting in self-defence when he delivered the punches that ruptured the man's eye.
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