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MPs debate Keira's Law which would require judicial training on domestic violence

MPs debate Keira's Law which would require judicial training on domestic violence

It is the second time in recent years a bill was debated to add more training for judges
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CANADA: Canadian Blood Services to end 'blood ban,' bring in behaviour-based screening

CANADA: Canadian Blood Services to end 'blood ban,' bring in behaviour-based screening

Asking about sexual behaviour, rather than sexual orientation, will allow more reliably TO assess the risk of infections such as HIV, agency says
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BEYOND LOCAL: Canada sees record rise in antisemitism in 2021, surge in violence toward Jews

BEYOND LOCAL: Canada sees record rise in antisemitism in 2021, surge in violence toward Jews

Violent incidents rose by over 700 per cent from nine in 2020 to 75 in 2021
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BEYOND LOCAL: Musk's free speech plans for Twitter to face challenges from governments: expert

BEYOND LOCAL: Musk's free speech plans for Twitter to face challenges from governments: expert

Challenges include Canada's plans to reintroduce a bill aimed at reducing hate speech on online platforms, and the European Union, which already warned Musk that the company must obey local content rules targeting harmful and false information
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CANADA: Government calls inquiry into use of Emergencies Act (updated)

CANADA: Government calls inquiry into use of Emergencies Act (updated)

Emergency Act was invoked earlier this year during blockades at Canadian border crossings and in Ottawa
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Traditional ways: Dogsled race covers 500 kilometres in the High Arctic

Traditional ways: Dogsled race covers 500 kilometres in the High Arctic

Fourteen teams took off from Arctic Bay six days ago and are expected to arrive in Igloolik on Monday
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BEYOND LOCAL: A Twitter takeover could restrict speech, not free it

BEYOND LOCAL: A Twitter takeover could restrict speech, not free it

There is a very real risk of losing ideas in the unmoderated Twitter space that Elon Musk says he wants to build in the name of free speech
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BEYOND LOCAL: Tourism is the missing piece of Canada’s cannabis legalization puzzle

BEYOND LOCAL: Tourism is the missing piece of Canada’s cannabis legalization puzzle

Integrating cannabis consumption into tourism could improve the normalization, acceptance and tolerance of cannabis in Canada and abroad
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BEYOND LOCAL: Mathematics is the language of the universe

BEYOND LOCAL: Mathematics is the language of the universe

In any science, and physics in particular, we need to describe concepts that do not map well on to any human language
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BEYOND WORLD: Royal backlash and a colonial reckoning colour the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

BEYOND WORLD: Royal backlash and a colonial reckoning colour the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

This year’s celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne comes at an awkward time for the monarch
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