Tag: court
Western University takes step toward cutting ties with author Alice Munro
Western University has paused the research chair named in honour of local Nobel laureate Alice Munro, perhaps the first tangible sign her legacy will be affected after her adult daughter revealed a dark family secret. The Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, established after the Huron County writer’s 2013 Nobel Prize win, was designed to “lead […]
Police make arrest in latest London threat involving fake guns
A 39-year-old London woman is charged after police say a fake gun was pointed at people downtown â the second such incident in the city’s core this week
Environmental lawyers say end of Chevron deference could hurt Wisconsin water quality – Great Lakes Commission
Environmental and administrative lawyers say that efforts to protect Wisconsin’s water from contaminants such as PFAS could be harmed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the […]
What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose | Great Lakes Now
By Gautama Mehta, Grist
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Across America, millions of tons of toxic waste are sitting in pits next to coal plants. But whether they will get cleaned up has come down to a legal debate over the definitions of words.
Man, 58, charged after bizarre downtown attack on woman’s vehicle, onlooker
A 58-year-old Londoner is facing charges after what police describe as a bizarre downtown incident involving a man keeping a woman he didn’t know from exiting a parking spot and then chasing another person with a rock. London police say it was just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when a woman was returning to her vehicle […]