Canada could invoke Federal Emergencies Act to aid Ontario with vaccines and sick pay
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Canada s Federal Emergencies Act could be a way for Ontario to access the paid sick leave and improved vaccine rollout it so desperately needs, according to Jagmeet Singh, and he s urging Justin Trudeau to consider invoking it to help the province navigate its deadly third wave.
The leader of the NDP sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau Monday morning asking him to revisit the possibility of declaring a public welfare emergency under the act in Ontario as case rates continue to soar and ICUs fill up, something that was considered by the PM once before early on in the pandemic.
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Niviane Petit Phelps, a 39-year-old nurse from Miami, was arrested on Friday.
She is charged with threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, a criminal complaint said.
Phelps, who is Black, was angered by the false idea that Harris is not really Black, the Miami Herald said.
A Florida nurse was arrested Friday for threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, Miami Herald reported.
Niviane Petit Phelps, a 39-year-old mother from Miami, is accused of recording and sending several videos to her husband in which she discussed murdering the vice president, according to a criminal complaint seen by CNN.
ST 20151218 ROY18 1924361 SINGAPORE, April 17 (Reuters): A Singaporean activist said on Friday (April 16) he had raised S$144,389 ($108,200) through social media to cover defamation damages he had to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the second such crowdfunding case involving a blogger this month.
The prime minister sued Roy Ngerng (
pic) for a blog post in 2014 in which Ngerng allegedly implicated Lee in impropriety in connection with how funds in Singapore’s mandatory retirement savings scheme, the Central Provident Fund(CPF), are managed.
In 2015, the Singapore High Court ordered Ngerng to pay the prime minister S$150,000 in damages in addition to S$29,000 in legal fees.
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SunStar File April 16, 2021 THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, April 16, 2021, said it does not oppose the proposal of the Department of Education (DepEd) to increase the honorarium given to teachers when they serve during elections.
“Comelec is willing to work with the DepEd in order to find ways to either accommodate their requests or, in the appropriate instances, to help them achieve the results they seek, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a statement.
He said they were aware of the risks and sacrifices that teachers take when they serve as members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) in voting precincts.
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Grocery store workers are struggling with heightened stress and anxiety as they remain on the front lines of a surge in COVID-19 infections in Canada’s hotspot areas, industry watchers say.
Despite being deemed essential and continuing to go into work as stay-at-home orders are renewed, most supermarket employees have yet to receive a vaccine or a pay boost.