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Local NewsThe Battered Women’s Support Services says in 2021 they received 11,000 calls from women needing legal advocacy.Published April 05, 2023 • Last updated 1 week ago • 2 minute readA legal advocate helps a woman at the Battered Women’s Support Services. A new and expanded legal clinic for survivors of domestic violence is opening in Vancouver. Photo by BWSS handout /jpgArticle content
Battered Women’s Support Services is substantially expanding a legal clinic in Vancouver for women who have experienced domestic violence.Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but…
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has determined that while the City of Cambridge breached its own procedural bylaw, it will also reject an application from a citizens’ committee to review the building of an Amazon Warehouse.
The citizens’ committee was Blair Engaged – who were seeking a judicial review of a decision made by the City of Cambridge to allow for a one million square foot warehouse/distribution center within the Blair Village Heritage Conservation District. Amazon has said the one-million-square-foot warehouse will create more than 1,000 jobs.
An Amazon warehouse under construction in the Village of Blair. (Colton Wiens/CTV…
On March 6, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously voted to extend the public comment period for its proposed rule on banning non-competites until April 19, 2023. Originally, the deadline for submitting comments was March 20, 2023.
Commissioner Christine S. Wilson, who formally tendered her resignation effective March 31, 2023, issued a concurring statement for the unanimous vote to extend the public comment period. She noted that “the proposed rule is a departure from hundreds of years of precedent and would prohibit conduct that 47 states allow.”
The FTC has received over 17,557 comments and posted over 8,848 comments…
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Local NewsProposed changes to law would give judges more power to order who gets custody of a pet and who pays the billsPublished March 27, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute readVictoria Shroff at Vanier Park off-leash area beach in Vancouver on March 27, 2023. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNGsArticle content
Most British Columbians view their pets as a member of the family and, as a result, legal disputes over custody during a divorce are on the rise.Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet,…
During a federal committee hearing examining Canada’s bail system, Conservative MP Larry Brock questioned University of Windsor assistant law professor Danardo Jones in a way some are describing as racist.
Last week, Jones provided testimony before the House of Commons standing committee on justice and human rights. He pointed to inequities in Canada’s judicial system for racialized and marginalized people.
When people are racially profiled by police, Jones said, that leads to an over-incarceration of Black and Indigenous people. Since good is based on credibility and trustworthiness, he said that puts racialized people on an unfair playing field.
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Increase article font sizeIsraelis took to the streets Saturday to protest planned judicial reforms that some say could lead to authoritarian powers for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Tens of thousands of people have protested the judicial overhaul every weekend for the last two months.
Israelis protest Saturday against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul Israel’s judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov).Netanyahu’s government says the overhaul is meant to correct an imbalance that has given courts too much power and prevented lawmakers from carrying out the voters’ will. But…