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Canadian Screen Awards to honour best in film with ‘Brother,’ ‘Viking’ in the lead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

TORONTO — The Canadian Screen Awards are to celebrate the best in film tonight with Clement Virgo’s “Brother” in the lead with 14 nominations. An evening gala in Toronto will recognize the top films of the past year, following an afternoon show that celebrates digital productions. Coming-of-age drama “Brother” leads the film races with nominations that include best direction and best lead performance for Lamar Johnson. Stéphane Lafleur’s sci-fi comedy “Viking” follows with 13 nominations and David Cronenberg’s body horror “Crimes of the Future” has 11.A week of live events celebrating Canada’s media and entertainment industry wraps tomorrow evening with a gala recognizing television drama and comedies.The leading television nominee is the CBC/BET Plus historical drama “The Porter” with 19 nominations. The public broadcaster’s millennial comedy “Sort Of” received 15 nominations, followed by buddy-cop comedy “Pretty Hard Cases” with 11.H...

Funeral today for Quebec provincial police officer killed on the job last month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — Police officers and first responders from across North America are expected to participate in a funeral procession today for a Quebec provincial police officer killed while on duty.Twenty-year veteran Sgt. Maureen Breau was fatally stabbed while serving an arrest warrant on March 27 in Louiseville, Que., about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.The funeral is to take place at 1:30 p.m. in Trois-Rivières, Que., at Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-du-Cap, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City.Thousands of officers and first responders will take part in a three-kilometre procession for Breau, 42, a mother of two whose husband was also a provincial police officer.The man accused in her killing was shot dead by provincial police.Isaac Brouillard Lessard, 35, had been found not criminally responsible by the courts at least five times for past offences. This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 13, 2023....

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Saskatchewan today to promote Liberal budget

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

REGINA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatchewan today to sell the Liberal government’s new budget.Trudeau is to visit a Regina grocery store and meet with families and employees to discuss the budget’s grocery rebate.He is also to make an announcement on measures to make life more affordable for Canadians.Later in the day, Trudeau is to meet with students and other community members.Saskatchewan is represented in Parliament by 14 MPs, all Conservatives.The last Liberal MP in the province was Ralph Goodale, who was defeated in the 2019 election.This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 13, 2023The Canadian Press

RBC biggest fossil fuel funder globally in 2022 at US$42B: report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

TORONTO — A report from a coalition of environmental groups shows that Royal Bank of Canada was the biggest fossil fuel financier in the world last year after providing over US$42 billion in funding. The annual Banking on Climate Chaos report shows the bank’s funding between 2016 and 2021 put it as the fifth-largest fossil fuel funder but 2022 was the first year it provided the most money. According to the data, Scotiabank ranked ninth globally last year with US$29.5 billion in funding and TD was just behind it at about US$29 billion, while Bank of Montreal ranked 15th and CIBC 16th at US$19.3 billion and US$17.9 billion respectively. At RBC’s annual shareholder meeting last week, chief executive Dave McKay emphasized the importance of energy security and an orderly transition away from fossil fuel funding as he defended the bank’s funding and climate record. Environmental advocates have been pushing banks to phase out fossil fuel funding as a way to make it harder...

Rise in ‘illegal’ taxis puts Montreal passengers at risk, airport authority warns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

MONTREAL — The Montreal airport has an illegal taxi problem, says its regulatory authority, which is calling for a crackdown.Since January, nearly 400 tickets for infractions related to vehicles operating without a proper permit have been issued, according to the Aéroports de Montréal (ADM).“Sometimes we see taxis with fake Uber stickers on their cars, or even we’ve seen cars with fake taxi domes,” said airport authority spokeswoman Anne-Sophie Hamel.Other incidents involve legitimate taxis that don’t have a permit to operate at the airport, Hamel said, or freebooters that don’t even bother to dress up as a cab or ride-hailing service.Bloated prices, aggressive solicitation and even threats make up some of the concerns.“What we see and what we hear from passengers is that they go to them and they take their luggage almost without even asking,” Hamel said.These drivers tend to target international arrivals, who may be less familiar with the airport and local taxi protocols, she...

