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Saudi woman gets 34 years in prison after retweeting dissidents

A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumours” and retweeting dissidents, according to court documents obtained Thursday, a decision that has drawn growing global condemnation. Activists and lawyers consider the sentence against Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two and a researcher at …

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Ontario to fund more private clinic surgeries, send patients to temporary LTCs

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’s plan to stabilize the health-care system includes increasing surgeries performed at private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering the exam and registration fees for internationally trained nurses, and sending patients waiting for a long-term care bed to a home not of their choosing. The plan …

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Calgary police remove thin blue line decal from front of district office

The Calgary Police Service says it has removed a thin blue line sticker placed on the public entry to the District Two office.  CBC News was alerted to the sticker through an email Sunday and took photos of the decal the next day. CPS says it was removed Wednesday after the force …

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Vancouver real estate marketer to vacate historic Chinatown building, make way for Chinese Canadian Museum

Vancouver real estate marketer and art collector Bob Rennie will be vacating his office in the oldest building in Chinatown to make way for a new Chinese Canadian museum.  The Chinese Canadian Museum, scheduled to open next summer, will be located in the Wing Sang Building on 51 East Pender St. — currently home to …

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Negotiator behind deal with Freedom Convoy says Ottawa was too quick to use emergency powers

The man who negotiated on the City of Ottawa’s behalf with Tamara Lich and other organizers of the Freedom Convoy says an agreement for truckers to leave the city’s residential streets wasn’t given enough time to play out before the federal government used its emergency powers to quell the weeks-long occupation. …

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Canada needs to ‘do better’ when recruiting foreign workers, federal minister says

This is the last in a three-part series about a group of temporary foreign workers with a Prince Edward Island farm company.  Stories of trouble at a farming company on P.E.I. are an indication Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been needing change, says federal Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean …

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ਸਪਾਈਸ ਜੈੱਟ ਤੇ ਸਵਿਸ ਕੰਪਨੀ ਨੇ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਵਿਵਾਦ ਸੁਲਝਾਏ

ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ, 18 ਅਗਸਤ ਸਪਾਈਸ ਜੈੱਟ ਤੇ ਸਵਿਸ ਕੰਪਨੀ ਕਰੈਡਿਟ ਸੂਸੇ ਏਜੀ ਨੇ ਅੱਜ ਸੁਪਰੀਮ ਕੋਰਟ ਨੂੰ ਸੂਚਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਕਿ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਕੰਪਨੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਵਿਵਾਦ ਸੁਲਝਾ ਲਏ ਹਨ ਜਿਸ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਸਪਾਈਸ ਜੈੱਟ ਏਅਰਲਾਈਨਜ਼ ਨੇ ਮਦਰਾਸ ਹਾਈ ਕੋਰਟ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਫੈਸਲੇ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਦਾਇਰ ਕੀਤੀ ਅਪੀਲ ਵਾਪਸ ਲੈ ਲਈ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਕੇਸ …

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ਫ਼ਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ: ਪੀਐੱਸਯੂ ਨੇ ਕਾਲਜ ਫੀਸਾਂ ’ਚ ਵਾਧੇ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕੀਤਾ

ਪਰਮਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਫਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ, 18 ਅਗਸਤ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸਟੂਡੈਂਟਸ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਐੱਸਸੀ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਲਈਆਂ ਜਾ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਫੀਸਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ 10 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਫੀਸਾਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਰੋਧ ‘ਚ ਅੱਜ ਐੱਮਆਰ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਕਾਲਜ ਫਾਜ਼ਿਲਕਾ ਦੇ ਗੇਟ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਵਿਧਾਇਕ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਲਜ ਮੈਨੇਜਮੈਂਟ ਦਾ ਪੁਤਲਾ ਫੂਕਿਆ ਗਿਆ। ਯੂਨੀਅਨ ਦੇ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਧੀਰਜ ਕੁਮਾਰ, …

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