A Manitoba judge is being appointed to a newly created first-of-its kind associate justice role for reconciliation, with the aim of helping heal and foster relationships between the courts and Indigenous communities. Judge Jerilee Ryle will serve as the province’s first associate chief judge of reconciliation, Minister of Justice Matt Wiebe announced Friday. Ryle will…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Manitoba provincial court judge is helping the court chart a new path forward as the province’s first associate chief judge…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An advocate is applauding a provincial court judge banishing a man with a history of intimate partner violence from entering two…
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A judge has reserved her decision on whether to set aside a ruling that quashed an Alberta separatist group’s referendum petition,…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A judge has dismissed a last-ditch legal effort to temporarily halt the closures of two supervised consumption sites in Alberta, citing…
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A judge has barred a man from two western Newfoundland communities as part of a probation order, saying he worries the…
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Winnipeg man found not criminally responsible for killing his parents and stabbing a woman during a psychotic episode has successfully…
The class-action lawsuit includes all consumers in Quebec who were charged for a non-dairy substitute at Starbucks (between Dec. 30, 2021 and Nov. 7, 2024), Second Cup (between Dec. 30, 2021 and Feb. 27, 2025), and Tim Hortons (between Dec. 30, 2021 and Jan. 2, 2025).
Meanwhile, counsel for Cooper, Jessica Rose, told the court that there was a significant safety risk if Cooper were to be part of the general prison population due to the surgery. Cooper is a “woman with a vagina,” said Rose. There are also serious harms to health and well-being when a person remains in segregation,…
An Indigenous woman from Winnipeg who killed her best friend and roommate in a drunk driving accident three years ago will be allowed to serve her sentence at home, largely because of her racial background and “life circumstances … shaped by a history of trauma and discrimination,” a judge ruled last month. Read More