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Judiciary reaching out after teepee camp decision ‘a starting point,’ says IBA presidentThe controversy that has surrounded a Métis man's protest at the Saskatchewan legislature against high rates of Indigenous suicide continues.CanadaSep 15, 2020
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Ontario looking to adjust jail phone call system, include calls to cellphonesCurrently they are only able to place collect calls to landlines.PoliticsJan 14, 2020
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EXCLUSIVE: White and non-Indigenous offenders made up 11% of those in healing lodges last yearFurther data obtained by Global News also shows five offenders with non-Canadian or unknown citizenship were in healing lodges last year.CanadaJan 8, 2019
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Canada’s strangest laws: From witchcraft to blasphemy to sleigh bellsFrom witchcraft to sleighbells to hard labour to blasphemy, Canada's lawbooks have some very odd corners..May 24, 2017
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Duffy Trial: Crown needed to prove intent to get a conviction, says expertDefence attorney Michael Spratt tells Vassy Kapelos the prosecution of Senator Mike Duffy on fraud charges was difficult because the crown needed to prove intent to get a conviction.CanadaApr 17, 2016
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Group threatens Liberals with new legal challenge over sex work lawThe party has publicly said the new law, which passed last fall, is flawed.CanadaOct 30, 2015
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Conservatives spend almost $7M defending unconstitutional legislationThe Harper Conservatives have spent no less than $6.5 million defending high profile and contentious pieces of legislation ultimately deemed unconstitutional.CanadaJun 17, 2015
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Lawyer crowdfunding challenge to tough-on-crime law he calls ‘unfair, unconstitutional’The Conservatives changed the rules regarding pardons long after Michael Charron pleaded guilty to his crimes. Forced to wait twice as long to apply, his lawyer is asking the public to help fund a constitutional challenge.CanadaJun 8, 2015
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