Legal News

Chiefs to renew call for racism inquiry during meeting today with N.B. premier
Jul 09, 2020, Canadian Press
FREDERICTON — Indigenous leaders in New Brunswick are renewing a call for an independent, Indigenous-led public inquiry to investigate systemic racism and two recent police shootings in the province.
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Calls for police reform shine spotlight on Oregon model for crisis intervention
Jul 09, 2020, Canadian Press
An emergency dispatcher picks up a call from a mother who says her adult son is angry and breaking things at home, but he may not react well to police officers.
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Town hall on police reform begins today at Toronto police board meeting
Jul 09, 2020, Canadian Press
TORONTO — Hundreds of people are expected to speak at a series of town hall meetings on police reform that get underway today in Toronto.
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Driver who hit Seattle protesters charged with 3 felonies
Jul 08, 2020, Canadian Press
SEATTLE — Prosecutors on Wednesday filed three felony charges against the man who hit two protesters with his car, killing one, while driving on a Seattle freeway that was closed for Black Lives Matter demonstrations.
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Texas resumes executions after 5-month delay due to pandemic
Jul 08, 2020, Canadian Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas inmate received lethal injection Wednesday evening for fatally shooting an 82-year-old man nearly three decades ago, ending a five-month delay of executions in the nation’s busiest death penalty state because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Three found dead after downtown motel fire in Prince George, B.C.
Jul 08, 2020, Canadian Press
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The RCMP say the bodies of three people have been found at the scene of a motel fire in downtown Prince George, B.C.
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B.C. names all-party police reform committee to examine scope of systemic racism
Jul 08, 2020, Canadian Press
VICTORIA — A special committee of the B.C. legislature was appointed Wednesday to examine the scope of systemic racism in policing as part of the province's plans to modernize the Police Act.
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'You haunt my dreams:' Sex assault victim confronts ex-nightclub worker in court
Jul 08, 2020, Canadian Press
EDMONTON — A woman who was sexually assaulted by a former nightclub employee says he may not remember her, but she will always remember him.
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Police in Kingston, Ont., seek rightful owner of two stolen Bibles
Jul 08, 2020, Canadian Press
KINGSTON, Ont. — Police in Kingston, Ont., are looking for the rightful owner of two stolen Bibles.
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Indigenous leader Ed John pleads not guilty to historical sex charges
Jul 08, 2020, Canadian Press
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — An Indigenous leader and former British Columbia cabinet minister has pleaded not guilty to sex charges dating back more than 40 years.
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