David Chen: Vigilante or Local Hero?
On May 23, when Anthony Bennett was captured on video camera stealing $60 worth of plants from David Chen’s, Mr. Chen’s Lucky Moose Market located in Toronto, it set off a chain of events that…
On May 23, when Anthony Bennett was captured on video camera stealing $60 worth of plants from David Chen’s, Mr. Chen’s Lucky Moose Market located in Toronto, it set off a chain of events that…
B.C. pops the question: Is polygamy a crime? Dirk Meissner writes: Canadians and the justice system need clarity on whether polygamy is a crime, British Columbia’s attorney general said Thursday in announcing he will ask…
Polanski may choose to go to U.S. Elizabeth Pineau writes: Film director Roman Polanski, now in Swiss detention, may decide to face justice in the United States, where he is wanted on a 1977 sex…
Prostitution laws not irrational, lawyer argues Tracey Tyler writes for the Toronto Star: Just because prostitution is illegal in public and commercial venues in Canada but not in hotel rooms and homes doesn’t mean the…
White-collar criminals face new sentences Campbell Clark writes for the Globe and Mail: The federal government will legislate two-year minimum sentences for big-money frauds of more than $1-million, seeking to assuage an outcry over a…
On Sunday October 18th I woke up as I usually do, turning to the news to see what I missed while I was dreaming of something I would undoubtedly not remember… I recall rolling my…
Montreal Mafia controls 80 per cent of road contracts, whistleblower says “There is a group that controls contracts on [Montreal] Island, passing them around, one after the other, we call them the Fabulous Fourteen,†said…
After learning of the arrest of University of Western Ontario student Irnes Zeljkovic on Wednesday October 14, 2009, I looked up The Toronto Star article which led me to two videos on YouTube. Â The comments…
Last November, MP John Duncan (CON – Vancouver Island North) was accused by the NDP of illegal wire-tapping, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada, s. 184(1). New Democrats alleged that Duncan, whose parliamentary email…
Father suffocated sons, stabbed daughter, murder trial told Another case where mental illness is at issue. Perhaps, if we as a society spent more money on diagnosis, treatment and care of the mentally ill, we…
Terror 18 leader pleads guilty Isabel Teotonio writes for the Toronto Star: Zakaria Amara, 24, confessed to participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion that…
Abdullah Khadr takes stand to fight extradition The US is trying to have Canada extradite Abdullah Khadr, a member of the Khadr family. His father sent Abdullah to Afghanistan when he was a teenager. Colin Freeze…