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bookmaker forum Chance of direct attack by Russia ‘remote’, says UK armed forces chiefBy ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products , a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the United States. He said on social media last week that he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders. Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, attended a dinner with Trump and Trudeau at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Friday. Trudeau requested the meeting in a bid to avoid the tariffs by convincing Trump that the northern border is nothing like the U.S. southern border with Mexico . “The prime minister of course spoke about the importance of protecting the Canadian economy and Canadian workers from tariffs, but we also discussed with our American friends the negative impact that those tariffs could have on their economy, on affordability in the United States as well,” LeBlanc said in Parliament. If Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for food, clothing, automobiles, alcohol and other goods. The Produce Distributors Association, a Washington trade group, said last week that tariffs will raise prices for fresh fruit and vegetables and hurt U.S. farmers when the countries retaliate. Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the U.S. should Trump follow through on the threat. After his dinner with Trump, Trudeau returned home without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States. “The idea that we came back empty handed is completely false,” LeBlanc said. “We had a very productive discussion with Mr. Trump and his future Cabinet secretaries. ... The commitment from Mr. Trump to continue to work with us was far from empty handed.” Joining Trump and Trudeau at dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice to be his national security adviser. Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, told The Associated Press on Sunday that “the message that our border is so vastly different than the Mexican border was really understood.” Hillman, who sat at an adjacent table to Trudeau and Trump, said Canada is not the problem when it comes to drugs and migrants. On Monday, Mexico’s president rejected those comments. “Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said. She said Canada had its own problems with fentanyl consumption and “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.” Flows of migrants and seizures of drugs at the two countries’ border are vastly different. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. Most of the fentanyl reaching the U.S. — where it causes about 70,000 overdose deaths annually — is made by Mexican drug cartels using precursor chemicals smuggled from Asia. On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 1.53 million encounters with migrants at the southwest border with Mexico between October 2023 and September 2024. That compares to 23,721 encounters at the Canadian border during that time. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports as well. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing for national security.Chance of direct attack by Russia ‘remote’, says UK armed forces chief

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Ahead of Princess Kate's TV appearance for the annual Royal Carols: Together at Christmas special on Christmas Eve, her brother James Middleton is showing his support. James took to his social media page to share a sweet card that he'd been given as a guest at the carol service at Westminster Abbey , which took place on December 6, 2024. On the card was the "Together at Christmas" tagline with the quotes: "'How did I help?' 'You were by my side. Which was everything.'" Alongside it, James added a message from his sister, which read: "'At Christmas, and throughout the year, we must all shine for each other. Because in times of joy and sadness, we are all each other's light.'" "A very powerful message from my incredible sister at [a] special time of the year," he wrote, concluding with: "Merry Christmas to you all." Inside Princess Kate's challenging year as she paces her royal return The Princess of Wales & more royal spouses' first Sandringham Christmas 4 festive red coats to get the Princess Kate look for a lot less Fans rushed to shower the Princess of Wales with supportive messages as well, with one saying: "It really is a beautiful message, your sister is an incredible woman and loved by the entire world! Thank you for always being there for her! I hope you will all have a wonderful Christmas." Another wrote: "Your sister is an incredible lady, looking forward to watching this evening," with a third adding: "Princess Catherine said it BEST! Merry Christmas James and your family!" Kate herself shared a statement ahead of the special, which will also feature Prince William and their children, Prince George , Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis . MORE: James Middleton unveils Christmas tree at private home with young family "Join us on @ITV and @ITVX for the Together at Christmas Carol Service at 7.30pm this evening," she said. The service is available to watch on Britbox outside the UK. "This service reflects upon the importance of love and empathy, and how much we need each other, especially in the most difficult times of our lives. