In upholding an earlier ruling, the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected arguments from Harry Cole that his identity as the man wanted on fraud and money-laundering charges was not proven.

In the courthouses that are reopening, there will be plexiglass barriers in courtrooms, interview rooms, intake offices and at public counters.

The Ontario Crown Attorneys Association is seeking an injunction to delay the province's plans to reopen 44 courthouses starting next week.

In a case likely to end up before the country's top court, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the Internet child-luring conviction of Akash Ghotra that resulted in a six-month jail term.

The 'extreme intoxication' legal defence is not a 'get-out-of-jail-free' card, says a Winnipeg defence lawyer.

A court ruling allowing people accused ofsexual assault or other violent crimes to argue they were so intoxicated they didn't know what they were doing has angered women's-rights activists but civil libertarians call the criticism unwarranted.

A Toronto judge says a former bar owner and his manager who were convicted in a violent, hours-long sexual assault saw women as "disposable instruments" for their sexual gratification.

The man, who cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of his stepdaughter, was charged with sexual interference, sexual assault and sexual exploitation in connection with alleged incidents dating back to 1988.

In a ruling released Wednesday, an Ontario Superior Court panel of judges says the province's decision to scrap the Nation Rise project did not meet the proper requirements.

"COVID-19 has caused members of our society to reconsider many formalities that were previously of no moment," Donald wrote in his decision.