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The revelation that a firm representing Manitoba churches hired a private investigator to tail a judge, to see if he complied with COVID-19 public health orders, sent shockwaves across the country Monday. "Any effort to intimidate a judge is not acceptable in a free and democratic society such as Canada," federal Justice Minister David Lametti said. Four days after he realized he was being followed around Winnipeg, Court of Queens Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal accepted the apologies of ...

Should Middletown change city council term limits? FacebookTwitterEmail Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, left, swears Mayor Ben Florsheim, center, into office in November 2019, with former chief of police William McKenna looking on. The Middletown Charter Revision Commission has recommended a number of changes for voters to consider, including reducing the term of council members. They decided against changing the mayor’s term.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo MIDDLETOWN — Reducing the term limi...

Were not immune: Rocked by wave of violence, Middletown officials seek social reforms FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 A former Middletown High School student was shot and killed May 16 in a large apartment complex near Highlands Crescent and Stirling Court, according to authorities. A day later, barrier tape remained on scene.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of6 Middletown Common Councilman Darnell Ford is chairman of the city’s Public Safety Commission.Contributed photo ...

Lawmakers see potential compromise in broadband talks — Why those tech shareholder proposals always seem to fail

New Haven school board appoints 2 administrators - but not without controversy Linda Conner Lambeck FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 The Barack H. Obama Magnet University School in New Haven photographed on March 5, 2020.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of8 Barack H. Obama Magnet University School in New Haven photographed on January 12, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of8 4of8 The Barack H. Obama Magnet University School in New Haven photographe...

Police say another student, 17, who was also involved in the incident, suffered a gunshot...

  WINNIPEG -- Lawyers for the Manitoba government have conceded the province’s public health orders limited people’s Charter-protected freedoms but they told a judge the measures were justified to prevent additional deaths, ICU admissions and hospitalizations amid a rapidly evolving global pandemic. “During the worst part of the second wave, for a period of 13 weeks, Manitoba implemented a temporary circuit breaker,” Michael Conner, a lawyer for the province told Court of Queen’s ...

A bill in the Massachusetts State Legislature spearheaded by a Harvard alum would require all students enrolled in the state’s schools and colleges — including Harvard — to complete fire safety training. The bill — which would mandate a fire safety curriculum and proficiency assessment to gauge student mastery of the material — was introduced in February by State Representative Marjorie C. Decker and State Senator Sal N. DiDomenico in their respective chambers, both Dem...

SALT LAKE CITY — The massive Temple Square renovation has led to yet another fascinating historic discovery while work on the future of the temple continues. Officials with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday published an update to the large-scale project, sharing both discoveries of old construction from when the Salt Lake Temple was completed in 1893 and updates of new components, including a new tunnel underneath North Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. Among the pi...

Posted: May 03, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 3 The Church of God Restoration in Manitoba, seen from above, on Nov. 22, 2020. The church and its pastor have been fined for breaking public health orders, including in December 2020, when more than 100 people attended a service while the area was in Code Red for having a COVID-19 test-positivity rate of 40 per cent.(Submitted) Seven rural Manitoba churches hope to convince a judge that the provinces lockdown measures are unjustified violatio...