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Olivia Chow to make announcement amid speculation she will enter Toronto mayor race

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

It seems another high-profile name is set to join the crowded race to be Toronto’s next mayor.Olivia Chow, a champion for the left and progressive politics first as a councillor and later as an MP, has scheduled an announcement at a downtown Toronto restaurant Monday morning where it’s expected she will officially enter the race. Chow teased last month she was strongly considering entering the contest to replace John Tory, but stood by as others signed up. #BREAKING: Olivia Chow to make an announcement tomorrow morning. She said she was "considering" running for mayor a few weeks ago. #TOpoli— Mark McAllister (@McAllister_Mark) April 16, 2023This would be Chow’s second run for mayor after coming up short almost a decade ago. She went into the 2014 campaign as the favourite against incumbent Rob Ford, who was eventually replaced by his brother Doug after his health deteriorated. However, over the course of that campaign, Chow’s momentum waned a...

Federal government restoring funding to Hockey Canada

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

The federal government is restoring funding to Hockey Canada, saying the organization has fulfilled conditions previously set out to retain financial support. Federal sports minister Pascale St-Onge made the announcement on Sunday ahead of the women’s world championship gold medal game between Canada and the United States in Brampton, Ont.“Today marks an important milestone for Hockey Canada in our journey to earn and maintain the trust of Canadians,” said The Hon. Hugh L. Fraser, chair of the Hockey Canada Board of Directors. “While I would like to thank Minister St-Onge and the government for their vote of confidence and for their ongoing efforts to prioritize safe sport in Canada, I also wish to stress that we still have work to do to change the culture of our sport.“This is a significant moment for the future of Hockey Canada, and hockey in Canada, as it will enable us to further our commitment to supporting all levels of the sport. We thank the Minister and the government...

Regimental funeral will be held Thursday for Alberta officer who died in crash

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. — The RCMP say a regimental funeral will be held later this week for one of its Alberta-based officers who died in a crash while heading to help another officer.The funeral for Const. Harvinder Dhami, a member of the Strathcona County detachment east of Edmonton, will be held Thursday morning at Millennium Place in Sherwood Park, Alta., and will be preceded by a procession from Bethel Lutheran Church.Dhami, who was affectionately known as Harvey, died early on April 10 while driving to help other officers with a noise complaint.The Mounties previously said Dhami’s vehicle hit a large concrete barrier on a road northeast of Sherwood Park.While police had said they would give more details on the crash investigation at a news conference Sunday, Cpl. Troy Savinkoff and Sgt. Deanna Fontaine told reporters the investigation remains ongoing and that police wouldn’t speak to it yet.Detachment Supt. Dale Kendall said at the news conference that Dhami responde...

Investigators find 55-gallon drum in lake, believe they are close to locating missing Oklahoma woman

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

GROVE, Okla. (KSNF)– Authorities believe the disintegrating and rusted-out remains of a 55-gallon drum at the bottom of a northeast Oklahoma lake may hold clues to the disappearance of a woman missing since 1998.Peggy A. Sweeten, 52, was last seen on Jan. 17, 1998.She and her husband, James Lee Sweeten, a former Kansas, school superintendent, lived in a lakefront home with a boat dock at Four Seasons Resort on Grand Lake, northeast of Grove, Oklahoma. None of Peggy’s personal belongings – including her car, clothing, photos or mementos were missing – according to a search warrant filed in 2011.“We were reviewing the old police reports and investigative reports again and a statement by Patrick Sweeten, Peggy’s son, caught my eye,” said Mark Wall, a cold case detective in Delaware and Ottawa counties. Woman seeking parents on TikTok reignites Oklahoma cold case Patrick Sweeten told investigators he learned his mother was missing in March 1998 and had to force his father to file a m...

One more gorgeous day then humidity and storms return

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Today was a top 10 weather day by most people's standards. Sunshine? Check! Warm, but not hot? Check! Low humidity? Check! Weekend? Check! Highs reached the mid to upper 70s, almost 20 degrees cooler than Saturday. Clear skies tonight will set us up for a chilly night with lows dropping into the low 50s. Some areas of the Hill Country will start Monday morning in the 40s!Monday morning low temperatures El Niño watch issued: Here’s what that means Monday should be almost as nice as humidity stays low, temperatures push a little closer to 80º and we only have some passing high clouds at times. Monday night humidity makes a quick return setting us up for several warm and sticky days ahead.Humidity increases this weekTuesday through Friday and possibly into next weekend we have daily rainfall and storm chances. No particular day looks to be a washout, but isolated to scattered showers and storms are possible each day. Our computer models have been moving back and fort...

