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Supreme Court to examine COVID-related entry limits imposed by Newfoundland and Labrador
The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offences. Canada's top court is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Quebec labour code doesn’t infringe rights of casino managers, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court of Canada says excluding front-line supervisors at a Montreal casino from organizing under the Quebec labour-relations regime does not infringe their constitutional rights. The main courtroom at the Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Reconciliation: On Haida Gwaii, an island of change for Indigenous land talks
The Editorial Board
u.s. politics
Judge warns Trump he could be jailed if he disrupts proceedings as hush-money trial begins
Former US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for the first day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on April 15, 2024. Donald Trump is in court Monday as the first US ex-president ever to be criminally prosecuted, a seismic moment for the United States as the presumptive Republican nominee campaigns to re-take the White House. The scandal-plagued 77-year-old is accused of falsifying business records in a scheme to cover up an alleged sexual encounter with adult film actress Stormy Daniels to shield his 2016 election campaign from adverse publicity. (Photo by Jefferson Siegel / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JEFFERSON SIEGEL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
alberta
Defence lawyer for accused in terrorism case wants charges stayed because of court delays
The lawyer for a Calgary man accused of committing terrorism offences over a decade ago argues charges should be stayed because of court delays. The Calgary Courts Centre is pictured in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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B.C. formally recognizes Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title to Haida Gwaii
Captain Gold with a youth group in the Gwaii Haanas National Park July 5, 2012. Captain Gold is a Haida elder who several years ago found what has turned out to be one of the richest archeological sites on the islands, where thousands of artifacts have been collected. He says the oral history of his people tell of a time when ice covered the land. He believes archeological research will one day unearth proof that such stories are fact, not myth. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
world
Fallout from Trump’s bid to overturn election loss heads to Supreme Court
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump awaits the start of a pre-trial hearing, on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, in New York City, U.S., March 25, 2024. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
u.s. politics
Trump’s history-making criminal trial set to open Monday, as he fights to return to the White House
FILE - Former President Donald Trump, center, appears in court for his arraignment, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. A dozen Manhattan residents are soon to become the first Americans ever to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to start Monday in former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
canada
Supreme Court of Canada says treaty entitled Alberta First Nation to larger reserve
The Supreme Court of Canada says an Alberta First Nation ended up with less land than it should have received under a treaty made with the Crown well over a century ago.The Supreme Court of Canada building is pictured at sunset in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Supreme Court rules Ottawa acted dishonourably in reneging on 1877 land promise to Indigenous community
In a unanimous ruling written by Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, the first and only Indigenous judge in its history, the court said the Blood Tribe cannot sue because of a six-year time limit, in which the clock started running in 1971, when the community became aware through research that it had been shortchanged. The Blood Tribe launched the lawsuit in 1980.
canada
Manitoba mulls changes to daily prayer read in legislature to make it more inclusive
The Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg on Aug. 30, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Montreal English school board seeks leave to appeal Bill 21 ruling to Supreme Court
The offices of the English Montreal School Board are seen Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, in Montreal. The English Montreal School Board says it will seek permission to appeal a recent decision on Quebec's secularism law to the Supreme Court of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
british columbia
B.C. judge rejects bid to throw out Ibrahim Ali’s conviction for teen girl’s murder
A judge has rejected an application to to throw out the conviction of Ibrahim Ali for the murder of a 13-year-old in Burnaby, B.C. The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
explainer
A number of U.S. states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024
Volunteer signature gatherers Judy Robbins, left, and Lara Cerri, center, watch outside a bookstore as voter Grace Harders prepares to sign a petition that aims to enshrine the right to abortion in Arizona, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Phoenix. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother's life is at stake. (AP Photo/Anita Snow)
opinion
The first goal of drug overdoses policy: Keep people alive
The Editorial Board
u.s. politics
New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s third request to delay Monday’s hush money trial
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump listens as his lawyer Todd Blanche (not seen) argues with Judge Juan Merchan (not seen) during a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, at a court in New York, U.S., February 15, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
british columbia
Crown blames most of Ibrahim Ali murder trial delays on defence, ‘extraordinary events’
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. A Crown lawyer says delays to the trial of a man found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl were mostly attributable to the defence and "discrete exceptional events," in his arguments against the case being thrown out on the basis of the holdups. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
international business
Brazil judge opens inquiry into Musk for obstruction of justice involving social media company X
