Chinese cities witness protestsover COVID-19 measures

A worker in a protective suit passes a delivery good to a resident through a gate of a residential compound that is still under lockdown in Chaoyang District of Beijing on November 26, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Cities across China from the capital Beijing in the north to Urumqi in the west have seen … Read more

Rogers expert witness says Vidéotron will improve competitiveness

Breadcrumb Trail Links Telecom Previous witnesses have testified that Shaw’s potential merger with Rogers would result in the loss of a fourth competitor A Vidéotron store in Montreal. Photo by Andrej Ivanov/Bloomberg files Article content Having more national carriers means better consumer outcomes, an expert witness hired by Rogers Communications Inc. told the tribunal convened … Read more

Witness: Walmart shooter seemed to target certain people

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Ben Finley Publishing date: Nov 25, 2022  •  1 minute ago  •  5 minute read Join the conversation Article content CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — The Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six co-workers in Virginia seemed to target people and fired at some victims … Read more

My Thanksgiving: How testifying for Native Americans made me a witness to history

In my career as a historian, I have learned in a personal way that being a witness to history is a two-way path. In one direction, encountering events and people from the past has enabled me to construct and refine historical narratives, to shine a scholarly searchlight on forgotten — or suppressed — stories. In … Read more

Competition Bureau witness faces grilling at Rogers-Shaw tribunal

Article content Georgetown University economics professor Nathan Miller, an antitrust expert who consults on high-stakes merger investigations, defended his research into the proposed acquisition, which the Bureau is attempting to block. Miller told the tribunal Tuesday that the merger of the two telecom giants would eliminate the threat of Shaw as a strong fourth competitor … Read more

Jennifer Siebel Newsom Testifies At Harvey Weinstein Rape Trial; Witness Breaks Down In Tears On The Stand – Deadline

UPDATED, 5:06 PM: “He knew something was off when we were at the SAG Awards and the way Harvey looked at me,” Jennifer Siebel Newsom told defense lawyer Mark Werkman, jurors and onlookers Monday during her testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeels rape trial, discussing her husband and then California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s knowledge … Read more

Federal judge dismisses Vindman witness intimidation lawsuit against Giuliani and Trump Jr.

CNN — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from star Trump impeachment witness Alexander Vindman, who had accused Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House staffers of smearing him so that he lost his federal job. Vindman alleged in his lawsuit earlier this year that Giuliani, Trump Jr., then-White House deputy … Read more

Paul Haggis Takes Witness Stand In Sexual Assault Trial For First Time – Deadline

UPDATED with more details: Paul Haggis took the witness stand today in his Manhattan trial for sexual assault, and the Oscar-winning Crash filmmaker and former Church of Scientology member’s first words when asked by his lawyer Priya Chaudhry how it felt to be testifying were: “I’m incredibly nervous, of course, and I’m very happy. Because for five years … Read more

Paul Haggis’ Defense Team Calls ‘Scientology And The Aftermath’ Co-Host As First Witness – Deadline

A former high-ranking official in the Church of Scientology said Friday that the organization never forgets its enemies “until they are destroyed,” and he said that filmmaker Paul Haggis, who quit Scientology, remains one of its biggest targets.  Mike Rinder, an Australian who was Scientology’s top enforcer and who co-hosted the Emmy-winning docuseries Leah Remini: … Read more