By: Melissa Salamo and Chelsey Gould Imagine a place with Caribbean-like beaches, beautiful lagoons, caves, parts of the Amazon Rainforest, tropical grassland, stunning prairies, the world’s highest waterfall and many other wonders. This place sounds like paradise… but ironically, today this country is Venezuela, a place that most people believe to be a dystopia. Since…
By: Rosemary Akpan and Matthew Rodrigopulle Marijuana legalization in Canada is just around the corner, but many convicted of possession in the past will still experience the consequences. Recreational use of marijuana is set to be legalized in Canada by July 2018 and yet, the Government of Ontario is still enforcing charges for those found…
By: Tiffany Mboyo In recent years, the Toronto Police Service has been under fire for failing to report cases of racialized individuals to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) on time or not at all. Police reform is served to be used as a way to improve police training, data collection and accountability as well as…
By: Urbi Khan The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) released a report in May this year detailing initiatives, which they are planning on taking to approach murdered and missing Indigenous women cases. The RCMP report includes three broad types of initiatives. The first one details policing, investigative outlines and the justice system reform regarding cases…
By: Dea Kodra and Urbi Khan The number of missing and murdered Indigenous women have continued to grow through the decades. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 1,186 homicides and unresolved missing women investigations have been reported between 1980 and 2012. The RCMP released a report revealing 32 more Indigenous women were killed…
By: Jesse Caplan Ex-lover of murder victim speaks out in court. Outside the Toronto Courtroom on Friday Dec, 1. (Jesse Caplan/ RSJ) The trial continued Friday morning in the case of 49-year-old Allen Lanteigne, who was found murdered in his home back in March of 2011. The Crown began by calling upon one of Lanteigne’s former…
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