Melanie Begalka

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Melanie Begalka

Melanie Begalka

@melbegalka

Lawyer. Criminal defence @PenderLit and NWT Legal Aid. Harm reduction & housing justice. Baseball fan. Based on unceded Coast Salish Territories.

Vancouver, BC Katılım Ekim 2011
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Alison Craig
Alison Craig@lawandchocolate·
I'm now regularly finding that Crowns are estimating bail hearings for MORE than a day. This is out of control.
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Connie Walker
Connie Walker@connie_walker·
Camille Piché, a priest with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, was sentenced to 2 years in custody on Monday. He pleaded guilty in N.W.T. territorial court to indecent assault against a child while working as a priest in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
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Melanie Begalka
Melanie Begalka@melbegalka·
@pouchbaby I get that everyone is mad at the Berrios decision (me too), but you have to think at the end of the day the biggest failure was hitters who just didn't score any runs. That's not a leadership problem
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Melanie Begalka@melbegalka·
@JbCasebeer @Harpers Yes, that was me. I know it happens all over Canada though. It’s not a BC specific phenomenon (nor is it a new one!)
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Melanie Begalka@melbegalka·
This is very disappointing. You would think they might have learned something the first two times they failed with this strategy. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
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Emma Tranter
Emma Tranter@emmtranter·
Lawyers in a case that could set a new precedent in Nunavut argue that mandatory minimum driving prohibitions for people found guilty of impaired driving should not apply Inuit hunters who use vehicles out on the land to harvest cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
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Melanie Begalka@melbegalka·
Territorial Court in NWT cancelled until Sept 29th due to fires and evacuations
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Cabin Radio
Cabin Radio@CabinRadio·
"We will get through this." The senior administrator of Enterprise says around 80 percent of structures in the hamlet have been levelled by a wildfire. cabinradio.ca/142268/news/en…
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Cabin Radio@CabinRadio·
Update: Yellowknife will declare a state of local emergency tonight, the city's mayor says, to commandeer resources it needs to defend itself against wildfires. Our live reporting: cabinradio.ca/140833/news/ye…
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Melanie Begalka@melbegalka·
Thick, heavy smoke rolling into Yellowknife right now. Fires feel very close.
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Cabin Radio@CabinRadio·
The NWT's chief environmental health officer has issued a public health advisory related to wildfire smoke for all five regions in the territory. cabinradio.ca/138615/news/ye…
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