CAPE TOWN, Feb 9 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national “state of disaster” over his country’s crippling power shortages, saying they posed an existential threat to the economy and social fabric.
The electricity crunch has been years in the making, a product of delays in building new coal-fired power stations, corruption in coal-supply contracts, criminal sabotage and failures to ease up regulation to enable private providers to swiftly bring renewable energy on tap.
“We are in the grip of a profound energy crisis,” Ramaphosa said in his annual State of the…
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear appeals on Tuesday, centered on a Yukon First Nation’s requirement that elected officials live on settlement land, and whether that requirement infringes the Charter rights of citizens living elsewhere.
The case could be precedent-setting for self-governing First Nations across the country, as the nation’s highest court considers the intersection of Canadian and Indigenous law when it comes to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Indigenous self-government.
The court granted Vuntut Gwitchin citizen Cindy Dickson’s appeal application, as well as her First Nation’s conditional application for cross-appeal, last spring.
Dickson began her legal…
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice is set to determine if the historic trees at Osgoode Hall in Toronto will live beyond this week.
The court granted the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) an interim injunction on Sunday that prevented Metrolinx from chopping down the mature trees for Ontario Line subway station construction.
But on Friday, the interim injunction will expire at midnight, unless the order is extended.
A virtual hearing is taking place on Thursday afternoon in the hope of extending the current temporary pause on tree removal until the Toronto City Council can consider an Ontario Heritage Act…
CBC Quebec is highlighting people from the province’s Black communities who are giving back, inspiring others and helping to shape our future. These are the 2023 Black Changemakers.
Idil Issa fights for the causes that she believes in and works to help others get their voices heard, too.
The McGill University law student has spent more than five years lobbying for human rights in Quebec, particularly voicing her opposition to restrictions on the wearing of religious symbols.
Issa, who grew up in Winnipeg and Toronto, first came to Montreal for university. After doing international communications work for a decade, she…
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Kyle Busch was detained at a Mexican airport late last month when a handgun and ammunition were discovered in his luggage, the NASCAR star acknowledged this week, apologizing for the incident and calling it “a mistake.”
Busch was sentenced this month to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay a US$1,000 fine for having a gun and ammunition, a punishment handed down by a judge in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, home to beach destinations Cancun and Tulum .
The federal Attorney General’s Office said the judge decided to allow a conditional punishment and…
Shell’s board of directors are being personally sued over their alleged failure to properly manage risks associated with the climate crisis.
The lawsuit says the British oil giant’s 11 directors have breached their legal duties under the UK’s Companies Act by failing to bring their climate strategy in line with the Paris Agreement.
Environmental law charity ClientEarth, which filed the lawsuitsays it is the first case in the world that looks to hold corporate directors personally responsible for failing to prepare for the energy transition.
“Shell may be making record profits now due to the turmoil of the global energy…
Dozens of law students at Dalhousie University walked out of class on Thursday in an act of solidarity with peers who have voiced experiences of ongoing racist comments from a classmate.
“It’s our duty as the future lawmakers of our society to step out and speak out,” said first-year Schulich Law student Lorenze Cromwell.
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After a nearly two-hour discussion between students and law faculty members, Cromwell addressed the…