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.
Sexual assault victims need more help navigating justice system, report says
An expert committee has made public 190 recommendations aimed at ensuring victims of sexual assault and domestic violence feel supported from the moment they come forward.
Surrey imam who misrepresented himself to immigration officials jailed for sexual assault
The emotional wounds from a sexual assault at the hands of a Lower Mainland imam four years ago continue to affect the daily life of his victim, who says if immigration officials and the B.C. Muslim Association had intervened sooner, the attack may never have happened.
Bail denied for Nova Scotia man who fled for 5 years to avoid paying child support
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has denied bail to a man who has refused to pay child support to his ex-wife for the past seven years.