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Montreal caravan of vehicles protests French-language law
Cars cruised through Montreal streets on Saturday denouncing Quebec’s French-language law known as Bill 96.
“We’re doing it because we have to save English Montreal,” said organizer Mario Napolitano. “Bill 96 will destroy the city.”
Napolitano is part of the
Canada’s Cornerstone Environmental Law Gets an Update
Beatrice Silver was in the middle of cataloging the health impacts caused by industrial pollution in her community with her neighbor, Clarence Williams, when Williams’ health declined and he passed away.
Historic Fredericton justice building to become UNB law school
The justice building on Queen Street in downtown Fredericton is slated to become the new University of New Brunswick faculty of law.
A combined $62 million will be put toward making the project a reality, with $24.9 million from the
What Are the Legal Cases Against Donald Trump?
case type: civil
where: New York Supreme Court
Attorney: Roberta Kaplan
Verdict: Trump found liable for battery and defamation in May 2023. A second defamation trial begins on January 15, 2024.
In a 2019 New York cover story, writer E.
Canada’s new wage-fixing rules kick in. How does the law work? -National
New rules prohibiting wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements kick in Friday in an effort to crack down on companies undermining competition at employees’ expense.
Here is what employers and employees need to know about the new rules:
What is the new
Bail hearing adjourned for alleged Mississauga, Ont., poison seller Kenneth Law
A bail hearing for a Mississauga, Ont. the man accused of betting suicides by selling a toxic substance online was expected to proceed Friday but has been adjourned until next month.
Kenneth Law, 57, appeared briefly in a Brampton courtroom
Vancouver urgent care clinic suspends some services over legal battle with health authorities
The day before Vancouver’s first urgent and primary care center opened in 2018, the provincial government held a news conference celebrating the facility as a step toward improving the quality of health-care in the city.
“We want people to get
Trump critics warn of ‘deep decline of rule of law’ if he wins second term | Donald Trump
As Donald Trump begins another campaign for the presidency, his extremist rhetoric and lies about the 2020 election signal that in a second term, Trump would attempt to thwart the rule of law at the justice department and other agencies
No kidding: California overtime law threatens use of grazing goats to prevent wildfires
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Published May 30, 2023 • Last updated 19 hours ago • 4 minute read
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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of goats
Former Trump lawyer says adviser is why he quit
WASHINGTON –
A lawyer who quit Donald Trump’s legal team this past week attributed his decision Saturday to strategy disagreements with a close adviser to the former president.
Timothy Parlatore, who had been a key lawyer for Trump in a