Saints blanked by Indianapolis 7-0 in roadtrip finale

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

The St. Paul Saints’ struggles at the plate continued Sunday, as they struck out 17 times in a 7-0 loss to the Indianapolis Indians in the finale of their road trip at Victory Field.The 17 Ks were the second-most ever in a nine-inning game in history for the Saints (8-6), who had chances to score early but could never get the big hit.José De León got the spot start after Brent Headrick was called up to the Twins, and he was sharp in his three innings of work. After allowing the first two men to reach in the first, De León got a double play and a fly out to end the inning. He retired the side in order in the second and, after giving up a leadoff double in the third, retired the next three hitters to end his day.The Indians got on the board first in the fourth off Cole Sands. Travis Swaggerty led off with a single. Malcom Nuñez walked. With two outs, Tyler Heineman hit a three-run homer to right, his first of the season, giving the Indians a 3-0 lead.The Indians put the game away in t...

Yankees’ Gerrit Cole outduels Twins’ Pablo López to win series finale 2-0

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

NEW YORK — The pitch that the umpires ruled nicked Anthony Rizzo’s foot may not have hit him, and the fly ball that DJ LeMahieu hit that just got out in right field wouldn’t have been a home run in other parks.But it didn’t matter on Sunday: The pitch was ruled to have hit Rizzo, pushing Aaron Judge, who would go on to score, to second base, and LeMahieu’s fly ball was a home run at Yankee Stadium, the ballpark that mattered.Oh, and Gerrit Cole stifled the Twins’ offense completely, anyway.Cole allowed just two hits on Sunday as part of a complete-game shutout, the second pitched against the Twins this season. The Yankees’ 2-0 victory in the Bronx sent the Twins to a series split after winning the first two games and made a tough-luck loser out of Twins starting pitcher Pablo López.“Sometimes those things happen,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “Sometimes you’re going to go six (innings), give up two runs and pitch really well and those two runs are not necessarily — I don...

Lakers play spoiler, steal game 1 from Grizzlies in NBA Playoffs

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

The Los Angeles Lakers continued their winning ways on Sunday, stealing the first game from the Memphis Grizzlies in the opening round of the NBA Western Conference Playoffs.The road team-Lakers defeated Ja Morant and the Grizzlies by a score of 128-112 Sunday afternoon.The 7-seed Lakers went into the FedExForum to open their postseason run after securing a spot in the playoffs after defeating the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves last week.While the headliner of the matchup was the postseason return of LeBron James, the league's all-time leading scorer, two unheralded rotation players led the way in the victory.Guard/forward Austin Reaves, who assumed a larger role when LeBron James went down for several weeks toward the end of the regular season, led the starters with 23 points, four assists and three rebounds in his first NBA playoff game."Everybody's playing every possession like it's their last," Reaves said. The leading scorer for the Lakers came in the form of a mid-season ...

Reggie Jackson on Oakland and the A’s: “They’re not going to have a team here.”

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

OAKLAND – The A’s days in Oakland are numbered, as far as Reggie Jackson is concerned.Jackson, who at one point wanted to purchase the A’s from former owners Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann, believes the team will have no choice but to vacate the East Bay in the coming years because of low revenue issues created by their decaying 55-year-old stadium.“No, they’re not going to have a team here. You can’t play with three, four, five six thousand people in the stands,” Jackson said Sunday at the Coliseum before the A’s held a celebration for the 1973 World Series championship team. “You have no revenues here. What’s the signage look like? You’ve got to have revenue.”The A’s, prior to their series finale with the New York Mets, had an average home attendance of 11,580 in eight home games, the lowest in Major League Baseball.The A’s averaged 9,973 per game last season after the organization hiked season ticket prices and gutted the roster, trading or letti...

McClanahan gets fourth win, Rays rout Manoah, Blue Jays 8-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:52:29 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Shane McClanahan pitched six effective innings in his fourth straight win, and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by topping the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Sunday.Christian Bethancourt hit a three-run homer as the Rays rebounded from their first two losses of the season. Yandy Díaz reached four times, and Josh Lowe had two hits and three RBIs.“You never want to leave a series not getting a win,” Lowe said. “For us to do that today and head off to Cincinnati on a good note, that’s good for all of us.”The Rays have homered at least once in all 16 games this season. Only Seattle (20 games in 2019) has started a season with a longer streak.McClanahan (4-0) allowed one run and four hits. He struck out six and walked two.“He got stronger as the outing got deeper,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “Really impressed with his work.”Colin Poche, Garrett Cleavinger and Jason Adam each worked one scoreless inning. Adam closed it out by making a behind-the-back catch on Kevi...