Legal News

Calgary man paralyzed after shot by intruder in Barbados vacation rental
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
CALGARY — Friends are raising money to help a Calgary retiree who was paralyzed after being shot by an intruder in his Barbados vacation rental.
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B.C. hospice loses funding after refusing to provide assistance in dying
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
VICTORIA — A hospice society in British Columbia is having its funding stopped because it will not comply with the province's policy on medical assistance in dying.
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Canadian Pacific obtains injunction to end Mohawk rail blockade in Kahnawake
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway obtained an injunction Tuesday aimed at ending a blockade erected more than two weeks ago in a Mohawk community south of Montreal.
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New rail blockades emerge as government talks continue
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
HAMILTON — The chaos that has engulfed Canada's national rail system reached southern Ontario commuters on Tuesday as a fresh wave of blockades caused major delays and service suspensions across a popular regional train network.
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The latest on protests across Canada in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern):
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Little-used part of Constitution led to different carbon tax rulings: experts
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
EDMONTON — Different rulings from courts on the federal government's carbon tax are a result of judges working through a section of the Constitution that is seldom used, say legal experts.
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Privacy commissioner says RCMP ignored his investigators in complaint cases
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog has accused the RCMP of ignoring his efforts to investigate complaints about the national police force's apparent foot-dragging on information requests from the public.
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Private clinics would harm 'ordinary' people using public system in B.C.: lawyer
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — A legal challenge by the owner of a private clinic providing scheduled surgery for affluent patients should be denied because it is based on a flawed constitutional argument, a lawyer for the B.C. government says.
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Manitoba premier hints at possible carbon tax deal with federal government
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister hinted at a potential breakthrough with the federal government on a carbon tax Tuesday, and did not rule out introducing a tax in the upcoming provincial budget.
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Lionel Desmond's wife raised questions about peace bond same day as slayings
Feb 25, 2020, Canadian Press
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. — Three hours before Shanna Desmond was killed by her husband, she sought information about how to get a peace bond, a fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia was told Tuesday.
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