5+ hour, 28+ min ago  (326+ words) The girls were arrested for planning and carrying out a suspected arson attack at Utumishi Girls School in central Kenya, according to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, or DCI, a department of the national police. In addition to the deaths,…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (358+ words) NEWMARKET " A packed Ontario courtroom is hearing about the last moments of people who died after using deadly products purchased from Kenneth Law, after the Toronto-area man at the heart of an international investigation pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago  (416+ words) U. S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, also barred the government from moving forward with the fund's creation while litigation is pending to challenge it. The judge, who was nominated to the bench by President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, scheduled…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (808+ words) VANCOUVER " The B. C. Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in a sexual assault case that was tossed out last year over delays, with Crown counsel and defence lawyers pointing fingers about who was responsible for derailing the case. A provincial court…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (168+ words) An appeal date has been set for a former Vernon chiropractor found guilty of sexual assault. In January, Murray Kievit was found guilty on one court of sexual assault stemming from an incident in December of 2021. Kievit was sentenced to…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (172+ words) OTTAWA " The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized intimate partner violence as a distinct legal basis for pursuing civil damages. The top court's ruling today comes in the case of a woman who suffered years of physical and emotional abuse…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (460+ words) OTTAWA " The stage is being set for a constitutional challenge of the federal government's new immigration law, which imposes timelines on how long someone can be in Canada before making a refugee claim. The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers said…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (407+ words) Raymond Johnson, 52, was pronounced dead at 10: 12 a. m. Thursday following a three-drug injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in Mc Alester, prison officials said. He was sentenced to death for killing 24-year-old Brooke Whitaker and her 7-month-old daughter, Kya, in June 2007. "She…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (941+ words) VANCOUVER " The lack of suicide-prevention barriers on Vancouver's Granville Street Bridge is "inexcusable" after a woman fell to her death Wednesday, those pushing for the measures say. Vancouver police have confirmed that the woman was reportedly "suffering a mental health…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (118+ words) QU'BEC " The Quebec government has introduced a bill to better protect people from intimate partner violence. The bill would allow people who fear for their safety or that of their children to obtain information about the domestic violence history of…...