@globeandmail justice reporter, reporting on the Supreme Court of Canada and stories of justice across the country
Joined December 2008
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Bill C-14 - stricter bail laws - received royal assent late Monday, change the provinces urged. Ottawa now calls on the provinces to ensure "these reforms achieve their intended impact.” All the while, more people than ever were already being denied bail. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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play to win. Canada has a shot to win Group B at the World Cup and turn everyone in the country into soccer fans. The story writes itself. From practice on Monday: theglobeandmail.com/sports/s…
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Jun 14
gearshift, midJune to midJune, throwback to my sportswriting days of the mid2010s: World Cup coverage in Vancouver. Last night, the opening match in the city, a hot & raucous contest, and an unlikely result. Vibes were high. theglobeandmail.com/sports/s…
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Supreme Court aims for end of November deadline on landmark ruling on Quebec's Bill 21 and the Charter's notwithstanding clause, from Chief Justice Richard Wagner today theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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May 21
The Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear four different cases today - the top court is saying yes to quite a few leave applications this year - and one of the appeals will be a major Indigenous law case, on B.C.'s Indigenous rights declaration law: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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May 15
'that's when the courage came to me' - an interview with Kuldeep Ahluwalia and more on the Supreme Court's landmark recognition of a new tort of intimate partner violence, in @globeandmail: theglobeandmail.com/politics…
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a new tort - and a particularly sharp dissent: Supreme Court opens new legal avenue for victims of intimate partner violence to seek damages
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May 14
a new tort? Supreme Court set to issue major ruling in the Ahluwalia family violence case, after a particularly extended span of deliberation:
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May 6
a short profile of Louise Arbour, the new Governor-General. Spoke with some people who know her well, former SCC colleagues and such: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Parliament can limit lawmakers’ free speech - parliamentary privilege - in narrow circumstances, Supreme Court rules, the culmination of @ryan_p_alford's eight-yr odyssey, law prof v fed govt. Stick around for the philosophy in the last paragraph.
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out of the history books & into the country's apex courtroom, a student of legal history ancient & recent, @ryan_p_alford's eight-year odyssey: How one law professor challenged the limits of a prime minister’s power at the Supreme Court of Canada:
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Ontario courts deny bail to more people than ever before - under old federal rules that are about to become stricter, new rules designed to deny bail to more people - all of it amid a rise in violent crime & public and political pressure to do something: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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4 minute mile, 2 hour marathon: in the middle of the last century, Roger Bannister & John Landy forged new frontiers of human physical capacity. A dz yrs ago, I spoke with both men & explored how much faster the best of us can run, a @globeandmail feature theglobeandmail.com/sports/m…
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Apr 27
Deadline today to apply for the open seat from the West on the Supreme Court of Canada:
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Apr 23
Trudeau prorogation case at Federal Court of Appeal will proceed. It's moot but FCA said "the legal questions it raises remain very much alive." Hearing TBD. Decision: decisions.fca-caf.ca/fca-caf… My story of FC case in Feb 2025, before it was dismissed:
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Apr 23
Supreme Court rules on democratic rights - case on the electoral map in Quebec with implications in Alberta: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Apr 20
The murder case against Kenneth Law collapsed - but some still see a win for prosecutors. In @globeandmail:
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Apr 16
Analysis: Erosion of case against Frank Stronach spotlights challenges of prosecuting historical sexual assaults, in @globeandmail.
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Mar 28
Five big questions after landmark Supreme Court hearing on government powers against Canadians' rights: when will a judgment land, what might the ruling be & why did three judges ask no questions?theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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&, Bill 21 once more, my debut on Tiktok at the landmark four-day hearing concludes: tiktok.com/@globeandmail/vid…
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