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The head of the Bank of Nova Scotia is urging Ottawa to adopt a series of policy changes to help parents, businesses of all sizes and companies trade between provinces.
Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter said Tuesday that he wants to see a top up to the annual Canada Child Benefit and child care expense deductions, the introduction of a grant for businesses to make capital investments and the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers.
GARY â The Miller 3 wildfire in the Miller Woods section of the Indiana Dunes National Park was declared controlled on Monday, and trails in the area are expected to reopen this week, a National Parks spokesman said.
Fire Information Officer Micah Bell said the Miller 3 wildfire, which started on Friday and covered about 425 acres, was considered to be controlled by 10 a.m. Monday. That means no open flames were visible.
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Bell said parks workers will continue to check the area in the next few days to make sure the fire doesn t restart. He said trails in the area, including the Paul Douglas Trail to Lake Michigan, likely will reopen this week.
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Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips LLP issued the following announcement on Mar. 30.
Taylor Porter estate planning and tax attorney Rebecca Hinton has been appointed President of the Estate & Business Planning Council of Baton Rouge. Hinton formerly served as Vice President.
The members of the Council are accountants, attorneys, life underwriters, trust officers and educators with an interest in estate planning and a commitment to high professional and ethical standards. The Council meets quarterly to exchange information and ideas about estate planning and to hear presentations on important estate planning topics. The Council is also one of 280 local estate planning councils affiliated with the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils (NAEPC).
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Indiana s Lake Michigan beaches
April 3, 2021
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PORTER, Ind. (AP) A federal judge has dismissed the latest attempt by property owners in a northwestern Indiana town to deny public access to Lake Michigan beaches.
U.S. District Judge Jon DeGuilio said there was no basis for three owners in Porter to sue to seek to undo a landmark 2018 Indiana Supreme Court ruling.
That ruling clarified that the shoreline of Lake Michigan is owned by the state and held in trust for the enjoyment of all Hoosiers.
The landowners claimed that the decision amounted to an unconstitutional taking of their beachfront property. But DeGuilio said the issue isn t subject to review in federal court because states have sovereign immunity under the U.S. Constitution.
The damned existence of border villages caught in the twilight zone between India and Pakistan 31 March 2021
A selfie point at Manjakote, in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, in February 2020. The cut-out of a soldier was installed by the Indian Army. Ashutosh Sharma
A selfie point at Manjakote, in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, in February 2020. The cut-out of a soldier was installed by the Indian Army. Ashutosh Sharma
At first glance, Khetan Mohalla, in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, looks more like a fortified military installation than a village. A three-tiered fencing system known as the Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System, cuts through the dirt-track road that leads up to the village. Khetan Mohalla sits in the trough of the undulating terrain on the Line of Control the de-facto border that separates India-administered Kashmir from Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Its residents live sandwiched between the AI