Criminal
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October 28, 2024
Family violence against kids, youths and seniors hits highwater mark in 2023: Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada has painted a troubling statistical picture of the trends in family violence that were reported to police last year.
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October 28, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Nova Scotia
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced the appointment of D. Shane Russell as a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Sydney, an Oct. 28 news release announced.
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October 28, 2024
Guns and drugs conviction survives Charter challenge
A confidential informant alerted the Toronto Police Service that Dennis Mensah was trafficking in fentanyl. Police obtained a warrant to track Mensah and two cellphones associated with him. The investigation linked Mensah to a condominium unit in Toronto and a specific unit number.
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October 25, 2024
Ontario mayors’ calls on homelessness, addiction raise spectre of involuntary detention: CCLA
Municipal politicians from across Ontario are calling on provincial lawmakers to take more steps to deal with the crises of homelessness and addiction that are impacting their cities, but a prominent civil liberties group is raising concerns the plans could lead to an expansion in the use of forced treatment to individuals with mental health or addiction issues.
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October 25, 2024
Fraud is most prevalent cybercrime; most hate crimes targeted race/ethnicity
Fraud, including identity fraud and identity theft, accounted for most of the 41,162 cybercrimes reported to Canadian police in the first six months of 2024, Statistics Canada says.
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October 25, 2024
FINTRAC special bulletin on use of legal profession in money laundering, sanctions evasion
On Oct. 23, 2024, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) published a Special Bulletin on the use of the legal profession in money laundering and sanctions evasion. I think this publication, especially its timing, raises an interesting question — but before I get to that question, we need to review the history between FINTRAC and the legal profession.
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October 24, 2024
Small business owners report significant increase in criminal incidents, says CFIB report
Only a third of Canadian small-business owners say they’re happy with the support they’re getting from local police forces to address an apparent increase in criminal incidents affecting them, according to a recent report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
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October 24, 2024
POWERS OF SEARCH AND SEIZURE - Search warrants - Informer’s tip - Validity - Seizure
Appeal by Salmon from his convictions on a multi-count indictment. He argued that the reviewing judge erred in dismissing his pre-trial motion alleging breach of his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“Charter”). The police obtained search warrants for Salmon's condo unit and his vehicle. In his condo, they found an empty gun box, ammunition magazine, cash, and keys to a Kia vehicle.
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October 24, 2024
N.S. lawyer lauds ‘community’ response to mental health, addictions crises
A Nova Scotia lawyer is praising his province’s launch of a pilot project that will provide non-police, “community-led” response to those in mental health or addictions crisis.
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October 24, 2024
No unwritten exemption for media access to records in youth criminal justice law: Ontario court
Ontario’s top court has ruled against a group of media companies and reporters who were seeking access to youth court records in a high-profile murder case from 2022.