Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson says public health orders already prohibit such church gatherings and it’s within the power of provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and the government to escalate enforcement without a court order.
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Legislation coming this year to force Google, Facebook to pay for news content
Canadian legislation to force Google and Facebook to pay for the news content they disseminate on their platforms.
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Alberta to ease COVID-19 restrictions on gyms, restaurants, school sports
“We have to give, I think, a measured path that is safe but also presents a sense of hope.”
--Alberta Premier Jason Kenney
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Ontario bureaucrat accused of scamming $11M now accused in alleged $30M fraud
TORONTO — A senior provincial employee alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million from the Ontario government is now accused of kickbacks in an alleged fraud worth at least $30 million, court documents show. In an amended statement of claim approved on Friday, the province alleges Sanjay Madan received $10 million in secret commissions...
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Most minorities disproportionately dropped from civil service hiring process: audit
OTTAWA — A new report says Black Canadians and people from most other minority groups tend to disproportionately lose out on federal civil service jobs they apply for compared with other Canadians. The audit report on the representation of employment equity groups in public service recruitment appears to back a push by the Trudeau government...
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Report details yelling, screaming and aggressive conduct at Rideau Hall under Payette
Representative descriptions of the work environment at Rideau Hall included phrases such as “the definition of a poisoned work environment,” “humiliation,” “disrespect” and “condescension,” the report says.
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Trudeau says Governor-General vetting process needs improvement after Payette resigns
PM Trudeau faced questions Friday about his judgment and his government’s failure to check with Julie Payette’s former employers at the Montreal Science Centre and the Canadian Olympic Committee, where she faced similar allegations of harassing and bullying subordinates.
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Ontario recovers $11M allegedly taken by senior civil servant accused of fraud
According to the lawsuit, Sanjay Madan and his family opened more than 400 accounts at the Bank of Montreal between April and May. They then deposited around 10,000 cheques made out to fictitious applicants with thousands of non-existent children under the support program
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Sighs of relief accompany a sense of unease as Biden takes oath, Trump departs D.C.
WASHINGTON — Relief, apprehension and a touch of pandemic-tinged festivity washed over the U.S. capital as Donald Trump finally ceded the White House to Joe Biden and his heartfelt message of reconciliation and recovery. “America has been tested and we’ve come out stronger for it,” Biden told his battered, divided country and the world after...
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US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris sworn in at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Joseph R. Biden today took oath as the 46th president of the United States. Kamala Harris also took oath as the Vice-President at the West Front of the US capitol during the 59th Presidential Inauguration ceremony.