The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that changing the rules for conditional sentences could cost taxpayers an extra $145 million because of increased parole reviews and prosecutions ...

The federal government has stepped up its assault on conditional sentencing laws, saying that people who commit serious crimes like arson or kidnapping must not be permitted to serve sentences from ...

A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing three dogs from Surrey backyards has been given a 90-day conditional sentence and 30 hours of community service, which means she will not serve any time in jail.

As police closed in on human trafficking and drug-dealing suspect Deion ‘D’ Cuvilie in December 2017, they snared Kristos Shepherd with possessing one of the guns used to intimidate Cuvilie’s teenaged ...

A 19-year-old Melfort, Sask. man has been sentenced after he bludgeoned a dog with a hammer in December. Calyb Hoffman was handed a conditional sentence of six months to be served in the community on ...

OTTAWA — Equating time served in the community with time spent in jail opens up the door to absurd possibilities within immigration law, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday. In an unanimous ...

Alberta is moving ahead with plans to monitor people serving conditional sentences with electronic ankle bracelets, says a spokesman for the Solicitor General's Department. The program is expected to ...

OTTAWA — "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were both given 18-month conditional sentences Tuesday for their roles in the protest that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks.

CRANBROOK — Two men who took multiple wives — some as young as 15 — will serve no time in jail after a B.C. Supreme Court judge gave them conditional sentences on Tuesday. Winston Blackmore, 61, and ...

A 65-year-old businessman with health issues and no prior criminal record has been sentenced to 21 months in jail for the illegal possession of a loaded handgun, stored in a dresser in the bedroom of ...