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Canada QAnon ‘queen’ leaves village, but she hasn’t gone far

November 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

After camping out for two months in an old school in a small Canadian village, a self-proclaimed “queen” and her entourage have left for a farm nearby, although villagers are worried they may return. The […]

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Canadian killed family to make Muslims fearful

November 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Canadian man accused of killing a Muslim family in London, Ontario, wanted to make “all Muslims fearful for their safety”, a jury has heard. Prosecutors said in their closing argument that Nathaniel Veltman had […]

Canadian author accused of faking her own death pleads guilty

November 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

A prominent Canadian author has pleaded guilty after she was accused of kidnapping her son and faking their deaths. Dawn Walker, an indigenous woman from Saskatchewan, was reported missing in the summer of 2022, sparking […]

Canada’s Saskatchewan passes school gender identity bill

October 23, 2023 World Justice News 0

A controversial bill that requires young students to get parental consent to change their pronouns in school has passed in a Canadian province. Saskatchewan used a constitutional override to pass the bill after a court […]

Air Canada sued over $20m gold and cash heist

October 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A US-based security company has sued Air Canada over gold bars and cash worth millions that were stolen from Toronto’s airport in April. Brink’s International alleges the airline was “reckless” and had failed to prevent […]

Ontario Greenbelt: Canada police probe Doug Ford land deal

October 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have opened a criminal probe into a land deal brokered by Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government. The Greenbelt land swap sought to open parts of an environmentally-protected […]

A QAnon ‘queen’ and the Canada town that wants her gone

September 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

She claims to be the Queen of Canada, and now she’s holding court in an abandoned school. Romana Didulo, a QAnon-inspired conspiracy theorist, leads a group of supporters who have spent the last few years […]

Pascale Ferrier jailed for 22 years for mailing Donald Trump ricin

August 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Canadian woman has been jailed for 22 years in the US for sending letters laced with ricin poison, including to Donald Trump when he was president. Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence in […]

Anjem Choudary charged with three terror offences

July 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

Anjem Choudary has been charged with three terror offences, the Met Police has said. The 56-year-old from east London was arrested last week along with Khaled Hussein, 28, after the Canadian national arrived on a […]

Farmer fined $61,000 for using thumbs-up emoji

July 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

You may want to rethink the next thumbs-up emoji you send, as it could be interpreted as a digital signature. A farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada was fined a hefty sum for using the emoji after […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]