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A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled two people from Akwesasne should face extradition to the U.S., where they face charges related to a human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River that ended in the drowning deaths of nine people on March 29, 2023. Justice Gregory Moore said the federal …
Read More »Judge tosses part of a lawsuit against U.K. band for gay kiss at Malaysian music festival
Members of the British band the 1975 cannot be held personally liable for losses of a Malaysian music festival that was shut down by authorities after lead singer Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate on stage, a London judge ruled Monday. The organizer of the Good Vibes Festival is seeking …
Read More »Judge sets $250M bond for Michigan mom accused of keeping 3 kids alone in squalor
A judge set a $250 million bond Thursday for a Michigan woman who is accused of leaving three children alone for years in a house where conditions were so offensive that police evidence technicians wore hazmat suits. Kelli Bryant, 34, shook her head at times during her first court appearance …
Read More »Brazil’s Bolsonaro accused of plot to poison Lula and kill a judge
Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former president Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and kill a Supreme Court judge. Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleges that Bolsonaro and 33 others with participating in a …
Read More »Judge bars Musk team from U.S. payment system. Here’s why DOGE’s tactics raise alarms
Time magazine’s Friday cover depicts billionaire Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk in the White House’s Oval Office, a seat typically reserved for the president, seeming to imply that the world’s wealthiest man holds greater power in Washington than even President Donald Trump. Musk, who spent an estimated $288 million …
Read More »OPP in Leamington racially profiled Black man facing drug offences, judge rules in acquitting him
A man arrested for drug offences was racially profiled by Ontario Provincial Police in Leamington, a Superior Court judge has ruled, deeming the evidence against him inadmissible as a result. Justice Martha A. Cook acquitted the man on one of the charges after Crown prosecutors withdrew the second. “This is …
Read More »Judge hammers Ottawa cops for lying under oath, misleading court in searing decision
It’s the summer and fall of 2021, and the Ottawa police drug squad is looking into a man suspected of being involved with illegal drugs and gangs. The officers think they see the target in a truck during their surveillance. Later they realize it’s actually the target’s brother with two other men, but they continue to …
Read More »B.C. judge orders WestJet to stop telling unhappy passengers the sky’s not the limit on delay claims
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered WestJet to stop telling passengers there’s a limit to how much they can claim for expenses incurred by flight delays and cancellations. Justice John Gibb-Carsley issued the interim injunction in New Westminster, B.C., Friday ahead of a trial set for next year over …
Read More »Quebec judge authorizes class action against billionaire Robert Miller
A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action against billionaire Robert Miller, the company he founded, Future Electronics, and purported accomplices, for allegedly paying minors for sex. The lawsuit was brought forward by three women who, according to the decision, “claim to have been victims of a juvenile prostitution system …
Read More »Judge sets Trump’s sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time
A judge Friday set U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — a little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn’t be jailed. The development nevertheless leaves Trump on course to be the first president …
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