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Justice Minister Sean Fraser says federal bail and sentencing reform that will target the “most frequent” issues seen across the country is now law. The Bail and Sentencing Reform Act received royal assent Monday evening and creates 80 changes surrounding bail and sentencing to the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) and the...

A 17-year old youth involved with the Carry the Kettle murders last February was sentenced to three years on Friday. Three years is the maximum sentence possible under the youth criminal justice act.

The teen who lit her classmate on fire at Saskatoon’s Evan Hardy Collegiate in Sept. 2024 will face a maximum sentence for attempted murder under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

A 14-year-old accused in the deadly stabbing of a 71-year-old woman made his first court appearance Monday, charged with second-degree murder. This case along with a string of recent high-profile violent crimes involving youth is sparking renewed debate about the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and whether Canada’s legal system is striking the right balance between...

Fri, Jan 29: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in La Loche, Sask. on Friday to pay his respects and meet with community leaders at the school where a 17-year-old male suspect, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is believed to have opened fire on Jan. 22.

Burnaby RCMP have arrested a 15-year-old boy after a series of unprovoked attacks on women this week. The boy remains in custody, facing charges of sexual assault and under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, cannot be identified.

A 15-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of a 16-year-old boy outside an east-end Toronto apartment building in early July, police say. She cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

A mother is speaking out after she says her 14-year-old boy was assaulted by Toronto police Monday evening. Video of the incident has been gaining attention on social media. Global News has blurred the video as the child is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Jamie Mauracher reports.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Sask. RCMP revealed that two arrests were made in connection with the quadruple homicide that occurred on the Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, Sask. on Feb. 4. The two accused, 18-year-old Darius Racette and a youth, who cannot be named per the Youth Criminal Justice Act, were taken into...

A teen has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of another youth in Central Huron, Ont., last Tuesday. The teen cannot be identified due to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Fri, Jan 29: Police say they have not uncovered a motive of the 17-year-old gunman, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, suspected of fatally shooting four people on Jan. 22.

The name of the killer of a baby boy in Saskatoon that was protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act has been released. Meaghan Craig reports.