Cornwall mayor, Akwesasne chief frustrated by increasing tolls on U.S.-Canada bridge
February 1, 2025
Increased tolls are coming to the Seaway International Bridge, much to the discontent of those living near Cornwall, Ont., and in the border-spanning Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.
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Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says his decision to drop out of the federal Liberal leadership race was partly motivated by a lack of money.The Indigenous politician from Cape Breton said Friday that raising enough cash to cover the $350,000 deposit required by the party by Feb. 17 would have been a huge challenge.
February 1, 2025 - 07:42 | Michael MacDonald | The Globe and Mail
'I do think their ideology is definitely not pacifist... they're willing to do violence. There were times when they believed violence was justified when normal people would not'
February 1, 2025 - 07:00 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
The sentence for first-degree murder – 25 years in jail without the chance of parole – faces a legal reckoning after a judge in British Columbia this week ruled the law’s inflexibility violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.The B.C. Supreme Court ruling from Justice David Crossin, published Wednesday, reopens a national debate and potentially sparks a years-long legal odyssey over one of the country’s longest-standing mandatory minimum criminal punishments.
February 1, 2025 - 07:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
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