Unpublished Newswire
Alberta’s top court has quashed the contempt conviction for a Crown attorney who ran afoul of a justice of the peace who wouldn’t listen to him at a bail hearing.
Justice of the Peace Diane T. Luttmer ejected prosecutor James D. Wilson from her courtroom and convicted him of contempt this past May. The Court of Appeal recently overturned Wilson’s conviction.
“The right of a party to be heard … is a fundamental principle of natural justice,” said a recent decision out of Calgary from the three-judge panel.
“Breach of that right leads to a denial of natural justice, harms the...
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ASHLAND, Montana — It is Seniors Night in Big Sky Country. Onto the volleyball court trot the Lady Braves of the St. Labre Indian School, a Catholic residential academy for the daughters and sons of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes of Montana, now in its 141st year. Opposing them today are the Lady Indians of a rival school called Lodge Grass High from a Crow town on the Little Bighorn River where the median income for an entire family is US$22,222 a year.
The players and coaches on the competing squads are named Bigback, Bullcoming, Killsnight, Bad Bear, Rides Horse, Lefthand,...
November 20, 2024 - 07:00 | Allen Abel | National Post
