Maj.-Gen Dany Fortin is fighting in Federal Court to get back his old job as head of Canada’s vaccine task force — even though the government says the role no longer exists. Fortin was removed from the high-profile post after he was accused of sexual assault and subsequently charged.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin’s two-day Federal Court hearing is…
Wholesale rates and internet bills are a key issue in the 2021 federal election The Federal Court of Appeal will hear TekSavvy’s…
The Supreme Court of Canada will not weigh in on the decision to deny Peter Nygard bail. Canada’s highest court on Thursday rejected an application from the former fashion mogul to hear an appeal of the decision.A court sketch from the first day of Peter Nygard’s bail hearing at Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench on Jan. 19,…
BCE Inc. is asking the federal government to block Quebecor Inc.’s purchase of 5G spectrum in Western Canada, stating the company didn’t meet the requirements to bid on airwaves there.Bell said the set-aside spectrum for smaller carriers was only eligible to companies that have pre-existing operations in the jurisdiction, and argued Quebecor doesn’t have a…
B.C.’s top court has annulled the marriage of a Sikh couple who failed to consummate their relationship in the months between their civil wedding and a religious ceremony planned to consecrate their union.The B.C. Court of Appeal says that the failure of a couple to consummate their wedding after a civil marriage but before a…
The B.C. SPCA will receive the lion’s share of an almost $2 million estate settlement after a B.C. Supreme Court justice found that a handwritten note of murky provenance was not enough to override the valid will of a Vancouver woman who died almost four years ago.Members of Eleena Murray’s family argued this handwritten note found in…
The Lac Seul First Nation of northern Ontario has won a key round in its long fight to be properly compensated for the flooding of its lands caused by construction of a dam.Construction of the Ear Falls hydroelectric dam in the late 1920s flooded nearly 20 per cent of Lac Seul’s reserve land without the…
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Catholic foster care agency that was cut off by the city of…
Canada’s highest court will issue a ruling today that could reverse the federal government’s 65-year-old claim that Sinixt, an Indigenous nation from Washington state whose ancestral lands are in the British Columbia Interior region, no longer exists.Richard Desautel, middle, a Sinixt man from Washington state, stands outside the Nelson, B.C., courthouse with members of the…
The Supreme Court has blocked President Obama’s immigration plan, and have ruled to uphold affirmative action in college admissions. CBS News justice…