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Vancouver street festival: At least 11 people dead – including a five-year-old girl

April 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with eight counts of second degree murder after a car drove into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada, killing at least 11 people – including a five-year-old […]

Canada police say dead US rapist was a serial killer

May 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

A man who died in a US prison where he was serving a sentence for rape also has been identified as a serial killer. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said Gary Allen Srery, who […]

Canada province experiments with decriminalising hard drugs

January 31, 2023 World Justice News 0

Canada’s province of British Columbia is starting a first-in-the-nation trial decriminalising small amounts of hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin. From Tuesday, adults can possess up to 2.5g of such drugs, as well as […]

Riverdale actor Ryan Grantham gets life in prison for killing his mother

September 23, 2022 World Justice News 0

Canadian actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering his mother, Barbara Waite, in 2020. The 24-year-old, who played Jeffery Augustine in teen drama Riverdale, was sentenced at […]

Langley shootings: Police confirm three deaths in British Columbia

July 25, 2022 World Justice News 0

A gunman killed two people and injured two others during an early morning shooting spree, police in the Canadian province of British Columbia have said. Emergency alerts issued shortly after 06:00 local time (13:00 GMT) […]

Canada trials decriminalising cocaine, MDMA and other drugs

June 1, 2022 World Justice News 0

Canada has announced it will temporarily decriminalise the possession of small amounts of some illicit drugs in British Columbia (BC). The province asked for the criminal code exemption after overdoses claimed more than two thousand […]

China frees Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig after Huawei boss released

September 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Two Canadian nationals have been released from Chinese detention and are flying home to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were accused of espionage in 2018, shortly after Canadian […]

Meng Wanzhou: Final arguments in extradition battle

August 4, 2021 World Justice News 0

A lengthy legal battle over the extradition of Huawei’s chief financial officer reaches a crucial stage in Canada on Wednesday. Meng Wanzhou, who is also the daughter of the founder of the Chinese telecoms company, […]

Possible deal for arrested Huawei finance chief

December 4, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice is discussing a possible deal with Huawei’s finance chief Meng Wanzhou, according to reports. The deal would reportedly let Ms Meng return to China from Canada, where she was arrested […]

Questions over Huawei executive’s arrest as legal battle continues

October 31, 2020 World Justice News 0

When a Canadian border officer did some hurried research on the internet on 1 December 2018, the result left him “shocked”. He had just been told that a Chinese woman was landing at Vancouver airport […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]