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It’s been a rough start to the golf season for Paul Dame, owner of Bluff Point Golf Resort in Plattsburgh, N.Y., about 100 kilometres south of Montreal. Over the past two months, he said, business for both golf and lodgings has plummeted 30 per cent compared with the same period last year. Dame …
Read More »Montreal law students convince federal justice minister to review two convictions – Montreal
Over the past year, a Quebec non-profit that advocates for the wrongfully convicted has convinced the federal justice minister to take a second look at two cases in which people have been declared guilty. Project Innocence Quebec says its work led Justice Minister Arif Virani in April to order a …
Read More »COVID-19 passports did little to convince people to get vaccinated in Quebec, Ontario: study
COVID-19 vaccine passports in Quebec and Ontario did little to convince the unvaccinated to get the jab and did not significantly reduce inequalities in vaccination coverage, a new peer-reviewed study has found. The passports, which forced people to show proof of vaccination to enter places such as bars and restaurants, …
Read More »Proposed U.S. climate deal should convince Ottawa to step up its game, experts say
The massive climate and tax deal announced this week by Democrats in the U.S. Senate should inspire Ottawa to adopt a bolder approach to fighting climate change, some experts say. The $369 billion deal, unveiled on Wednesday, came as something of a surprise after prior versions of President Joe Biden’s proposal failed to …
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