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Beverley McLachlin to investigate B.C. legislature spending allegations
A former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada has been selected to investigate allegations of spending abuses at British Columbia's legislature.
Five things Canada learned at the justice committee from Butts, Drouin
Five things we heard on Wednesday, March 6, 2019, as the House of Commons justice committee heard from Gerald Butts, former principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick and deputy justice minister Nathalie Drouin.
Experts say popular Yukon ice cave seriously unstable, close to collapse
Experts say a unique, cave-like tunnel formed by a retreating Yukon glacier remains a popular tourist attraction but is no longer safe to enter and may collapse soon.
Deadline nearing to file appeal of Bissonnette's sentence for mosque murders
Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers have less than a week left to decide whether to appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six men in a Quebec City mosque.
Arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returns to a B.C. courtroom today
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, is set to return to British Columbia Supreme Court today, March 6, 2019.
Gerald Butts to give PMO version of events in SNC-Lavalin affair
Liberals are hoping they'll get some ammunition today, March 6, 2019, to fight back against accusations of political interference in the justice system when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former principal secretary tells his side of the SNC-Lavalin saga.
Saskatchewan man kept in segregation for more than 2,000 days: advocates
Prisoners advocates are asking a Federal Court to intervene in the case of a Dene man from northern Saskatchewan who they say has spent most of his adult life in segregation and is at risk of committing suicide.
Prime minister's Regina trip cancelled in favour of private meetings in Ottawa
A scheduled visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Regina has been cancelled.
Saskatchewan's Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is asking Ottawa to hold off on imposing a carbon tax next month until the province's Court of Appeal has ruled on its constitutionality.
Federal legislation for cannabis-possession pardon not enough, critics say
Long-awaited legislation that makes getting a pardon for simple possession of cannabis cheaper and quicker made it to the House of Commons on Friday, March 1, 2019, but critics say it won't be enough to right decades of problems caused by cannabis criminalization.