New report aims to increase education during second wave and decrease ticketing.

Canadians were handed roughly $13 million in fines for offences related to the new coronavirus, according to a new report from the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

While such cases are rare and successfully raising an intoxication defence would be difficult, critics argued it had undermined a measure aimed at protecting women from sexual violence.

Kim Taylor and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association claim the restrictions violate the charter and fall outside provincial jurisdiction.

The suit alleges physical distancing measures in correctional institutions have been "grossly inadequate," putting the health and safety of prisoners at risk.

"Providing personal health information directly to law enforcement, however, is an extraordinary invasion of privacy."

In a notice to the Supreme Court of Canada on Tuesday, the government said it was discontinuing its attempt to appeal a ruling from Ontario's top court that found long-term segregation to be cruel and unusual punishment.

Quebec's Bill 21 bars some public-sector employees from wearing religious symbols in the workplace.

A Toronto activist concerned about mining-industry abuses recently learned the Mounties compiled a six-page profile of her shortly after she showed up at a federal leaders debate during the 2015 election campaign.

Canadian civil rights groups are seeking leave at the Supreme Court after Quebec's highest court rejected their challenge to the province's religious symbol ban.