The Jurist The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday dismissed an appeal attempting to overturn April’s decision that ended an injunction on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The initial suit, brought brought by two…
CBC News A fourth person living in Canada illegally and identified by the federal government as a suspected war criminal has been arrested in the Greater Toronto Area. Henry Pantoja Carbonel, originally from Peru, was arrested and taken into custody…
CBC News A Minnesota senior was jailed by Canadian border guards at a Manitoba port of entry after a jar of used motor oil in her vehicle was mistaken for heroin. Janet Goodin, 66, a retired girl scout registrar and grandmother…
(WABIGOON, ONT. – July 26, 2011) The Ontario Coalition of Aboriginal People is concerned about the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in the case of Cunningham v. Alberta. The case dealt with the membership requirements of the…
BBC News The White House has warned that President Obama could veto a debt limit plan proposed by top House Republicans. Meanwhile, Speaker John Boehner’s plan to trim public spending and raise the limit met with resistance from rank-and-file members…
CBC News Five men face kidnapping and extortion charges after police rescued a teen from the trunk of a car in Brampton, Ont., on Monday. Peel Regional Police said they were investigating a reported kidnapping when they stopped a car…
BBC News A man who confessed to shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting facility in Arkansas has pleaded guilty and received a life sentence. Abdulhakim Muhammad pleaded guilty to capital murder and attempted capital murder charges in the 2009 shooting.…
BBC News One of China’s most-wanted fugitives has arrived back in Beijing after a Canadian court cleared the way for his deportation. The repatriation of Lai Changxing marks the end of a 12-year legal battle against his extradition. The 52-year-old,…
BBC News US contractor Alan Gross, imprisoned in Cuba for illegally distributing communications equipment, has appealed to the island’s Supreme Court. He was sentenced to 15 years in March after he was accused of setting up illegal internet connections in Cuba.…
BBC News A judge in the US state of Georgia has allowed the execution of a convicted murderer to be filmed at the request of another death row inmate. Andrew DeYoung, convicted of murdering his parents and sister, was executed…