The Case for Unsealed Adoption Records in New Brunswick
Jo-Ann MacCready, an adoptee from St. Stephen, will make a public presentation in St. John urging the New Brunswick government to unseal its adoption records. The CBC reports that MacCready, who was...
View ArticleNew Brunswick’s flag protocol at schools to be reviewed
Due to concerns raised when the rainbow pride flag was prohibited at Fredericton’s Leo Hayes High School last week, Premier David Alward promised to review the province’s flag policy. The school, which...
View ArticleMoncton may ban giving money to panhandlers
CBC reports that Moncton politicians are considering implementing an anti-panhandling bylaw, which would outlaw panhandlers from asking for money and people from giving it to them. City councillors...
View ArticleMoncton shootings: The challenge of detaining someone who poses a risk
The fatal shootings in Moncton New Brunswick, of three RCMP officers, and wounding two others, reveals the challenges that parents face when they worry that their child may cause harm to themselves or...
View ArticleDrop minor convictions from criminal record checks, UK Supreme Court rules
BBC News UK reports a monumental Supreme Court decision, which ruled that all police cautions and minor convictions should not be required to be disclosed in criminal record checks. According to the...
View ArticleUK campaigners lose ‘right to die’ case
BBC News UK reports that campaigners for the right to die have lost their appeal at the UK Supreme Court. However, there was a positive step that arose from the outcome- the judges said that Parliament...
View ArticleNew Brunswick: Hospital Privacy Breach Report Set For Release
CBC News reports that New Brunswick’s privacy commissioner, Anne Bertrand, is expected to release a report on Thursday into a privacy breach at the Dr.-Georges-L-Dumont University Hospital Centre where...
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