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Hundreds of people filled a theater and passersby honked their horns in sympathy as family and friends shared their memories of Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in Akron, at his funeral Wednesday.

Critics of the government's proposed new restrictions on firearms in Canada say gun smuggling from the United States remains a key factor in the problem of gun violence in this country.

  Employers have been called on to respect the rights of workers and allow them to enjoy public holidays or pay for extra hours in lieu of them. Mr Fuseini Alhassan, Northern Regional Labour Officer, who made the call, emphasised that “Domestic workers also have rights and responsibilities, and employers need to allow them to also enjoy public holidays, and if their work is necessary and they have to work on public holidays, then, they must be paid for the extra hours.” Making a presentati...