Alberta wagers allowing more online gambling operators will capture illicit market

Alberta will soon expand its online gambling landscape to allow multiple players to operate legally, moving closer to a model used in Ontario.  At present, the only regulated and legal online gambling website in the province is Play Alberta. It includes casino-style games, live dealer table games as well as sports betting, and is operated by Alberta…

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Report calls for public apology in ‘disastrous’ 2021 Halifax encampment evictions

A highly anticipated report looking into the way evictions were carried out at a Halifax encampment in 2021 offered 37 recommendations for Halifax police, the police board and the city, calling it “a day of chaos for all those involved.”  Last spring, the Board of Police Commissioners announced it had hired a Toronto-based law firm to…

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Son of man who died in N.B. ER says premier using death to score ‘political points’ – New Brunswick

The son of a 78-year-old man who died in a Fredericton emergency department after waiting to be seen for nearly seven hours says New Brunswick’s premier is using his father’s death to score political goals ahead of an election. Ryan Mesheau said he was taken aback by Premier Blaine Higgs’s recent vow to shield health-care…

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A U.S. port strike looms, and it would be ‘devastating’ for supply chains – National

Hot on the heels of a Canada-wide rail shutdown, a potential strike at U.S. seaports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico is threatening to further disrupt supply chains. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents roughly 45,000 dockworkers at three dozen seaports from Texas to Maine, have threatened to walk off the job on…

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