August’s ruling by the Court of Appeal for Nova Scotia was that Lorne Grabhers last name can be read as a call for violence towards women. Therefore, he cannot free speech about a vanity license plate bearing his last name.
San Francisco has spent half a billion dollars over three years to design and deploy the perfect garbage container. Board of Supervisors voted for $427,500 each to construct five prototypes of the three models that were created by a 2018 hired firm. The cost of mass producing the model chosen by the city officials has increased from $1000 to $2,000 per piece to $427,500.
In September, Simon Silwood was sentenced by a British court to eight weeks imprisonment for racist abuse of a West Bromwich Albion football player via the internet. Silwood became upset when the match ended. Silwood was upset after the team lost a match. He wrote on a Facebook page that Romaine Sawyers (a black midfielder) should be awarded the “Baboon d’Or award,” referring to the Ballon d’Or trophy, which is given annually to the top soccer player. Silwood stated that he was referring to the post. buffoon but misspelled it bafoonAutocorrect changed to a. Babyoon.
Officials at Bigelow High School in Arkansas ripped out two pages from the 2020–21 yearbook before delivering copies to the students who paid for them. Two pages from Bigelow High School in Arkansas had an overview of the year’s major events, which included Alex Trebek’s death, COVID-19’s first American death, Apple’s market valuation exceeding $2 trillion and NASA sending a spacecraft to Mars. Heidi Wilson, East End School Superintendent, justified this move with “community backlash.” The district superintendent of East End School District Heidi Wilson justified her decision by citing “community backlash.” Arkansas TimesThe school claimed that there weren’t any emails or records related to the complaints.
Durham residents in Ontario will need to record who visits their house for any social event, regardless of how small. This is to help stop the spread of COVID-19. If requested, homeowners must give this information to the health department within 24hrs. Failure to comply can lead to fines upto 5,000 Canadian Dollars ($4,031).
Jane Goodwin (Sarasota County School Board Vice Chairman) cut the microphone off and directed police to escort speakers who had criticized specific school board members at a recent meeting. Goodwin assured that “no public attacks or assaults” would be made on elected officials. An “assault against a boardmember” is defined as anything that “is critical of” the board member.
A New South Wales apartment block has been closed down due to COVID-19. Authorities are looking through the contents of residents’ deliveries and seizing alcohol. New South Wales’s health department admitted it was trying to reduce the amount of alcohol residents could drink in an effort to protect residents and health workers. The daily limit for residents is six drinks or mixed drinks per day, as well as one bottle wine and one bottle of distilled spirits.
Savannah-Chatham County special education teacher was charged with child cruelty after using zip ties in her class to tie a student. Elizabeth Louise Board from Godley Station School, Savannah, tied a boy’s chair to her table and placed zip ties on his head.