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Publication Date: December 20, 2025 - 04:00
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Why a N.S. assault case before Canada’s top court could set a precedent for Indigenous sentencing options
December 20, 2025
The Mi'kmaw woman at the centre of an aggravated assault case now before the Supreme Court of Canada spoke about what she went through for the first time ever in an interview with CBC News. She says it's up to courts to find "balance" between sentencing Indigenous offenders and protecting Indigenous women who are victims.
British Columbia’s River Forecast Centre has expanded its flood watch advisories to cover swaths of Vancouver Island as an atmospheric river moves through the region.Central, eastern and southern Vancouver Island were upgraded to the status as of 11 a.m. Sunday, joining northern and western Vancouver Island as well as B.C.’s south coast, Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver regions already under that classification.The centre says prolonged periods of heavy rain are expected alongside warmer temperatures and added runoff due to “rain-on-snow melt,” noting that peak river levels are expected...
January 11, 2026 - 15:53 | | The Globe and Mail
Ali Shakar remembers how stressful it was for his parents to put food on the table growing up. Read More
January 11, 2026 - 15:19 | Paula Tran | Ottawa Citizen
A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia’s Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance in dying in their facilities.The Charter of Rights challenge is being brought by the advocacy organization Dying With Dignity Canada and the parents of a woman who was forced to leave a Vancouver hospital to receive medical assistance in dying, known as MAID.
January 11, 2026 - 15:17 | Sarah Ritchie | The Globe and Mail

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