Category: Public Prosecutions Service

France Denies Extradition for Priest Facing Sexual Assault Charge in Nunavut

October 26, 2022
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The federal government says France has denied an extradition request for a priest accused of crimes against children in Nunavut. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada made the extradition request for Johannes Rivoire, who is in his 90s and lives in Lyon, France. Rivoire is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant, issued in February, for a…

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N.B. Crown Rules Out Charges in RCMP Shooting of Indigenous Man Rodney Levi

January 26, 2021
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FREDERICTON—New Brunswick’s Public Prosecutions Service has concluded no charges will be filed against police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rodney Levi last year. Levi, who was from the Metepenagiag First Nation, was shot dead by the RCMP on the evening of June 12 after police had responded to a complaint about a disturbance…

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