Iqaluit lawyer Alison Crowe is taking the Legal Services Board of Nunavut to court after the board denied her application to join its criminal defence panel. Crowe is asking a judge to order the board, which is responsible for providing legal aid services in Nunavut, to add her to the panel, which is the board’s […]

New court documents filed in a lawsuit against BlackBerry Ltd. allege at least three women were fired after reporting the tech firm had a “boys’ club” culture.  The documents were filed in support of former BlackBerry chief marketing officer Neelam Sandhu, who launched a lawsuit against the Waterloo, Ont.-based cybersecurity firm and CEO John Giamatteo […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a March presidential memorandum to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington attorney Mark Zaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him. The decision marked the administration’s second legal setback on […]

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday to protest the latest moves by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to dismantle an independent office that protects those who report corruption and other criminal activities and amend the penal code. Rallies took place in 10 communities, including the capital, Bratislava, where […]

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang was recuperating from cancer on a Korean resort island when he got an urgent call: Don’t return to China, a friend warned. You’re now a fugitive. Days later, a stranger snapped a photo of Li in a cafe. Terrified South Korea would send him back, Li […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked an appeals court Friday to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March. The department also is seeking Chief Judge James Boasberg’s removal from the case, accusing him of a “radical, retaliatory, unconstitutional campaign” […]

A bipartisan group in Congress sent a letter Thursday to the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency criticizing that group for opening an investigation into who leaked information that led to the agency clearing 23 Chinese swimmers after they tested positive for performance enhancers before the Olympics in 2021. “While WADA claims that their motivations […]

The University of Winnipeg has begun the search for a new leader after terminating its president. The board of regents, the governing body in charge of operations at U of W, removed Todd Mondor following a meeting Monday night. Mondor began what was supposed to be a five-year term on April 1, 2022. “In the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership. […]

Olympic sprinter Marvin Bracy-Williams has agreed to a 45-month doping ban in a case investigated by federal drug-enforcement authorities that the head of the U.S. Anti Doping-Agency said has led to “several impactful outcomes.” USADA said Monday the case against the 31-year-old Bracy-Williams, who mysteriously disappeared from sprinting in 2023, was brought to its attention […]

LONDON (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed on Thursday it is looking into a leak about an investigation that resulted in the agency clearing 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The agency has defended its decision to clear the swimmers of doping. It […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead an office charged with protecting federal whistleblowers appeared to be in jeopardy on Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he hoped the White House would withdraw the nomination. The growing opposition to Paul Ingrassia comes after a Politico report of a text chat that […]