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Killowen Farm, the Fish Box restaurant, BizQuip and Mail Metrics will vie for new category at The Irish Times Business Awards, which is run in association with Bank of Ireland ....
A B.C. judge has sentenced Stacy Gallagher to 90 days in jail, one of the harshest sentences imposed for contempt of court. Photo by Rita Wong B.C. Supreme Court Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick sentenced 58-year-old Indigenous land defender Stacy Gallagher on Tuesday to 90 days in jail, one of the harshestsentences imposed for contempt of court in B.C. Fitzpatrick said the sentence was punishment aimed at deterrence to “send a clear message to Gallagher and those who would be influenced by his actions.” Gallagher’s supporters promptly filed a notice of appeal on his behalf, and on Wednesday, Gallagher was released on bail pending his appeal. ....
NationofChange ‘A disgrace’: First Nation Pipeline opponent gets 90 days in jail after ceremony along Trans Mountain route So, is there a degree of (anti-Indigenous) targeting happening? That, to me, is a fair question to ask. “A disgrace.” That’s how Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein reacted Tuesday to the news that Stacy Gallagher, an Indigenous land defender, had been sentenced to 90 days in jail after being arrested in 2019 for performing a ceremony along the Trans Mountain pipeline route in British Columbia. VICE, which was informed of Gallagher’s plight by a source close to him, the three-month prison sentence handed down by judge Shelley Fitzpatrick comes “despite a new policy that urges prosecutors to avoid jail time for Indigenous peoples if it’s under two years,” an initiative “geared towards protecting Indigenous peoples from a biased justice system.” ....