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of this year's celebrations." The Princess also recorded a voiceover to start the program, reading from a letter she previously wrote that was included with the event's order of service. "The Christmas story encourages us to consider the experiences and feelings of others," she says. MORE: Prince George looks identical to uncle James Middleton in incredible photo from mum Kate's carol concert "It also reflects our own vulnerabilities and reminds us of the importance of giving and receiving empathy, as well as just how much we need each other in spite of our differences." "Above all else, it encourages us to turn to love, not fear. The love that we show ourselves and the love we show others. Love that listens with empathy, love that is kind and understanding, love that is forgiving, and love that brings joy and hope." MORE: The Princess of Wales kisses Duchess Sophie during private moment at carol service The appearance at the carol service marked a major return to the public eye for the royal, who spent nine months away from her royal life as she underwent preventative chemotherapy for an undisclosed form of cancer. She shared the news with a video message in March, but provided an update six months later in which she joyfully declared that she had completed her treatment, giving a glimpse of her serene life with her husband and their three loving children.OTTAWA — U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and those in his corner continue to muse about annexing Canada, though Canadian officials have largely sidestepped those comments. In a post on the social media platform X, Eric Trump shared a doctored photo of his father purchasing Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal on Amazon, with the phrase "We are so back!!!" Since winning the presidential election in November, Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the "51st state." On Trump's Truth Social platform, he's also repeatedly referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the "governor" of Canada. Trump has also threatened 25 per cent tariffs against Canada, which has prompted discussions at both the federal and provincial levels on the best way to deal with the incoming Trump government. Carleton University professor Aaron Ettinger said federal officials have rightly been dismissing the social-media posts and maintained a "focus like a laser beam" on the real and "existential threat" of tariffs. "This strikes me as being profoundly unserious," said Ettinger, who has studied Canada-U.S. relations during the first Trump presidency. "These are taunts; these are churlish provocations that are not mature, and do not reflect just how serious the coming trade war is," he said. Ettinger said Trump is likely continually posting about Canada because it plays well to his supporters, without being seen as a real threat of annexation. "We know his moves. He makes fun of, he belittles, he mocks, because he can," he said. But he said that a vacuum of leadership in Ottawa from embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spurring "the freelancing of some of the provincial leaders" in response to Trump's comments. For example, Ontario Premier Doug Ford weighed in on Trump's postings on Dec. 18, telling media that "we'll never be the 51st state. We're Canada; we're proud to be Canadians. We'll always fight for that." Ettinger said civil society is similarly better to focus on convincing Americans to not impose damaging tariffs on Canada, instead of amping up anti-Trump rhetoric. "Canadians should worry first about what Canada's actual national interests are," he said. "We're not going to out-trash talk Donald Trump, so don't even bother trying and focus instead on the core stuff that really matters." In response to Trump's threats, the Trudeau Liberal government has unveiled a $1.3 billion spending package over six years to address Trump's threats, which concern border security and the flow of illegal drugs into the United States. Canada's ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman has repeatedly characterized Trump's comments as gentle ribbing between two close countries. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said on Dec. 13 that she has quipped to Republican senators that they could join Canada as the eleventh province. Greenland's head of government, Múte Bourup Egede, suggested that Trump's latest calls to purchase the territory from Denmark would be as meaningless as those made in his first term. "Greenland is ours. We are not for sale and will never be for sale," he said in a statement. "We must not lose our years-long fight for freedom." Panama President José Raúl Mulino has also rebuffed Trump's musing about taking over the Panama Canal. "Every square metre of the canal belongs to Panama and will continue to," he said in a video, to which Trump fired back on his social media site, "We'll see about that!" This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 24, 2024. — With files from The Associated Press Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press

