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A 14-year-old who was making plans to carry out a school shooting in Saskatoon will be under a terrorism peace bond for the next year. Content on the girl’s TikTok account was flagged to the federal RCMP on Feb. 10, the same day eight people were killed in a mass …
Read More »The U.S. imposed a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers tied to Venezuela. How is that working out?
Questioned over the weekend about how or if the U.S. government will take over governing Venezuela following its capture of President Nicolás Maduro on the weekend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio instead shifted the focus to the enforcement of a U.S. blockade on sanctioned oil tankers. It’s that blockade — …
Read More »Q&A: Why Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government imposed a teachers’ contract
This fall, the Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work. Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government used the constitutional provision to override teachers’ charter rights to end an impasse with locked out teachers. The historic strike began Oct. 6 when 51,000 educators walked out …
Read More »Gaza aid blockade imposed by Israel contested in International Court of Justice hearings
UN and Palestinian representatives at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accused Israel of breaking international law by refusing to let aid into Gaza, on the first day of hearings about Israel’s obligations to facilitate aid deliveries. Since March 2, Israel has completely cut off all supplies to the 2.3 million residents of …
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