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Lawyers representing members of the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto argued in court Thursday that attempts to dismantle the protest infringe upon the free-expression rights of protesters and violate the institution’s purpose as a centre of debate.In a hearing before the Ontario Superior Court, lawyers for members of the encampment urged Justice Markus Koehnen to reject the university’s application for an injunction that would authorize police to clear the protest, which has occupied the school’s King’s College Circle for more than six weeks.
June 20, 2024 - 22:14 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
Manitoba’s Premier says the Winnipeg Police Service will not be directly involved in the search of a landfill where at least two First Nations women were disposed of by a confessed serial killer.Wab Kinew told a media briefing held inside the legislative building on Thursday that his government is holding the responsibility for the search, as he laid out the plans for a multiyear operation at the Prairie Green landfill, north of the provincial capital.
June 20, 2024 - 22:00 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
The 2021 flood damaged more than 30 sites at the park, including the Othello Tunnels. Restoration work is expected to be completed and part of the park reopened by mid-July.
June 20, 2024 - 21:36 | Darrian Matassa-Fung | Global News - Canada
Organizers of this weekend’s Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver say a sewage leak into False Creek where the races are held won’t have a major effect on the event.The leak from a pipe under Olympic Village resulted in raw sewage gushing through the neighbourhood, then pouring into the waterway.Dragon Boat BC says in a statement that it determined the “pipe break” would not have any significant impact on the races, after consultations with Metro Vancouver, the City of Vancouver and Vancouver Coastal Health.
June 20, 2024 - 21:20 | | The Globe and Mail
New Brunswick’s francophone health authority has sent auditors to the Toronto offices of its main supplier of temporary workers as part of a year-long attempt to recover costs from a company that it blames for causing its $100-million deficit, a legislative committee heard Thursday.Officials from the Vitalité Health Network told legislators that they have been in a drawn-out legal dispute with the Toronto company Canadian Health Labs. The high rates and expense claims that CHL charged Vitalité for temporary staffing have been the object of an investigation by the province’s Auditor-...
June 20, 2024 - 21:20 | Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
It's one of Ottawa's most prestigious and historic neighbourhoods, but there is another side to Rockcliffe Park, with a growing number of empty and neglected properties.
June 20, 2024 - 20:54 | Katelyn Wilson | CTV News - Canada
