The Hamilton Police Services Board was issued a stinging rebuke by Superior Court Justice Kim Carpenter-Gunn as she awarded $46,000 in damages, including $10,000 in punitive damages, to Michael Dix
Political Prisoner held for 30 years by U.S. government
A Hearing has been scheduled for February 13, 2006 to correct the illegal sentencing that occurred in Leonard Peltier's case. The basis for this motion is that the United States District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the statutes upon which Mr. Peltier was convicted and sentenced.
Three enviros doing actions associated with Earth Liberation Front (ELF) in the U.S. were nabbed by cops thanks to two years of work by “Annaâ€, the infiltrating snitch. Now the word’s out and folks are tracing her movements - courting activist trust, all her emails signed off with “solidarity†or “resistâ€.
DOPE SHEET COLUMN
FEDERAL ELECTION IMPLICATIONS
This Dope Sheet is being prepared on January 25, 2006, two days after the Federal election.
Prime Minister Harper. Now there is scary thought.
from the Winnipeg Free Press
Sun Feb 19 2006
By KIM PATE, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
In the wake of the tragic Boxing Day shooting in Toronto, media fear-mongering and political posturing conspired to convince Canadians that rising crime rates deserve the get-tough response of mandatory minimum sentencing.
Panel at the Law Union Annual Conference
March 25, 2006, 1:30 – 3:00
Moderator: Sarah Dover, Articling Student, Birchall Northey LLP
Canadian mining operations now span more than 100 countries – an expansion that has left some of the world’s worst environment disasters in its wake. The record of this industry within Canada has also been marked by bulldozing local interests, environmental destruction and violation of indigenous rights.
