Supreme Court ruling sets out exception to confidentiality between lawyer and client
Jim Bronskill / theglobeandmail - Lawyer can invoke an ‘innocence at stake’ exception when they seek access to their client’s privileged communications for use in their own defence
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Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that could be fuelling prison violence
Darryl Greer / nationalobserver - In a Surrey, BC, pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow prisoners — but then dies after being put in a 10-minute chokehold.
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Teen fatally shot at Tim Hortons in Toronto's east end: police
sootoday - TORONTO — A teen was fatally shot at a Tim Hortons in Toronto's east end on Thursday afternoon. Police say the shooting happened in the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Bellamy Road North in Scarborough.
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British man who was living in Vancouver convicted in U.S. dark web drug trafficking
Amy Judd / globalnews - Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, was living in Vancouver, B.C., in 2017 and conspired with at least one other person to run a drug trafficking operation titled Canada1.
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Department of Justice lawyer argues Calgary man linked to Ryan Wedding cartel should remain behind bars pending extradition hearing
Kevin Martin / calgaryherald - The lawyer said Allistair Chapman remains a risk to continue his alleged association with members of Wedding's organization
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Mother sobs as she recounts discovery of drowned children at murder trial
Lola Kalder / citynews - The mother of two children drowned by their father in a Laval, Que., home sobbed as she testified about the day they were discovered dead in the family home in October 2022. “I didn’t know I would never see my kids again,” said Rama Rani Arora, fighting b…
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Truck driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash loses refugee bid
Ling Hui / torontosun - Lawyer says the decision means CBSA is now under a legal obligation to deport Sidhu to India
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Manitoba RCMP issue alert after abduction in Pimicikamak Cree Nation
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - Manitoba RCMP have issued a Dangerous Person Alert for Pimicikamak Cree Nation and surrounding areas following the abduction of a 20-year-old woman.
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3 Nova Scotia hockey players face sexual assault charges in alleged hazing
Eddie Chau / torontosun - RCMP say the allegations involve a hockey team in the Truro area, just north of Halifax
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Update expected in Frank Stronach case after Toronto sexual assault trial delayed
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - An update is expected today in the case of Canadian businessman Frank Stronach, whose sexual assault trial in Toronto is facing some delays.
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WARMINGTON: Toronto Police rocked by shocking allegations
Joe Warmington / torontosun - 7 cops arrested Wednesday in a massive alleged drugs, guns and corruption bust linked to organized crime.
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Calgary man who joined ISIS in 2013 receives 16-year prison sentence
Skylar Peters / globalnews - Justice Corina Dario says there was 'no evidence' Jamal Borhot's beliefs have changed since he returned to Calgary from Syria in 2014, where he joined ISIS.
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Activist group inspired by Robin Hood claims responsibility for Montreal grocery store theft
Morgan Lowrie / theglobeandmail - Same group took responsibility for a previous incident in December
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Search intensifies for Savannah Guthrie’s mother as police probe abduction
David Wiechnik / westernstandard - As the search for Today Show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother enters its fourth day, authorities say they remain optimistic she is still alive, even as investigators uncover increasingly troubling evidence.
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Major operation in Quebec, New Brunswick targeting group with Hells Angels links
Rebecca Lau / globalnews - Multiple police forces in Quebec and New Brunswick are conducting a series of raids Wednesday targeting a criminal organization with Hells Angels links.
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Bill and Hillary Clinton agree to testify in House Epstein investigation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Clintons had resisted the testimony for months after the Oversight panel issued subpoenas in August as it opened an investigation into Epstein.
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Canadian who says he was tortured in Syria wants the Federal Court to force Ottawa's hand
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home.
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Former Edmonton cadets instructor charged with historic sexual assaults
Karen Bartko / globalnews - Edmonton police allege three teenage boys, who were cadets, were sexually assaulted on separate occasions between 2009 and 2016 by a man who was their cadet instructor.
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‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother missing, home declared ‘crime scene’
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A local sheriff said Nancy Guthrie has limited mobility and that there were other things that indicated she did not leave on her own.
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Teens face 1st-degree murder charges in First Nations double homicide
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Prosecutors say two teens apprehended last week in connection with a double homicide in a First Nations community in northern Quebec are facing first-degree murder charges.
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