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New libel defence allowed: Supreme Court - Journalists, Bloggers

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The Supreme Court of Canada has opened the door for journalists to use the defence of "responsible communication" against libel suits.
Journalists across Canada, as well as bloggers, can now use the defence of "responsible communication on matters of public interest" as a defence against libel.

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Turn over Facebook history, judge orders

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A New Brunswick judge has ordered a Miramichi woman to reveal how often she uses the social-networking website Facebook to a man she's suing after a 2004 car crash.

Rosemary Carter is fighting Herbert Connors for damages after the two were involved in a collision in the northern New Brunswick community five years ago.

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Anti-Olympic signs could mean jail: rights group

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A proposed B.C. law would allow municipal officials to enter homes to seize unauthorized and possibly anti-Olympic signs on short notice, civil libertarians say.

Violators could be fined up to $10,000 a day and jailed up to six months, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association said Friday.

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CSIS ignored Khadr's human rights: report

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CSIS ignored human-rights concerns and did not take Omar Khadr's age into account in deciding to interview him at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay prison, says a report from the independent committee that oversees the spy agency.

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Word of the Day "prevaricating"

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pre·var·i·cate (pr-vr-kt)
intr.v. pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing, pre·var·i·cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie.
[Latin praevricr, praevrict- : prae-, pre- + vricre, to straddle (from vricus, straddling, from vrus, bent).]
pre·vari·cation n.
pre·vari·cator n.

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Canadian officials probe Khadr lawyer firing

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A diplomatic row could be brewing over the surpise decision by the U.S. government to fire terrorism suspect Omar Khadr's military-appointed lawyer.

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Online Privacy Snatched by Courts

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Decisions OK giving personal info to police without warrants.
Scott McNealy, the former CEO of Sun Microsystems, has achieved considerable notoriety for having warned Internet users 10 years ago that "you have no privacy, get over it."

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Justice for Robert Dziekanski

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Robert Dziekanski landed on Canada's shores as a new immigrant. Ten hours later he was dead after being tasered by the RCMP. Why was he still at the airport? Why did no one offer him any assistance? Why did the RCMP taser him without even attempting to negotiate?

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