Tuesday, May 26, 2026
ADVT 
National

BC gets 5 new Indigenous Justice Centres

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Jan, 2024 05:55 PM
  • BC gets 5 new Indigenous Justice Centres

Premier David Eby says five new Indigenous Justice Centres set up in B-C over the past year will help make the legal system work better for Indigenous people.

Eby says a total of nine centres across the province will connect more people with culturally safe legal supports and services.

He says the province is working with the First Nations Justice Council to build safer communities and help change lives.

Eby says B-C must do things differently to break a cycle in which Indigenous people comprise five per cent of the population but about 30 per cent of people who are incarcerated.

MORE National ARTICLES

Airplane accident in Campbell River

Airplane accident in Campbell River
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says it will be deploying a team of investigators to Campbell River after an airplane accident. The agency says it involved a privately registered De Havilland D-H-C-2.

Airplane accident in Campbell River

B.C. First Nation to provide update on probe into three former residential schools

B.C. First Nation to provide update on probe into three former residential schools
A Fraser Valley, B.C., First Nation is expected to provide an update on its work into missing children and unmarked burials at three former residential school sites. The investigation was launched after ground-penetrating radar located what are believed to be more than 200 graves at a former residential school in Kamloops in May 2021, prompting similar searches and findings in several provinces.

B.C. First Nation to provide update on probe into three former residential schools

Tensions between Canada, India escalate following Ottawa's accusation over killing

Tensions between Canada, India escalate following Ottawa's accusation over killing
Tensions between Canada and India worsened today following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim that India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen. India halted all visa services for citizens of Canada and said it anticipates Ottawa will reduce its diplomatic presence in India. 

Tensions between Canada, India escalate following Ottawa's accusation over killing

Man punches 2 women

Man punches 2 women
A 32-year-old man has been arrested after a series of random assaults in West Vancouver yesterday. West Vancouver Police say officers responded to reports of a man aboard a transit bus punching two senior woman in their heads before repeatedly punching the driver.  

Man punches 2 women

Most Canadians view about Online News Act is news should be free, survey suggests

Most Canadians view about Online News Act is news should be free, survey suggests
The law, which comes into effect later this year, will force digital giants such as Google to compensate media outlets for content that is shared or otherwise repurposed on their platforms. About three out of every four respondents said they were aware of the Online News Act, formerly known as Bill C-18, with 34 per cent of respondents saying the law is a good thing to help media outlets that compete for advertising dollars with tech giants.  

Most Canadians view about Online News Act is news should be free, survey suggests

Canada on track to meet, exceed methane emission reduction goal by 2030: Trudeau

Canada on track to meet, exceed methane emission reduction goal by 2030: Trudeau
Canada is on track to hit and even surpass targets for reducing oilpatch methane emissions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday, as the UN sought to hold leaders to account for their climate commitments. Draft regulations that are due before the end of the year will allow Canada to meet or even exceed its goal of slashing methane from the oil and gas sector by 75 per cent from 2012 levels by 2030.

Canada on track to meet, exceed methane emission reduction goal by 2030: Trudeau