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CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29

CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29. MINT CHAIR ACCUSSED OF ASSISTING IN TAX EVASION.

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CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29

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  1. CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29 MINT CHAIR ACCUSSED OF ASSISTING IN TAX EVASION • The chair of the Royal Canadian Mint, who also served as an adviser on international taxation to the federal Finance Department, helped engineer the transfer of millions of dollars of a prominent Canadian family through offshore tax havens in what others involved characterized as a "tax avoidance scheme” • Slightly more than $8 million was moved through offshore entities in Bermuda, Barbados and Antigua • The hundreds of records are part of a sprawling lawsuit against James Barton Love, a Toronto tax lawyer who chairs the mint's board of directors

  2. CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29 • The epic $15-million court fight between Love and the Meighen heirs was finally settled two years ago. The defendants — including Love, his law partner and their current and former firms, as well as Legacy Private Trust and Canada Trust — agreed to pony up $8.9 million, but without admitting fault. • http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jim-love-canadian-mint-chairman-helped-run-offshore-tax-avoidance-scheme-for-clients-1.2441347 Love, a close friend of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty who was appointed to the Mint's board in 2006

  3. CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29 ROGERS GETS NHL RIGHTS FOR 5.2 BILLION • A 12-year, $5.2-billion deal, which begins next season through 2025-26 between the NHL and Rogers, is the largest media rights agreement in league history and subject to approval by its board of governors at a meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif., on Dec. 9-10. • Pelley said the goal is to take all the games involving teams in Canada and the United States nationally on Saturdays on Hockey Night and televise them on, say, Sportsnet, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet 360 and City TV. • http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/cbc-partners-with-rogers-in-landmark-nhl-rights-deal-1.2440326

  4. CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29 • CBC has been the home of Hockey Night since 1952. It is committed to 320 hours of prime-time hockey, including games in the choice Saturday night time slot and the Stanley Cup final for the next four years. • The pact also means that Rogers' broadcast rival TSN appears to be shut out of NHL broadcasting for the next decade. "Hockey Night in Canada is an iconic brand," said Keith Pelley, president of Rogers Media, at Tuesday's news conference. "It is important to us that it will continue."

  5. CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29 Pot-smoking Mountie can't smoke in uniform, RCMP says • A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with a medical marijuana prescription thinks he should be able to smoke the drug while in uniform, but the RCMP says he can't smoke marijuana while in red serge or while wearing his regular working uniform. • RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gilles Moreau said any officer with a medical marijuana prescription can take their medication, but should not do so in while in their uniform. Cpl. Ronald Francis serves with J Division in New Brunswick, and received a prescription for medical-grade marijuana on Nov. 4.

  6. CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29 • Francis, who is currently assigned to administrative duties, said smoking marijuana has no negative effect on his ability to be a police officer and that he intends to continue smoking on the job. • “There’s no policy in the RCMP that prevents me from smoking marijuana. There’s no policy in the RCMP that says I cannot smoke in public. I have the right to smoke it in my red serge.” • Moreau said the RCMP has a duty to accommodate members’ medical needs, but also has to consider the effect on other members and on public perceptions.

  7. CURRENT EVENTS NOVEMBER 29 • Francis said he experienced stress while serving the First Nation in Davis Inlet and in his own community of Kingsclear First Nation. He began to seek treatment for mental distress eight years ago.  • At first, his doctors prescribed anti-depressants, but he did not feel any significant improvement. Francis said his prescription allows for three grams a day, which he estimates to be nine to 15 joints, though he said he doesn’t typically smoke that much. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pot-smoking-mountie-can-t-smoke-in-uniform-rcmp-says-1.2442576

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