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...
View ArticleWindsor 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...
View ArticleLiberal 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...
View ArticleOttawa 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...
View ArticleSupreme 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...
View ArticleCanadian 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 ArticleChallenge 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...
View ArticleWindsor 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...
View ArticleLiberal 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...
View ArticleOttawa 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...
View ArticleSupreme 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...
View ArticleCanadian 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...
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