Criminal
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October 18, 2024
SENTENCING - Causing death by criminal negligence - Causing bodily harm by criminal negligence - Prohibition orders - Motor vehicle
Appeal by Wolfe from a judgment of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan which upheld his sentence. Wolfe was convicted of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. He was sentenced to three concurrent terms of incarceration with a global term of six years. The trial judge also imposed 10-year driving prohibitions on the criminal negligence causing death counts and a seven-year driving prohibition criminal negligence causing bodily harm count. With the adoption of Bill C-46, driving-specific offences were reorganized into a new part of the Criminal Code (Code).
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October 18, 2024
2 new judges appointed to Ontario Court of Justice
The Ontario government announced the appointment of Christopher Chorney and Christa Reccord as judges to the provincial Court of Justice, an Oct. 15 news release announced.
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October 18, 2024
Conviction upheld despite Charter breaches
The Toronto Police Service arrested 27-year-old Shamar Brown while executing a search warrant in a Bowmanville residence on June 12, 2020. Officers found Brown carrying a handgun. The police advised him of his right to counsel. He asked to speak to a lawyer.
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October 18, 2024
SCC defines threshold for government liability in Charter infringement claim
On July 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivered its judgment in Canada (Attorney General) v. Power 2024 SCC 26 (Power), addressing a claim of damages against the federal government for enacting legislation that contravened the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter).
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October 17, 2024
Ottawa seeks feedback on ‘potential’ new tools for ‘robust enforcement’ of forced labour import ban
The federal government has launched public consultations on substantial new “tools” to boost enforcement of Canada’s import prohibition on goods made with forced labour, which came into force in July 2020.
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October 17, 2024
Thunder Bay murder conviction stands despite bias concerns
Thirty-seven-year-old Nicholas Necan’s reaction when advised that he was charged with the second-degree murder of 60-year-old George James Gerard on Jan. 28, 2016, was disbelief. Gerard was killed after his head was bludgeoned with a piece of wood in his apartment.
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October 16, 2024
Ottawa says national action plan helped cut auto theft by 19 per cent, boosted vehicle interceptions
Ottawa's national action plan to combat auto theft has resulted in a 19 per cent decline in auto thefts over the first half of the year and an increase in the number of stolen vehicles intercepted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), according to a federal government news release.
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October 16, 2024
SENTENCING - Offences against person and reputation - Aggravated assault - Sexual assault
Appeal by PNW from convictions for count 6 on assault of CR and counts 31 and 32, for assault and drugging of TU and appeal from indeterminate sentence. PNW was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting 14 women, including his girlfriend, CR. He invited women to his apartment, assuring them that CR would also be there. He slipped GHB or Ketamine into the drinks or cocaine he provided, and they would have no recollection thereafter.
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October 15, 2024
Canada lists Samidoun as terrorist entity under Criminal Code
In concert with the United States, which describes Samidoun as “a sham charity that serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization,” Canada has listed the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network (a.k.a. Samidoun) as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code.
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October 15, 2024
Ontario to raise speed limits on 400-series highways, put restrictions on bike lanes
Ontario plans to raise speed limits on 400-series highways while also requiring municipal governments to get provincial approval before installing bike lanes that remove lanes of traffic.