Posted: Mar 01, 2021 1:26 PM ET | Last Updated: March 1
A virtual court appearance involving a former Waterloo regional police officer passed without incident Monday morning after the case was interrupted last week by Zoom bombers.(CBC)
The second and final day of a virtual civil hearing involving a former Waterloo regional police officer and lawyers for the police services board passed without incident Monday morning, after the first day of the hearing was interrupted by Zoom bombers last week.
The case of Donovan v. Waterloo Regional Police Services Board et al. involves the question of if the police service violated Donovan s resignation agreement by contesting her Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claim, and by publishing confidential details about Donovan s experience in an affidavit for a separate civil matter. The allegations have not been proven in court.
Top stories of 2020: Increase in gun violence
There have been 15 shooting incidents this year
Dec 22, 2020 3:40 PM By: KitchenerToday Staff
Photo of Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin. (Mark Pare/KitchenerToday)
As 2020 winds down, we are looking back at some of the top local and most viewed stories on our site this year.
It s a topic Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin has talked about at length this year - the increase in gun violence our community is experiencing.
There have been 15 shooting incidents in Waterloo Region in 2020.
Larkin recently discussed the increase in violent crime during a roundtable with local media.
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There are some interesting legal issues that arise for sexual
abuse survivors when there are related criminal and civil
proceedings. Most times, when a criminal case is brought first and
a conviction obtained, the law works in favour of abuse survivors.
See for example my July 2014 article Concurrent Criminal and Civil Cases: Making the
Most of Evidence and my October 2014 article Legal Proceedings: Civil or Criminal?
Recently, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decided a case regarding
publication bans which may present good news for many abuse