NoneA Delaware judge ruled on Monday that Tesla TSLA-Q CEO Elon Musk still is not entitled to receive a $56 billion compensation package despite shareholders of the electric vehicle company voting to reinstate it. The ruling by the judge, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Court of Chancery, follows her January decision that called the pay package excessive and rescinded it, surprising investors, and cast uncertainty over Musk’s future at the world’s most valuable carmaker. Musk did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment. Tesla has said in court filings that the judge should recognize a subsequent June vote by its shareholders in favour of the pay package for Musk, the company’s driving force who is responsible for many of its advances, and reinstate his compensation. McCormick said Tesla’s board was not entitled to hit “reset” to restore Musk’s pay package. “Were the court to condone the practice of allowing defeated parties to create new facts for the purpose of revising judgments, lawsuits would become interminable,” she said in her 101-page opinion. She also said Tesla made multiple material misstatements in its proxy statement regarding the vote, and could not claim the vote was a “cure-all” to justify restoring Musk’s pay. “Taken together,” the problems with Tesla’s arguments “pack a powerful punch,” she wrote. Tesla shares fell 1.4% in after hours trade, after the ruling. McCormick also ordered Tesla to pay the attorneys who brought the case $345 million, well short of the $6 billion they initially requested. She said the fee could be paid in cash or Tesla stock. “We are pleased with Chancellor McCormick’s ruling, which declined Tesla’s invitation to inject continued uncertainty into Court proceedings,” said a statement from Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, one of the three law firms for the plaintiff. The law firm also said it looked forward to defending the court’s opinion if Musk and Tesla appealed. Musk and Tesla can appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court as soon as McCormick enters a final order, which could come as soon as this week. The appeal could take a year to play out. After the January ruling, Tesla shareholders flooded the court with thousands of letters arguing that rescinding Musk’s pay increased the possibility he would leave Tesla or develop some products like artificial intelligence at ventures other than Tesla. Attorneys for shareholder Richard Tornetta, who sued in 2018 to challenge Musk’s compensation package, had argued that Delaware law does not permit a company to use a ratification vote to essentially overturn the ruling from a trial. McCormick in January found that Musk improperly controlled the 2018 board process to negotiate the pay package. The board had said that Musk deserved the package because he hit all the ambitious targets on market value, revenue and profitability. But the judge criticized Tesla’s board as “beholden” to Musk, saying the compensation plan was proposed by a board whose members had conflicts of interest due to close personal and financial ties to him. After the January ruling, Musk criticized the judge on his social media platform X and encouraged other companies to follow the lead of Tesla and reincorporate in Texas from Delaware, although it is unclear if any companies did so. The judge in her January ruling called the pay package the “biggest compensation plan ever – an unfathomable sum.” It was 33 times larger than the next biggest executive compensation package, which was Musk’s 2012 pay plan. As of Monday, the pay package was worth $101.4 billion, according to Equilar, a compensation consulting firm. Musk’s 2018 pay package gave him stock grants worth around 1% of Tesla’s equity each time the company achieved one of 12 tranches of escalating operational and financial goals. Musk did not receive any guaranteed salary. Tornetta argued that shareholders were not told how easily the goals would be achieved when they voted on the package.Javon Leake is staying put. A CFL source said Friday the veteran running back-returner has agreed to terms on a two-year extension with the Edmonton Elks. Leake was slated to become a free agent in February. The source added the deal — which was negotiated by Kenny Kim of Summit Athletes — was worth more than $270,000 in hard money. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as the Elks hadn’t formally announced the move. The six-foot, 205-pound Leake ran for a career-high 661 yards on 102 carries (6.5-yard average) with six TDs in 15 games this past season, his first with Edmonton. Leake also had two 100-yard rushing contests in 2024 while adding 34 catches for 301 yards and a touchdown. Leake also had 23 punt returns for 214 yards and 25 kickoff returns for 539 yards. Leake joined the Elks as a free agent after spending two seasons with the Toronto Argonauts, winning a Grey Cup with the club in 2022. Leake was used predominantly as a returner with Toronto and was the CFL’s top special-teams player in 2023 after registering 81 punt returns for 1,216 yards and four TDs. He had 38 kickoff returns for 793 yards. Leake had 15 carries for 52 yards over his two seasons with the Argos. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 13, 2024. The Canadian Press

