The Court of Appeal for the

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in Canada is the highest

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which hears

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s from criminal cases and

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of the

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. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and justices of appeal which are appointed by the

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from justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta and

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and the judges and ex officio judges of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. The Court of Appeal sits in

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, or, other locations in the

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Judges

* The Honourable Justice C. A. Fraser- Chief Justice (Edmonton, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice R. L. Berger (Edmonton, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice R. G. Kilpatrick (Iqaluit, Nunavut) * The Honourable Justice P. T. Costigan (Edmonton, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice M. S. Paperny (Calgary, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice R. S. Veale (Whitehorse, Yukon) * The Honourable Justice E. Johnson (Iqaluit, Nunavut) * The Honourable Justice P. W. L. Martin (Calgary, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice L. A. Charbonneau (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) * The Honourable Justice J. Watson (Edmonton, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice F. F. Slatter (Edmonton, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice P. A. Rowbotham (Calgary, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice N. A. Sharkey (Iqaluit, Nunavut) * The Honourable Justice J. D. B. McDonald (Calgary, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice S. Cooper (Iqaluit, Nunavut) * The Honourable Justice M. B. Bielby (Edmonton, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice B. K. O'Ferrall (Calgary, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice K. M Shaner (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) * The Honourable Justice S. H. Smallwood (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) * The Honourable Justice A. Mahar (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) * The Honourable Justice B. Tulloch (Iqaluit, Nunavut) * The Honourable Justice B. Veldhuis (Edmonton, Alberta) * The Honourable Justice T. W. Wakeling (Edmonton, Alberta)https://albertacourts.ca/court-of-appeal/sittings-hearing-lists-locations/justices-of-the-court-of-appeal accessed 10 October 2017

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