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Egan: Interminable Natsis trial seems unfair to all involved OTTAWA — As a reader, I follow some courtroom trials with fascination, others with growing dread. So it is with the case of Dr. Christy Natsis, the prominent Pembroke dentist on trial in the accident that took the life of Bryan Casey, 50,...

Christy Natsis drunk-driving trial faces another long delay OTTAWA — The drunk driving trial of Dr. Christy Natsis will be delayed at least another four months. Natsis’ trial began in November 2012, but will now stretch into April 2014 at the earliest. Lawyers expect they’ll need three weeks to con...

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An OPP officer has been charged with theft. In a news release issued Friday, officials with the OPP confirmed that a member of the force’s North West Region had been charged with theft under $5,000. Few details were released about the incident that led to the charge, but police did say an investigat...

Kenora detachment Ontario Provincial Police have charged one of their own officers with theft. The investigation was initiated following an incident that occurred in Kenora on Dec. 28, 2013. As a result of the investigation, Const. Steve Tetreault, 45, was charged with one count of Theft Under $5,00...

Bobcaygeon barber suing police and Crown Stephen Clarke feels like he’s been raped. After enjoying dinner with friends in Peterborough on Dec. 3, 2011, Mr. Clarke says was assaulted by Peterborough County OPP officers when he was pulled over at R.I.D.E check on County Road 29, near Woodland Drive, ...

A report last month from the Canadian Bar Association describes the state of access to justice in Canada as “abysmal – and getting worse.” Why? Let us count the ways. The bar association estimates that, two decades ago, at least 95 per cent of people appearing in court were represented by a lawyer. ...

THUNDER BAY, Ont. – A northwestern Ontario provincial police officer is facing a theft charge. Police say an investigation began following an incident in Kenora on Dec. 28. As a result, a 24-year OPP veteran from the Kenora Detachment was charged with theft under $5,000. Police say the 45-year-old o...

Ex-Toronto police officer slams OPP for ‘incompetence’ after accident Former Toronto police officer James Lowry has traveled from Ottawa to Toronto three times to testify as the main witness in an unsafe driving case. Every time, it’s been put off because an OPP officer failed to show. Retired Toro...

Families win huge note battle against police TORONTO - Families of two mentally-challenged men shot dead by police hailed a powerful Supreme Court of Canada decision Thursday that forbids police officers involved in such incidents from having lawyers vet their field notes. The involvement of lawyer...

Top court rules against police practice of having lawyers help cops prep notes OTTAWA -- Allowing police officers under investigation by watchdogs to consult with lawyers before preparing their notes is an "anathema" to transparency and public trust in that process, the Supreme Court of C...

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against allowing police officers under investigation by watchdogs to consult with lawyers before preparing their notes, a decision which referenced two cases involving Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). The high court ruling, by a margin of 6-...

OPP officer ordered not to communicate with son Midland man, 22, charged with sexually assaulting children Midland Mirror By Rick Vanderlinde An OPP officer has been ordered not to communicate with his son, who faces 110 sex-related charges involving young children. Justice of the Peace Ann Forfar ...

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OPP deny racial profiling in testing of migrant workers after attack on Elgin County woman It was an arrest the OPP announced with pride. Six weeks after a vicious sexual assault against a woman who’d been standing on her own front porch in rural Elgin County, the OPP charged a migrant farm worker ...