Legal News

Transportation regulator determines WestJet would remain Canadian after Onex deal
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
GATINEAU, Que. — The proposed $3.5-billion acquisition of WestJet Airlines by an affiliate of Onex Corp. moved a step closer to completion after Canada's transportation regulator determined the airline will continue to meet Canadian ownership and control requirements.
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Meng Wanzhou wins right to more documents involving arrest at Vancouver airport
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has won an application for more documents to be disclosed as she alleges she faced an abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver's airport last year.
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Man who strangled wife, buried body in their Calgary home to stay in prison
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
BOWDEN, Alta. — A man who strangled his wife and cemented her body in a basement wall of their home is staying in prison for now.
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'The grief is heavy:' Alberta First Nation grieving death of five in house fire
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
ROCHFORT BRIDGE, Alta. — The chief of the Alexis Nakoda Sioux Nation in Alberta says many people are grieving the death of a couple and their three young grandchildren in a house fire.
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Privacy czar laments 'crisis of trust', cites urgent need to ensure rights
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — High-profile, personal-data violations by Facebook, Equifax and others have highlighted like never before the urgent need to update Canada's aging laws, the federal privacy czar says.
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Montrealer who allegedly glorified Polytechnique gunman appears in court
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — A blogger who allegedly glorified the gunman behind Montreal's 1989 Ecole polytechnique massacre will return to court Thursday for a bail hearing.
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Millions in Bebawi's accounts were bonuses authorized by SNC bosses: defence
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
MONTREAL — Millions of dollars that ended up in the accounts of a former SNC-Lavalin executive on trial for fraud and corruption were legitimate bonuses authorized by the company's president, the defence said in final arguments Tuesday.
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Toronto family receives death certificate years after daughter was murdered
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
TORONTO — Linda and Clayton Babcock have known for two years that their daughter suffered a horrific death — her body burned in an animal incinerator — but they have finally received an official document that proves the 23-year-old is dead.
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Students taken to hospital, Toronto-area school evacuated after spray released
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say 18 staff and students of a high school west of Toronto had to deal with irritated eyes and throats on Tuesday after someone allegedly released an unidentified spray in the cafeteria.
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One year after arrests, Canadians held in China set to face trial
Dec 10, 2019, Canadian Press
OTTAWA — As two imprisoned Canadians face trials in Chinese courts where convictions are virtually assured, MPs prepared Tuesday to press ahead with a parliamentary review of the Liberals' policies toward China.
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