Legal News

Iran report blaming mistakes for military's downing of PS752 dismissed
Jul 12, 2020, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — A representative of Canadian families and loved ones killed in Iran's shootdown of a Ukrainian airliner in January says a new report blaming a misaligned missile battery and other mistakes by the Iranian military for the tragedy underscores the need for an independent investigation.
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Quebec police continue search for father, one day after missing girls found dead
Jul 12, 2020, Canadian Press
ST-APOLLINAIRE, Que. — Quebec provincial police continued their search Sunday for the father of two deceased girls who were the subject of an Amber Alert earlier this week, a case that has gripped a small town southwest of Quebec City.
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Canada's largest Indigenous police force has never shot anyone dead
Jul 12, 2020, Canadian Press
TORONTO — In its 26 years of existence, officers with Canada's largest Indigenous police force have never shot and killed anyone and no officer has died in the line of duty, despite a grinding lack of resources and an absence of normal accountability mechanisms.
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Search of lake for missing "Glee" star to resume Sunday
Jul 12, 2020, Canadian Press
LOS ANGELES — The search to find “Glee" TV show star Naya Rivera in a Southern California lake ended Saturday without any results, authorities said.
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Saskatoon police investigating suspicious death of woman, 19
Jul 12, 2020, Canadian Press
SASKATOON — Police in Saskatoon, Sask., say they are investigating the suspicious death of a 19-year-old woman.
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Police investigate suspicious death of elderly woman in Dartmouth
Jul 12, 2020, Canadian Press
DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Halifax Regional Police are investigating a suspicious death case in Dartmouth.
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Demonstrators call for end to police violence at rally for B.C. nursing student
Jul 11, 2020, Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — Shayla Raine ended her kickboxing class on January 20 to a flood of text messages asking what was going on in her apartment.
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Quebec police say girls who were subject of Amber Alert found dead
Jul 11, 2020, Canadian Press
SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. — The bodies of two girls who were the subject of an Amber Alert were found in a suburb of Quebec City on Saturday, in what Premier Francois Legault is describing as a "national tragedy."
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RCMP investigating sexual assault, robbery near Surrey SkyTrain station
Jul 11, 2020, Canadian Press
SURREY, B.C. — RCMP in Surrey, B.C., are issuing a warning to the public after an alleged robbery and sexual assault near the King George SkyTrain station on Friday night.
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Convoys mark 30th anniversary of Oka crisis as land dispute remains unchanged
Jul 11, 2020, Canadian Press
KANESATAKE, Que. — Slow-moving vehicles waving flags and sounding their horns marked the 30th anniversary of the Oka crisis on Saturday, with community activists urging real reconciliation and a settlement to the long-standing land claim that remains unresolved three decades later.
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