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By Erin Blad, Citizenlink.org: Dec. 8, 2008 Amsterdam has unveiled a comprehensive plan to close up to half of its businesses that "generate criminality," including brothels, gambling parlors and marijuana cafes. Saturday’s announcement also includes offering help for those who lose their jobs as a result of the plan. Amsterdam legalized prostitution in 2000. [Keep reading this article here.]...
Canwest News Service, November 25, 2008: SASKATOON -- Two law firms are suing the Saskatchewan government over the issue of marriage commissioners being required to perform same-sex marriages. The claimant in the case is Orville Nichols, who was found guilty in May of violating the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code for not performing a same-sex marriage three years ago. The couple involved, identified by tribunal order only as M.J. and B.R., was later married by another commissioner. Keep reading this story from tha National Post here. ...