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  Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of Calgary toilet-lid killer

  The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear Tyler Lee Nolet's appeal of his second-degree murder conviction for clubbing another man to death with a toilet-tank lid.

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  Supreme Court agrees new trial needed in dead baby case

  The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a woman accused of hiding her dead baby in a plastic bag must once again stand trial.

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  Supreme Court refuses to re-open Sask. anti-gay pamphlet case

  A Saskatchewan anti-gay crusader has lost a bid to have the Supreme Court of Canada re-hear a case in which he was found to have violated human rights rules by distributing pamphlets denouncing homosexuals.

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  Police need wiretaps, not just warrants, to search text messages

  Police need special wiretap orders -- not just ordinary search warrants -- to intercept cellphone text messages as part of criminal investigations, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Wednesday.

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  Top court fine-tunes Canada's impaired driving laws

  The Supreme Court of Canada has fine-tuned impaired driving laws by defining a defence in a breathalyzer case.

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  Top court asked to review appeal in N.L. drownings case

  Prosecutors in Newfoundland have asked Canada's top court to review an appeal court ruling ordering a new trial for a man sentenced to life in prison after his two daughters drowned.

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  Teen's identity in Facebook privacy case to be kept confidential

  A Nova Scotia teenager who wants to sue the people she alleges bullied her on Facebook will be able to keep her name private, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. But the court has denied her request for a partial publication ban.

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  SCC: Sex workers have right to challenge prostitution laws

  The Supreme Court of Canada has decided unanimously that a group representing Vancouver women in the sex trade has the right to challenge Canada’s prostitution laws.

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  MPs named to help choose new Supreme Court justice

  Three Conservative MPs, a New Democrat and a Liberal will help select the Supreme Court of Canada's next judge.

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  Supreme Court dismisses appeal in Alberta bartender shooting

  The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a Calgary bartender, saying the trial judge did not fail to take into consideration the accused’s developmental delays and mental health history.