Canada to have first majority-female supreme court following nomination

Justin Trudeau appoints Mary Moreau to bench of Canada's top court, which will be made up of five women and four men

Justin Trudeau has nominated the Alberta judge Mary Moreau to Canada's top court, setting up the first majority-female bench in the supreme court's 148-year history.

The naming of Moreau will give Canada's top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta's superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the supreme court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June.