British Columbia continues to expand its Indigenous court system, with a seventh location set to open in Williams Lake in April 2020. The courts, which are already operating in New Westminster, Duncan, Kamloops, North Vancouver, Merritt and Prince George, offer alternative sentencing options for Indigenous offenders who have already admitted guilt in a regular court setting.

City council is going to ask the federal and provincial governments to put more money into the Calgary drug treatment court. The court is an alternative justice venue for people suffering drug addictions who break the law. Rather than simply sentencing and imprisoning offenders, the court ensures people undergo treatment for their underlying problems. Officials

It was Christmas Eve 2014 and Ryan Curry was waiting in a rundown motel to do a drug deal.  He said that when the police arrested him instead, he was almost relieved.  “There was a point in time where I didn’t think I could ever get out,” said Curry, 28 years old and now clean. “But I