Bail

• Bail granted for driver in Saskatchewan crash that killed mother and daughters

  Kelly Knopf, a 40-year-old South Carolina resident, appeared in Yorkton court via phone Thursday – almost a week after the fatal crash near Foam Lake, Sask.

  Crime

  Oct 8
  
• Judge grants injunction suspending new Ontario bail payment requirements

  Two groups argued Ontario’s new rules requiring a cash deposit for bail encroach on federal jurisdiction and will make it harder for people to be released as they await trial.

  Canada

  Aug 31
  
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• Winnipeg commercial break-ins blamed on 2 men wearing ankle monitors

  The effectiveness of ankle monitors are in question after two men accused of property crimes in a two-month long spree, experts say.

  Aug 18
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• CCLA launching Charter challenge against new Ontario bail regulations

  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is launching a Charter challenge against the Ford government's new bail reform regulations.

  Crime

  Aug 17
• Manitoba teen accused of plotting school attacks with Nova Scotia youth denied bail

  A Manitoba teenager accused of conspiring online with a youth in Nova Scotia to commit simultaneous attacks at their rural schools has been denied bail. 

  Crime

  Jun 30
• Gun control groups urge faster ‘protection order’ ineligibility change

  The provision is intended to quickly remove firearms from the hands of abusers at the time when they are often the most dangerous.

  Politics

  Jun 18
• ‘Huge sense of relief’: B.C. woman’s accused stalker denied bail

  The alleged victim told Global News she received a call from Crown counsel, who informed her the judge had denied Andy Yun’s release.

  Crime

  May 6
• Ontario plans to require bail cash up front as part of new justice bill

  Attorney General Doug Downey says he believes that measure and others announced today would improve bail compliance.

  Politics

  Nov 24, 2025
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• Bail reform, tougher sentencing bill has been tabled. Here’s what it covers

  The Liberal government bill would impose a new reverse onus for bail on six specific offences and toughen sentencing rules for certain cases, including violent repeat offenders.

  Politics

  Oct 23, 2025
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• Woman charged with killing Toronto widower was out on bail, court docs show

  Natasha Maccallum has been charged with second-degree murder after a 67-year-old man was found with fatal stab wounds inside his 20th-floor apartment on Tuesday.

  Crime

  Sep 4, 2025