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Ontario dog bite victims say government laws ‘toothless’ after vicious attacks

  • June 30, 2023
Two women connected with separate but similar dog attacks on two different southern Ontario trails concur that getting justice through municipal authorities has been a “nightmare.” Tamara Dufour and Leanne Schmidt are convinced two attacks, which come almost a year apart, involve the same dog and owner, who may have circumvented authorities after the animals were designated as “dangerous.” “My adrenaline is surging right now after recounting all of this,” said Schmidt, relaying how his son Kai was attacked by one of two German Shepherds on the rail trail between Paris and Glen Morris in May. “It should have been…
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Bill C-11: Sweeping changes to Canada’s Broadcasting Act passed into law | Canada | Global law firm

  • June 28, 2023
On April 27, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act (OSA), received royal assent. This new law amends the Broadcasting Act and will have significant implications for providers of digital streaming services. The OSA creates a new class of broadcast undertakings (“online undertakings”) under the Broadcasting Act and subjects them to a number of new requirements comparable to those already imposed on traditional radio and television broadcasters in Canada. The OSA defines “online undertaking” broadly as an undertaking for the transmission or retransmission of programs over the Internet for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus – a…
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Browns DT gets the final legal update on assault case after robbery

  • June 13, 2023
Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey finally got some good news a week after getting robbed at gunpoint by six masked men. Police in Harris County, Texas, arrested Winfrey in April 2023 on misdemeanor assault charges after a woman he was dating accused her of grabbing her hand and causing “bodily injury,” according to court records obtained by ESPN. However, Winfrey completed a pretrial diversion program, and the court has now dropped the charges ahead of his next court date, scheduled for July 11. With that, Winfrey returned to Browns’ minicamp practice after spending the previous two days working out…
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Washington governor signs law allowing duplexes, fourplexes

  • May 19, 2023
Article content SEATTLE, Wa. (AP) — At a time of soaring home prices, rising homelessness and a housing crisis in Washington that will require 1 million homes over the next two-plus decades to keep up with population growth, Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed a law legalizing duplexes and fourplexes in most neighborhoods in nearly every city to increase the state’s housing supply. Article content House Bill 1110 overrides local zoning rules that have long kept large areas in cities for only single-family homes. The new law will not ban the construction of single-family homes, but it will stop cities…
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Cannabis legal update : Clyde & Co

  • May 13, 2023
Germany takes a long-expected step to drive forward the adult-use cannabis market in Europe, the global export market adjusts to develop domestic agendas, and the UK has a choice to make. Last week (12 April 2023) saw the German government put forward its formal proposals to legalize the cultivation, possession, and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes (otherwise known as the “adult-use market” as opposed to the “medicinal market”) . While the proposals have been long expected, they did not extend as far as some may have wished but do still, if implemented as planned, represent the most significant development…
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Hong Kong amends law to limit foreign lawyers in some cases

  • May 10, 2023
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN World PMN Politics PMN News Author of the article: The Associated Press Kanis Leung Published May 10, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 3 minute read Article content HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday passed an amendment to a law granting the city’s leader the power to bar overseas lawyers from handling national security cases, following a high-profile row sparked by a pro-democracy Hong Kong publisher’s hiring of a British lawyer. The changes will require overseas lawyers who do not generally practice in Hong Kong to obtain permission from the chief…
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Charging Trump hush money case as felonies involves uncertain legal path | Donald Trump

  • April 8, 2023
Prosecutors in the Manhattan district attorney’s office escalated 34 charges against Donald Trump to felony by arguing the former president concocted a scheme to conceal election law violations and deceive tax authorities, the unsealed indictment showed on Tuesday. The grand jury charged the former president with falsifying business records after Trump’s reimbursement to his then fixer Michael Cohen for $130,000 in hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016 were falsely recorded as legal expenses. But falsifying business records is normally a misdemeanor offense, unless prosecutors can show that a defendant intends to commit, aid or conceal…
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Canadian Constitution Foundation to challenge Calgary’s protest by law

  • March 24, 2023
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News The Canadian Constitution Foundation has championed people fighting vaccine mandates and vaccine passports in court Published March 17, 2023 • 3 minute read The Calgary Municipal Building. Photo by Brendan Miller /Postmedia Article content The city’s safe and inclusive access by law could soon face a legal challenge in the courts of a libertarian-leaning society. Advertisements 2 This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles…