Reported by Canwest News Service, the Canadian Department of Justice is proposing a new law that would allow police officers to randomly demand breath samples in an effort to curtail drunk driving, without respect to…
It’s something I’ve always wondered about. How do you use video, presumably on YouTube, without looking like you’re advertising like this guy. I got together with some of the most savvy lawyers I know in…
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Pivot Legal Society are looking for volunteers for Legal Observer teams during the Olympics. They’ll be having training sessions (in fact, their training manual is already online (PDF)):…
The boy who would be mayor Anna Mehler Paperny writes for the Globe and Mail: Mr. Coombs, who lives with his parents in Paradise and commutes to Memorial University in St. John’s, won the first…
Manitoba police, Crown accused of cover-up Federal investigators accused Manitoba cops and prosecutors of framing a man for murder in 1987. Frank Ostrowski, who spent 23 years in prison, is now seeking bail. Kirk Makin writes…
One of Stephen Harper’s first acts as Prime Minister was to enact Bill C-16, An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act, which purported to establish the principle of fixed election dates in federal law….
