BBC News A California couple have pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and raping a girl when she was 11, and holding her captive for 18 years. Phillip Garrido, who had two children with his victim Jaycee Dugard, and his…
The Toronto Star The Ontario government is refusing to apologize for its secret G20 law that resulted in hundreds of arrests — but few charges that stuck — despite a damning report on it by former chief justice Roy McMurtry.…
The Jurist A study released Tuesday by PLoS Medicine asserts that US military medical personnel responsible for treating Guantanamo Bay detainees consciously disregarded evidence of physical and psychological torture. The report’s authors, including a retired US Army general, reviewed the…
CBC News A Federal Court judge has denied a request to speed up a lawsuit that could have forced the auditor general to release her audit into the government’s G8 spending before Monday’s federal election. Judge Simon Noël found there is…
The Jurist The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Sorrell v. IMS Health to determine whether a state law prohibiting prescription drug manufacturers from using data collected from physicians is a violation of the First Amendment right to…
CBC News The fiancé of missing Nova Scotian Laura Lee Robertson has been arraigned in court. James Leroy Leopold, 31, appeared briefly in Bridgewater provincial court on Wednesday, charged with second-degree murder. The victim’s daughter, Amanda Jones Robertson, said police told…
CBC News A new court martial for a former soldier charged in the fatal shooting of a friend and fellow reservist in Afghanistan begins Tuesday morning in Halifax. Matthew Wilcox of Glace Bay, N.S., was found guilty in July 2009 in…
BBC News A federal judge in the US has granted National Football League (NFL) players a preliminary injunction to end a "lockout" imposed by team owners. Judge Susan Richard Nelson said the lockout, which is threatening the 2011 season, was…
BBC News A US government agency has launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit in what it calls the largest human trafficking case in the US farming industry. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeking damages for 200 Thai workers recruited to…
The Toronto Star CALGARY—Two brothers are accused of getting and filling more than 85 prescriptions of highly addictive Oxycontin in both Alberta and British Columbia, then selling the pills on the street for a profit. Calgary police say the men…