Challenge Fails Against Blood Donation Policy That Effectively Bans Gay Men
Gay rights groups are reacting angrily to a court decision that upholds the ban on men who have sex with men from giving blood. In dismissing a constitutional challenge, an Ontario court ruled that...
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Windsor parents lose fight to take terminally ill baby son home to die
Moe Maraachli and Sana Nader know that their son Joseph doesn’t have much time left. But the Windsor, Ont., couple is now facing the prospect of watching him die what they say will be a painful death...
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Liberal Senator Raymond Lavigne guilty of fraud, still collecting annual salary
Senator Raymond Lavigne has been found guilty of fraud and breach of trust for misusing Senate funds and pocketing expenses that were actually run up by his staff. A judge convicted the former Liberal...
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Ottawa weighs appeal after Ontario judge rules against medical marijuana program
Ottawa is considering whether to appeal an Ontario court ruling that if left to stand could make the possession of marijuana legal in the province, officials said Wednesday. “The government of Canada...
View ArticleOntario appeals ruling that declared mandatory minimum sentence unconstitutional
The Ontario government is appealing a court decision that overturned a mandatory minimum sentence for a firearm offence as unconstitutional. An Ontario Superior Court judge struck down a three-year...
View ArticleEtobicoke MP will take overturned election case to Supreme Court
A Conservative whose election to the Commons was overturned by a Toronto judge says he’ll take the case to the Supreme Court of Canada. Ted Opitz won the Toronto seat of Etobicoke Centre by just 26...
View ArticleOntario judge strikes down mandatory minimums for firearms trafficking
An Ontario Court judge has struck down a cherished part of the Harper government’s tough-on-crime agenda. Justice Paul Bellefontaine ruled Friday in Oshawa, Ont., that Christopher Lewis — a crack...
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Supreme Court won’t hear appeal on right to choose birth location case
Canada’s top court has declined to hear an appeal in a case involving an Ontario woman’s right to choose where to have her baby. The case was prompted by a mother who left Canada when she was seven...
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Canadian judge skeptical about hearing $19B Ecuador case
An Ontario court judge in Toronto is having a hard time understanding why he should be enforcing a $19-billion lawsuit award from Ecuador. The Ontario Superior Court is where Ecuadorian Amazon...
View ArticleIkea monkey’s mom says Darwin was biting and a ‘time bomb’
The woman who refers to herself as the Ikea monkey’s mom wrote in an email that she was “unfit” to care for the primate, calling him a “time bomb” because she couldn’t stop him from biting, court heard...
View ArticleInjunction Granted, Judge Sides With Protesters On Sound Cannon Ruling
Protesters have won a temporary injunction banning authorities from using sound cannons as a crowd control device during the G20 summit. Justice David Brown ruled that there was a real chance that the...
View ArticleLandmark ruling doesn’t go far enough: activist
OTTAWA – As the Ontario Superior Court reaches a landmark decision to strike down a ban on brothels and bawdy houses, one sex workers’ rights activist says the ruling doesn’t go far enough. Chris...
View ArticleOntario court gives green light to class action over Via derailment
TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario’s Superior Court has ruled that a lawsuit in a fatal passenger train derailment can go ahead as a class action. The lawsuit, against Via Rail and CN Rail, seeks compensation for...
View ArticleClosing arguments wrap up in Ford defamation lawsuit
TORONTO, Ont. – Closing arguments wrapped up Tuesday in the $6-million defamation lawsuit trial against Mayor Rob Ford. Restaurant owner George Foulidis is alleging Ford libeled him when the mayor...
View ArticleJudge mistakenly assigned cases while abroad, Ontario court says
A judge was inadvertently assigned cases to hear while on a trip outside the province that was approved despite COVID-19 guidance on travel, Ontario’s Superior Court said on Wednesday. In a statement...
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