Quebec Superior Court

• Mohawk Mothers step up legal fight in search for unmarked graves at former Montreal hospital site

  A Quebec's Superior Court judge will hear a motion Thursday filed by a group of Indigenous women to stop new excavation work being done on the former Royal Victoria Hospital site.

  Canada

  Sep 13
  
• Settlement reached in sex-assault lawsuit against Quebec religious order

  Under the settlement announced Monday, a fund of between $9.4 million and $26.9 million will be made available to victims for assaults committed since 1940.

  Crime

  Sep 11
  
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• Quebec’s top court overturns stay granted to retired judge in wife’s killing

  The province's highest court has ordered that the case against Jacques Delisle return to Quebec Superior Court, where he had been facing a second trial.

  Canada

  Sep 6
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• Court rules Montreal-area city can cull white-tailed deer population in local park

  The ruling is the latest in a saga that has seen animal rights groups fight in court to block the cull, arguing that control methods should favour keeping the animals alive.

  Environment

  Aug 31
• Quebec court says it can hear challenge to governor general’s lack of French

  Groups are seeking to have Simon's appointment declared null and void because they say the governor general is constitutionally required to communicate in both official languages.

  Politics

  Aug 9
• Christian group sues Quebec government for blocking convention over abortion concerns

  The tourism minister cancelled the event weeks before it was set to take place at the Quebec City Convention Centre because she said the event would promote anti-abortion views.

  Canada

  Aug 9
• Quebec court gives go-ahead to class action against new isolation system in federal prisons

  A Quebec judge has authorized a class action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019.

  Crime

  Aug 8
• Quebec court sides with English school boards fighting education reform

  The court ruled that several sections of the law cannot be applied to English school boards, including those that set limits on who can run for election and sit on the boards.

  Education

  Aug 2
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• Why Quebec officers are refusing to answer questions from police watchdog

  The police federation is unhappy that the BEI is collecting data on officers' refusal to be interviewed, despite the fact that they continue to submit detailed reports.

  Crime

  Jul 21
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• Canadian Forces’ member out for run ‘mocked,’ alleges racial profiling by police

  An aerospace engineer who has served the military for 12 years is alleging racial profiling and harassment at the hands of a Quebec police force after being stopped while on a run.

  Canada

  Jul 20