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Publication Date: April 20, 2026 - 10:56
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Nova Scotia's provincewide ban on entering the woods was unreasonable, court rules
April 20, 2026
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge says the provincial government made an unreasonable decision last year when it banned most people from entering the woods to prevent wildfires during an extreme drought.
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April 25, 2026 - 07:30 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
An Ontario judge whittled 13 months off a 14-year sentence for a man who shot two people due to the Muslim shooter’s youth, racial discrimination he experienced growing up in Toronto, and harsh pretrial jail conditions.
A jury in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice convicted Yousaf Bilal Sheikh, 24, on two counts of attempted murder for shooting Mallory Walia and Ameen Jazei inside a white Porsche while he was in the front passenger seat on the evening of Nov. 29, 2022.
“It is implicit in the jury’s verdict that Mr. Sheikh intended to kill two people, Mr. Jazei and Ms. Walia. The...
April 25, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
In 2000, David Napier, a freelance journalist then based in Toronto, produced a long story about Indigenous residential schools. It appeared in the Anglican Journal, an “independent” newspaper of the Anglican Church with a large circulation (now about 38,000). The Journal’s editor, David Harris, recruited Napier at the suggestion of former Saturday Night magazine editor John Fraser to spend a year criss-crossing the country to find out what had transpired in residential schools and tell the stories of any survivors and staff who would speak with him.
Napier’s groundbreaking story...
April 25, 2026 - 06:30 | Elaine Dewar | Walrus
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