The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced that the 16-day criminal trial for Chris Barber begins yesterday in Ottawa at the Ontario Court of Justice. Mr. Barber faces charges of mischief, intimidation, obstructing a highway, obstructing a police officer, and counselling others
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On August 31, officials from Niagara Region, the City of St. Catharines and the Niagara Catholic District School Board hosted an event to mark the launch of its Automated Speed Enforcement Program which will be ready to start issuing monetary
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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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“Summer hasn’t been very good for collisions,” Travis McDougall notes in his August video post. “We’ve got trucks in the ditch, trucks crashing into each other, trucks all over the highways. Whether it’s down in southern Ontario or up in
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On August 17th, the Gordie Howe International Bridge project team announced the reopening of the fourth and final road bridge reconstructed as part of the Michigan Interchange activities. “We appreciate the community’s patience and cooperation throughout construction of the Gordie Howe International
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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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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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As noted when we posted the July collection, Mike Murchison is a professional Truck driver living in Alberta who has spent decades driving around the western United States and Canada. Mike pauses to appreciate vast landscapes as well as the
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“To see people dying alone and families unable to have proper funerals was horrible. Horrible” by Donna Laframboise New Brunswick trucker Travis Macleod hauls sea cans – containers that get loaded directly onto ships docked in the Port of Saint
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