A lawyer for the defence says the ruling is unprecedented in regards to the relatively new prostitution laws.

Richard Wagner's comments came just two weeks after the Trudeau government introduced legislation that would require new judges to commit to training in sexual-assault law.

The high court agreed to jointly hear the federal government's challenges of the provincial appeal-court decisions.

The new version of the bylaw will have to be approved by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from the city seeking to overturn a lower court ruling quashing the ban.

Environmentalists say B.C. can still impose additional conditions on Trans Mountain for the project despite the court loss.

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an attempt by British Columbia to assert authority over what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.

The B.C. government will ask Canada's high court Thursday to give it authority over what can flow through the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta.

William Hill, Queenie Kruger and Amanda Sach were ordered to stand trial after a preliminary hearing in Penticton on Tuesday. 

None of the allegations have been proven in court.