Ontario anti-encampment law punishes the homeless, avoids long-term solutions: critics
June 8, 2025
A new provincial law that aims to end encampments does not address the root causes behind homelessness and punishes people who have no access to affordable shelter, critics say.
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Crown prosecutors have agreed Montreal billionaire Robert Miller is too sick to stand trial.Crown attorney Delphine Mauger told reporters a trial was impossible because it is clear the octogenarian is gravely ill and won’t recover.
June 9, 2025 - 19:54 | | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is mulling arming the Canadian Coast Guard as it launches a significant reform of the civilian maritime agency to give it a bigger role in the country’s security apparatus.
The move is one of many significant changes that the Liberals are planning for the chronically underfunded Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) that Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to equip with new gear and a new security mandate.
On the same day Carney announced his plan to accelerate defence spending this year, his office told National Post Monday that the CCG — which currently...
June 9, 2025 - 19:26 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Luguentz Dort and Bennedict Mathurin are going head-to-head on the court – but off it, their families are on the same team.While Dort’s Oklahoma City Thunder battled Mathurin’s Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, the players’ mothers and sisters watched side by side in Montreal, coming together to celebrate two homegrown talents with deep ties.
June 9, 2025 - 19:19 | Daniel Rainbird | The Globe and Mail
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