Reports from the Ottawa Courthouse on the trial of Freedom Convoy organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich are that little progress is being made. Evidence which Crown attorneys wish to use is being questioned by the Justice Heather Perkins-McVey, who
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Monday morning, September 18, 2000, I was in my car and headed to a film company on Eastern Avenue. I was scheduled to be at a commercial shoot at 9:30 a.m. This was to be the last commercial of a
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On September 6th, Road Warrior News received the unfortunate news that the mischief trial of Freedom Convoy organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich is not available to view by Zoom. Previous extended cases including the Public Order Emergency Commission and
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At the September 5th cabinet shuffle press conference with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, he announced that former Treasury Board President Prabmeet Sarkaria will become the new Minister of Transportation. Former Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney will become the new President at
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Demonstration of brand new Accessible vans was a highlight —Updated August 29 with additional information. Ottawa’s newest class Taxi drivers has finished training and is ready for the road. CEO of Coventry Connections Marc André Way welcomed two dozen new
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Province opens two new lanes from Ouimet to Dorion The Ontario government has completed the widening of Highway 11/17 from two to four lanes between Ouimet and Dorion East Loop in Thunder Bay District. This is the seventh section of
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The “fake Trucking schools” criminal case appears to be headed for trial in the Superior Court of Justice (SCJ) in November, 2024.
While some administrative details remain to be worked out, Crown Attorney Julian Whitten pointed out, “We have over a year to get that together.”
“We have lots of time,” Justice H.W. Carl deJong agreed. He assigned the date of October 4th, 2023 for a return date for all of the lawyers to return and “get everything in order for SCJ.”
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The first day of Ottawa Police Detective Helen Grus’s trial began with prayer outside the tribunal, and ended with many spectators saying they were shocked by an audio recording played by the prosecution. Detective Grus is charged with Discreditable Conduct under the Police Services Act for the ‘unauthorized’ re-investigation of nine sudden infant deaths (‘SIDS’), where she sought to know if the mothers’ vaccination status might have been connected with the deaths.
Monday August 14, 2023 was not the trial, but a pre-trial hearing where defense and prosecution debated the adequacy of disclosure and whether defense would be able to call and cross-exam a lengthy list of witnesses. The prosecution also played an almost three-hour recording of the the May 12, 2022 Professional Standards interview of Detective Grus that caused one retired RCMP observer to declare, “This is becoming a trial about Ottawa Police officers being in Neglect of Duty for failing to properly investigate Sudden Infant Deaths, and for obstructing Detective Grus’s investigations.”
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After waits and delays amounting to 16 months, the trial scheduled for several men charged with operating fake Trucking schools is expected to begin this morning, August 16th.
However, as has been seen in past sessions, delays requested by counsel for the accused men resulted in postponement to new dates. On June 7th, when defendents’ counsel and the crown attorney L. Welch presented before the justice, August 15th was selected as the start date for the trial; however, on August 14th, Road Warrior News was informed by court staff that the start date is now August 16th.
Court proceedings have been ongoing for more than a year since the charges were laid. When another delay was requested at the May 24th, 2023 proceedings, Crown Attorney L. Welch noted, “This file is already pretty old.”
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