Amanda Cropp05:00, May 07 2021
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Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says vaccination will be important for workers in the tourism, hospitality and events sectors.
Tourism businesses are being urged to get frontline workers vaccinated against Covid-19, but operators are unsure where they stand legally if staff refuse. Tourism Minister Stuart Nash told the Trenz annual tourism industry conference on Thursday that vaccination was the key to keeping New Zealanders and overseas visitors safe, and the borders open. “I m very clear on this, we need to provide a safe environment for international tourists coming over here, and I think that’s the least of their expectations.
Posted: May 03, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 3
Becca Atkinson and her husband celebrated their 10th anniversary in February 2020. Four months later, they separated.(Submitted by Becca Atkinson)
COVID-19 is taking a toll on relationships and creating a boom for divorce lawyers, couples therapists and even debt counsellors who are helping newly single clients chart a path forward through the pandemic. What would ordinarily be a bump in a regular marriage is amplified, said Russell Alexander, a lawyer specializing in separation agreements and divorces. That s leading people to decide their partner is not right for them.
Alexander, who oversees seven family law offices across Ontario, said their client base has grown by about 30 per cent since the pandemic began.
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the family of Anton Black claiming the medical examiner tried to cover up his death in his autopsy report.
In a new motion to dismiss filed in Maryland District Court, the Attorney General’s office defends the actions of Dr. Russell Alexander, who performed the autopsy, former chief medical examiner Dr. David Fowler and current chief medical examiner Dr. Victor Weedn.
The general attorney’s office is representing the medical examiner’s officer in the matter. Fowler is set to testify for the defense in the Minneapolis murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin on Wednesday, who is charged with killing George Floyd.
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