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Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. man sentenced to three years for assault, breaching no-contact order
A sigh of relief could be heard from the back of the courtroom as 47-year-old Kelly Ovayuak was sentenced to three years in prison.Ovayuak's victim, along with family and friends attended the proceedings in a Yellowknife courtroom Thursday. Ovayuak appeared by video from the Great Slave Correctional Complex.The Tuktoyaktuk man was originally set to go to trial this week for 10 charges including kidnapping and assault, but a last-minute plea deal this week saw him face just two charges: aggravate
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Gender-identity policy lawsuit contends with missing documents, scheduling concerns
Seven months after the Canadian Civil Liberties Association sued New Brunswick over its gender identity policy, the province finally handed over the documents required to start the court process in earnest.That delay, chronic scheduling concerns in the province's courts and an unusual number of organizations asking to intervene in the case, mean the outcome of the lawsuit is likely far in the future.Last year, Education Minister Bill Hogan changed education Policy 713, adding a requirement for p
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Trump trial updates: 'We have our jury,' Judge Merchan declares after turbulent day in court
Six alternates still need to be selected before opening arguments.
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Feds mull options as Métis self-government bill threatens to collapse
The federal government is mulling a path forward after the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan dropped support for its own proposed self-government legislation, another blow to the controversial Bill C-53.If passed, the bill would recognize Métis political associations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario as Indigenous governments, but it faces vigorous opposition from First Nations in Ontario and other Métis in Manitoba and Alberta.Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) President Glen McCallum announced the mo
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Province announces $6.4M to integrate local health care teams
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced $6.4 million in funding on Thursday to help connect people to services provided by so-called primary care teams in London, Lambton and Chatham-Kent. Jones made the announcement at Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre's (SOHAC) location at Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, located south of London, which will receive a portion of the funding. Jones said the money will help about 23,000 people establish service with a primary care team
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Human rights inquiry hears from Halifax man who says he was racially profiled on bridge
A human rights board of inquiry has been hearing evidence this week about a complaint by a Halifax man who says officers on the MacDonald Bridge racially profiled him.Ross Gray, who is Black, was walking his bicycle across the bridge on July 17, 2021, when he was tracked down by bridge patrol officers who accused him of riding in the pedestrian lane."It's important for me to be here because I need to send the message to the rest of the Black men that are getting stopped by the justice system," G
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Correctional service says it's tackling 'evolving threat' posed by drone smugglers
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The Correctional Service of Canada says it's taking multiple steps to combat the "evolving threat" of drones dropping contraband into prisons, after B.C. guards held a rally to call attention to violence that they say is fuelled by the smuggling. The correctional service says in a statement it's using a "layered approach" to respond to the drone drops by procuring drone detection equipment and piloting a program using cellphone detection technology. It says it's also using bod
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