Criminal
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February 05, 2025
Prison phone class action targets Ontario government, Bell | John L. Hill
We call people and companies that make excessive profits at the expense of those who can least afford them nasty names. They might be called profiteers, price gougers, exploiters or opportunists. However, if a class action lawsuit filed in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice is successful, we may not have to use nasty names. We can call them by their real names: Bell Canada and the government of Ontario.
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February 05, 2025
SENTENCING - Weapons offences - Controlled drugs and substances - Possession - Aboriginal offenders
Appeal by Umpherville of his sentence for firearms offences. Police officers were called to a hotel in Saskatchewan to evict a renter.
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February 04, 2025
Manitoba battling money laundering in casinos
Manitoba’s liquor and gaming body is ordering its casinos to report suspicious transactions in a bid to stop drug dealers from using the establishments to launder dirty money.
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February 04, 2025
Canada should designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations | Sergio R. Karas
On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.” This order called on the State Department to label Mexican drug trafficking cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations,” expanding the reach of U.S. law enforcement over these criminal groups. Designating such groups as terrorist entities is a powerful tool for governments to combat organized crime and terrorism.
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February 04, 2025
Should accidental overdose events be treated as ‘culpable homicide’? | Liam Michaud
Communities across Canada have been struggling to respond to the toxic drug overdose for well over a decade, driven overwhelmingly by the unregulated supply of fentanyl. This scope of the crisis has caused declining life expectancy and is now the leading cause of death among certain groups.
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February 03, 2025
Let’s not acquiesce to abusive solitary confinement | Catherine Latimer
The final report of the Structured Intervention Unit Implementation Advisory Panel (SIU-IAP) should be a wake-up call for Canadians who value rule of law and the Charter rights fundamental to our nation.
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February 03, 2025
Chief Justice Wagner says federal judicial appointments on ‘right path’ as vacancies hit low of 30
The minority Liberal federal government has turned around the “untenable” situation Canada’s top judge warned about two years ago that was harming Canadians, due to a persistently-high number of federal judicial vacancies caused by Ottawa’s years-long chronic delays in appointing judges.
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February 03, 2025
New associate for Kruse Law Firm
Victoria Zavitz is the new associate at London, Ont.-based Kruse Law Firm.
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February 03, 2025
Ontario Court approves $3 million settlement in Fortress Real Developments class action
An Ontario Superior Court judge has approved a $3 million settlement in a class action involving investors who lost millions of dollars in a real estate project funded by now defunct Fortress Real Developments Inc. and its affiliated companies, Fortress Real Capital Inc. and FMP Mortgage Investments Inc.
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February 03, 2025
Ontario law foundation launches call for applications for access to justice program
The Law Foundation of Ontario has launched a call for applications for the newest iteration of its Catalyst program, which assists non-profits that are working to advance access to justice in the province.