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Cancer kills firefighters but coverage varies by province. A new law seeks to change that

  • July 17, 2023
Fire knows no borders in Canada — but firefighters’ workplace compensation for some types of cancer does. A new federal law could change that. How provinces compensate firefighters for workplace-related cancers — the most deadly occupational risk they face — varies widely. Provincial workplace safety boards link different cancers to firefighting, making it harder for some firefighters to access compensation. “To have this inequality of coverage for firefighters when they get diagnosed with those illnesses is a real disservice to those who serve the community,” said Neil McMillan, director of science and research at the Occupational Health, Safety and Medicine…
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US recommends Americans considering traveling to China due to arbitrary law enforcement, exit bans

  • July 6, 2023
BEIJING — The US recommended Americans consider traveling to China because of arbitrary law enforcement and exit bans and the risk of wrongful detentions. No specific cases were cited, but the advisory came after a 78-year-old US citizen was sentenced to life in prison on spying charges in May. It also followed the passage last week of a sweeping Foreign Relations Law that threatened countermeasures against those seen as harming China’s interests. China has also recently passed a broadly written counterespionage law that has sent a chill through the foreign business community, with offices being raided, as well as a…
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Italy detains two NGO vessels for defying new migrant rescue law | Migration News

  • June 7, 2023
Rescue ships Sea-Eye 4 and Mare*Go have been blocked for 20 days for flaunting Italian legislation they call ‘unjust’. The Italian Coast Guard has apprehended two vessels from non-governmental organizations operating in the Mediterranean Sea, after they were found to be in breach of a new law preventing ships deployed to rescue migrants from carrying out multiple operations in a row. A 20-day detention was imposed on the German rescue ships Sea-Eye 4 and Mare*Go on Friday evening, said the organizations Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch that operate the vessels. The law passed in Italy on February 24 prevents rescue ships from…
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Legal Action Against Botswana Ministry of Minerals & Energy

  • May 3, 2023
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 25, 2023 /Tsodilo Resources Limited (“Tsodilo” or the “Company”) (TSX- V:TSD)(OTCQB:TSDRF)(FSE:TZO) wishes to provide a corporate update with respect to its legal action Botswana Ministry of Minerals & Energy (MME ). Oral Argument was held in the High Court in Maun, Botswana on April 18, 2023, with respect to the Ministry of Minerals and Energy’s (MME) decision to not renew Prospecting License PL020/2018 held by the Company’s Botswana subsidiary, Gcwihaba Resources (Pty ) Limited. The litigation landing page has been updated with the parties’ documents filed with the court. The judge has indicated that…
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US hospitals broke law when refusing woman emergency abortion, feds say – National

  • May 3, 2023
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 provide abortions when a woman’s health is at risk. The competing edicts have been rolled out since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional…
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‘Anti-woke’ group loses elections at the Law Society of Ontario

  • May 2, 2023
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada As the culture wars seep into various institutions, law societies have hardly been immune Published May 01, 2023 • 4 minute read Toronto’s Osgoode Hall, home of the Law Society of Ontario. Photo by Stan Behal/Postmedia/File Article content In the fight for control of the Law Society of Ontario, a slate of progressive candidates held the line against a group positioning themselves as the “anti-woke” alternative in board elections. Advertisements 2 This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS Enjoy the latest local, national and…
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Feds: Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law

  • May 1, 2023
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…
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Corporate Law Update – Macfarlanes

  • April 28, 2023
• The Government publishes legislation to make changes to the UK’s merger control regime• The Government publishes legislation to regulate significant digital market undertakings• The BVCA publishes a report on the contribution of UK private equity and venture capital• The Financial Reporting Group publishes terms of reference for the Pre-emption Group• Draft legislation is published to give Companies House the power to issue fines for failing to comply with the Register of Overseas Entities Government publishes draft changes to UK merger control regime The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill have been introduced into Parliament. Among other things, the Bill…