Tories proposing prison, parole reforms - Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Conservative government will take further steps to give victims more say in the prison system by announcing a bill that will enshrine the legal right to participate in parole hearings. |
NDP might be on verge of history in N.S. election - Sunday, June 07, 2009
With the final push for votes on, and with polls showing the NDP on the verge of winning its first government in Atlantic Canada, the campaigning is getting ugly, with scathing attacks ads and counter threats of legal action... ...In the dying days of the campaign MacDonald compared Dexter to a car thief who had to return his ill-gotten gains... |
South Africa: gun owners up in arms - Wednesday, June 03, 2009
The Firearms Control Act (60 of 2000) has long been the cause of heated debate between those who would possess firearms as opposed to those who regulate and... |
CBSA may open talks - Wednesday, June 03, 2009
A top Canadian Border Services Agency official has allegedly agreed to meet with the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne to discuss the arming of border guards at the Cornwall Island port of entry, which was due to take effect on June 1, until guards were... |
Liberals rattle election sabre - Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has added the medical isotope crisis to the list of reasons his party might try to force out Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority government next week. Coupled with the country's economic woes... |
'Secret' government documents left behind at... - Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Documents related to the Canada's nuclear industry apparently accidentally left behind by Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt indicate the government has invested billions in Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. |
OPP sergeant now facing guns, weapons charges - Sunday, May 24, 2009
A veteran OPP officer from Mississauga, who's already accused of large-scale fraud and attempting to influence the outcome of a sex assault case, is now facing gun charges. As a result of an ongoing investigation by the OPP... |
Criminals might have no way out - Thursday, May 21, 2009
Criminals could soon face charges for fleeing to another province after committing a crime, according to federal legislation tabled Wednesday. |
Crime control, not gun control, is needed - Wednesday, May 20, 2009
If the intent was to reduce crime, then that law must be considered a miserable failure. Based on incidents per 100,000, gun-related homicides are up 68 percent, assault related gun injuries up 72 percent, assault related hospital discharges up 160 percent, gun assault Emergency Dept visits up 222 percent and gun assault outpatient observations up 538 percent. Keep in mind that these increases occurred when there were 1,280,000 fewer licensed gun owners in the state. |
1,200 firearms death a year says Wendy? - Tuesday, May 19, 2009
According to a study made by Wendy Cukier, professor at the Ryerson Polytechnic University, over 1,200 Canadians have been killed and more than 1,000 injured annually caused by firearms. The cost to the Canadian economy of these deaths and injuries was placed at $6 billion a year. |
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