5 h. ago EPA moves to limit scope of clean water law to reduce amount of wetlands it covers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it is redefining the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court decision two years ago that removed federal protections for significant areas. When finalized, the new “Waters of the United States” rule will ensure […]

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7 h. ago HUNTER: Twisted child porn fanboy had 5,700 hours of violent smut

An elderly child pornography aficionado must be wondering where Supreme Court of Canada Justice Mary Moreau is when you really need her. After all, it was Moreau who wrote the widely condemned Supreme Court decision decrying that a one-year mandatory minimum in jail for possessing child pornography, uh, violated the Charter. Conjured hypothetical scenarios created […]

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3 d. ago Business groups ask Supreme Court to pause California climate reporting laws in emergency appeal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information. The laws are the most sweeping of their kind in the nation, and a collection of business groups argued in an emergency appeal that […]

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3 d. ago Supreme Court upholds impaired driving convictions based on breathalyzers

The related decisions from the top court Thursday clarified the evidentiary scheme for proving blood alcohol concentration in impaired driving cases under the Criminal Code.

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3 d. ago Opinion: Supreme Court case on tariffs could benefit Alberta, if we prepare

If the Supreme Court rules that U.S. President Donald Trump’s use of — or abuse of — his most potent power to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) is unconstitutional, the threat that Alberta faces will lessen. This will not be the case in other parts of Canada, where the threat […]

Economics

6 d. ago B.C. iPhone fire in middle of night leads to damages lawsuit against Apple

B.C. resident woke up from sound sleep to find bedroom filled with smoke and his burnt iPhone stuck to his leg and releasing gas, according to lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court

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6 d. ago Donald Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to toss US$5M judgment in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit

Trump was found liable by a New York jury in May 2023 for sexually assaulting Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by calling her a liar

Economics

7 d. ago Chief justice to stand in for Governor General on Remembrance Day due to illness

OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday, Rideau Hall said Monday. Chief Justice Richard Wagner will fill in for the King’s representative in Canada at the National War Memorial. It’s rare that the […]

Politics

7 d. ago AGAR: Banning poppies in courtrooms betrays sacrifices of Canadian veterans

Chief justices of Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court, provincial courts defend decision not to allow some court staff to wear poppies

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7 d. ago Conservatives call for reversal of Remembrance Day ‘prayer ban’

Bélisle said the changes were necessary following the Supreme Court of Canada's Saguenay decision

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7 d. ago Top N.S. judges defend right to ban staff from wearing poppies in courtrooms

Chief justice of the province’s Supreme Court chief judge of the provincial court argue the courts need to remain 'unbiased and neutral' spaces

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7 d. ago U.S. Supreme Court says no to overturning legalization of same

The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

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8 d. ago N.S. Supreme Court chief justice defends staff poppy ban in some courtrooms

Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia notes banning court staff from wearing of poppies is 'very sensitive,' but said there can be 'no signs of favouritism' in court.

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1 week ago WARMINGTON: Onlookers ‘distraught’ as cull seemingly underway for B.C. ostriches

Decision comes not even 12 hours after Supreme Court of Canada decided it would not hear appeal of farmers

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1 week ago WARMINGTON: Onlookers ‘distraught’ as gunshots heard at Universal Ostrich Farm

Decision comes not even 12 hours after Supreme Court of Canada decided it would not hear appeal of farmers

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1 week ago Trump administration’s passport sex designation policy backed by U.S. Supreme Court

‘Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth ... the government is merely attesting to a historical fact’

Sport

1 week ago Five things to know about ostrich cull case, after court delivers blow to farmers

The cull of hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm is set to begin after the Supreme Court of Canada announced it would not be hearing an appeal by the farm’s owners. Here are five things to know about the situation at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C. 1. The court fight The Supreme […]

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1 week ago Trump has options if the Supreme Court blocks him from imposing ’emergency’ tariffs

WASHINGTON — Countries around the world — Canada included _ are waiting anxiously as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether President Donald Trump has the authority to continue using his favoured tariff tool. No matter which way the court jumps, however, the Trump administration is expected to maintain some level of tariffs on the United […]

Economics

1 week ago Trump says U.S. Supreme Court ending his tariffs would be ‘devastating’

Trump's lawyer faced pointed questions from the conservative-led court on Wednesday about the president's use of a national security statute to pursue his tariff agenda.

Economics

1 week ago GUNTER: Cowichan Tribes land ruling shows activist judges rewriting Canadian law, threatening private property rights

In August, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young ruled that a large chunk of the Vancouver suburb — including 150 private homes, several businesses, some government land and a golf course — were now owned by the Indigenous tribes.

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