First Nations people are calling on Canadians for continued support for causes ranging from education to helping homeless people, as they reflect on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Teacher killed in Sask. murder-suicide was leaving abusive husband, family says
It was an order for Duquette to run for her life, she said, as her sister’s estranged husband pointed a rifle at them Monday afternoon in a campground in Meadow Lake, Sask.
Sask. First Nation announces discovery of 751 unmarked graves near former residential school – ‘A crime against humanity’: FSIN
The Cowessess First Nation announced a preliminary finding Thursday of 751 unmarked graves at a cemetery near the former Marieval Indian Residential School.
Child care won’t be a ‘magic bullet’ that sparks post-pandemic recovery: Freeland
Ottawa’s plan to lower early learning and child-care costs was a centrepiece of last week’s federal budget, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warns that such a system won’t quickly repair the economic damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judge finds Toronto van attack killer guilty of murder
A judge has declared that the man responsible for Toronto’s deadly van attack in 2018, is guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.
For years, Canada’s Divorce Act didn’t mention family violence. That changes today.
Risk of violence higher for women who are separated, divorced: Statistics Canada. Family lawyers and advocates for women and children are watching closely today as the first major changes in more than 20 years to Canada’s Divorce Act come into effect.
Supreme Court to examine limits on conditional sentencing
The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of a law that prevented a judge from allowing an offender to avoid jail by imposing a conditional sentence for certain crimes.
B.C. judge says polyamorous dad not breaking COVID orders with new partner and her husband
A British Columbia judge says a polyamorous father is not breaching the province’s COVID-19 health orders by sharing his Squamish apartment with a new partner who is also living with her husband in Vancouver.
Nova Scotia father who owes $250,000 in child support sentenced to more than four years in prison
A Nova Scotia man who owes at least $250,000 in court-ordered child support has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison, capping a saga that saw him move to Denmark, be deported back to Canada and then arrested in Montreal on a nationwide warrant.
48 hours after divorce court win, house burned to the ground
Less than 48 hours after a judge sided with an abused wife in court — allowing her to live in the Calgary home she once shared with her husband, who is serving a prison sentence for brutally beating her — Molotov cocktails were thrown through the windows of the house, causing it to burn to the ground.