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Podcast: The Rodgers Brief
Episode: NS Judicial Positions Filled, Howe "Clarification" From NSBS, "Terrorism" Designation in Veltman Sentencing, Election Interference Inquiry Dropouts, New BC Law re Pets in Separations
Description: This week I start with some Nova Scotia news - four judges have been named to new positions within the NS judiciary, the Bar Society issued a "clarification" on media coverage of Lyle Howe's Court of Appeal victory, and former Better Business Bureau President Peter Moorehouse was sentenced for child pornography offences.
Nationally, several stories caught my attention. Cameron Ortis has appealed his conviction for sharing secrets with targets of Canadian intelligence investigations, Nathanial Veltman's sentencing concluded with a declaration that he engaged in "terrorism" in killing four members of a Muslim family with his truck in 2021, Trucker Convoy...