Supreme Court says asylum seekers entitled to subsidized Quebec daycare
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Canada’s top court has ruled Quebec discriminated against female refugee claimants by denying them access to the province’s subsidized daycare program.
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Liberal, Bloc Québécois rematch in Terrebonne riding after Supreme Court nixes result
sootoday - TERREBONNE — The Bloc Québécois' Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné will once again face off against Liberal Tatiana Auguste in the Terrebonne riding after the Supreme Court recently invalidated last year's result.
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Five things Canadians should know about the U.S. Supreme Court tariff ruling
sootoday - OTTAWA — The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a set of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a landmark ruling Friday — but that decision didn't affect all duties on Canadian goods entering the United States.
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Newfoundland's COVID-19 travel restriction a justifiable Charter infringement: court
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the constitutionality of a pandemic-related rule that curbed travel to Newfoundland and Labrador for public health reasons.
Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19144 / 4 stories in 21 days
Supreme Court invalidates federal election result in Quebec’s Terrebonne riding
theglobeandmail - Liberal candidate had been declared winner by one vote over Bloc Québécois candidate in April
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Schellenberg won’t face death penalty at China retrial, lawyer says
Nono Shen / theglobeandmail - China’s top court overturned B.C. native Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s 2019 death sentence for drug smuggling
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Fitness trial begins for man accused of killing B.C. Mountie Shaelyn Yang in 2022
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A fitness hearing has begun in B.C. Supreme Court for Jongwon Ham, charged with first-degree murder in the 2022 stabbing death of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang.
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Supreme Court ruling sets out exception to confidentiality between lawyer and client
Jim Bronskill / theglobeandmail - Lawyer can invoke an ‘innocence at stake’ exception when they seek access to their client’s privileged communications for use in their own defence
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Hearings begin at Supreme Court on constitutionality of random police traffic stops
sootoday - MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada started hearing a case on Monday about whether it's constitutional for police to make random traffic stops, after Quebec's highest court ruled that the practice leads to racial profiling.
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Top court to decide whether challenge of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - A group that pushes for political accountability says the courts must be allowed to review the reasonableness of a federal ethics ruling about former prime minister Justin Trudeau.
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Justice Sheilah Martin to retire from Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30
sootoday - OTTAWA — Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30, one day shy of her 70th birthday.
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B.C. court to hear Charter challenge over religious exemptions to assisted dying law
sootoday - OTTAWA — A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia's Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance in dying in their facilities.
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Judge reserves ruling on whether to throw out B.C. murder conviction over delays
The Canadian Press / nationalpost - VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to throw out the case against a man convicted of first-degree murder in a killing police have linked to organized crime. Brandon Teixeira’s lawyers have filed a so-cal…
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Supreme Court to hear challenge of law allowing Ontario Place redevelopment
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a coalition challenging the constitutionality of legislation that opens the door to major changes at Ontario Place.
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Quebec government to ask Supreme Court to block electoral map changes
theglobeandmail - Province’s highest court earlier ruled a 2024 law to stop the redrawing process is unconstitutional
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Judge grants bail to Quebec man as 1994 murder conviction under review
Cole Fortner / citynews - A Quebec judge has granted bail to a man who has spent 33 years behind bars for four murders, after concerns were raised about the fairness of his trial. Daniel Jolivet’s case is being examined by a federal panel for a possible miscarriage of justice. In …
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Murder charge withdrawn after conviction of Timothy Rees set aside in 1989 killing
Meredith Bond / citynews - Prosecutors have withdrawn a second-degree murder charge against Timothy Rees, weeks after Ontario’s top court set aside his conviction in the 1989 killing of a 10-year-old girl in Toronto. The Court of Appeal for Ontario last month ordered a new trial fo…
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Quebec man seeks bail as Ottawa investigates 1994 murder conviction
News Staff / citynews - A Quebec man who spent more than 33 years behind bars for four murders will find out at the end of the week if he will get bail. Daniel Jolivet, now 68, was convicted in 1994 of four murders in Brossard, Que., south of Montreal. The evidence at the trial …
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$18-million sale of HBC charter to Thomsons, Westons approved by court
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Two of Canada's wealthiest families have cleared the final hurdle on the road to buying and donating the royal charter that created the Hudson's Bay Co.
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Judge grants request to unseal records from Epstein 2019 sex-trafficking case
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A judge reversed his earlier decision to keep the material under wraps, citing a new law that requires the government to open its files on Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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