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Politics

Federal privacy watchdog heads to court over Pornhub operator’s consent practices

Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne is taking legal action against the operator of the Pornhub website in an effort to ensure…

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US Election 2024

Montana AG asks Supreme Court to uphold law requiring parental consent for a minor’s abortion

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is taking his appeal of a ruling invalidating a 2013 law requiring minors seeking an…

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Nova Scotia

QMJHL rookies talk consent, healthy relationships as part of effort to change hockey culture

A young rookie player for the Halifax Mooseheads recently shared his thoughts on the league’s recent sessions focused on consent…

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World

Iraq law could lower a girl’s age of consent as an adult from 18 to 9: it ‘legalizes child rape’

Young girls in Iraq are facing a potential threat to their future as a proposed law seeks to lower the…

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Canada

Proposed changes to Alberta Bill of Rights would prohibit vaccinations without consent

Proposed changes to the Alberta Bill of Rights would allow a worker to take a provincial employer to court if…

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Canada

‘Why did they do that to me?’: Métis man says ponytail was cut off without consent at Saskatoon hospital

A 73-year-old Métis man says he is angry and wants to know why his ponytail was cut without his consent while he…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. judge who commented ‘clearly a drunk can consent’ to retire

A longtime Nova Scotia judge whose controversial comment that “clearly a drunk can consent” made national headlines and drew widespread…

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Health

Sikh man was shaved without consent at Brampton hospital: complaint

An Ontario hospital network says it will conduct an “extensive review” of an incident in which an elderly Sikh patient…

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Halifax

Halifax man who touched female co-workers without consent gets conditional discharge

A Halifax judge has reluctantly accepted a joint recommendation from lawyers for a conditional discharge for a man who inappropriately…

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Halifax

Halifax teen gets bail on manslaughter charge, with Crown’s consent

A 17-year-old boy charged with manslaughter in the death of a Dartmouth man last month following an assault on the…

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