• Death penalty abolishment hearings begin

    By Brandon Josphat [email protected] PARLIAMENT will start public hearings across the country today to gather citizens’ views on the proposed abolishment of To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

    • CP24

    Impaired drivers in Ontario could soon face stiffer penalties

    Ontario’s Minister of Transportation announced Wednesday a newly proposed legislation that, if passed, would see new penalties imposed for those convicted of impaired driving offences in the province. The proposed legislation, if passed, would require anyone convicted of impaired driving to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicle. Those convicted on first and second-time alcohol and drug-related offences would see increased license suspensions and mandatory remedial education...

  • Google Lifts Some Site Reputation Abuse Policy Penalties

    About a week ago, we reported that Google began enforcing its new site reputation abuse policy by issuing manual actions and ranking penalties for those sites that violated those policies. Google seems to be now lifting some of those manual actions where the sites took the necessary action and no longer are violating the policy.Glenn Gabe has access to some sites's Search Console properties where he had examples of sites hit by the site reputation policy penalty and then saw those penalties...

  • Rangers' Vincent Trocheck trolls Jake Guentzel after penalty

    Vincent Trocheck couldn’t help but give a little snark to Jake Guentzel as he sat in the second period of Game 2

  • Editorial: Of course the death penalty is racist. And it would be wrong even if it weren't

    Civil rights organizations and defense attorneys last month asked the California Supreme Court to invalidate the death penalty in this state for being irredeemably racist. Around the same time, Alameda County Dist. Atty. Pamela Price announced that a federal judge had ordered her to review 35 cases her office had handled over the last three decades after she discovered evidence that prosecutors systematically excluded Black and Jewish people from juries hearing capital cases. As written, death...

    • ESPN

    Plethora of penalties perplex Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1

    Defenseman Tony DeAngelo did not want to "get into it" Sunday, after the Carolina Hurricanes were called for eight minutes in penalties on some calls they deemed questionable, during the New York Rangers' 4-3 win in this Eastern Conference Round 2 opener.

  • Local man gets maximum penalty after cat shot, dumped

    A man arrested on charges of animal cruelty in Ashland County is going to prison.

  • How Sheffield Wednesday compare to Leeds United, Sunderland and more in penalties awarded

    Sheffield Wednesday secured Championship safety on the final day of the season, but how much help did they get from the referees? The Owls battled hard in the final weeks, putting together a superb run of form to climb out of the bottom three and dodge the drop. Danny Rohl had a major impact after being appointed in October, and there is already excitement over next season. In the meantime, we have taken a look back at the season just gone to see which Championship teams were given the most...

    • ESPN

    VAR review: Why Man United saw their penalty appeal turned down

    Should Manchester United have been given a penalty against Arsenal? Plus, all the other big incidents checked and reviewed by VAR in the Premier League.

    • Yahoo

    Martin insists Saints have been training for penalty shootout for 'some time'

    SAINTS boss Russell Martin says preparation for a penalty shootout has come into training for "some time" ahead of the playoffs.

  • Penalty unlikely for Portland landlord who flouted rent control rules

    Since rent control was instituted three years ago, Portland has declined to fine a single landlord, despite nearly 200 complaints.

  • Magnussen: Miami F1 sprint penalties “deserved” for “stupid tactics”

    Magnussen was handed three 10-second time additions for repeatedly leaving the track and gaining advantages, plus one five-second penalty and a black-and-white warning flag for additional track-limits abuse during the 19-lap contest around the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday afternoon. He has been summoned by the stewards over alleged unsportsmanlike behaviour. Read Also: Formula 1F1 Miami GP: Verstappen wins sprint from Leclerc; Hamilton penalised His actions all took place against Hamilton...