Starting Saturday evening, no alcohol can legally be sold in Thailand, in accordance with the country’s new Referendum Act. Polling will take place on Sunday, and the act forbids selling or giving away alcohol from 6 P.M. the night before. The ban will continue until 12 midnight Sunday night. Violating the 2016 Referendum Act is … Read more
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving justice on the court, is dead. Scalia was found dead Saturday morning at a ranch outside of Marfa, Texas, where the justice had been hunting quail. The death was of natural causes, according to federal officials. A priest has been called to Marfa to provide for the deceased. … Read more
The Globe and Mail has caused a court “book of record” to be released from the Vancouver court in which a trial against a Chinese Vancouverite accused of spying for China is taking place. The most recent development: Two unnamed co-conspirators in the case have been found to be Chinese soldiers. Allegedly, Su Bin, a … Read more
CHILLIWACK, British Columbia — In the latest of the trials over Trinity Western University’s planned law school, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has found in favor of the school, rejecting the Law Society of BC’s rejection of TWU. The Law Society had not properly maintained its discretion when it went back on its initial approval of … Read more
Legislation that bans supermarkets from giving out free plastic bags to their customers has finally kicked in in England. Gone are the days of plastic bags bonanza: from today, shoppers will have to pay 5p for each thin-gauge supermarket plastic bag they require. Some 8.5 billion single-use bags plus some 500,000 reusable were used in … Read more