Advocacy groups speak out against domestic violence comments by Nova Scotia minister

Documents and evidence submitted in court, as the City of Surrey challenges a provincial order that it create a new municipal police force, has revealed both the city and the province had serious concerns about the impact on policing if the issue wasn’t resolved swiftly.Surrey has asked for a judicial review of Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth’s decision last July to order the city to continue with a transition from RCMP to a municipal police force. The city’s suit says the minister overstepped his legal powers and denied freedom of expression to Surrey voters.The province’s lawyer,...