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Global News
a day ago
- Health
- Global News
Judge grants injunction request blocking Alberta's gender-affirming care legislation
Organizations that advocate for members of the LGBTQ2 community are calling a court injunction preventing the Alberta government from banning gender-affirming treatment for people under 16 'a historic win.' Egale Canada welcomed the decision in a news release on Friday afternoon. Egale along with a group called Skipping Stone and several Alberta families have argued that gender-affirming care legislation introduced in Bill 26 will cause harm. 'As we have long argued, the government should never interfere in the medical decisions of doctors and patients or prevent parents and youth from deciding what medical care is right for them,' Egale Canada said. 'Everyone deserves the ability to access health care and participate fully in their communities. 'We are grateful that the court has acted to protect access to critical medical care.' Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy When she issued the temporary injunction, Justice Allison Kuntz said the legislation raises serious issues that need to addressed in court and that her decision was in order to prevent 'irreparable harm' for young patients until the issues at play are addressed. Story continues below advertisement The organizations filed documents to seek the injunction with the Court of King's Bench of Alberta in late 2024. The LGBTQ2 groups involved in the case had argued that changes to health law violate gender-diverse young people's Section 7 Charter right to security of the person, their Section 12 right to be free from cruel and unusual treatment and their Section 15 right to equality. They also argued it violates the Alberta Bill of Rights. Bill 26 is one of three pieces of legislation affecting transgender people passed by Alberta's United Conservative government in the fall. –with files from The Canadian Press' Lisa Johnson
Irish Independent
2 days ago
- General
- Irish Independent
Update on restoration of popular Tipperary landmark – ‘hopefully the clock will be ringing again'
Councillors at the Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District (MD) have been informed that works on the Town Clock in Carrick are progressing, but that the results of a bat survey will mean works on part of the clock will have to wait until September. While the bat survey didn't find any bats living in the clock, it did find nesting birds, who cannot be disturbed until after nesting season is over. At the June meeting of the Carrick-on-Suir MD, councillors were told by the district administrator that works on the upper part of the clock can't take place until after nesting season. "We have no bats in the Town Clock at the moment, but we do have nesting birds, and that just has an impact on the timing of works,' councillors were told. 'We can work on the lower floors after July 20, because of the Section 12 notification, but the works on the upper part can't be done until after September 1, and we have some pieces of work that we need to do before that goes ahead. "But we have the funding in place so hopefully the Town Clock will be ringing again, assuming no major dramas with the clock, we'll get our people up there to fix it up,' the district administrator added. A Section 12 notification allows the National Monuments Service to consider any works to a recorded monument, and how best to protect the monument during the works. At last month's meeting of the Carrick-on-Suir MD, councillors were informed that €9,000 in funding had been allocated to carry out works on the town's landmark. The Carrick-on-Suir MD have also allocated €10,000 towards the project from their municipal funding allowance.
Boston Globe
25-04-2025
- Boston Globe
Hours after allegedly running into her boyfriend, Karen Read's blood alcohol level was above legal limit, doctor testifies
On cross-examination, Faller told Read attorney Elizabeth Little that the testing machine at Good Samaritan captures an alcohol byproduct known as NADH. Specifically, he said, 'we test for the rate of change of NADH production.' Advertisement 'Are you aware that the medical literature has also found that patients suffering from multiple sclerosis [such as Read] have a two-fold increase in NADH levels?' Little asked. Faller said 'it's the rate of change of NADH' that testers are looking for. 'So if somebody has NADH on board, I believe it's not going to affect the result,' Faller said. Prosecutors allege she backed her SUV in a drunken rage into Advertisement Read's Also Friday, jurors heard from Canton firefighter-paramedic Jason Becker, who was sent to the Canton home for a Section 12 call regarding Read. Such calls are for made for people who need hospitalization for mental health reasons, and Read had expressed suicidal thoughts after finding O'Keefe's body around 6 a.m., according to previous testimony. Becker said Read told him she was distressed because her final words to O'Keefe came during an argument. 'Did she ever suggest it was in a voicemail?' prosecutor Hank Brennan asked. 'She did not,' Becker said. Read left angry voicemails on O'Keefe's phone after dropping him off in front of the house shortly after 12:30 a.m., according to records and prior testimony. Earlier Friday, jurors visited the home at 34 Fairview Rd. before returning to court to hear testimony. Before the visit, Brennan told them at the courthouse to 'pay attention to the street, the front yard of the home,' as well as Read's Lexus, which would be parked there for the benefit of jurors. He said the weather and visibility on Friday morning would be 'very different' than during the predawn hours when O'Keefe's body was found on the lawn in the dark in a blizzard. Advertisement Read's lawyers have stressed that no one who left the home early on Jan. 29 reported seeing O'Keefe's body on the lawn, although 'I'd ask you to make a note on the Lexus about the height of the bumper," Brennan said. 'I'd ask you to make note of the height of the right rear taillight.' O'Keefe had injuries to his face and skull, as well as scratches on his arm, but no broken bones or fractures or any other injuries to his lower body, according to court records and Read attorney David Yannetti also addressed jurors before the view, listing several things they should note. 'The house, second-floor window to that house, the three front doors in the front of the house, the driveway, the street, the front lawn, and flagpole' on the lawn, Yannetti said. 'And we'll be asking you specifically to consider the distance between that second-floor front window and the front lawn,' and the distance of the front doors from the lawn. He said he was also asking jurors to take a good look at Read's Lexus. 'To stand next to it, to size it up, to take it in,' Yannetti said. Advertisement Testimony resumes Monday . Material from prior Globe stories was used in this report. Travis Andersen can be reached at
