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The judge deciding the fate of Quebec City's mosque shooter says he needs additional information from the Crown and defence and more time before pronouncing a sentence.

The federal government is prepared to consider tightening handgun laws, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, as he responded to questions surrounding the deadly weekend shooting in Toronto.

The man who murdered six men in a Quebec City mosque in January 2017 is facing the prospect of being handed the most severe prison sentence ever imposed in Canada.

A federal plan to take a bite out of corporate crime by allowing prosecutors to suspend criminal charges against companies has potential downsides, an internal analysis says — including the risk it could fail to discourage misdeeds and erode public confidence in the legal system.

A federal proposal that would allow prosecutors to suspend criminal charges against companies in certain cases of corporate wrongdoing has been quietly included in the Trudeau government's 582-page budget legislation.

A New Brunswick woman says police need to be more sensitive when it comes to taking breath samples after her chronic lung condition caused her to fail a breathalyzer test and have her licence suspended.

The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal that squarely pits media freedoms against the powers of police.

The Liberal government is launching its long-awaited strategy on gender-based violence on Monday, June 19, 2017.

Kathleen Ganley launched an investigation into what she calls the failure of the provincial justice system at every level in the way a victim of a vicious sexual assault was treated.

Canada is a step closer to requiring would-be federal judges to get comprehensive training in sexual assault law, after MPs united on a private members bill in the House of Commons.

Wilson-Raybould's comments come after experts spoke about the indigenous suicide crisis and discrimination against people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, transgender or two-spirited.

The federal Liberals came to power promising sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system, but now the provinces are championing some ideas of their own for cutting backlogs in the courts.

Transgender-rights activists aren't happy with Tory leadership hopeful Pierre Lemieux's new plan to protect free speech in Canada from non-binary pronouns.

The court martial of Canada's chief military judge kicked off on Monday, June 10, 2019, with testimony about Col. Mario Dutil's close professional and "familial" relationship with the judge presiding over his trial: Dutil's own deputy.