For the press conference livestream beginning at 1:15pm EDT, click here: https://www.facebook.com/falconersllp – link to livestream will be at top of page. Thunder Bay, ON – Today, families of Indigenous persons whose deaths were neglected by the ...
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On Tuesday June 8, 2021 at 1:15pm EDT, the family of the late Stacy DeBungee will be holding a press conference in Thunder Bay, alongside the families of other Indigenous persons whose deaths are being reinvestigated due to deficiencies in investigations ...
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In an unprecedented step, the Ontario Court of Appeal orders that its May 6th hearing in the Brody Meekis case be replayed on community TV for the next month. A copy of the order can be found here. Although many Ontarians will not realize it, today our pr...
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May 14, 2021 Ottawa, ON – On Thursday May 13, 2021, Chief Roland Morrison of Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (“NAPS”) and Julian Falconer of Falconers LLP had the honour of appearing virtually before the parliamentary Standing Committee on Indigenous ...
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Toronto, ON – The Hot Docs festival recently featured the debut of the documentary Spirit to Soar. Co-directed by Tanya Talaga and Michelle Derosier, the film tells the vital, difficult story of anti-Indigenous racism in Thunder Bay. The film is a passi...
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Today, Julian Falconer is appearing as a panelist at the virtual conference of the Canadian Association For Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (CACOLE). Julian will be speaking about the role of civilian oversight bodies, including his extensive experi...
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Toronto, ON – This Wednesday, May 12th and Thursday, May 13th, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) will begin hearing the appeal of PC Michael Theriault’s conviction for his brutal assault on Dafonte Miller in December 2016. The incident, for which The...
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Toronto, ON – Last week, Julian Falconer and Molly Churchill of Falconers LLP appeared at the Ontario Court of Appeal on behalf of the Keno-Meekis Family in their pursuit of accountability in the death of their son. In 2014, four-year old Brody Meek...
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May 7, 2021 On May 12th and 13th, 2021, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) will begin hearing the appeal of PC Michael Theriault of the Toronto Police Service, who is appealing his conviction for his brutal attack on Dafonte Miller. PC Theriault was found...
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May 7, 2021 On Thursday May 6, 2021, Julian Falconer and Molly Churchill from Falconers LLP appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal on behalf of the Keno-Meekis family, as they continue to pursue accountability for failures in the Ontario coronial sys...
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