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The Supreme Court of Canada upholds Quebec's provincial ban on homegrown cannabis despite a 2018 federal ruling which allowed small quantities of cannabis to be grown at home.
2023-04-14

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau nominates judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada. An Abenaki member, O'Bonsawin would be the first Indigenous Canadian to sit on the country's highest court.
2022-08-19

The Supreme Court of Canada says that Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch must give the Royal Canadian Mounted Police material he gathered for stories about an accused Islamic State terrorist.
2018-11-30

The Supreme Court of Canada strikes down a ban on assisted suicide meaning doctors can now assist mentally competent patients with severe and incurable conditions to die.
2015-02-6

In "R. v. Fearon", the Supreme Court of Canada rules by 4–3 vote that searching for cell phones without a warrant during an arrest does not violate the Section Eight of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
2014-12-11

The Supreme Court of Canada rules in a 9-0 decision that Insite, a safe injection site in Vancouver, can remain open.
2011-09-30

Réjean Hinse, a Quebec man wrongly convicted of a crime in the 1960s before being acquitted by the Supreme Court of Canada 30 years later receives a record $13.1 million in compensation.
2011-04-14