Google announced on Thursday that it will start blocking links to Canadian news articles once a new law in the country forcing tech companies to bargain with news publishers takes effect. LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle captions LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images Google announced on Thursday that it will start blocking links […]
Continue ReadingPublished on June 21st, 2023 at 09:00am EDT Immigrant entrepreneurs who come to Canada to develop and start a business should be familiar with intellectual property law in Canada in order to protect their business and intellectual assets. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration Intellectual assets can include inventions, new technologies, new brands, […]
Continue ReadingWELLINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) – The New Zealand government will update the country’s surrogacy law to make the process easier and less discriminatory, New Zealand’s Justice Minister Kiri Allan said late on Tuesday. “Surrogacy has become an established method of forming a family for people unable to carry a child themselves. However, the laws that […]
Continue ReadingWith Quebec’s new law to protect the French language poised to come into effect June 1, the government has sent provincial agencies a list of criteria clients must meet in order to be served in a language other than French. CBC News has obtained the instructions the ministry responsible for the French language has given […]
Continue ReadingThe BC Court of Appeal has struck down a section of the province’s child protection legislation that allows social workers to access a parent’s medical records without their consent, a search warrant or a court order. A three-judge panel said a section of BC’s Child, Family and Community Service Act was unconstitutional, finding the legislation […]
Continue ReadingDavida Brook, left, Justin Nelson, center, and Stephen Shackelford, right, attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems, exit the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., on April 18.Julio Cortez/The Associated Press Dominion Voting Systems’ large settlement in its high-profile defamation lawsuit against Fox News is an important win – for Dominion and for democracy. And for […]
Continue ReadingWhy space junk matters On 4 May 2022, a heavy piece of unidentified metal crashed through the ceiling of a young Gympie family’s home – narrowly missing the bouncer in which their baby daughter had been lying moments earlier. Less than six months later, four pieces of space junk – which the United Nations says […]
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