Daily horoscope for April 13, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

Moon Alert: Caution! Avoid shopping or important decisions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT today (7 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Capricorn into Aquarius.Happy Birthday for Thursday, April 13, 2023:You are confident and goal-oriented. You keep your wits about you in the midst of chaos. Trust in your success. Service to others, especially family, will be a theme this year. Therefore, take care of yourself so you can be of support to others. Time for a makeover?ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★Most of today is a Moon Alert. Postpone important decisions until tomorrow. Likewise, during the Moon Alert today, restrict spending money to food and gas. Don’t volunteer for anything and don’t make promises you can’t keep. Tonight: Be friendly.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★Today you might go overboard with plans to travel or when dealing with authority figures. You might feel intensely about something. Meanwhile, most of this day is a Moon Alert, which means tread ca...

How the EU reduces greenhouse gases beyond CO2 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

Find out how the EU works to reduce emissions from greenhouse gases besides CO2.As the EU works hard to reduce CO2 emissions, it is also making efforts to regulate other greenhouse gases heating up planet Earth, such as methane, fluorinated gases - also known as F-gases - and ozone-depleting substances. Although they are present in smaller volumes than CO2 in the atmosphere, they can have a significant warming effect.MEPs call for ambitious emission reductions of fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances. They support the European Commission’s proposals to encourage the use of alternatives to fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances where possible or to put measures in place to reduce their leakage and emission during production or use.On 30 March 2023, Parliament adopted its positions on fluorinated gas emission reductions and ozone-depleting substances, enabling it to start negotiations with EU governments.Find out more about the non-C02-greenh...

Miss Manners: She was the one with the bad meal, but I think I should get compensated

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When my friend and I shared a hotel room at an event, we split the cost. At the hotel restaurant one evening, my friend found an unknown object in her food. At checkout, the hotel credited our room $100 for the mishap, and I split the discount between the two of us.The next day, she called to say that since the $100 credit was to her, we should not have split it and I owed her $50. I sent her a check, but she still said she was surprised that I even tried splitting it.Although technically the $100 refund was hers, had the situation be reversed, I would have handled it that way since we are good friends and were splitting the room cost. Was I rude to have assumed she should have split the difference?GENTLE READER: If your friend had ordered champagne and room service while you had toast and a cup of tea, would you have split that bill? If so, Miss Manners will allow that this was an honest misunderstanding between friends that was cleared up when you paid up.DEAR M...

Man pleads to involuntary manslaughter in Bay Area student athlete’s death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

On the day his Solano County Superior Court preliminary hearing was to begin, a 20-year-old Fairfield man on Wednesday pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter for the fatal Easter 2021 shooting of a Vanden High student athlete in Fairfield.Daniel Dejon Hughes, 17 (Courtesy photo/Katie Marshman) Seated at the defense table in Department 9, James Sterling Shawn Williams, listening closely to Judge Carlos R. Gutierrez’s questions, first heard the judge note that the maximum sentence he could impose was four years and eight months in state prison but it appeared likely the judge would impose three years eight months instead.The judge dismissed one count, but Williams, as the remaining charges were read, uttered “no contest” not only to the main charge but also to the illegal discharge of a firearm and possession of a semi-automatic handgun, factors that led to the April 4 shooting of Daniel Dejon Hughes, 17.With the no-contest pleas, Williams did not admit guilt but essentia...

2 men take deal in fatal stabbing of Santa Cruz high school student

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:00 GMT

SANTA CRUZ — Avoiding a murder trial set to begin later this month, codefendants in the 2009 fatal gang stabbing of a 16-year-old Santa Cruz High School junior instead agreed to plea deals this week.Paulo Luna and Ivan Tapia Ramirez, both 36, separately pleaded no contest to reduced charges in negotiated deals with the Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office.The defendants were the last of five men charged 13 years ago with the gang-related murder of Tyler Tenorio. Luna, arrested after he was extradited from his native Mexico in August 2020, is slated to receive a six-year prison sentence minus credit for time served, according to court documents. Ramirez, arrested in February 2019 after a similar extradition from Mexico, is expected to face an 11-year prison sentence, a judge said Wednesday. The two are pending sentencing hearings scheduled for the coming months.Tyler Tenorio, 16-year-old Santa Cruz High student, was stabbed to death on Laurel Street on Oct. 16, 2009. (Family ...