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Sen. Duffy Challenge and Saudi suffragette freed: On the February 11th news
Check out The News for a recap of The Canadian Press stories to help fuel your day. Here’s what’s on our editors’ radar for the morning of February 11th … What We’re Watching in Canada … The Senate Calls on the Supreme Court in the Country to Contest Senator Mike Duffy on a Decision That Is Preventing Him In a referral to the Supreme Court of Canada, Senate lawyers say the actions of the legislature are protected by the age-old limits of parliamentary privilege. They argue that the privilege plays a vital role in maintaining the separation, and the Supreme Court is expected to decide this morning whether to hear Duffy’s appeal. Duffy is demanding $ 7.8 million in damages from the Senate, the RCMP, and the federal government after a high-profile investigation of his expense reports that resulted in the Prince Edward Island Senator’s acquittal of 31 criminal charges in 2016. Duffy was appointed to the Senate on the advice of the then president. Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2008, but left the Conservative caucus in May 2013 and is now with the Independent Senators Group. — This too … According to internal data, complaints about harassment and violence at work have risen sharply in several federal departments and agencies in recent years. The Canadian Revenue Service (CRA) saw harassment complaints rise 82 percent to 166 percent -17 between 2016 and 2018-19. The RCMP said it received 1,132 harassment complaints over five years, with the number increasing by more than 50 percent between 2015 and 2017 before leveling off. The RCMP numbers follow an independent report on misogyny in November and homophobia among their ranks, which required profound changes to rid the Mounties of a toxic culture. At Canada Post, the number of complaints about workplace violence has increased every year since at least 2011, doubling to 641 between 2011 and 2015 and increasing to 870. Harassment complaints filed with Fisheries and Oceans Canada increased between 2018 and 19 out of four in the Years 2016 to 17 to 66. – What we’re seeing in the US … The prosecution revealed a terrifying new security video in Donald T. The impeachment trial of Rump on Wednesday shows how many rioters break into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors and threatening Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House of Representatives Find Nancy Pelosi as the overwhelmed police call for help on their radios. House prosecutors showed gripping scenes of how close the rioters were to the leaders of the country and roamed the halls singing “Hang Mike Pence,” some armed with riot gear. Outside, the mob had set up a makeshift gallows. Videos of the siege have been circulating since the day of the uprising, but the graphical compilation resulted in a more complete narrative, a moment-by-moment retelling of one of the nation’s most alarming days. In addition to the apparent chaos and danger, it offered new details about the attackers, scenes of police heroism and emergency screams. And it showed how close the country was to a possible collapse of its Democratic seat when Congress certified Trump’s electoral defeat by Democrat Joe Biden: “They did it because Donald Trump sent them on this mission,” said the House of Representatives prosecutor , Stacey Plaskett. the Democratic delegate representing the US Virgin Islands: “His mob broke into the Capitol to hunt them down.” The impressive presentation opened the first full day of arguments in the trial when prosecutors argued that Trump was not “innocent.” Spectator ”, but the“ innocent spectator ”. Inciter in Chief of the Deadly Capitol Rebellion, a president who spent months telling election lies and building a crowd prepared for his call to stop Biden’s victory. Although most of the Senate jurors had already decided on acquittal or conviction, they were riveted and sat in silence. Screams from audio and video filled the Senate Chamber. Senators shook their heads, crossed their arms, and frowned. One Republican, James Lankf ord of Oklahoma, bowed his head and a GOP colleague put his hand comfortably on his arm. “On January 6, President Trump left everyone in this Capitol for dead,” said Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, a prosecutor. — What we’re seeing in the rest of the world … One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists was released from prison Wednesday, her family said after serving nearly three years on charges covering an international riot Loujain al-Hathloul, who campaigned to end a driving ban on women in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to nearly six years in prison under a comprehensive counterterrorism law last December. She was detained for 1001 days while in pre-trial detention and solitary confinement. She has been accused of crimes such as promoting change, using the internet to create disorder, and pursuing a foreign agenda – charges that rights groups claim to be politically motivated. “Loujain is at home !!!!!! “Her sister Lina al-Hathloul explained on Twitter alongside a screenshot showing a flushed Loujain glowing during a family video call. There was no immediate comment from the Saudi authorities on her release. Her release this year was widely expected as the Judge suspended two years and 10 months of her sentence and counted her time already served and set her release date sometime in March, Wednesday’s release earlier than expected as Saudi Arabia is being re-examined by the United States, President Joe Biden vowed to reassess the US-Saudi Arabia partnership and advocate for human rights and democratic principles. “I have some good news that the Saudi government has released a celebrity human rights activist,” Biden said in a speech at the Pentagon . “She was a powerful activist for women’s rights and her release was the right thing to do.” — On that day in 1978 … a Pacific Western Airlines plane crashed while trying to land in Cranbrook, BC. The crash that killed 43 people were blamed for a snow plow on the runway. – For entertainment … With its signature Stetson and plywood cowboy boots, it’s hard to imagine country folk legend Stompin ‘Tom Connors being a male model and yet features a recently acquired artist drawing from the 1950s by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, an illuminating glimpse into the troubadour as a lanky, angular-jawed teenager wearing only tight, athletic shorts and high-heeled trainers. “It was a harmless sketch,” said John Leroux, the gallery’s collections and exhibitions manager, in an interview on Wednesday. “It wasn’t finished. It wasn’t colored. But once you link it to the origin story, it will about this fantastic artifact with this really deep resonance … this would be just before he took to the streets. “The drawing was part of a collection of artwork by New Brunswick artist Fred Ross, who recently donated to the gallery:” I have to decide, “said Leroux. “I was like a kid in a candy store … (Ross) was a well-known figurative painter in the 40s, 50s and 50s.” 1960s. “The museum is currently closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Leroux says the sketch will be on public display after it reopens. – ICYMI … The Tragically Hip are suing a Toronto brewery for alleged trademark infringement in The Legendary Canadian Band lawsuit filed in federal court against Mill Street Brewery, a subsidiary of Labatt owned by Belgian multinational brewer AB InBev, The tragically trumpeted claim in legal documents that Mill Street sought to “gain the fame, goodwill and reputation of” “Many of you have probably gotten the impression that we are associated with Mill Street’s 100th Meridian beer – we are not,” the band said in a Facebook post on Tuesday, with Mill Street acknowledging receipt of the Claim Statement on Wednesday: “We are disappointed that this step has been taken and we are confident that the claim is unfounded t, “said Daryl Minor, general manager and president of Mill Street, who added that the brewer would make no further comment. “At The Hundredth Meridian” was a hit single on Tragically Hip’s 1992 album “Fully Completely”. The title refers to the line of longitude that marks the beginnings of the Great Plains. – This Canadian press report was first published in the Canadian press on February 11, 2021