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
world
Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before the start of his hush-money criminal trial
FILE - Judge Juan M. Merchan poses in his chambers in New York, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Former President Donald Trump is demanding a new judge just days before his hush-money criminal trial is set to begin, rehashing longstanding grievances with Merchan, the current judge, in a long-shot, eleventh-hour bid to disrupt and delay the case. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
world
Timeline of Donald Trump’s upcoming legal dates
Former President Donald Trump and his lawyer, Todd Blanche, right, before a hearing at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, on Feb. 15, 2024. Trump faces four criminal cases, and Blanche is at the center of his defense team. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
canada
Court hears bid to toss Ibrahim Ali’s first-degree murder verdict over delays
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Justice Minister says online harms bill would blunt Supreme Court ruling making child pornography investigations harder
A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. A town in Ontario's Muskoka region has shared more details about a cybersecurity incident earlier this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
world
Four Canadian men held in Syria ask Supreme Court to revisit request for hearing
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. The court says it won't hear an appeal from Webber Academy in Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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OSC case against Grant Sanders, ex-CEO of cannabis company Instadose Pharma, thrown out over long delay
Canada's competition watchdog is urging Ottawa to adopt an open banking framework that helps lower switching costs and boosts competition in the sector. Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto's financial district, on June 16, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrien Veczan
world
U.S. Supreme Court appears skeptical of challenge to abortion pill access
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: Demonstrators gather in front of the Supreme Court as the court hears oral arguments in the case of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine on March 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. The case challenges the 20-plus-year legal authorization by the FDA of mifepristone, a commonly used abortion medication. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)
world
U.S. Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication
File - The Supreme Court is seen on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion when it hears arguments Tuesday, March 26, 2024, over mifepristone, a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, for a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, the race for the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
explainer
Trump in an unprecedented race between the legal system and the electoral clock
Former President Donald Trump arrives for a hearing at State Supreme Court in lower Manhattan on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Trump, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, will become the first former U.S. president to stand trial when his criminal case in New York, set to begin in late March, unfolds. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)
world
Prosecutors say Donald Trump's hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump talks as former first lady Melania Trump listens as they leave after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
canada
Spy watchdog calls on military to end investigative searches of workplace computers
A sign for a Canadian Forces base is seen in Montreal, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The national spy watchdog is calling on the military's counter-intelligence unit to suspend investigative searches of a workplace computer system over concerns about employee privacy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
alberta
Supreme Court ends long-running legal spat over prayer at Calgary private school
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. The court says it won't hear an appeal from Webber Academy in Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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U.S. EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting EVs and hybrids
FILE - Traffic enters lower Manhattan after crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, Feb. 8, 2024, in New York. The Biden administration this week is expected to announce new automobile emissions standards that relax proposed limits in the next few years but reach the same strict standards outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency last year. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
opinion
The Supreme Court of Canada went viral for what it didn’t say about ‘a woman’
Campbell Clark
canada
Supreme Court will not hear appeal from churches who fought Manitoba COVID rules
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal by several churches that fought Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions.The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured at sunset in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
alberta
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of Calgary man found not responsible for killing five
A man walks past the Supreme Court of Canada, Friday, June 16, 2023 in Ottawa. An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Supreme Court ruling on sexual-assault myths unfairly biased against defendants, lawyers argue
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin(left), Justice Nicholas Kasirer, Justice Malcolm Rowe, Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, Chief Justice Richard Wagner, Justice Suzanne Cote, Justice Sheilah Martin, Justice Mahmud Jamal and Justice Mary Moreau are seen during a welcome ceremony at the Supreme Court, in Ottawa, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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A history of anti-smoking measures in Canada
New Health Canada regulations that require warning labels to be printed on individual cigarettes are coming into effect tomorrow. An example of cigarette packaging with expanded warnings, including a warning printed on the cigarettes themselves, is shown on a screen after a news conference, in Ottawa, Friday, June 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang