The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that sentencing an Indigenous person to a jail term instead of a conditional sentence does not violate the Constitution in cases of crimes involving maximum ...

A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada has found that Criminal Code provisions prohibiting conditional sentences for certain offences did not infringe an Indigenous woman’s equality rights, because ...

Decision overturns an Ontario court ruling that found Criminal Code provisions violated Charter rights in case of Indigenous woman arguing to serve time in the community for drug trafficking Author of ...

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OTTAWA — "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were both given 18-month conditional sentences Tuesday for their roles in the protest that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks.

In an aggravated assault case, the British Columbia Court of Appeal replaced the custodial sentence with a conditional sentence upon ruling the Gladue principles required it to sentence the Indigenous ...

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, key organizers of the 2022 trucker convoy demonstrations in Ottawa, have both received 18-month conditional sentences on mischief charges, bringing an end to a legal saga ...

OTTAWA - ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Pat King was sentenced to three months of house arrest in an Ottawa court this morning. The sentence includes 100 hours of community service at a food bank or men’s ...

A Calgary man has received a two-year conditional sentence from an Ontario judge, after admitting to fraud. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced on Tuesday that Michael Hughes has pled ...