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Meng Wanzhou: Huawei executive suffers US extradition blow

May 28, 2020 World Justice News 0

A Canadian court has ruled that the case of senior Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is fighting extradition to the United States, can go forward. A judge found that the case meets the threshold of […]

Teenage boy charged in Canada’s first ‘incel’ terror case

May 20, 2020 World Justice News 0

A Toronto teenager has become the first Canadian ever charged with carrying out an “incel”-inspired terror attack. The 17-year-old boy is accused of fatally stabbing a woman in February. Incel, short for “involuntarily celibate,” is […]

Five arrested for brazen teen abduction over drug debt

May 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

A wanted man has turned himself in after Canadian police arrested four others in connection with the March abduction of a 14-year-old boy. Solaiman Nassimi, 29, appeared in court on Friday after surrendering Thursday. According […]

Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 kinds of assault weapons

May 1, 2020 World Justice News 0

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has introduced a long-promised ban on assault-style weapons following the country’s worst gun massacre in April. New rules would make it illegal to sell, transport, import or use 1,500 varieties […]

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Toronto teen home safe after brazen abduction

March 6, 2020 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old boy believed to have been abducted over his step-brother’s multi-million drug debt is home with his parents, Toronto Police say. The teenager was forced into a jeep on Wednesday in the city’s north […]

.CA Domain Registry Objects to Pirate Site Blocking Order

February 11, 2020 World Justice News 0

The .CA domain registry CIRA has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to hear its objections against the first Canadian pirate site blocking order. According to the registry, these blockades jeopardize its mission to provide […]

Court victory for disputed Trans Mountain pipeline project

February 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to a controversial pipeline expansion, a victory for the beleaguered project. The court says the federal government held “adequate and meaningful” consultations with indigenous peoples, as […]

Meng Wanzhou case: Huawei executive’s extradition hearings begin

January 22, 2020 World Justice News 0

A Canadian court has begun hearing the case of a senior Huawei executive fighting extradition to the United States. Meng Wanzhou, 47, made no comment as she arrived at a Vancouver courthouse on Monday for […]

Quadriga: Lawyers for users of bankrupt crypto firm seek exhumation of founder

December 15, 2019 World Justice News 0

Lawyers representing users of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are asking Canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder. They say they want an exhumation given “questionable circumstances” surrounding his death. Gerald Cotten died suddenly […]

Federal Court Approves First ‘Pirate’ Site Blockade in Canada

November 18, 2019 World Justice News 0

A group of major broadcasters and telco giants, including Rogers and Bell, have obtained the first Canadian pirate site blocking order. The Federal Court approved a request that requires several major ISPs to block access […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]