Legal News

Vancouver police investigating second and third homicides of the year
Jan 19, 2020, Canadian Press
Vancouver police are investigating two separate deaths that mark the second and third homicides in the city this year.
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Judge permanently retires one-time lawyer Harry Kopyto 31 years after disbarment
Jan 19, 2020, Canadian Press
TORONTO — A one-time Toronto lawyer known for championing underdog causes and whose high profile battles with the profession's regulator spanned decades has been forced into legal retirement.
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Recent string of Quebec domestic homicides spur call for action to protect women
Jan 19, 2020, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Francis Lalonde Langlois's favourite memory of his mother is when he was five years old and she blew up 2,000 balloons on New Year’s Eve because she wanted her three children to remember the first moments of the new millennium.
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Disrespectful that Horgan won't meet during northern B.C. tour: hereditary chief
Jan 18, 2020, Canadian Press
HOUSTON, B.C. — It's disrespectful that Premier John Horgan won't meet with five hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline while he is touring northern British Columbia, says the highest-ranking chief.
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Royal deal clears way for Harry, Meghan part-time Canada move: experts
Jan 18, 2020, Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — A deal reached by Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, with Buckingham Palace helps clear the way for their planned part-time move to Canada, royal watchers said Saturday.
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Police watchdog investigating after man shot multiple times by officers
Jan 18, 2020, Canadian Press
TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says it's investigating after a police-involved shooting in Toronto sent a man to hospital.
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Quebec's police watchdog opens case after man shot dead by officer in Shawinigan
Jan 18, 2020, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after provincial police fatally shot a man Friday night in the city of Shawinigan, about 167 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
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Will claims of illegal party financing sink Charest's hopes of political comeback?
Jan 18, 2020, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — While former Quebec premier Jean Charest mulls a leadership bid for the Conservative Party of Canada, recently unsealed police warrants have given his political opponents plenty of ammunition.
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Calls for dialogue as pipeline polarizes some in northern British Columbia
Jan 17, 2020, Canadian Press
HOUSTON, B.C. — A natural gas pipeline project has polarized many communities across northern British Columbia in a dispute a Wet'suwet'en elder says he hopes will be resolved through dialogue.
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Alberta court approves Encana reorganization, paving way for change next week
Jan 17, 2020, Canadian Press
CALGARY — Encana Corp. says an Alberta court has approved the oil and gas company's reorganization that will see it move its headquarters to Denver from Calgary and change its name to Ovintiv Inc.
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