Child Abduction
Next season one of our episodes will be on the topic of child abductions and address the law in regards to child abductions as well as provide advice for searching parents. The following is an overview of this topic. Types…
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Mom Hires Strippers for Teenager’s Birthday Party
If there is one thing to take away from this story, it’s that strippers are not the way to liven up a teenaged birthday party. An attempt by one upstate New York mother to make her son’s 16th birthday party…
NRA Unleashes Fresh Criticism Over Proposed Gun Control Initiative
The American gun control debate is only getting more heated, as both sides continue ratchet up their arguments and add fuel to the increasingly emotionally charged debate. This week the National Rifle Association contributed by releasing a statement critical of…
Idle No More Protests Taken to the UN
Twenty Canadian first nations, most of them Cree, have made two presentations before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva on Friday.
Justice Department Breaches Duty to Vet New Laws?
Last Month, Edgar Schmidt, member of the federal Justice Department since 1998, accused his department of short-circuiting a legal requirement that new laws be vetted to see whether they comply with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He has…
Reference to SCC on Changing the Senate
The federal government is urging the Supreme Court of Canada to study its Senate reform proposals as quickly as possible in the wake of controversies over senators’ expenses, their residency situations, and the arrest of Conservative Patrick Brazeau on assault…
Ambassador for Religious Freedom Appointment Raises Criticisms
Approximately two years after making his promise to name Canada’s first Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to the announcement Tuesday at a Toronto-area mosque and community centre. Harper has invited representatives of a diverse array…
Hospital Sued After Complying with Racist Request
Nurse Tonya Battle is suing the hospital she works at after it agreed to comply with a new father’s racist request. Hurley Medical Centre, located in Michigan, allegedly reassigned Battle after a newborn’s father requested that no African-American nurses be…
Case Proceeding Against NYPD Officer Accused of Cannabalism Plot
The case against an NYPD officer accused of planning to kill and eat multiple women is ramping up in New York this week. Officer Gilberto Valle was arrested this fall after extensive online communications were uncovered that seemingly outline sadistic…
NDP Pat Martin Faces Conflict of Interest Complaint over Legal Defence Fund
NDP MP Pat Martin faces some criticism over his legal defence fund.