Brenda Suddeth began fostering and rescuing animals with the Humane Society of Cherokee County, where she volunteered for over 15 years. At the time, HSCC had limited space for cats, and she decided to take on the responsibility of rescuing cats and kittens, including getting them spayed and neutered and socializing them. This led her to get a rescue license from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture. “I was called one cat and one dog short of crazy,” Suddeth said. Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, she never stopped caring for animals, but she had to slow down during her treatment. Now in remission, Suddeth continues her efforts, but she now takes on more of a “networking” role, connecting people to other rescues or individuals who can help animals. “I get a lot of cruelty calls, about animals that need help,” Suddeth said. “And I have a page on Facebook, where people will reach out.” She does not work alone, but has several friends and a handful of volunteers who help her. “I would get a load of puppies, foster them, and find a rescue to adopt the puppies out,” Suddeth said. Suddeth said she used to help transport animals to metropolitan cities like Tulsa or Oklahoma City, or even sometimes to other states, like Kansas. Now, she lets other volunteers handle the long drives, while she makes arrangements. “It’s really getting hard now to get animals moved,” Suddeth said. “I get on Facebook, I network, and get ahold of rescues, and help arrange transport for them.” Another way Suddeth uses social media is to help individuals in emergencies find food or other supplies they may need for their animals. She said some may need help with vet costs. “A lot of people will donate to fund these efforts,” Suddeth said. She described the rescue work as like having a job she doesn’t get paid for. “Sometimes I get 15 calls a day, and that will mean I spend all day on my phone trying to find help for those animals,” she said. In addition to cats and dogs, Suddeth said she’s also received calls about horses, and she said she does the best she can. Throughout the winter season, Suddeth said, she receives donations of doghouses she is able to give out to those in need. She also gives out flea and tick medication for dogs all year. Suddeth said she has rescued over 60 cats and fostered over 40 puppies in her 22 years of rescue work. Many cats still live in her home, where she has a cat room, and an enclosed “catio” for them. “They are like kids. They make messes and knock stuff over,” Suddeth said. “I raised six kids, and they are like raising kids all over again.” Outside of her rescue work, Suddeth said, she enjoys shopping at thrift stores. “I just like to look at stuff, and see what other people have discarded,” she said.NEW YORK — There has been much chatter about the Jets and their lack of discipline, even dating back to last season. In Sunday’s loss to Seattle, Gang Green committed 12 penalties for 83 yards. So, how does Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich define a disciplined player? “A disciplined player is a player that executes his job to the best of his abilities every single play, and you see that,” the coach said. “That doesn’t necessarily mean they win or lose the down, it means they are executing and doing exactly what you asked. Part of that process is the penalty or lack thereof. “Some penalties, as we spoke about at length before, are aggressive penalties, and you live with them. Solly’s [Solomon Thomas] penalty with the horse collar, he’s in the pits scrapping for a third-and-1, fourth-and-1, you are just trying to grab at whatever you can grab at. The beauty of that play is when he realized it, he let it go and ultimately, that wasn’t what tackled the guy. If you get called for stuff like that, we can live with those. “The ones that you can’t live with are the illegal shifts, the illegal formations, the delay of games, offsides, those are absolutely unacceptable, and those are the illustration of lack of discipline at times, so got to be better in that way.” Penalties, or self-inflicted wounds, as the coaching staff has repeatedly called them, have been a consistent issue for the Jets. They led the NFL in penalties last year (124) and are also among the leading offenders this season. Gang Green is fourth in the league in penalties, with 89 through 12 games. During the fourth quarter against the Seahawks, the Jets committed five penalties on a single drive. Among the penalties were too many men on the field, pass interference, and a horse collar penalty that helped Seahawks running back Zach Charbonnet score the eventual game-winning touchdown. After the game, Jets cornerback D.J. Reed blasted officials on social media. “@NFLOfficiating you f—— suck, yall should be ashamed of yall selves!” Reed said on X before later deleting the post. Ulbrich said he holds Jets players accountable during team meetings to try and prevent penalties from being committed. Like many other teams, the Jets have a fine system for players who are late or get a warning, which could lead to fines for committing preventable penalties. Players receive a warning and after that they could be fined for every infraction that they receive. Team fines can also be less than what the NFL decides to fine players for hits or penalties. “It’s a bunch of different ways that you can do it,” Jets left guard John Simpson said to the New York Daily News. “I felt like I never really had a problem with it. I think it is about making those things a priority at showing those things at the beginning of the week, and that’s something that we do now. “We show certain things that go on in the league and allow people to understand and know this is what will happen when you do something like that. Not everybody knows what a penalty is. When they show us, that information helps guys for sure.” This week, the word “undisciplined” also came up after Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was suspended three games for his illegal hit