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FRANKFURT, April 14 (Reuters) - The euro zone economy is
still standing on the two crutches of monetary and fiscal
stimulus and these cannot be taken away until it makes a full
recovery, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said
on Wednesday.
The comments, at a Reuters Newsmaker event, marked a rare
intervention by Lagarde in the policy debate and signaled a
pushback on suggestions, expressed by some euro zone central
bank governors last week, that the ECB start dialing back its
emergency bond purchases as soon as July. Think of a patient which is out of a deep crisis but still
AltaLink receives highest honour from United Way of Calgary and Area for community impact
/EIN News/ CALGARY, Alberta, April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today, the United Way of Calgary and Area selected AltaLink as the recipient of the 2020 President’s Award as part of its annual Community Impact Awards.
The President’s Award honours exceptional contribution to the United Way and the local community.
“AltaLink is an incredible example of corporate leadership in the community – their entire team takes social good to heart, which we have seen first-hand for the past 20 years of partnership,” says Karen Young, President and CEO, United Way of Calgary and Area. “I am proud of their commitment, their tenacity, and their unwavering support for people in need of a hand up during challenging times. Thank you to the entire team for everything you have done for Calgary and the surrounding area.”
Print article MINNEAPOLIS Prosecutors’ case against former Officer Derek Chauvin drew toward a close Monday with tender memories from George Floyd’s younger brother, along with another look at the harrowing video and testimony from a use-of-force expert who said no “reasonable” officer would have done what Chauvin did. Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, judged Chauvin’s actions against what a reasonable police officer in the same situation would have done, and repeatedly found that Chauvin did not meet the test. “No reasonable officer would have believed that that was an appropriate, acceptable or reasonable use of force,” Stoughton said of the way Floyd was held facedown with a knee across his neck for up to 9 minutes, 29 seconds.
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The latest investigation to clear the RCMP in the shooting death of an Inuk in Nunavut has the man’s family and community demanding more information.
On Friday, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) announced it had cleared an RCMP officer who shot and killed 31-year-old Abraham Moses Natanine, a father of five, in Clyde River last May.
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