CBC News Former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy says it felt weird seeing his former junior coach and sexual abuser Graham James after 14 years. James and Kennedy passed each other in the hall outside a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday morning. Kennedy looked…
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of wrongful death claims by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Yasser Al-Zahrani of Saudi Arabia and Salah Al-Salami of Yemen, who…
CBC News British Columbia now has the toughest animal-cruelty laws in the country, a year after the discovery by the SPCA of a mass grave of up to 100 sled dogs in Whistler. The provincial government has introduced the Sled…
The Jurist The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in Fisher v. University of Texas to determine whether the court’s decisions interpreting the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, including Grutter v. Bollinger, permit the… [full story]
CBC News A Quebec man facing three charges in connection with a fatal “couch surfing” accident has been released from police custody after a brief court appearance. Alex Labbé, 21, was arraigned over the telephone Sunday on charges of dangerous…
BBC News US prosecutors have added wire fraud and additional criminal copyright infringement counts to their case against file-sharing site Megaupload. New details have emerged as officials filed a 90-page superceding indictment against the company and its founder Kim Dotcom.…
Two NDP MPs broke party ranks to vote with the government Wednesday night in the final House of Commons vote in favour of scrapping the long-gun registry. Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, and John Rafferty, MP for Thunder…
BBC News A French court has found the US biotech giant Monsanto legally responsible for the poisoning of a farmer who inhaled a powerful weedkiller. Correspondents say the case could influence rulings in other countries on the use of pesticides.…
CBC News A bill that would give police and intelligence agencies new powers to access Canadians’ electronic communications, sometimes without a warrant, has been tabled in the House of Commons. The proposed “protecting children from internet predators act” was introduced…
BBC News The governor of Washington has signed the US state’s gay marriage bill into law, making it the eighth place in the nation to allow same-sex weddings. “I’m proud our same-sex couples will no longer be treated as separate…