National Sex Offender Registry

• Should the sex offender registry be public? Where provinces stand

  The federal government is proposing a series of updates to the National Sex Offender Registry but making it public remains prohibited by law.  

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2023
  
• How the sex offender registry in Canada works — and its limitations

  The federal government has introduced new legislation that could change who gets listed on the National Sex Offender Registry. What are the proposed changes?

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2023
  
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• Sharing intimate images without consent may soon land you on sex offender list

  Canada's national sex offender registry is getting a major update, including new rules around publication bans on victim identities and new offences that can earn registration.

  Canada

  Apr 26, 2023
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• Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional

  The ruling came in the case of a 19-year-old Edmonton man who was brought to a party publicized by an explicit ad on Facebook and sexually touched two women.

  Crime

  Oct 28, 2022
• N.B. man sentenced to 7 years in prison for child pornography

  RCMP in N.B. say Andrew Michael Douglas has been added to the National Sex Offender Registry for life as part of his guilty pleas to the charges he was facing.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2022
• Saskatchewan bans people convicted of certain sex crimes from changing their names

  People convicted of a sexual offence that requires registration in the National Sex Offender Registry can no longer change their name in Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2020
• N.B. man sentenced to 1 year in prison for possessing, making child porn available

  Félix Richard appeared in Moncton court on April 26, where police say he pleaded guilty.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2019
• Denzel Bird to be added to national sexual offender registry once sentence is served

  A Lethbridge man responsible for the sexual assault of a woman in 2016 will be placed on the national sexual offender registry.

  Crime

  Feb 20, 2019
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• N.B. man sentenced to 30 months in jail after pleading guilty to child porn charges

  Richard Dorion, 28, from Grande-Anse, N.B., was sentenced Jan. 30 in Caraquet provincial court.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2019
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• Saint John man sentenced to 30 months in jail for making child porn

  Green was sentenced in Saint John provincial court on Tuesday.

  Crime

  Oct 10, 2018