Edmonton city council has approved $15.2 million to set up a new operations hub in Chinatown as part of the city’s safety plan it unveiled in May, it agreed at a meeting Monday.
Four Alberta legal associations teamed up Thursday to accuse Justice Minister Tyler Shandro of being "dismissive" and playing politics in a recent meeting over compensation for legal aid services.
Defence lawyers working with Legal Aid Alberta voted Wednesday evening to stop taking any cases for two weeks in response to what they call the province s "perpetual underfunding" of the system.
Over a hundred lawyers from across Alberta voted Wednesday evening to take job action in August and September. This month - for a span of two weeks- lawyers will not provide bail services and select counsel services.