Bail hearing adjourned for alleged Mississauga, Ont., poison seller Kenneth Law

A bail hearing for a Mississauga, Ont. the man accused of betting suicides by selling a toxic substance online was expected to proceed Friday but has been adjourned until next month.

Kenneth Law, 57, appeared briefly in a Brampton courtroom via video link from a holding cell Friday morning.

Attorney Matthew Gourlay, who represents Law, told CBC News that his client has chosen to “not exercise his right” for a good hearing at this time.

“This may change as the case moves through the system,” Gourlay said in an email Friday.

Law remains in custody pending his next court appearance,

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Pro-Trump attorney John Eastman faces disciplinary trial related to Jan. 6 : NPR

Pro-Trump attorney John Eastman faces disciplinary trial related to Jan.  6 : NPR

Attorney John Eastman stands outside the California State Bar Court in downtown Los Angeles. The State Bar is seeking to revoke Eastman’s law license over his work on former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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Pro-Trump attorney John Eastman faces disciplinary trial related to Jan.  6 : NPR

Attorney John Eastman stands outside the California State Bar Court in downtown Los Angeles. The State Bar is seeking to revoke Eastman’s law license over his work on former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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Attorney John Eastman fought to overturn the 2020 presidential election and

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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan accused in lawyer murder case | Imran Khan News

Lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar was shot by an unknown gunman and had to accuse Khan of high treason, according to police.

Islamabad, Pakistan – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been formally named in connection with the killing of a lawyer who accused him of high treason. Khan has called the accusation “foolish”.

Lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar was on his way to the Balochistan High Court complex in Quetta on Tuesday when he was shot by unknown gunmen, according to a criminal complaint filed on Wednesday. Police officials told Al Jazeera that Shar was shot more than 10 times

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Facebook to end news access in Canada over incoming law on paying publishers

OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the company said on Thursday.

The legislation, known as the Online News Act, was approved by the Senate upper chamber earlier on Thursday and will become law after receiving royal assent from the governor general, a formality.

The legislation was proposed after complaints from Canada’s media industry, which wants tighter regulation of tech companies to prevent them from elbowing news businesses out

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First successful federal age discrimination case leads to $232,000 awarded to employee who was “forced to retire”

First successful federal age discrimination case leads to $232,000 awarded to employee who was “forced to retire”

Age discrimination has been an area of ​​some discussion with human resources and people and culture teams with concerns over fitness for work, use of technology, physical ability and ability to adapt and change are brought into question. There are of course some positions where there are specific legal obligations around age retirement. However, in Australia most discrimination cases have been battled out in general protections claims or state discrimination cases.

The Federal Court of Australia case of Gutierrez v MUR Shipping Australia Pty Limited (No 2) [2023] FCA 567 now represents a landmark for age discrimination in the federal

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Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms.

The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and Silicon Valley tech giants.

Ottawa has said the law creates a level playing field between online advertising giants and the shrinking news industry. And Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has promised to push back on what he describes as “threats” from Facebook and Google to remove journalism

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Lawyer tells Alberta’s highest court review board biased in de Grood’s case

Alberta’s highest court is being asked to overturn a review board decision that confined a man to a supervised Edmonton group home after the stabbing deaths of five young people at a Calgary house party.

The lawyer representing Matthew de Grood argued Wednesday the review board’s decision was biased, citing what she described as political interference from Alberta’s former justice minister.

“The appellant said, ‘I think the conclusion about me is wrong. The board’s conclusion is incorrect and not supported by evidence,’” Jacqueline Petrie said before the Alberta Court of Appeal. “He says there’s no significant evidence that he’s a

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Trump’s Miami arrangement: Key takeaways from his court date

NEW YORK –

Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, even on some of the most consequential days of his presidency, were punctuated by the spectacle and attempts at showmanship he cultivated from years as a tabloid fixture and reality star.

The former president’s history-making appearance Tuesday as a criminal defendant in a Florida federal court was no different.

The former commander in chief, accused of being careless with some of the country’s most sensitive secrets and obstructing authorities as they tried to recover critical documents, pleaded not guilty to 37 charges. But he treated the day like a

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