@globeandmail justice reporter, reporting on the Supreme Court of Canada and stories of justice across the country
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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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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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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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'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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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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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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Deadline today to apply for the open seat from the West on the Supreme Court of Canada:
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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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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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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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The epic Bill 21 Supreme Court hearing comes to a close, a look back on Thursday - includes shout out to Albert Camus: theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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