on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence during Sunday’s game. During the first half of Sunday’s game, Lawrence slid following a scramble when Al-Shaair hit the quarterback in the head with a forearm blow. Lawrence quickly went into the fencing position after suffering a concussion, and he was later carted off the field. Al-Shaair was ejected from the game, but not before he engaged in a brawl with various Jaguars players. Al-Shaair apologized on social media Monday to Lawrence, saying first that he didn’t see the quarterback sliding until “it was too late,” and it happened “in the blink of an eye.” On Wednesday, the Jaguars placed Lawrence on injured reserve, which means Lawrence is out at least four games. With five games remaining and a 2-10 record, Lawrence’s season is likely over. “Every time I see a quarterback run, my thoughts are to go hit him,” Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley told the Daily News. “I was taught as a young backer, you always dive for the head because when they do slide, you are going to aim high. If they slide, you should go over and if they don’t dive then, it’s a body shot and for me it is that simple. “Some quarterbacks slide late, some try to draw a penalty. On that one, it was a bang, bang play. You can look at it both ways, but at the end of the day, you are taught to dive high and if they slide late, you try to aim over their head. “That’s the only coaching point I would receive. Some hits can be avoidable, but on that one, it was tough. Obviously, on the offensive side, you are going to take offense to it and on the defensive side, you are going to be defensive about making a legal tackle.” ©2024 New York Daily News. Visit nydailynews.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.We’re just days away at this point from putting 2024 in our rearview mirror — which, for those of us who cover all things streaming, means that it’ll soon be time to turn our attention to what all the major streamers have teed up for the year to come. In this post, I’m going to take a closer look at three upcoming that will be available on in 2025. They don’t have official release dates yet, but what’s already certain is that all three of these will dominate the cultural conversation once they arrive. HBO has already teased a look at its jam-packed release slate for 2025, via a sizzle reel that offered sneak peeks of new seasons of and , in addition to shows like , , and . For the moment, there are the three upcoming HBO titles that I’m most excited for — arranged in no particular order, we’ll start things off with a return to Westeros. is getting another highly anticipated addition to the franchise in the coming year, via the spinoff . In terms of what we know about it so far: The story is set a century before the events of the OG series, in an age when the Targaryen line still controls the Iron Throne and “the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory.” At the story’s center are two unlikely heroes wandering Westeros — a naive but courageous young knight named Ser Duncan the Tall and his diminutive squire Egg. Creator George R.R. Martin has given interviews in the past in which he’s talked about wanting to tell more “small” stories like this one within the larger world of — in the style of , which took two minor characters from and focused on them rather than the bigger and more familiar story. This new spinoff, needless to say, promises an exciting return to the franchise’s world of politics and power struggles. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the and have reviewed the for this next upcoming HBO series, which dropped back in September, has already whetted the appetites of fans craving the new season of . The relationship between Pedro Pascal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie will obviously continue to be core to the show. Season 2 will also bring us the continued presence of the fearsome Clickers, as well as the Seraphite religious sect. The story will pick up after the dramatic first season finale, which saw Joel and Ellie reach Salt Lake City and the latter being resolute in accepting that her immunity might be the only path toward a cure for the show’s pandemic. New characters who will join the show this season include Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby, as well as Ellie’s love interest Dina, played by Isabela Merced. The luxury hotel chain at the center of this next popular HBO series will expand its fictional footprint to Thailand for the third season of , following the brand welcoming guests to Hawaii and Sicily in Seasons 1 and 2. The great draw of the show from creator Mike White is how it uses a luxurious setting as the backdrop for slice-of-life stories about both guests and hotel staff, mixing dark humor and social satire to create one of the most memorable TV releases of the last several years. The cast for Season 3 will include Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Michelle Monaghan, and Parker Posey, with Blackpink member and Thailand native Lisa (credited as Lalisa Manobal) also making an appearance. Beyond that, we know almost nothing of the new season’s plot. Both previous seasons, of course, opened with a shot of an unidentified body, setting up a mystery that propelled each season’s story. Meanwhile, there’s already been talk of a potential fourth season in the works, even before HBO gives us a release date for Season 3.

