Unpublished Newswire
A late-night Halifax bar that was the site of the alleged homicide of a patron after an altercation with a bouncer has been ordered to give up its liquor licence for 45 days and improve its surveillance over violations of laws on disorderly conduct.The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board, a provincial regulatory body, imposed the penalty on Tuesday against the Halifax Alehouse. The bar admitted for the first time that it violated liquor laws for failing to keep orderly control in relation to the alleged homicide and three other violent incidents involving patrons in 2022, and also not...
October 29, 2024 - 21:55 | Lindsay Jones | The Globe and Mail
According to the Alberta SPCA, the cost of caring for animals alone has reached $1 million so far in 2024 and that doesn't include expenses like administration, utilities or fuel.
October 29, 2024 - 21:36 | Nicole Stillger | Global News - Canada
A B.C. judge took the extraordinary measure of preventing a woman’s medically assisted death, issuing an 11th-hour court order to halt the procedure, according to documents filed over the weekend.
October 29, 2024 - 21:29 | Lisa Steacy | CTV News - Canada
Encampments are showing up all over Edmonton, in places not seen before, and efforts to conceal them are becoming more sophisticated.
October 29, 2024 - 21:25 | Karen Bartko | Global News - Canada
Saskatchewan’s election this week, where Premier Scott Moe returned to power with a diminished majority government, has revealed a province starkly divided between his base in rural communities and urban centres that voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Opposition New Democrats.By Tuesday’s tally of the vote, Mr. Moe’s Saskatchewan Party was leading or had won 35 of the 61 seats in the legislature – down by at least 13 from the 2020 election – compared with NDP Leader Carla Beck’s party, with 26 seats. Several ridings were too close to call, and mail-in ballots were not scheduled to be...
October 29, 2024 - 21:09 | Temur Durrani, Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
B.C. NDP Premier David Eby says his MLAs will be back in the legislature before Christmas, but his government will make no move to introduce any new laws until the new year as it addresses the commitments it made during this month’s divisive election campaign without having to face confidence votes.In his first remarks since his party was formally asked Monday by the Lieutenant-Governor to form its third government in a row, an ebullient Mr. Eby said he will wait for the results of a judicial recount in two close ridings – likely within two weeks – before swearing in a cabinet. With the...
October 29, 2024 - 20:55 | Mike Hager, Justine Hunter | The Globe and Mail
