The Abdelrazik affair exposed some of Canada’s poorly known but in-your-face draconian laws. James Yap of Osgoode Hall Law School wrote a fantastic post about the federal United Nations Act and the United Nations Al-Qaida and…
Killer cop seeks funds for appeal Peter Edwards writes: A Toronto police officer who ran up a $1.2-million legal aid bill while on trial for his mistress’s murder is now seeking taxpayer funding to appeal…
The traditional sense of lecture is obsolete.
Assault a hate crime A woman had her head covering torn off and was pelted with anti-Arab slurs in an attempted stabbing London police are treating as a hate crime.
Prep school sued in sex case A lawsuit accuses an exclusive Ottawa prep school of refusing to make a sexual assault complaint to police after a 16-year-old boy was allegedly attacked by fellow students during…
Rookie officer acquitted in sex assault A man meets a woman on a dating website. They get together for coffee. Later, they move on to her car and start making out and talking about sex….
Guest Post by Krystalline Kraus | Reproduced from www.rabble.ca with permsision Next week, on November 11, veterans will get only two minutes of recognition — if people stop to reflect at all — while the…
Woman declared dead gets apology Ms. Towle, a resident of Kamloops, B.C., was somehow declared dead by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in September. “This is an unfortunate situation, which we are diligently working…
Ex-boyfriend confesses to child’s murder Peter Small writes for the Toronto Star: In a scene worthy of movie-of-the-week witness box confessions, the former boyfriend of a woman charged with fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter testified…
‘Guest worker’ abuses blasted Lack of oversight by the federal government has allowed foreign workers to be abused by their employers, Auditor General Sheila Fraser says in a scathing report on Canada’s immigration program. Fraser…
Two charges dropped against shopkeeper Jennifer Yang writes: Kidnapping and weapons charges were dropped this morning against a shopkeeper who was arrested for detaining a suspected shoplifter.
Media aren’t the best friends of human rights Max Yalden was an Official Languages Commissioner in 1977-84 and the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission in 1987-96. Recalling the Maclean’s case and other contentious…
