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Calls for justice system reform follow release of man who killed two Indigenous women

An advocate for murdered and missing Indigenous women said Monday the release of a man who killed two women in Manitoba is ...

Justice system betrays sexual violence survivors, says federal advocate for victims of crime

A report from Canada’s victims of crime advocate says survivors of sexual violence are being systemically betrayed by the ...

New Indigenous court planned in Fort St. John, B.C.

The proposal was a focus of Doig River First Nation’s Walking the Path of Justice  conference last week — where leaders, ...
Opinion

National Family and Survivors Circle Urges Immediate Implementation of Rethinking Justice Recommendations to Protect Survivors of Sexual Violence

Winnipeg, MB, Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Family and Survivors Circle (NFSC Inc.) is calling on governments to act without delay on the findings of Rethinking Justice for Survivors ...

Should one of Canada’s longest-serving female inmates be granted ‘mercy’?

Behind bars for murder since she was 15 years old, Serena Tobaccojuice has amassed a record of prison hostage-takings. A ...
Opinion

Civil Society Organizations Decry Neglect of Poor Prison Conditions, Impacts on Public Safety

OTTAWA, Ontario, Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National civil society organizations that focus on prisons are sounding the alarm over worsening conditions in federal penitentiaries. They warn that ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Manitoba Premier Kinew asks PM Carney for sentencing, parole overhaul

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has asked the prime minister for stiffer sentences for repeat or serial killers, citing the recent ...

Jamie Sarkonak: An election would be worth it to junk Carney's budget

You can reject a budget. It’s not an inevitability, as much as the presiding government wants it to be. And on Monday, it ...
cascadiadaily

‘Mischief makers,’ teachers and visionaries get a nod in inaugural Whatcom Arts Awards

Don’t let its subdued reputation fool you: Whatcom County boasts a diverse, intergenerational and growing arts scene. Just ask the recipients of Allied Arts’ inaugural Whatcom Arts Awards. The new ...
The Economist

Canada’s indigenous-style prisons are designed to right historical wrongs

Indigenous men have the highest rates of recidivism of any group in Canada. Healing lodges are meant to help break this cycle. Men who go through them are half as likely to end up back in jail ...
UPI

Indigenous communities warn of criminal group in Peruvian Amazon

Nov. 4 (UPI) --Indigenous communities in the Yurúa district, on the remote border between Peru and Brazil, have raised the alarm over the growing presence of members of Brazil's Comando Vermelho ...