The lawsuit, launched in 2023 by the Montreal-based Association for the Rights of Household and Farm Workers, alleges closed work permits violate charter rights. A temporary foreign worker from Mexico plants strawberries on a farm in Mirabel in 2020. Photo by Graham Hughes /The Canadian Press files Quebec’s Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit … Read more
The Conservatives have their foot on the throat of the Liberals and Poilievre has made clear he is not going to take it off Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at his party’s pre-fall session caucus meeting in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 15 2024.Photo by Bryan Passifiume/Postmedia “Truth” in politics has become anything that is … Read more
The declines span both traditionally strong democracies as well as fragile governments around the globe, the Stockholm-based organization says Armed Taliban security personnel celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in Khost, August 14, 2024. The decline in democracy in the country has been significant since the Taliban took charge.Photo by AFP via … Read more
Ukraine National Federation Edmonton Branch president Ivan Lypovyk on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in front of the Ukraine National Federation hall that was recently vandalized.Photo by Greg Southam /Postmedia Rising tensions over the war in Ukraine may be behind a graffiti attack on the Ukrainian National Federation over the weekend, says the president of the … Read more
A number of ambulances were seen outside the Hidropark in the northern town of Alcúdia A British teenager is fighting for his life after an incident at a waterpark in the Spanish island of Mallorca. It is understood that the boy, aged 15, almost drowned at one of the pools at the Hidropark in the … Read more
Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of “The Four: Battle For Stardom” at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP More puffing for P. Diddy Puff Daddy, P. Diddy or things not to name, Sean Combs has “vicious temper” and violence toward women. In rage, he hurled phones, … Read more
Chair Joe Ortona said he hopes the era in which members of the board “weaponize the ethics process as a way of intimidating their political adversaries” is over. An ethics officer for the English Montreal School Board ruled that former commissioner Sylvia Lo Bianco “overstepped her duties, obligations, role and responsibilities, power and authority as … Read more
The U.S. is concerned about TikTok collecting vast swaths of user data that could fall into the hands of the Chinese government through coercion Andrew J. Pincus, left, attorney for TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Ltd., leaves a Washington, D.C., courthouse with members of his legal team on September 16, 2024.Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images TikTok … Read more
An independent candidate recruited by a group with ties to Democrat-connected businesses could put pressure on Rep. Jennifer Kiggans (R-Va.) as she seeks a second term in the House of Representatives. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Candidate recruitment from a furtive political organization could threaten a tight Virginia congressional race, returning the Commonwealth’s 2nd … Read more
GREENSBORO, North Carolina — The alleged gunman who authorities say tried to kill former President Donald Trump was arrested with a bomb — a “weapon of mass destruction” — following a tense police standoff in 2002, according to authorities. It’s just one incident in a long history of dangerous and unsettling behavior recounted by cops and neighbors … Read more
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