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OTTAWA—This is what brawls look like on the top court bench. Judges don’t throw off their robes and come to blows. What they do — judicial jousting — is more subtle. Split rulings. Lengthy dissenting opinions. Constitutional decisions that see judges split not only into two groups, but sometimes going three or four different ways. Wary court watchers are now wondering if the Supreme Court of Canada is as divided or as polarized as the rest of us. Since becoming prime minister in 2015, Justin Trudeau has named three new judges to the country’s top court, and elevated Justice Richard Wagner to the post of Chief Justice. In that time, the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada has turned into an unruly crew. Outwardly, they are friendly, collegial and professional. But a look at their rulings — as legal scholars and lawyers are increasingly pointing out — shows a judicial team “of equals” that is struggling to find its voice as Canada’s top court. When the latest rookie, … [Read more...] about Judicial jousting emerges at Supreme Court of Canada

Kindly Share This Story: Joseph Oluwatobiloba Abojei, also known as Blessed Boy has advised upcoming artistes never to approach investors empty handed. The musician said, for any investor to respect and value an artiste in whom they will invest, such artiste needs to bring some financial value to the table, and not expect the investor to fund every aspect of his music recording and promotion. He said, “An artiste should be able to tell an investor that this is my plan, this is where I am, and your investment will only help me get to that point that I want to be”. The United States of America based artiste said good music requires good money and an upcoming artiste needs to have another source of income to fund his musical career, he added that it is suicidal for any upcoming to do music full time. ALSO READ: SERAP seeks spending details of $25Bn CBN overdrafts from 1999 He further stated that beyond talent, creativity and hard work, … [Read more...] about Don’t approach music investors empty handed, Blessed Boy advises musicians

Editor's Note: During this year's two sessions－the annual meetings of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference－China Daily will publish a series of stories focusing on the achievements the country made in various fields during the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20). They show how the country met its development goals in different fields in the face of numerous challenges. Experts say COVID-19 experience could provide impetus to further improve disease control measures With bustling restaurants, packed cinemas and campuses gearing up for a new semester this month, hopes for a return to normal life are running higher than ever in China. Over winter and early spring, the country stamped out a slew of domestic outbreaks of COVID-19. More than 2,000 infections were registered, however, a major resurgence of the novel coronavirus was prevented, a testament to the effectiveness of the country's disease control … [Read more...] about Health services ready for a booster shot

As regulators around the world order urgent inspections of certain Boeing 777 engines after one failed dramatically over suburban Denver , they must also wrestle with a decades-old quandary: The complex technology necessary to find cracks buried within metal parts can produce notoriously inconsistent results. Not only are the tests prone to vague readings, but the results are only as good as the training and attention span of the human examiner. Indeed, after a 2018 failure of an engine fan blade identical to the one involved in the February 29 Denver episode, investigators found inspections had twice missed a crack that began years earlier. "It probably was there and they just didn't find it," James Wildey, a retired National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) metallurgical expert, said of the internal imperfections that led to the most recent failure. "The indications are the crack should have or could have been detected." READ MORE: Metal fatigue seen as trigger for … [Read more...] about How cracks in jet engines elude exams, with deadly results

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is coming under increasing pressure after two more women publicly accused him of being physically inappropriate with them. The claims bring the total of women who have spoken out against Cuomo to five, since Lindsey Boylan first accused the 63-year-old of creating a culture of "sexual harassment and bullying" within his team. Cuomo faces an independent investigation into the harassment allegations. New York state attorney general, Letitia James, will lead the probe into the claims outlined below. The governor has denied the allegations against him. In a statement released last week Cuomo conceded some of his words may "have been misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation. To the extent anyone felt that way, I am truly sorry about that." Speaking about on Wednesday, he said: "You know, my usual custom is to kiss and to hug and make that gesture. I understand that sensitivities have changed and behavior has changed, and I get it. "And I'm … [Read more...] about What Andrew Cuomo’s Five Accusers Have Said About His Alleged Sexual Misconduct