The Crown has taken the courtroom by means of a number of days of social media proof from Barber’s TikTok account and the “Freedom Convoy 2022” Facebook web page, although the defence plans to argue a few of that’s irrelevant.
On Wednesday, Barber’s defence lawyer started displaying movies that weren’t gathered by police, displaying Barber calling for protesters to stay peaceable and to respect police and Ottawa residents.
Earlier within the trial, Lich’s lawyer mentioned if the Crown reveals proof of the damaging aspect of the protest, the defence is entitled to point out “the other side.”
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Here’s what else we’re watching …
Moe mulls override clause for varsity pronoun rule
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is standing by a brand new rule requiring parental permission for transgender and nonbinary college students to make use of completely different names or pronouns in school.
And he tells The Canadian Press that he’s prepared to make use of the however clause to guard the schooling coverage, which his provincial authorities plans to enshrine in laws coming this fall.
The however clause is a provision within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that enables federal, provincial and territorial governments to go legal guidelines that override sure Charter rights for as much as 5 years.
Debate round its use has heated up in recent years as provincial governments in Ontario and Quebec have invoked it pre-emptively, successfully stopping anybody from launching a authorized problem.
An L-G-B-T-Q organization primarily based on the University of Regina is difficult the college coverage affecting college students younger than 16 in courtroom, arguing it might hurt kids who are usually not able to share their identification with mother and father.
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Credit card balances attain all-time excessive: Equifax
Equifax Canada says bank card balances hit an all-time excessive of $107.4 billion within the second quarter of 2023, in an indication monetary stress continued to build within the face of inflation and rising rates of interest.
The company says whole Canadian client debt reached $2.4 trillion in the course of the second quarter.
Vice-president of superior analytics Rebecca Oakes says non-mortgage debt development was largely because of substantial development in bank card balances and a notable enhance in debt amongst subprime and deep subprime shoppers.
The report by Equifax Canada mentioned common non-mortgage debt per credit-active client edged as much as $21,131.
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Number of E. coli circumstances rises, however fewer sufferers
The variety of E. coli circumstances linked to an outbreak at a number of Calgary daycares continues to rise, however medical doctors say there are fewer sufferers in hospital with severe problems.
There have been 310 lab-confirmed circumstances of the bacterial an infection as of Wednesday, because the outbreak at 11 Calgary daycares was declared on Sept. 4.
Dr. Tania Principi, part chief of pediatric emergency medication at Alberta Children’s Hospital, says the rise in general case numbers is generally because of a delay in getting lab outcomes.
She says there was a lower within the variety of kids with severe sickness displaying up on the emergency departments and 14 sufferers have been discharged from hospitals because the starting of the outbreak.
Twenty-one kids are nonetheless receiving care at Alberta Children’s Hospital, 20 of whom have hemolytic uremic syndrome, a complication affecting the blood and kidneys.
Seven sufferers are on peritoneal dialysis, which is a option to take away waste merchandise from the blood and a remedy for kidney failure.
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Drug deaths almost doubled in Ont. throughout pandemic
A brand new report says the variety of unintentional drug and alcohol deaths almost doubled in Ontario in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network and Public Health Ontario say almost 3,000 individuals died from drug or alcohol toxicity in 2021, in comparison with almost 1,600 individuals in 2018.
Senior creator Tara Gomes says that’s a mean of eight deaths day by day in 2021.
She says the variety of deaths involving a number of substances surpassed deaths from one substance alone.
Those substances embrace opioids, stimulants comparable to cocaine or meth, benzodiazepines and alcohol.
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Juno Awards introduce new AI tips
The Juno Awards are laying out new submission guidelines to make sure that a pretend Drake or different robot-led songs don’t land nominations sooner or later.
Organizers on the Canadian music awards present launched an “AI Eligibility” part of its submission tips which specify that whereas musicians in eligible recordings can use synthetic intelligence, it could actually’t be the “sole or core component” of the challenge.
The standards come because the music business grapples with a fast-evolving expertise that’s flooded the web with “deep fake” songs which use computer-generated voices that sound like well-known musicians.
One of the preferred examples is “Heart on My Sleeve,” a monitor created by a U.S. producer who calls himself Ghostwriter and makes use of vocals that sound like Canadians Drake and The Weeknd.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Sept. 14, 2023.
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