National

Judge Eases Release Conditions For Teen Accused Of Uttering Threat In Song

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Apr, 2016 11:09 AM

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A judge has loosened the release conditions for a Cape Breton teen charged with uttering death threats in a song he posted on social media.

Nelson Fletcher Rudderham was charged in late March after posting a song he wrote with a reference to a school shooting online.

A Port Hawkesbury provincial court judge ruled Wednesday that the 18-year-old student will be subject to a curfew instead of house arrest.

Under the new conditions, he must be at home between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. and ask RCMP for permission to be out past his curfew for work.

Defence lawyer Kevin Patriquin says the revised conditions are better for his client, who pleaded not guilty to the charge last week and is due to begin a trial on Aug. 30.

Patriquin has argued that posting a song to social media does not meet the test of a Criminal Code threat.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Northerners Prepare For Largest Cruise Ship In Northwest Passage

The Northwest Passage which he and his doomed crew of Arctic mariners sought is to be plied this summer by a ship roughly eight times as long and carrying 25 times as many people as Franklin's flagship in 1845.

Northerners Prepare For Largest Cruise Ship In Northwest Passage

Life-Insurance Industry Wants Assisted Dying Treated Differently Than Suicide

Frank Zinatelli of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association said if someone follows the legislated process, which is expected to be announced as early as next week, then providers would pay out on policies that are less than two years old.

Life-Insurance Industry Wants Assisted Dying Treated Differently Than Suicide

Human Rights Ruling Could Change Reaction To Miscarriage: Survivors And Experts

TORONTO — A recent ruling branding miscarriages as a type of disability has the potential to change the way society tackles a stigmatized issue, survivors and experts say.

Human Rights Ruling Could Change Reaction To Miscarriage: Survivors And Experts

Kathleen Wynne To Meet With Opposition Leaders To Discuss Fundraising

TORONTO — The leaders of Ontario's main political parties are meeting Monday to discuss fundraising reforms following two weeks of unrelenting opposition attacks over expensive and exclusive dinners for Liberal donors.

Kathleen Wynne To Meet With Opposition Leaders To Discuss Fundraising

Child Care Advocates Fear Consequences If Liberal Funding Promise Falls Through

OTTAWA — A federal promise to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a national child care system is not a sure thing — and advocates are wondering happens to the money if the Liberals can't reach agreements on a long-sought day care framework.

Child Care Advocates Fear Consequences If Liberal Funding Promise Falls Through

'He Did Everything For The Art:' Toller Cranston's Final Paintings Come Home

CALGARY — The final paintings of Canadian figure-skating great Toller Cranston have returned home after his untimely death in Mexico more than a year ago.