{
  "id": 8544233,
  "title": "Judge reverses University of Lethbridge cancellation of 2023 Widdowson lecture",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/judge-reverses-university-of-lethbridge-cancellation-of-2023",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T21:55:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calgary Herald",
    "slug": "calgary-herald",
    "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/news/judge-overturns-university-of-lethbridge-cancellation-of-2023-widdowson-lecture"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The University of Lethbridge’s cancellation of a 2023 guest lecture by Frances Widdowson in response to widespread objections was “fundamentally and fatally flawed” by failing to consider the speaker’s Charter rights, says a Court of King’s Bench judge. Widdowson, whose views on residential schools have sparked controversy, had been invited by Paul Viminitz, a U […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}