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Ontario First Nation declares victory in 11-year logging dispute
Posted August 19, 2011 - A northwestern Ontario First Nation community is declaring victory in its 11-year court battle to stop logging on traditional lands -- a ruling their lawyer says could have legal implications for similar disputes across Canada.
Article source The Globe and Mail
September 15: Hamilton Community Legal Clinic Open House and Community Celebration
September 15, 2011 - The Hamilton Community Legal Clinic is holding an open house and community celebration to mark their amalgamation and the opening of their new offices.
Article source Hamilton Community Legal Clinic
Tenants launch campaign to 'save social housing'
Posted August 19, 2011 - A group of Toronto Community Housing tenants concerned about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's interest in privatizing public housing has urged city council not to go down that road.
Article source Toronto Star
Toronto considers a complete ban on panhandling
Posted August 19, 2011 - An enormous increase in tickets handed out for panhandling has led some advocates for homeless people to believe that an attempt to completely ban panhandling is imminent.
Article source Rabble.ca
Alleged abuse coverups subject of jail probe
Posted August 17, 2011 - Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin is investigating allegations that abuse of inmates is being covered up after more than 100 complaints against guards in the last year.
Canada's broken justice system
Posted August 17, 2011 - The swift justice meted out to Britain's rioters compared to the lack of charges against the Vancouver rioters of two months ago is just another example of the slow pace of justice in Canada, says this National Post editorial.
Article source National Post
Ontario's cure for medicare: snitching
Posted August 17, 2011 - As provincial governments across the country grapple with the thorny issue of for-profit medicine, Ontario has taken the unprecedented step of setting up a toll-free snitch line for people to report cases of illegal private health care -- and says it has triggered 35 investigations in barely a month.
Article source National Post
Ottawa police issue racial profiling policy
Posted August 17, 2011 - Almost seven years after six officers were accused of singling out black men during a raid at an Ottawa bar, the Ottawa Police Service has announced a racial profiling policy.
Article source Ottawa Citizen
Searches violated rights, judge ruled
Posted August 17, 2011 - The Windsor police department's practice of strip searching up to half of the suspects they arrest in drug cases was denounced by a Superior Court judge Tuesday.
Article source Windsor Star
The New Cost of Criminal Pardons
Posted August 17, 2011 - A new law sets out longer eligibility dates for offenders, and makes it much harder to convince the National Parole Board to grant a pardon. And the Harper government is proposing to raise the cost of obtaining a pardon to $631 from $150.
Article source Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
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