Supreme Court split over sentencing when the offender and the victim are both Indigenous - National Post

As of the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct 14, Tye’s lawyer told NanaimoNewsNOW that post-release housing arrangement efforts for Tye had not been successful. Ani Rathore, Javawocky Coffee House owner, had hot coffee thrown in his face after demanding Tye to leave his business. (Image Credit: Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)Neal Bennet, Crown prosecutor, told the provincial court sentencing hearing that Tye has amassed an alarming criminal record since 2005, with the majority of crimes taking place in Nanaimo. “Over that 26-page record, there are a total of 174 criminal convictions, they include a significant history of committing violence. By the Crown’s count there are 81 total convictions for offences involving violence.”Tye, who identifies as female, pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, mischief, and committing an indecent act in public prior to being sentenced when a jointly crafted sentencing recommendation was endorsed by a judge. The offender’s past crimes include throwing a brick at a pregnant woman in Nanaimo in 2022, numerous assaults of correctional officers, and several confrontations at downtown businesses leading to violent outbursts.

On Monday, Albertans vote on whether to stay in Canada or hold another binding referendum on quitting Canada. If the vote goes as polls suggest, a majority of Albertans will mark an X to stay in Confederation, and Premier Danielle Smith has said if that’s so, she expects everyone to accept it and move on. Leaders of the independence movement contest that. And political watchers are divided about whether separation — previously a fringe sentiment — will now be a prominent, permanent feature of Alberta’s political landscape, as in Quebec. Julian Castro-Rea, a political-science professor at the University of Alberta who studies the separation debates in Quebec and Alberta, believes as long as Alberta feels alienated from the Canadian capital — feeling that Ottawa benefits from Alberta’s resource economy without giving back — the movement will have fuel. “Even if the referendum is lost, the westernization will still be around, because it’s kind of a way which, traditionally, Albertans have related to the rest of Canada,” says Castro-Rea, who believes western alienation may remain indefinitely. Story continues below advertisement