Exploring Theme: "Court Cases"

Debra Chrisjohn died in 2016 after her arrest by the London police. APTN News: A police officer’s bid to quash his conviction in the death of an Oneida mother in 2016 has come to an end. On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a request for leave to appeal from Const. Nicolas Doering of the London,...

David Voss, 52, was in Thunder Bay, Ont., court on Thursday for massive fraud case  CBC Indigenous: The man who oversaw the creation of thousands of forged artworks in Thunder Bay, Ont., falsely attributed to Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau faces a five-year penitentiary sentence. David John Voss pleaded guilty on June 4 to counts of forgery and...

It’s been 25 years since the Supreme Court’s Gladue decision but a new report finds the landmark ruling has failed to live up to much of its initial promise. APTN News: The application of what are called Gladue principles has “largely failed” in Canada because of several factors including a disorganized Gladue process, limited resources...

The lawsuit claims it is unconstitutional to refuse to require police to enforce First Nations laws and bylaws. Toronto Star: The Chiefs of Ontario have filed a lawsuit against the province and the federal government claiming it is unconstitutional to refuse to require police to enforce First Nations laws and bylaws. The case filed in Ontario Superior Court of Justice...

A former Thunder Bay police chief has been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing misconduct investigation, Ontario Provincial Police said Friday.  Toronto Star: The Canadian Press – A former Thunder Bay police chief has been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing misconduct investigation, Ontario Provincial Police said Friday. Police arrested Sylvie...

Holly Walbourne in an undated photo. Photo courtesy: TBnewswatch.com  APTN News: The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid several charges against a lawyer who acted as legal counsel for the Thunder Bay Police Service. The OPP’s Criminal Investigations Branch announced the charges against Holly Walbourne on Tuesday. Walbourne is facing five charges including three counts of...

Baptist pastor charged with possessing child pornography claimed Métis status based on great-great-grandparent WARNING: This story contains details of child sexual exploitation and pornography. CBC News: After he was charged with possessing child pornography, Nathan Allen Joseph Legault discovered a figure from his past he hoped might help with his future. The Prince Rupert, B.C., man...

Case of Shaldon Wabason, who fought and won peace bond attempt, raises concerns involving Indigenous people CBC News: A man from an Ojibway First Nation in northwestern Ontario says Crown lawyers wrongfully tried to impose unnecessarily strict conditions on his release from jail. Shaldon Wabason, who’s from Whitesand First Nation, and his lawyers say prosecutors in...

Brayden Bushby found guilty of manslaughter. “I find that the Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Bushby’s dangerous and unlawful act accelerated and caused Ms. Kentner’s death,” Justice Helen Pierce told the court....

CBC – Second degree murder charges have been reduced to manslaughter and aggravated assault against Brayden Bushby for the death of 34-year old Barbara Kentner. Bushby threw a trailer hitch from a moving car, yelling “I got one” after he hit the Indigenous women in the stomach. His originally scheduled judge and jury trial has...