WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature…WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor put her life in jeopardy and violated federal law, a first-of-its-kind investigation by the federal government has found.
The findings, revealed in documents obtained by The Associated Press, are a warning to hospitals around the country as they struggle to reconcile dozens of new state laws that ban or strictly restrict abortion with a federal mandate for doctors to…
Lists originally slated for release on April 18(Reuters) – US News & World Report has delayed the release of its law school and medical school rankings for a second time, without a new publication date.
In a Wednesday message posted to its website, US News said it is working to address a large volume of inquiries from schools and will publish the new law and medical rankings “when this work has been completed.”
The rankings were initially slated to publish April 18, then pushed back to April 25 due to an “unprecedented” number of questions from schools. US News…
Comment on this storyComments“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and wouldn’t lose any voters.” — Donald TrumpFox News could plop one of its prime time anchors at a desk in the middle of Sixth Avenue, in front of Fox’s headquarters, and the anchor could report that John Wilkes Booth killed Marilyn Monroe on the grassy knoll in Dallas’s Dealey Plaza. And Fox News would not lose its core viewers.In recent months there has been an avalanche of evidence that Fox News thinks of its audience as akin to campus snowflakes easily…
Two Indigenous groups are going to court over the reforms passed last year to Quebec’s French-language law, with lawyers filing a request for a judicial review on Thursday.
The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador and the First Nations Education Council are asking Quebec Superior Court to look at 14 articles in the Charter of the French Language, which was amended by Bill 96 last June. They have argued the provisions of infringement on their right to self-determination and to teach children their ancestral languages, as stipulated in the Constitution Act of 1982.
“The provisions reinforce, perpetuate and accentuate the disparities…
The Liberals have put forward legislation that aims to make good on their pledge to tighten passenger rights rules after a year marked by travel chaos and a backlog of ballooning complaints.
Tabled in the House of Commons as part of a broader budget bill Thursday, the new provisions ratchet up penalties on airlines, shore up the complaint process and target luggage and flight disruption loopholes that have allowed airlines to avoid compensating customers.
The proposed $250,000 maximum fine for airline violations — a tenfold increase over the existing regulations — encourages compliance, said Sylvie De Bellefeuille, a lawyer with…
As more Canadians enter common-law relationships, experts are encouraging young couples to educate themselves on the implications of taxes.“There are credits that you may be used to get, if you’re a single person,” said Stefanie Ricchio, a Toronto-based CPA.
“There is a little element of surprise.”
In 2021, more than one in five Canadian couples were common-law, meaning they lived together in an official, legal union without being legally married.
That’s a 447 per cent growth in common-law couples since 40 years earlier, according to Statistics Canada, though married couples still make up the bulk of Canadian couples.
It’s…
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CanadaCameron Hardy, who represented himself in court, was charged with ‘contempt in the face of the court’ for refusing to recognize its legitimacyAuthor of the article:The Canadian Press
Darryl GreerPublished April 21, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 3 minute readThe courthouse in Prince Rupert, BC “The courts of British Columbia are legitimate, or they are not. There is no middle ground,” the judge ruled. Photo by Google StreetViewArticle content
PRINCE RUPERT — A provincial court judge in Prince Rupert, BC, has sentenced a 46-year-old man to a…
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Local NewsPublished April 20, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 4 minute readIn a long-awaited ruling released on Tuesday, Superior Court Justice Jaye Hooper was granted the application to declare Steve Maynard (pictured above) vexatious, which was filed by Mississippi Mills solicitors in 2021. Photo by Steve Maynard /SUPPLIEDArticle content
Former Mississippi Mills mayoral candidate Steve Maynard has been declared a vexatious litigant after a judge effectively tossed his numerous cases and appeals from court and ordered that Maynard seek a judge’s permission before filing any further lawsuits against the township.…