
Meghan Grant
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CBC Calgary courts & crime reporter. Maritimer. Prosecco pusher. [email protected]
calgary
Joined April 2010
NEW: Alberta premier's office contacted Crown prosecution about Coutts cases: sources. From @elisevonscheel + me.
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Alberta Crown Prosecutors felt political pressure around their assessment and direction on cases stemming from the Coutts border blockades and protests, sources say. Some prosecutors worried about...
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NEW: Joanne Person, 63, had weapons, mischief charges withdrawn in court today. Person lives in Coutts & hosted 3 of 4 men accused of conspiring to murder RCMP officers during border blockade. Charges laid after raids on trailers on Person's property.
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One of the protesters who was arrested and charged during the border blockades at Coutts, Alta., last winter has seen two of her charges withdrawn.
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NEW: Lawsuit filed over story of Russian bribe plot targeting Nenshi 'frivolous,' say defendants. Shane and Edith Wenzel launched $1-million lawsuit over story alleging their $ funded plot. Now, Canadaland and Prem Singh have filed statements of defence.
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The news outlet being sued after reporting about a failed plot to entrap Naheed Nenshi in a scandal when he was mayor of Calgary has filed a statement of defence. Canadaland says it only printed...
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I’d be so mad too.
So, my wife and I were conducting a Jan 1 review of our 20-yr relationship & I asked if there was anything abt me that made her angry, & she said yes actually, she was still mad at me for preventing her from patting a wild wombat we encountered on a hike in Tasmania 12 years ago
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NEW: Alberta government increases legal aid hourly pay by 25% . But groups representing lawyers has not yet said if this will end their job action.
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After four months of legal aid job action, the Alberta government announced Wednesday it has increased the hourly tariffs for lawyers from $100 to $125.
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