The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Black v. United States , appealing the fraud conviction of Canadian-born former media mogul Conrad Black . The Court will determine...
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The Ontario Court of Appeal Monday affirmed a lower court ruling that prohibits the media from reporting on the terrorism trial of a group known as the "Toronto 18" . The 3-2 decision...
A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Thursday convicted one of the "Toronto 18" terrorism suspects for participating in a group which allegedly plotted to behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper while attacking...
US military judge refuses to set Khadr trial date pending Guantanamo records release
US military judge Col. Peter Brownback again refused to set a trial date for Canadian-born Omar Khadr at a pre-trial hearing Thursday, threatening to suspend military commission proceedings against the Guantanamo detainee until the...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Beenish Gaya, sister to one of the accused in the Canadian terrorism trial of members of the "Toronto 18" who supposedly planned to storm the Canadian parliament and take hostages, says that unbalanced and sensational media...
Canadian terror suspect gets life sentence for US embassy bomb plot
A US federal judge on Friday sentenced Mohamed Mansour Jabarah to life in prison for plotting to bomb US embassies in Singapore and the Philippines . Jabarah, a Canadian citizen of Iraqi descent, pleaded guilty...
The US government has formally requested the extradition from Canada of Canadian citizen Abdullah Khadr , a week after indicting him on charges of procuring weapons to...
Second Gomery report recommends limiting Canada PM's power after scandal
Quebec Justice John Gomery Wednesday released the second report of his judicial commission of inquiry into the Canadian sponsorships and advertising program scandal that developed during the term of former Liberal Party...
Pentagon says no death penalty for Canadian Guantanamo detainee
The Pentagon has said it will not seek the death penalty against Omar Ahmed Khadr , an 18-year-old Canadian citizen detained at Guantanamo Bay who admitted throwing a grenade that killed...