Criminal
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September 11, 2024
Saskatchewan investing in bylaw courts, safer neighbourhoods
In a bid to create safer communities throughout the province, Saskatchewan is planning to set up more bylaw courts and is investing millions in additional police and better officer training.
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September 11, 2024
Appeal court agrees harsh sentence inapplicable in some fentanyl cases
We now hear frequently of drug overdose cases. Increasingly, fentanyl results in deaths. The fallback position whenever substances (be it alcohol, cannabis or cocaine) are involved is to increase the criminal penalty.
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September 10, 2024
Federal lawyers’ union contends Ottawa’s return-to-office order is ‘arbitrary, counterproductive’
Arguing that the federal government’s return-to-office directive to public servants is “costly, inefficient, arbitrary, and counterproductive,” the union for more than 3,500 federal lawyers has challenged the federal Treasury Board direction that lawyers and most other federal workers must be physically present in their workplaces at least three days a week.
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September 09, 2024
Flight risk considered in intimate partner violence decision
By all accounts, Johnny Wardini was considered a model citizen. The married father of two lived in London, Ont., and was employed in the family business, operating a fleet of taxi cabs. He had no criminal record. That is until he was charged in 2018 and convicted by a jury in 2023 of choking to overcome resistance, assault causing bodily harm, sexual assault and forcible confinement. The victim was an intimate partner who claimed the mistreatment occurred between 2013 and 2015, although not reported until 2018. He remained on bail without incident until he was sentenced to just under six years on Aug. 5, 2024.
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September 09, 2024
2 judges appointed to Nova Scotia provincial court
Two Halifax lawyers, Ian Hutchinson and James Van Wart, have been appointed judges of the Nova Scotia provincial court, a Sept. 6 news release announced.
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September 09, 2024
New rules for legal name changes in B.C. now in effect
Legislative changes are now in effect in British Columbia to prevent people convicted of serious Criminal Code offences from legally changing their names.
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September 09, 2024
Court overturns summary dismissal of claim concerning stolen funds used to purchase Bitcoin
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has set aside the summary dismissal of claims related to the sale of Bitcoin using fraudulently obtained funds, finding that the lower court erred in rejecting evidence relevant to when the seller learned about the origin of the funds.
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September 06, 2024
High-risk immigration detainees to be held in holding centre in Quebec prison next year
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it plans to temporarily house next year “a small number of high-risk” immigration detainees in a separate “immigration holding centre” it is looking to establish within a federal prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que.
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September 06, 2024
But did he die of anything serious? | Marcel Strigberger
Thirty-nine-year-old Jesse Kipf of Somerset, Ky., got sentenced to nine years in the slammer for faking his death. He pulled the stunt in order to avoid paying child support. To achieve his goal, he apparently accessed information about some doctor in the United States and used this info to obtain and post a death certificate in several registries. When he was found out and arrested, he spilled the beans regarding his actions and subsequently pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges.
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September 06, 2024
Public safety under consideration as Court of Appeal considers Review Board decision
Luis-Fernando Manrique tried to kill his wife. When his trial on an attempted murder charge concluded in 2010, he was found not criminally responsible. The court heard that until his spousal attack, Manrique had no criminal record, nor was there any indication of drug use. Psychiatric testimony revealed Manrique suffered from schizoaffective disorder. He was found not criminally responsible and was confined to a psychiatric facility.