Alberta resorts to large-scale ‘triage’ for courts

A senior prosecutor in Alberta stayed 15 criminal cases on Tuesday, saying in Provincial Court that the justice system simply does not have enough resources to prosecute them. A senior prosecutor in Alberta stayed 15 criminal cases on Tuesday, saying in Provincial Court that the justice system simply does not have enough resources to prosecute them.

Alberta resorts to large-scale ‘triage’ for courts

A senior prosecutor in Alberta stayed 15 criminal cases on Tuesday, saying in Provincial Court that the justice system simply does not have enough resources to prosecute them. A senior prosecutor in Alberta stayed 15 criminal cases on Tuesday, saying in Provincial Court that the justice system simply does not have enough resources to prosecute them.

Handling of Thorco Crown distress prevented disaster: Coast Guard commissioner

Team work by search and rescue, environmental response and marine communications and traffic services prevented a disaster in challenging conditions, Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner, Jody Thomas said today in reference to a disabled vessel adrift off the southwest coast of Newfoundland and Labrador last week. On Feb. 7, the MV Thorco Crown, a merchant cargo ship with 13 people aboard, experienced a fire in its engine room.

Six stories in the news today, Jan. 17

Kirk Wilson, a Toronto bouncer described as a “gentle giant,” has been identified as one of five people who died when a gunman opened fire in a crowded beachfront nightclub in Mexico early Monday. Local authorities initially said two Canadians were among the dead but Global Affairs Canada later confirmed Wilson as the lone Canadian fatality.