4 years after it was passed, bill to create police accountability in Nunavut not implemented
A bill meant to create a civilian oversight body of police in Nunavut has not been implemented after being passed into law ...
Four years on, Nunavut police accountability bill still not implemented
It would create a civilian oversight body that would investigate incidents involving police. The territory currently has ...
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Ex-priest sentenced to six years for sex abuse of Nunavut children
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The devastating effects of Eric Dejaeger’s sexual abuse of seven Inuit children more than four decades ago ...
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Officer’s reports can be used on cross-examination, Nunavut judge decides
Not allowing a police officer’s incident reports to be used in his own assault trial “would undermine public confidence in our system of justice,” a Nunavut judge says. Justice Christian ...
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Lawyers suggest 6 years for ex-priest who abused Nunavut children
Dejaeger was previously convicted of dozens more offences against children and adults in Nunavut and Alberta ... with first-degree murder after two boys found dead in N.B. apartment Police investigate ...
Sexual assault trial of former priest begins in Iqaluit
Eric Dejaeger faces eight counts of historical sexual assault. The charges stem from what is alleged to have happened while ...
Former priest pleads guilty to indecent assaults of children in Nunavut
A defrocked Catholic priest has pleaded guilty to seven counts of indecent assault against children in Nunavut. Court has heard Eric Dejaeger committed the offences between 1978 and 1982 at or near ...
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4 years after it was passed, bill to create police accountability in Nunavut not implemented
A bill meant to create a civilian oversight body of police in Nunavut has not been implemented despite being passed into law nearly four years ago. Nunavut MLAs passed Bill 53 in June 2021.