Month: May 2022

Peter Nygard Sexual Assault Case to Return to Montreal Courtroom in July

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard’s sexual assault and forcible confinement case in Quebec will return to a Montreal courtroom July 8. Nygard remains detained in Toronto and did not appear during the brief hearing before a judge at the Montreal courthouse. Laurence Juillet, a lawyer for Nygard, asked for the delay while her client’s other pending sex crime cases…


Federal Government Would Join Challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21 at Supreme Court

The federal government will join a legal challenge to Quebec’s religious symbols law if it reaches the country’s highest court, Justice Minister David Lametti said Wednesday. “When it arrives at the Supreme Court of Canada, it is by definition a national issue, and we will be there,” Lametti told reporters in Montreal. Both the Quebec…


Quebec Bill Would Give Alzheimer’s Patients Access to Medical Aid in Dying

Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province’s assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer’s disease. Health Minister Christian Dubé said today that Bill 38 would allow people with severe and incurable diseases to consent to an assisted death before they become mentally or physically incapable of doing so. The bill comes after…


Fed Officials Suggest Faster Rate Hikes, Admit Inflation Is ‘Very High’: Fed Minutes

The Federal Reserve plans to move forward with multiple 50-basis-point interest rate hikes to fight inflation, minutes from the May Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy meeting revealed Wednesday. According to the minutes, Committee members stated that the first-quarter economic construction offered “little signal about subsequent growth,” adding that they think real GDP would expand…


Anonymous Source Who Vouched for Trump–Russia Claims is Same Man Who Sent Lawyer to FBI: Agent

WASHINGTON—The technology executive who helped gather data on Donald Trump and Russia in 2016 sent some of the data to the FBI as a confidential source, an FBI agent revealed in federal court on May 25. Rodney Joffe, the executive, also had his lawyer take the data separately to FBI lawyer James Baker, according to…


Weekend Storm: Quebec Says Some Parts of Province Won’t Get Power Back Until Saturday

Quebec’s hydro utility says more than 80,000 customers are still without power following last weekend’s violent storm that left a trail of damage from Gatineau to Quebec City. Hydro-Québec president Sophie Brochu and vice-president of operations and maintenance Régis Tellier told reporters the utility hopes to restore power to more than 50,000 people by the…


Orange County Man Charged With Harassing Online Gamer for Multiple Years

SANTA ANA, Calif.—An Orange County man appeared in federal court May 24 after a federal criminal complaint accused him of stalking a professional online gamer during a multi-year harassment campaign. Evan Baltierra, 29, of Trabuco Canyon, was arrested by FBI agents on Monday afternoon, making his initial appearance the following day in a U.S. District…


Police Officer Recounts Militia Leader Pointing Rifle at Him

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–The trial of all-black militia leader John Johnson continued on May 25 with Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Sgt. Tim Mett describing to a jury what it was like to have the defendant point an AR-15 rifle at him during the civil unrest of 2020. Johnson stands accused of aiming his rifle at law…


Heartbreaking Photo of Dog Found Tied to Fire Hydrant With Note Goes Viral, Leads to Adoption

Enduring financial hardship, lately, some pet owners have had to make hard choices to surrender their furry friends. A photo of a nearly 6-year-old dog left leashed to a fire hydrant went viral on Facebook. She was left with a backpack full of treats and her favorite toys and a note from her former owners,…


Inflationary Pressures Cool U.S. Private Sector Expansion: S&P Global

American business activity slowed down in May as higher prices reduced demand for services, while lockdowns in China and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine caused chaos in the supply chains. S&P Global released its May U.S. Composite PMI Output Index survey on May 24, which tracks the manufacturing and services sector throughout the country. The index fell…