Legal News

Two people arrested and one charged in murder of Fredericton man in May
Jul 10, 2020, Canadian Press
FREDERICTON — Two people have been arrested in connection with a murder in Fredericton this spring.
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Amber Alert continues for missing Quebec girls, 6 and 11, and their father
Jul 10, 2020, Canadian Press
LEVIS, Que. — Police are continuing their search around a Quebec City suburb after they issued an Amber Alert Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father who investigators believe disappeared following a highway car crash.
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Genetic non-discrimination law is constitutional, Supreme Court says
Jul 10, 2020, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a federal law that forbids companies from making people undergo genetic testing before buying insurance or other services.
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Police apologize after 911 call where white woman reports Black man in a park
Jul 10, 2020, Canadian Press
Ottawa police have apologized for how they handled an incident where a white woman called 911 on a Black man in a park, leading the operator to tell the man he's intimidating the woman.
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Police: Pop Smoke's social media led killers to LA home
Jul 10, 2020, Canadian Press
LOS ANGELES — Authorities believe rising rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February after his social media posts led five suspects to the house he was renting, police said after detectives arrested the group Thursday morning.
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Policing programs reinforce existing system: critics
Jul 10, 2020, Canadian Press
When Alain Babineau was a police academy cadet nearly 30 years ago, the education his cohort received on diversity and racism amounted to a few basic lectures with little in terms of practical application, the former RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police officer said.
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Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard asks court to dismiss class-action lawsuit
Jul 09, 2020, Canadian Press
NEW YORK — A Canadian fashion mogul is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted dozens of women.
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Nova Scotia Mounties fatally shoot man, 60. Police watchdog to investigate.
Jul 09, 2020, Canadian Press
HALIFAX — Mounties in Nova Scotia have fatally shot a 60-year-old man.
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Jamie Bacon pleads guilty to charge in British Columbia's Surrey Six case
Jul 09, 2020, Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — Reputed gang leader Jamie Bacon pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge stemming from shootings in 2007 that left six people dead at a highrise apartment building in Surrey, British Columbia.
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DavidsTea closing 82 stores in Canada and all 42 stores in the U.S. market
Jul 09, 2020, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Insolvent beverage retailer DavidsTea is closing 82 stores in Canada and all 42 of its stores in the U.S. as it focuses on its e-commerce business and supplying grocery stores and pharmacies.
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