The justice system has seen a slight drop in crime rates and a boost in legal aid funding relative to a year ago, but these improvements have been overshadowed by an increase in costs, lengthier court delays and the persistent over-representation of Indigenous people in prison, new research has found.

Canada's appalling record on Indigenous health is undermining its efforts to be a global health leader, according to the Lancet, a medical journal.

In documents filed in B.C.'s Court of Appeal, the Crown says the B.C. Supreme Court had no basis to conclude the RCMP manipulated John Nuttall and Amanda Korody into plotting to kill dozens of innocent people and first responders on Canada Day in 2013.