#4 Trudeau forms Canada's 1st gender-balanced cabinet The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has, for the first time ever in Canada, developed a gender and ethnically balanced cabinet. Fifteen male, and 15 female, mostly aged under 50. Trudeau believes that the cabinet finally ‘looks like Canada’ and will better represent the younger generation. In my opinion,... Continue Reading →

#10 Senate passes bill that would ban whale and dolphin captivity in Canada Bill S-203 was first introduced by Liberal senator Wilfred Moore with the backing of the Green Party in 2015. S-203 would make captivity and breeding of cetaceans a criminal offence in Canada. Fines of up to $200,000 could be imposed on parks... Continue Reading →

#1 Ibrahim Ali, 28, charged with first-degree murder of Burnaby teen Marrisa Shen Ibrahim Ali, a syrian refugee, was charged with the first degree murder of 13 year-old Marrisa Shen in Burnaby. Marrisa Shen was found dead early in the morning on July 19th, 2017. On September 7th Ibrahim was arrested and received a court... Continue Reading →

#5 Abbotsford vice principal charged with child pornography offences Michael Haire, vice principal of W.A. Fraser Middle School, has been charged with making available child pornography and possession of child pornography. An examination by the Abbotsford Police Department’s Digital Forensic Lab is currently underway and at this point, has revealed thousands of images and videos... Continue Reading →

#2 Premier Doug Ford invokes the notwithstanding clause Doug Ford’s plan to reduce the Toronto city council was declined by Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba because it breached Charter rights. The Premier then stated that he would invoke the notwithstanding clause to override what he considered a bad judicial decision. Doug Ford is using the... Continue Reading →

#6 Amazon to open 10-acre shipping warehouse on Tsawwassen First Nation land Amazon has announced plans to open a shipping warehouse in a new industrial park on Tsawwassen First Nation land in Delta, B.C. The facility will be 450,000-square feet and will create more than 700 full time jobs. The warehouse is expected to open... Continue Reading →

#14 Jarrod Bacon released by mistake Convicted cocaine trafficker Jarrod Bacon has won an appeal of his 2017 parole revocation by arguing that he never should have been released in the first place. The lawyer argued that the Parole Board of Canada had miscalculated Bacon’s statutory release date, letting him out 16 months too early.... Continue Reading →

In conclusion, by reading many law related news articles, I have developed a greater understanding of the world around me. Law creates structure. It is meant to be the basic backbone of a functioning and just society. The principal purposes of law in our democratic society are to establish standards, maintain order, resolve disputes, and protect... Continue Reading →

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