CP NewsAlert: Canada halting activity at Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will halt all government-led activity at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.This comes after a Canadian citizen resigned from the financial institution, alleging it is dominated by the Chinese Communist Party.More Coming.The Canadian PressOxford Properties Group acquires The Rimrock Resort Hotel in Banff
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
TORONTO — Oxford Properties Group says it’s acquired the 330-room Rimrock Resort Hotel in Banff National Park. The real estate firm says hospitality group Accor has signed with Oxford to operate the hotel, effective immediately. Oxford, the real estate arm of the OMERS pension plan, says it’s making a significant investment to renovate the hotel from top to bottom, though the hotel will continue to operate throughout the renovations. The firm already owns the Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and Fairmont Chateau Whistler hotels in Western Canada.Oxford says the Rimrock, which sits four kilometres south of Banff, Alta., is its first hotel acquisition since 2014. Tyler MacDonald, head of hotels and alternatives at Oxford, says in a news release that the acquisition of the Rimrock speaks to the company’s long-term conviction in Canada’s luxury resort hotel market. This report by The Canadian Press was first publish...Levi’s executive tapped as CEO of NWSL’s San Francisco Bay Area team
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Levi Strauss & Co. executive Brady Stewart has been named chief executive officer of Bay FC, the National Women’s Soccer League team set to launch in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2024.Stewart will work with the owners of the new team, which include investment firm Sixth Street and a group of former U.S. women’s national team players: Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner.“Brady is a world-class leader with a proven instinct for innovating and accelerating growth in changing markets, and she’s going to drive our founding vision of building Bay FC into a franchise that represents more than just a soccer team,” Alan Waxman, cofounder and CEO of Sixth Street, said in a statement Wednesday. “She has a deep love and appreciation for both the game and the Bay Area, and she knows how to galvanize passionate people towards a common goal.”The league’s 14th expansion team was announced in April. It will be the third Ca...Poles hold protests demanding liberalized abortion law after death of pregnant woman
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poles demanding a liberalization of the abortion law protested in Warsaw and other Polish cities on Wednesday after a woman who was five months pregnant died of sepsis, the latest such death since a tightening of Poland’s abortion law.The protesters vented their fury against the ruling party, Law and Justice, or PiS, over several deaths in maternity wards in the past couple of years. The cases involved hospitals that refused to terminate pregnancies due to the presence of a fetal heartbeat even when the women were in grave danger.“PiS kills,” said a sign at the protest in Warsaw, where hundreds gathered around a monument to the Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. “Mom, I am afraid for my future,” said another.The 33-year-old woman died last month in the John Paul II hospital in Nowy Targ in southern Poland. It is a hospital in a deeply conservative region of the mostly Catholic nation. The hospital contains relics of the late Polish pope and Polis...Movie review: Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ won’t set the world on fire, but it holds water
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
Pixar’s “Elemental” conjures a diverse metropolis where the elements — fire, water, earth and air — live like ethnicities mostly ghettoized from one other. For fire and water, especially, mingling can be combustible. A bad splash could consume fire; a strong flame could evaporate water. This is the rare kids’ movie where subway rides are actually more fraught with danger than in the real world. “Elemental” is the 27th Pixar feature and the second from longtime studio veteran Peter Sohn (“The Good Dinosaur”). But in many ways, it feels like a spiritual sequel to the Disney Animation release “Zootopia,” a likewise gleaming urban tower of anthropomorphized racial metaphors with occasional interactions with municipal bureaucracy.In “Elemental,” Ember Lumen (voiced by Leah Lewis) is the daughter of immigrants from Fireland: Ernie (Ronnie Del Carmen) and Cinder (Shila Omni), both of whom were handed English names while passing through an Ellis Island-like customs entry.Like countless real...Poilievre calls for Mendicino to resign over handling of Paul Bernardo transfer
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
OTTAWA — Marco Mendicino should resign or be fired over his office’s handling of knowledge that Paul Bernardo was being transferred to a medium-security prison, Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday. Poilievre pointed out that when the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision to move the convicted killer and serial rapist from his maximum-security penitentiary became public, the minister of public safety said he was shocked. The Conservative leader now says Mendicino “lied,” given the correctional service informed the minister’s office at least three months before the transfer and again several days before Bernardo was moved. Spokesman Kevin Antonucci said the correctional service has a process to provide the minister’s office advance notice on matters pertaining to high-profile offenders.He said Mendicino’s office was first emailed about Bernardo’s transfer on March 2, but told the final date for the move had not yet been...Urban Prep Academy loses appeal to stop CPS takeover
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
CHICAGO — Urban Prep Academy lost another appeal Wednesday as it tried to keep its charter status and stop a Chicago Public Schools takeover.While siding with the Chicago Board of Education, a judge said Urban Prep didn't meet the necessary threshold for a temporary restraining order but stressed this is not a judgement on the merits of the case overall. CPS moved to strip Urban Prep of its charter status last fall. It said it's planning to keep both campuses open and automatically enroll the students there. It also plans to keep qualified staff on board. Previous Coverage: CPS to take over 2 Urban Prep campuses after charter school’s appeal denied A judge plans to rule on the charter school network's temporary restraining order against CPS. CPS moved last fall to take control of Urban Prep's schools in Bronzeville and Englewood amid allegations of financial misconduct against the charter's founder.The Illinois Board of Education denied Urban Prep's appeal to renew its char...Person struck by freight train in Hinsdale; Metra BNSF line seeing extensive delays
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
HINSDALE, Ill. — A person was struck by a freight train on Wednesday in Hinsdale.According to the Hinsdale Police Department, the person was struck near the Lincoln Street crossing. 3 hospitalized, 1 critical after head-on collision in Naperville The condition of the person who was hit hasn't been released.Metra said inbound and outbound train movement has resumed with restricted speed in the area. Travelers should expect extensive delays.The police department said only the Oak Street Bridge and Stought crossings are open at this time.Heinz releasing sauce packets unique to every state
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) – Condiments could be a collectors' item this summer as Heinz releases limited-edition condiment packets that are custom-designed for each state.The company is calling it Saucemerica, and the packets will be available at restaurants, theaters, stadiums, drive-thrus and other places that typically contribute to the sauce-packet collection you have amassing in your junk drawer. The top 100 best burger spots in the U.S., according to Yelp The limited-edition packets contain classic condiments: ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, ranch, BBQ sauce and tartar sauce. The designs, however, will be unique to each of the 50 states.The Colorado sauce packet, for example, is filled with tomato ketchup. The design features the Rocky Mountains, skiers and bison, plus an image of one of the state's signature dishes: the bison burger.The Florida version contains mustard, which pairs perfectly with the Cuban sandwich depicted on the state's sauce packet. The design also shows a Florida bea...Astrovirus apparently sickens kids in Iowa: What it is and how it spreads
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:09:11 GMT
JOHNSTON, Iowa (WHO) – An Iowa family says their child is recovering from an astrovirus infection that began days after visiting a public play area. "We went to the splash pad on the 2nd of June and he started to develop symptoms that Monday and started to get a high fever and vomiting, then we noticed he was getting worse," said Des Moines resident Megan Reynolds, whose son Fletcher was taken to the emergency room over the weekend and diagnosed with the astrovirus. Reynolds said the nurses at the hospital said other children had come in with symptoms that indicated the illness.Astrovirus, like norovirus, is a fecal virus. This type of virus, which was discovered by electron microscopes in the 1970s, is spread from person to person and by contact with stool. It can be spread on surfaces and through food or water. It can be killed with chlorine if detected and properly treated. Public splash pads can be particularly susceptible to the spread of the virus due to children's habits of ...Latest news
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