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unusual facts about Operation Dismantle v. The Queen


Section Seven of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

In Operation Dismantle v. The Queen (1985), cruise missile testing was unsuccessfully challenged as violating security of the person for risking nuclear war.


Anthems for the Champion – The Queen

Anthems for the Champion - The Queen is an EP by German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch, released in 2007 through AFM Records.

The EP collects all the anthems composed by Doro and used to introduce the performances of her good friend, the German female boxing champion Regina Halmich.

#"We're Like Thunder" (feat. Regina Halmich) (N. Douglas, C. Lietz, D. Pesch) - 3:11

Hannah Peel

Whilst on tour promoting 'The Broken Wave' by supporting another Full Time hobby act Erland and the Carnival, Peel became good friends with the band and a collaboration between herself, Gawain Erland Cooper and Simon Tong (The Verve, Blur, Gorillaz, The Good, the Bad & the Queen) resulted in a new band The Magnetic North.

History of Regina, Saskatchewan

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, wife of the Duke of Argyll, who was then the Governor General of Canada, named the new community Regina (Latin for queen), after her mother, the Queen.

Hodge v. The Queen

In his ruling, Lord Fitzgerald held that the province had the authority to delegate any of its residual powers under section 92(16).

Miller and Cockriell v. The Queen

v. Miller and Cockriell 1977 2 SCR 680 is a leading Canadian Bill of Rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Criminal Code of Canada provisions relating to the death penalty were challenged as a violation of the right against "cruel and unusual" punishment under section 2(b) of the Bill of Rights.

Prince Albert Challenge Cup

The Cup was accepted by the Regatta in the presence of H.M. The Queen at Buckingham Palace in June 2006.

Robin Woods

In 1962, he was appointed Dean of Windsor and Domestic Chaplain to H.M. the Queen and played an influential part in the education of Charles, Prince of Wales.

Section Twelve of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The Court, however, could and did follow previous interpretations of cruel and unusual punishments in pre-Charter case law, namely Miller and Cockriell v. The Queen (1977).


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