Prosecutors

• Manitoba justice minister announces 25 new Crown attorney positions

  Goertzen said this investment represents the larges single increase in crown attorneys in the past 15 years, which he said will help address increased workloads.

  Crime

  Jun 26, 2023
  
• BC Prosecution Service short on staff due to repeat violent offender response team

  In November, Premier David Eby promised to bring into immediate steps to strengthen enforcement to keep those who commit repeat violent offences off the streets.

  Politics

  Jan 11, 2023
  
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• Coronavirus: Aylmer, Ont., police consulting with Crown over ‘drive-in’ services at local church

  Aylmer police say they're consulting with the Crown attorney's office after the Church of God held a third parking lot service on Sunday.

  Apr 28, 2020
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• U.S. prosecutors request pre-trial extension in case of alleged Manitoba neo-Nazi, former reservist

  U.S. prosecutors are requesting more time to prepare their case against an alleged neo-Nazi and former Manitoba reservist Patrik Mathews.

  Feb 11, 2020
• Edmonton police chief said ‘work is for naught’ if criminal cases are withdrawn

  For the first time, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee is commenting on the findings of a Global News investigation into the number of criminal cases withdrawn.

  Crime

  Oct 7, 2019
• El Chapo bribed Honduras president’s brother, gave $1M: prosecutor

  Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has also been labeled a co-conspirator, though he has not been charged.

  World

  Oct 2, 2019
• Bob Layton: Night court

  Could adding a night court speed up the wheels of justice?

  Commentary

  Jul 26, 2019
• ‘We’re at a critical point’: Alberta prosecutors too overloaded to take cases to trial

  Troubling numbers have come to light about the number of cases being stayed in Alberta due to a lack of prosecutors.

  Politics

  Jul 23, 2019
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• B.C. Speaker’s office promises more reports, while lawyers raise red flags about possible convictions

  The B.C. Speaker's office is promising more reports looking into activities by the clerk and sergeant-at-arms at the B.C. legislature.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2019
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• Closing arguments in Raymond Cormier trial set to begin

  Lawyers are to make their final pitches today in the case of a man accused of killing an Indigenous teenage girl in Manitoba and dumping her body in the Red River.

  Crime

  Feb 20, 2018