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Residents of New Brunswick town file legal action against chips companyThey say Covered Bridge Potato Chips Ltd.'s operations is causing excessive noise, industrial smells, light pollution and heavy truck traffic in the town of Woodstock.CanadaMay 6
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Group preparing legal challenge to Ford government freedom of information clampdownDemocracy Watch announced Thursday it is working to file a challenge to a transparency clampdown included in the Ford government's 2026 budget.PoliticsApr 30
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Saskatchewan sees first Black legal clinic launched in SaskatoonTAYFFI launched Leading Change Justice Navigation for Black Adults in Saskatchewan, to educate participants on ways to overcome racialized barriers.Apr 21
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OpenAI violated Canadians’ privacy, watchdogs say in call for legal reformPrivacy watchdogs in Ottawa, Quebec, B.C. and Alberta say OpenAI's collection of personal information to train its early ChatGPT models was "overly broad" and not transparent.TechMay 6
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Environmental groups launch constitutional challenge over Ontario’s special economic zonesSeveral environmental groups have launched a constitutional challenge seeking to kill an Ontario law that allows cabinet to suspend other laws.PoliticsApr 9
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B.C. judge grants U.S.-based Indigenous group a role in legal fight over Kootenay mine"It is big for us," Jarred-Michael Erickson, a chief with the Sinixt and Colville Confederated Tribes, chairman, told Global News.PerspectivesApr 17
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Diddy’s legal team asks appeals court to overturn conviction, sentenceCombs' legal team argues he was treated unfairly at the trial that sent him to prison and that the First Amendment should win his freedom or a resentencing of less time.EntertainmentApr 9
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Elon Musk fails to appear at Paris legal summons over alleged child abuse, deepfakes on XElon Musk and Linda Yaccarino, the former CEO of X, were summoned for 'voluntary interviews' with Paris prosecutors following a search at the French premises of X.WorldApr 21
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Saskatchewan passes law on involuntary drug treatmentAddictions Minister Lori Carr says those admitted into forced treatment would be provided legal representation throughout all stages of their assessment.HealthMay 6
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Exemptions to federal firearm buyback program now available in SaskatchewanSaskatchewan's amended firearms act is in effect. It allows owners of prohibited weapons to apply for a certificate of exemption to keep their once-legal weapons, if eligible.PoliticsMay 4
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Canada’s top court upholds limits on key privilege for spy watchdog membersThe top court's decision settles a thorny legal question about the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, better known as NSICOP.PoliticsMay 1
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Justin Baldoni’s lawyers move to block Blake Lively’s damages bidThis comes after the 'It Ends With Us' co-stars agreed to resolve their legal differences following Blake Lively’s claims that Wayfarer Studios retaliated against her.EntertainmentMay 11
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Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni settle ‘It Ends With Us’ lawsuit before trialThe 'It Ends With Us' co-stars agreed to resolve their legal differences following Lively's claims that Baldoni's company retaliated against her for complaining about misconduct.EntertainmentMay 5
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Jason Kenney changing security after address exposed in Alberta separatist privacy leakJason Kenney is also mulling legal action against those responsible for the leak: 'These guys have been doing a lot of outrageous things with little in the way of consequences.'PoliticsMay 7
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U.S. wants to revoke passports for unpaid child support, officials sayAlthough legal precedent permitting revocations has existed for 30 years, governments have typically chosen to deny renewal applications rather than revoke valid passports.U.S. NewsMay 8
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‘Dangerous violation’: Jason Kenney lawyering up after alleged Centurion Project leakJason Kenney says he's considering legal action after his info was allegedly shared at a separatist group meeting where a database of millions of Albertans' info was shown off.PoliticsMay 5
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Myles Gray hearing delayed again until fall, 11 years after deathA long-delayed public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray has been postponed again until the fall as one of the officers seeks new legal representation.CanadaMay 1
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Powell says he’ll stay at U.S. Fed after divided board holds interest rateJerome Powell plans to remain on the board of the U.S. Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends next month, citing 'unprecedented' legal attacks by the Trump administrationU.S. NewsApr 29
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Quebec cannabis use is dropping, but how much depends on age rangeCannabis has been slowly dropping in Quebec since being legalized nationally in 2018, with youth 15-20 being the most noticeable drop.CanadaApr 14
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Legal battle ensues over West Vancouver mansion ordered demolished in 2021The house on Bellevue Avenue was damaged in 2015 and in 2021, the District of West Vancouver declared it to be a derelict structure and ordered the owner to have it demolished.PoliticsMar 26