Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Anja Karadeglija
Publication Date: February 5, 2025 - 06:58
New wrongful conviction review body could see hundreds of applications
February 5, 2025
A new independent commission tasked by the federal government with reviewing miscarriages of justice could discover that more people than expected are serving prison sentences for crimes they didn’t commit.Other countries that launched similar commissions have found that “the degree of wrongful convictions certainly was much more significant than they knew,” said Sen. Kim Pate, a prominent advocate for the wrongfully convicted.
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Canada has been given a 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump, but that has done little to allay fears in the pharmaceutical realm.
February 5, 2025 - 12:55 | Saba Aziz | Global News - Canada
Canadian researchers who rely on funding from an American agency that saw some of its operations frozen last month due to an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump are breathing a sigh of relief after the pause was lifted Tuesday – but they’re not celebrating just yet.The move comes almost two weeks after the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was ordered to pause reviewing proposals for funding research projects, which scientists and doctors say is critical to advance health research. Last year, over $40-million of NIH funding went towards Canadian projects.York University...
February 5, 2025 - 12:53 | Hannah Alberga | The Globe and Mail
Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney has pledged to hit Canada’s NATO defence spending target by the end of the decade – two years ahead of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s schedule.“My government would work to reach two per cent of GDP in defence spending by the end of this decade, and pull our full weight in NATO,” Carney said Wednesday at a campaign event in Windsor, Ont.
February 5, 2025 - 12:49 | Kyle Duggan | The Globe and Mail
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