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Sex workers challenging criminal laws in court, citing Charter violation
Sex workers and their supporters gather outside the Ontario Superior Court during the launch of their constitutional challenge to Canada's sex work laws, on Monday, October 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Supreme Court justices take audience questions at packed public hearing in Quebec
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner speaks during a welcoming ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Supreme Court takes its show on the road to Quebec for the first time
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner speaks during a welcoming ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
u.s. politics
Lindsey Graham unveils bill to restrict abortions across America
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Michelle O’Bonsawin, new Supreme Court judge, faces spotlight as major cases on Indigenous autonomy loom
Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin participates a special meeting of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, following her nomination to the Supreme Court of Canada, in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
opinion
To build a strong Supreme Court, we must look at the big picture
David Butt
canada
First Indigenous nominee to Supreme Court speaks to MPs
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opinion
Michelle O’Bonsawin’s nomination to Canada’s Supreme Court is good for Canadians
Robert Janes
world
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga challenges presidential election result in Supreme Court
Kenya's opposition leader and presidential candidate Raila Odinga, of the Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) One Kenya Alliance, gestures towards his supporters after he filed a petition challenging the presidential election result at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
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Supreme Court to review mandatory minimum penalty for child luring offence
The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. A former soldier facing a murder charge in Ontario has lost a bid to halt his trial over concerns about delays in the case. The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear Adam Picard's challenge of an appeal court decision dismissing his arguments about the time it took to bring the case to trial.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in dispute over $1-billion Vancouver waterfront development
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Quebec’s religious minorities feel less safe, hopeful due to secularism law, survey suggests
People rally against Quebec’s Bill 21, which prohibits some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work, after a teacher was removed from her position because she wears a hijab, in Chelsea, Que., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. A new survey has found that religious minorities in Quebec are feeling less safe, less accepted and less hopeful since the province passed its secularism law three years ago.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Former Supreme Court judge Thomas Cromwell heads Hockey Canada review
Justice Thomas Cromwell stands at the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday. The retiring judge says he feels ‘very sorry’ for what happened to Justice Marc Nadon two years ago.
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Supreme Court won’t hear case involving estate of slain West Vancouver multimillionaire
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa on May 11, 2022. The court will release a decision today that is expected to clarify how the use of a condom during sex relates to consent in sexual assault law. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Supreme Court won’t hear appeal by David and Collet Stephan, Alberta parents who have faced two trials in son’s 2012 death
David Stephan and his wife Collet Stephan arrive at court in Lethbridge, Alta., on March 10, 2016. An Alberta judge's comments about an expert witness in the acquittal of two people in the death of their son were "prejudiced, racist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant," says a letter by an association that represents Nigerian doctors in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Rossiter
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Newfoundland lawyer accused of sexual assault loses bid for publication ban
FILE PHOTO: Fencing has been put up around the Supreme Court of Canada ahead of Canada Day celebration activities and anti-mandate protests in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
politics
Supreme Court rules ignoring a partner’s request to wear condom could qualify as sexual assault
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen in Ottawa on Thursday, June 17, 2021. The high court has released its written reasons for a decision to uphold the conviction of a foster father in the starvation death of one child and the near death of her sister in Saskatchewan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
world
U.S. Supreme Court declines to allow Biden’s shift on immigration enforcement
FILE - The Supreme Court is seen at sundown in Washington, on Nov. 6, 2020. The Supreme Court won't allow the Biden administration to implement a policy that prioritizes deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk. The court's order on July 21, 2022, leaves the policy frozen nationwide for now. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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The court case challenging Canada’s public healthcare
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A court has affirmed access to health care should be based on need, not ability to pay, but this is no time for a medicare victory cry
André Picard