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The head of one of Canada’s largest police forces met with a Sri Lankan inspector general of police who two weeks earlier had been found by the South Asian country’s highest court to have “participated in the torture” of an arrested man. Photos published by Sri Lankan media, including the …
Read More »Jurors to hear closing arguments in trial for men charged after Coutts border blockade
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 16, 2024 9:19 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Closing arguments are scheduled today for three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts, Alta., in early 2022. Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos, and Gerhard …
Read More »Tennis free to play again at West End court after city votes to end lease agreement – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s game-set-match for a lease agreement between the City of Winnipeg and the Sargent Park Tennis Gardens. A city committee has decided not to renew the lease at the tennis courts on Sargent Avenue, adjacent to the Cindy Klassen Recreation Complex. The …
Read More »Treaty entitled Alberta First Nation to larger reserve: Supreme Court of Canada
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 12, 2024 12:43 pm Updated April 12, 2024 12:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Alberta First Nation ended up with less land than it should have received under a treaty made with the Crown well …
Read More »Montreal school board to appeal Bill 21 ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
Quebec’s largest English-language school board will move forward in its fight against the province’s controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21. The English Montreal School Board (EMSB) hopes the Supreme Court of Canada will hear its appeal after a vote by its council of commissioners Wednesday. The move comes after …
Read More »2 men charged in Manitoba freezing deaths of Indian family have court dates Wednesday – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 27, 2024 9:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New details have been released in the Manitoba human trafficking case that saw an Indian family freeze to death in 2022 while trying to cross into the U.S. on …
Read More »Toronto officer punched man accused of running over colleague during arrest, court hears – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 26, 2024 12:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Jurors are hearing a Toronto police officer punched the man accused of running over his colleague in the face during arrest. Const. Scharnil Pais was one of the …
Read More »Crown wants 25 years for Manitoba football coach who sexually assaulted students – Winnipeg
A disgraced former high school football coach apologized during a sentencing hearing for the “grief and shame” he caused to the nine students he sexually assaulted. However, the Crown prosecutor is arguing that Kelsey McKay conducted an unrelenting, decade-long campaign of grooming and assaults on teenage boys and a fit …
Read More »Red Pheasant Cree Nation man headed to court for attempted murder
According to RCMP, Travis Wuttunee attacked a man on the First Nation and was arrested by police shortly after. News Source link
Read More »Supreme Court won’t hear de Grood appeal of review board decision
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled it will not hear the case of Matthew de Grood, a Calgary man found not criminally responsible for killing five young people nearly 10 years ago. Katie Perras, Lawrence Hong, Josh Hunter, Zackariah Rathwell and Jordan Segura were stabbed to death at a …
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