36 h. ago Chris Selley: We’ll thank Travis Dhanraj for ‘pulling back the curtain’ on CBC News

'I'll share everything. I'll tell you what is really happening inside the walls of your CBC', Travis Dhanraj wrote

Economics

7 d. ago Chris Selley: Angst over flying the Canadian flag was pure media invention

One poll found opponents of the Freedom Convoy were actually more proud to fly the maple leaf than supporters

Economics

1 week ago Chris Selley: Let the kids sweat a little. Schools have bigger problems than A/C

Money is finite, and school boards have far bigger priorities

Society

2 w. ago MMA fighter who crashed into Aldergrove building avoids jail time

Kultar Singh Gill was handed a conditional sentence -- to be served in the community -- of two years less a day, which was reduced to 544 days after credit for time served. 

Events

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Carney’s bizarre fixation with calling us ‘European’ makes no sense

Not being American doesn't make us Parisian

Economics

2 w. ago Alberta man should serve 18 months for string of Vancouver sucker punches: Crown

The Crown says Zachary Shettell should face an additional two months of probation once his jail time is up for the three attacks in five days in late November. 

Other

2 w. ago Calgary officer who assaulted intoxicated detainee spared any jail time

Const. David Wilhelm has been handed a 12-month conditional sentence with the first six months under house arrest

Events

2 w. ago MANDEL: Double killer found NCR spared more jail time for earlier stabbing of his friend

A man found not criminally responsible for butchering his parents with a golf club has avoided more prison time for stabbing his friend two years before the double murder. The way is now clear for Kyle Sequeira to be moved to a psychiatric hospital where he’ll be under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Review Board. […]

Events

3 w. ago MANDEL: Toronto cop spared jail in assault of teen who later died — but can’t be trusted with ‘deadly weapon’

What a bitter pill to swallow. In a Brampton courtroom Wednesday morning, suspended Toronto Police Const. Calvin Au, 34, avoided jail time and was handed a suspended sentence and a year’s probation for the violent takedown of 19-year-old Chadd Facey after he tried to sell a fake Apple watch. Hours after the assault, the teen […]

Events

3 w. ago Chris Selley: No jail time for accessory to a killing? Is anyone OK with this?

Criminal justice is usually complicated, and reactionism is often unhelpful, but neither is always true: This 'sentence' is an abomination

Economics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: Why would B.C. pay more for ferries just to spite Donald Trump?

'Protectionism is terrible. Let's be protectionist!'

Economics

3 w. ago Chris Selley: Our supreme court’s chief justice is a busted flush. What will we do about it?

A grotesque bronze bust of himself just showed up at the Supreme Court one day, and he wasn't interested where it came from?

Economics

4 w. ago B.C. man’s ‘relatively modest’ child porn collection doesn’t merit jail time, judge rules

Mark Keenan pleaded guilty but says six images were part of a solo ‘sting operation’ to catch pedophiles

Other

4 w. ago Chris Selley: Job one for Canada in this scary new world is to stop being stupid

ArriveCan is precisely the sort of minor disaster we can't put up with anymore

Economics