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DHS ramps up surveillance in immigration raids, sweeping in citizens
Luis Martinez was on his way to work on a frigid Minneapolis morning when federal agents suddenly boxed him in, forcing the SUV he was driving to a dead stop in the middle of the street. Masked agents rapped on the window, demanding Martinez produce his ID. Then one held his cellphone inches from Martinez’s…
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New fees on your rent? You may have a case at the rental office
“Processing fees” for online rent payments are resurfacing in Yellowknife, years after the Northwest Territories’ rental office warned another landlord that similar fees could be considered an improper rent increase. Cabin Radio has heard from several tenants that Midwest Property Management – one of the larger landlords in Yellowknife – recently switched to a new…
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‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale, California. Now, he was in a hospital after suffering a ministroke. He was shackled to the bed by his hand and foot, he told Romero, and agents…
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Trump asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Fed board
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors. The Republican administration turned to the high court after an appeals court refused to go along with ousting Cook, part of President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape the…
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FTC sues Ticketmaster, saying it forces fans to pay more for concerts and events
The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, saying they are forcing consumers to pay more to see live events through a variety of illegal tactics. The FTC said Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, have deceived artists and consumers by advertising lower ticket…
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Opponents of 2030 Winter Olympics in French Alps launch legal action
Opponents of the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in France have launched legal action to demand a public debate on the Games planned for the French Alps. A citizens’ group — Collectif Citoyen JOP 2030 — was joined in its action by some regional elected officials, members of parliament and civil society groups, and said…
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Peterborough police to roll out body-worn camera pilot program
The Peterborough Police Service will be introducing a six-month pilot program of body-worn cameras possibly beginning as soon as Oct. 1, Chief Stu Betts told the police service board Tuesday afternoon. Betts says the service will obtain eight body-worn cameras to be deployed as early as next month, but says full implementation will have to…
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Premier Smith’s Alberta Next panel met with praise, pushed to act in Grande Prairie
Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel, aimed at wrenching more political control from Ottawa, was spurred to take action in Grande Prairie Wednesday. The panel is pitching six ideas that could become potential referendum questions, and the naysayers were again outnumbered in a packed house of more than 500 attendees. Many who spoke at the…
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Judge won’t release identities of two women once described as potential co-conspirators of Epstein
NEW YORK (AP) — The identities of two women once listed as potential co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein will remain sealed for their safety and privacy, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. In a written decision, Judge Richard M. Berman rejected an NBC News request to make their identities public after lawyers for the women and the…
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First nation leads effort to monitor orca-threatening ship noise
Underwater noise is a serious threat to endangered Southern Resident killer whales, as ship and ferry traffic intensifies through some of the busiest waters off Vancouver Island. With ship traffic surging following the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline — and set to grow even more following a port expansion at Roberts Bank, south of…
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Audience member blows the whistle on NB Power
Sitting at the back of an auditorium, Randy Dickinson blasted a whistle, shocking the audience below him. The long-time advocate for people with disabilities had just finished reading aloud handwritten notes on all the problems facing NB Power, the public utility that’s under review by an independent panel appointed by the Holt Liberal government. “I’m…