BBC News Mexican police have arrested alleged drug trafficker Edgar Valdez, a US citizen also known as Barbie, Mexico’s attorney general says. Officials said he put up little resistance when he was captured in a residential area near Mexico City.…
CBC News Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin will be sentenced Tuesday afternoon in an Arizona courtroom for drunk driving. The 37-year-old was found guilty Friday of driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding stemming from an arrest in February…
A Michigan juror is facing contempt charges after posting a comment on the trial she was assigned to. Specifically, prior to sentencing, the juror wrote "actually excited for jury tomorrow . . . it’s gonna be fun to tell the…
Inmate rights are a lost cause for an average politician. If anything, legislators are more likely to push for harsher sentences, more hurdles to parole, and less money for rehabilitation. Of course, history knows prisoners who survived jail through…
BBC News Seven inmates at Folsom prison in California have been taken to hospital after guards opened fire during a riot, authorities say. None of the prisoners’ injuries are believed to be life-threatening, prison spokesman Luis Patino said. The riot,…
CBC News An Ottawa man arrested last week during a domestic terrorism probe will appear in court again Tuesday on unrelated charges. Awso Peshdary, 20, was arrested Friday and appeared in court Saturday charged with assault and uttering a threat.…
What happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas. Paris Hilton was arrested on Friday evening and charged with possession of cocaine, her second drug-related charge this year. Police allegedly detected marijuana smoke and followed it to a Cadillac…
Once again this year AdviceScene is one of the sponsors of the ever popular Advice-a-Thon, open-air free legal advice clinics held in Kelowna, Victoria, and Vancouver in September. Some of our own AdviceScene lawyers will be volunteering their time to…
BBC News The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ruled against a marketing firm that posted favourable reviews of its clients’ gaming applications on iTunes. Reverb Communications employees posed as ordinary reviewers in a ploy that the FTC called…
BBC News The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ruled against a marketing firm that posted favourable reviews of its clients’ gaming applications on iTunes. Reverb Communications employees posed as ordinary reviewers in a ploy that the FTC called "deceptive…