Highway 401, seen from above, winds through Ontario s Greenbelt. If built, Highway 413 would also cut through the protected area. Photo by Haljackey / Wikimedia Commons
The federal government’s decision this week to review the environmental impact of Ontario’s Highway 413 has delayed the project but long term, the controversial project’s fate is unclear.
In the months ahead, the federal Impact Assessment Agency will weigh what the scope of its review should be. But it’s unclear how rigorous that process will be, how long it will take, and what it might mean for the future of the 413.
“I think it s a bit of a wait and see,” said Laura Bowman of Ecojustice, an environmental group that has opposed the highway.
Posted: May 07, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 7
Shawn Beaver s one-year jail sentence for contempt of court has been reduced to 90 days to be served on weekends and 200 hours of community service.(J. Penner Photo Co.)
Disbarred Edmonton lawyer Shawn Beaver will serve a lesser sentence following a decision by the Court of Appeal of Alberta.
Like other people serving intermittent sentences weekends only Beaver will be on house arrest rather than spend time in jail.
Earlier this year, Beaver was ordered to turn himself in at the Edmonton Remand Centre to begin serving a one-year sentence for a contempt of court for breaching an injunction that required him to stop providing legal services.
Author of the article: Jonny Wakefield
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • May 6, 2021 • 3 minute read • Shawn Beaver was sentenced to one year in jail after being found guilty of civil contempt. In a decision issued May 6, 2021, the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned the sentence, imposing a 90-day jail sentence to be served on weekends. Photo by Facebook /Supplied
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A disbarred Edmonton lawyer has been granted a partial reprieve by Alberta’s highest court.
In February, former lawyer Shawn Beaver was sentenced to one year in jail after being found guilty of civil contempt. Queen’s Bench Associate Chief Justice John Rooke found Beaver had practised law after he was disbarred and in breach of court orders, using a junior lawyer as a “false front.”
Murder of Ryan Lane by Sheena Cuthill and Tim and Will Rempel investigated by See No Evil
Wed May 05, 2021 at 6:04pm ET
Ryan Lane was brutally murdered by ex-partner Sheena Cuthill and Tim and Will Rempel. Pic credit: @Calgary Sun/YouTube
This week, See No Evil is heading north of the border to Calgary, Alberta, to examine the murder of Ryan Lane, who was killed by his ex-partner Sheena Cuthill and her husband, Tim Rempel, and her brother-in-law, Will Rempel.
Sheena Cuthill had been in a relationship with Ryan Lane, and the pair had a baby daughter together, but unfortunately, the affair didn’t work out, and they went their separate ways.