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The government’s decision to abolish the permit system in favour of deregulation have cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars in compensation, lawyers say. Taxi cabs block a street during a demonstration opposing the presence of Uber in the province in Montreal on Oct. 5, 2016.Photo by Graham Hughes /THE CANADIAN PRESS A Superior Court … Read more

CNN recruited “democracy” expert Anne Applebaum, who noted that, “America is a democracy. It was founded as a democracy.” W.Scott McGill – stock.adobe.com For as long as I can remember, the left has been sneering at anyone who points out that the United States is a republic, not a democracy. They find the notion almost … Read more

President Joe Biden answers a question as he watches a skydiving demonstration, at the G7 summit, June 13, 2024. AP ‘History is watching. The failure to support Ukraine at this critical moment will not be forgotten,” President Biden said on the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Now is the time to prove that … Read more

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stands with members of his staff at a news conference following the conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump in his hush money trial. Getty Images Of courseAlvin Bragg just dismissed the cases of 31 of the 46 hooligans charged with occupying Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall in April. They’re left-wing … Read more

The city has sent a letter to car wash owners requesting them to suspend operations for the duration of the water crisis The Western Pride car wash at 40th Avenue and Northmount Drive N.W. remains closed due to water restrictions.Jim Wells/Postmedia Chris Friesen wasn’t interested in shutting down his business for three or more weeks. … Read more

Notley accomplished the impossible in 2015 and her party remains strong enough to do it again some day Rachel Notley bids farewell to the Alberta’s NDP this weekend.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson Rachel Notley’s remarkable career in Alberta politics will end shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday, when the party announces who won the race to replace … Read more

The suspect has a history of similar offences Postmedia file photo A B.C. resident was arrested for sexual assault after luring a youth in Airdrie on social media, according to the RCMP. Callum Tanner Stewart, 29, of Nanaimo, B.C., has been charged with the child luring and sexual assault. The investigation began on June 12, … Read more

An assistant to a wealthy New York CEO killed the business mogul out of “unconditional love” for his girlfriend because he feared that she would leave him if she found he was funding their lavish life by embezzling from his boss, his attorney argued Friday. Tyrese Haspil’s out-of-control passion drove him to suffer an “extreme … Read more

The report quotes from a conversation held Friday between Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly Motorists drive past a poster of late Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi, at a highway in a Beirut’s southern suburb leading to the airport, on June 21, 2024. Fears of a regional war rose on June … Read more

The Pentagon’s internal watchdog admitted this week it doesn’t know how much research involving possible pandemic pathogens is being conducted in China or other nations, despite the department shelling out more than $1.4 billion in taxpayer money on research abroad between 2014 and 2023. The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General released the inconclusive … Read more