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As Canada celebrated National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, a 77-year-old Indigenous man is alleging he was being racially discriminated against and assaulted at Regina General Hospital. Thomas Favel spoke out alongside the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) at First Nations University in Regina on Tuesday in an effort to bring awareness to the incident, telling reporters he was assaulted and forcefully restrained while asleep.“I was sound asleep but the minute he grabbed me I woke up, and when he pushed me on my feet I landed on my feet and I can’t run and walk…

CNN  —  A federal appeals court has agreed to let New York’s concealed gun law remain in effect until a three-judge panel weighs in on a court ruling that blocked parts of the restrictive gun measure. In a two-sentence ruling, 2nd Circuit Court Judge Eunice Lee referred New York state’s request for a stay of the temporary restraining order to a three-judge panel while the state appeals the merits of a ruling blocking the enforcement of part of the law. The court also granted the state’s request to pause the temporary restraining order from going into effect pending the result…

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It’s been a frustrating summer for many residents who live along the Victoria Promenade along the north side of Edmonton’s river valley. “I think the city, with the good intention of making it more accessible and more friendly for everyone has, in fact, done the opposite,” said area resident Stacey Kuehn.As part of a pilot project along the popular road, the city added a new bike lane on the north side of the road, ultimately taking away the street parking.“Along with the shock of it — questions started coming up about okay, this is not safe — where was the…

Two fishermen captured in a viral video appearing to scam an Ohio fishing tournament are on the hook for multiple crimes, including cheating, authorities said in announcing their indictments Wednesday.Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley described the allegedly fishy conduct of Jacob Runyan, 42, and Chase Cominsky, 35, at last month’s Lake Erie Walleye Trail Tournament as “not only dishonorable but also criminal.”Runyan and Cominsky were indicted on charges of attempted grand theft, cheating, possession of criminal tools and unlawful ownership of wild animals, O’Malley said in a news release.Two fishermen were found to have weighed down their fish with…

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday warned investors to avoid the stocks in the Nasdaq 100 and highlighted the worst-performing stocks during the third quarter.”These seven biggest losers from the third quarter are simply representative of the House of Pain the index has become. By the way, if you’re living in a house of pain, you should move,” he said.Cramer acknowledged that there are a few stocks in the index that he believes are still great, but maintained that the index is ultimately filled with “woe and hurt.”Here are his quick takes on the index’s biggest losers:1. OktaCramer said that the…

Ahmed Malik has been driving a yellow cab for 18 years, and he’s never seen the industry so beaten down. And he fears if the new congestion pricing plan comes to pass, it will spell financial doom for him and his fellow hacks. “This is no good for us,” he told The Post. “We are all worried but what can we do? With the new congestion charges, I don’t think many will take cabs. I think drivers will leave.” The Brooklyn resident, who hails from Pakistan and works 10-hour days, seven days a week, said he is already barely scraping…

One of China’s most prominent biotech companies said it was “mind-boggling” that Beijing has not allowed sales of Covid-19 vaccines using technology pioneered by Moderna and BioNTech/Pfizer.BeiGene’s research chief told the Financial Times it was “unfortunate” that Chinese authorities had not approved messenger RNA shots, which provide longer lasting and higher levels of protection than vaccines made by homegrown rivals.China is the only big economy that has maintained strict quarantine for international arrivals and lockdowns to curb outbreaks of the virus. The pandemic policies have stunted the country’s economic growth and disrupted global supply chains.Experts said that China’s low elderly…

A Brooklyn gangbanger with more than a dozen prior busts — and pending robbery and attempted murder cases — was nabbed again this week on a new gun rap, according to court records and police sources. Quran Pressley, 37, a reputed member of the Gorilla Stona Mafia street gang, was free without bail in a July shooting when cops spotted him shortly after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, allegedly drinking booze from a plastic cup with a bottle of Hennessy brandy nearby, the sources said. After a brief scuffle, police found that a bulge in Pressley’s jeans was a loaded .380…

A popular Peloton instructor who was fired last month says his boss stereotyped him for being Irish, frequently asking if he was drunk on the job and claiming she couldn’t understand his accent — according to a $1.8 million wrongful termination suit he filed Wednesday. Daniel McKenna – whose virtual live running and strength classes were attended by upwards of 1,000 members at a time – says he was fired on Sept. 12 with no explanation, according to his Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit. McKenna claims his abrupt firing was in retaliation for the fact he took over two months of…