Criminal
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September 09, 2025
Concerned Canadians’ digital sovereignty agenda: What’s next?
Last week, a coalition of policy experts, civil society groups and other concerned Canadians sought to crystallize concerns for digital sovereignty voiced in the context of the current trade environment in an agenda to strengthen protections for Canada’s technology infrastructure.
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September 09, 2025
Quebec appoints two judges, presiding justice of the peace
Quebec Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette has announced the appointment of two judges and a presiding justice of the peace to the Court of Quebec.
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September 09, 2025
POWERS OF SEARCH AND SEIZURE - Search warrants - Validity
Appeal by Unrau from a voir dire finding that there was no breach of his rights under s. 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and a finding that police made full and fair disclosure in an Information to Obtain.
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September 08, 2025
N.S. judge extols virtues of province’s new bail court
A top judge in Nova Scotia says the province’s new dedicated bail court will produce “long-term benefits” for the criminal justice system.
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September 08, 2025
Appeal Court reduces sentence for man with cognitive challenges, upholds sexual assault conviction
In a case involving sexual interference and assault, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the conviction against Chad Storey but reduced his six-year sentence to four years and three months to reflect the appellant’s cognitive disability in a decision released on Aug. 28.
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September 05, 2025
P.E.I. opens applications for anti-racism grants for 2025-26
Groups such as charities and non-profits in Prince Edward Island can now apply for the next round of anti-racism grants — which will include funding for projects promoting positive relationships between youth and the criminal justice system.
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September 05, 2025
EVIDENCE - Admissibility - Voir dire - Hearsay rule - Exceptions
Appeal by KR from trial judge’s decision to admit an out-of-court statement as evidence under the principled exception to the hearsay rule based on its procedural reliability only. KR was found guilty of second-degree murder. His conviction depended on the admission of the videorecorded statement of 13-year-old ET, who was interviewed by a police officer as a suspect in the same murder.
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September 05, 2025
New non-profit targets bias, quick-conviction mindset that leads to wrongful convictions
Canada’s justice system has a problem it prefers not to talk about: wrongful convictions. They are not rare accidents. They are predictable failures — born of tunnel vision, systemic bias and a culture that prizes quick convictions over careful truth-seeking. Each wrongful conviction is not just a legal error; it is a moral catastrophe that destroys lives and undermines faith in the courts.
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September 04, 2025
Calgary lawyer disbarred for spying on judge; civil liberties group cries foul
A national civil liberties group is accusing Alberta’s law society of using “a vindictive and petty abuse of process” to disbar the group’s president, who landed in hot water for hiring a private investigator to spy on a senior judge in another province.
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September 04, 2025
Canada cuts its Russian oil price cap to reduce funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine
Ottawa’s reduction of the price cap it imposes on seaborne Russian-origin crude oil recently came into force, as part of coordinated efforts by Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom to impede the financing of Russia’s illegal all-out war against Ukraine.