Tag "justice"
Canadian Association of Journalists: Quebec wrong to demand confidential corruption sources
OTTAWA, March 24, 2018 /CNW/ – A Quebec Superior Court demand that Radio-Canada investigative journalist Marie-Maude Denis reveal confidential sources is wrongheaded and damaging to constitutionally guaranteed press freedom, said the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Court orders new trial for Quebec woman convicted of killing two daughters
A handout photo from the Laval police department shows Adele Sorella. The Quebec Court of Appeal set aside the guilty verdict of a woman convicted in 2013 of murdering her
Closing arguments in case of Montrealers charged with terror-related charges
MONTREAL — Jurors hearing final arguments at the trial of two young Montrealers facing terror-related charges were cautioned by the Crown on Monday to consider the evidence as a whole
Hells suspect arraigned in Montreal on various charges
MONTREAL — A member of the Hells Angels who was arrested after eight years on the lam has been arraigned on four charges. Marc Bordage, 54, is accused of passing
Ottawa-based priest from Quebec suspended in wake of sex-abuse lawsuit
MONTREAL — An Ottawa-based priest has been suspended after being named in a $2-million sex-abuse lawsuit filed on behalf of students who attended a Catholic boarding school in Quebec’s Eastern
Upcoming Supreme Court threatens plans for provincial marijuana monopolies
MONTREAL — As provinces begin drafting laws for the control and sale of cannabis on their territories, an upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case is threatening to derail their plans.
Quebec officer convicted of manslaughter in 2014 fatal shooting of teenager
MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge convicted a provincial police officer Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a teenager in 2014. The ruling triggered a strongly worded condemnation
Discussions around cutting court delays focus on updating criminal code: Quebec
VANCOUVER — Quebec’s justice minister is telling her provincial and federal counterparts to be “bold” when it comes to slashing court delays before even more criminal cases are thrown out.
Montreal cop who handled crime scene ‘outraged’ after charge stayed over delays
MONTREAL — The Montreal police officer who was first on the scene in the slaying of a woman in 2012 says he’s outraged that proceedings against the woman’s husband aren’t
Quebec’s clogged justice system needs big culture change, say lawyers, academics
Jason Carmichael, an associate professor in the department of sociology at McGill University poses in his office in Montreal, Thursday, February 23, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes MONTREAL — During
Crown calls for stiff penalties and jail terms in Quebec maple syrup theft
MONTREAL — Three men convicted of stealing $18 million worth of maple syrup should face stiff penalties for their part in the scheme, the Crown said Friday during sentencing arguments.
Former military medic takes stand, denies conducting breast exams on recruits
GATINEAU, Que. — A former medical technician accused of performing unnecessary and inappropriate breast exams at military recruiting centres in Ontario took the stand in his own defence Friday, and
Quebec man gets 15 years for incest, sex assault against daughters
GATINEAU, Que. — A Quebec man convicted of incest and sexual assault charges against two of his daughters was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison. Jacques Roger Lesage, 79,
Crown in Quebec won’t appeal rejection of evidence obtained through photo radar
MONTREAL — The Crown won’t appeal a Quebec court decision that rejected evidence obtained from a photo radar machine. One month after a woman was spared from having to pay
