Oct. 5, 2014 Ottawa Community News – Blair Edwards Barring treatment for the mentally ill - Prisons are the new institutions for people with mental-health issues say critics of Canada’s penal policies Farhat Rehman, an Ottawa mother of a … [Read more...]
Safety in jail?
June 30, 2014 by
To our readers… Canada Day wishes: A more just and compassionate Canada June 30, 2014 Toronto Star – Wendy Gillis Inquest juries speak out on jail hanging deaths. Is anybody listening? 138 people have hanged themselves while in jail in the … [Read more...]
Right of Privacy
June 13, 2014 by
June 13, 2014 National Newswatch – Canadian Press Court says warrant needed for Internet info The case before the SCC involves a Saskatchewan man accused of child pornography. The court has ruled that police need a warrant to get … [Read more...]
Anguish from suicide…
April 30, 2014 by
April 30, 2014 Global TV News – Carey Marsden First Nations community calls for help after string of youth suicides In Neskantaga First Nation, a fly-in community 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, there has been a state of emergency … [Read more...]
Reserve life…
July 24, 2013 by
July 24, 2013 Toronto Star ‘Ordinary Canadians’ get a taste of life on a northern Ontario reserve A second year law student at Osgood Law School and a grandmother was one of 43 people who dared to accept an invitation to spend a week on a … [Read more...]