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A white Christmas is forecasted for parts of Ontario as winter weather and snowfall sweeps across the province Monday. Snow moving across Ontario is expected to accumulate from about London eastward to the Quebec border, said Environment Canada meteorologist Brad Rousseau. "Whatever snow falls today looks like it should stick around for Christmas," he said. "A white Christmas looks to be almost a certainty." Up to 20 centimetres is in the forecast across a swath of Ontario from Georgian Bay east toward Perth where the snowfall warnings are in effect. The Greater Toronto Area is under a winter weather travel advisory and could see between five and 15 centimetres of snow by early Tuesday morning. On one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season, Toronto Pearson International Airport urged travellers to check their flight status and take "plenty of extra time" to arrive at the airport. The snow advanced on Ottawa Monday afternoon, and Environment Canada warned it could become heavy at times through the night with accumulations between 10 to 15 centimetres. Drivers on Highway 400 and Highway 11, where some cars were stranded around Gravenhurst during a major storm earlier this month, may come up against poor visibility and hazardous road conditions, Rousseau said. As it moves east, the snow was expected to taper off Monday night and into Tuesday. The low-pressure system developed along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, in what forecasters call an Alberta Clipper. The systems, Rousseau said, are generally characterized by smaller winter storms than low-pressure systems that develop out of Texas or Colorado, but they're generally fast-moving and a little drier. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 23, 2024. Shopping Trends The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. 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Marie Northern Ont. hospital to close emergency department for Christmas and Boxing Day A physician shortage is again forcing the closure of the emergency department at the Thessalon Site of the North Shore Health Network – this time for more than 48 hours over the holidays. Suspect charged with headbutting their parent, confining them to a chair in Thessalon, Ont. A member of the family in the northern Ontario community of Thessalon is charged with a vicious assault and forcibly confining their parent. One injured in the Sault after lithium-ion battery starts house fire Sault fire officials have determined a lithium-ion battery to be the cause of a house fire that broke out early this morning. Ottawa Traffic dispute threatens to dampen holiday spirit on Taffy Lane A visit to Ottawa's Taffy Lane in Orléans is a staple this time of year, but a dispute amongst neighbours over traffic congestion is threatening to dim the magic of the holidays for one neighbour. Ottawa mayor speaks on transit funding, federal turmoil in year-end interview Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe spoke with CTV News on a variety of issues, including transit, the city budget and political turmoil on Parliament Hill in a year-end interview. SNOWFALL WARNING | Pre-Christmas storm forecasted in Ottawa with up to 20 cm of snow tonight Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Ottawa and parts of eastern Ontario with a snowstorm in the forecast Monday afternoon and into the evening. Toronto DEVELOPING | Parts of Ontario under snowfall warning Monday as holiday travellers hit the road Holiday travellers and commuters could be in for a messy drive on Monday morning as a significant round of snowfall moves into the region. Here are live updates on the situation in Toronto. Everything you need to know about what’s open on Christmas in the GTA Here's what you need to know about what's open and closed in the GTA over the Christmas holidays. Toronto takes on New York on 7-game losing streak Toronto Raptors (7-22, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (18-10, third in the Eastern Conference) Montreal Quebec fugitive killed in Mexican resort town, RCMP say RCMP are confirming that a fugitive, Mathieu Belanger, wanted by Quebec provincial police has died in Mexico, in what local media are calling a murder. Guzzo Group says it wants to protect its 500 employees Although the Guzzo Group is currently in turmoil, it is reassuring its employees and customers about the year ahead. Snow on the way as Montreal is put under weather advisory A weather advisory has been initiated for the Greater Montreal area, with 10 to 15 cm of snow expected to hit the ground. Atlantic Court of appeal certifies class action lawsuit against health authority, former nurse A New Brunswick mother who is the lead plaintiff in a court case has received an early Christmas gift after the province’s top court certified her class-action lawsuit. No need to dream, White Christmas all but assured in the Maritimes An early nor'easter followed by a low-pressure system moving into the region all but ensure a Maritime White Christmas Man and woman from New Canada charged for impaired driving: N.S. RCMP Lunenberg District RCMP has charged a man and a woman, both from New Canada, N.S., with impaired driving. Winnipeg An alleged sniper, pair of animal claims featured on MPI’s top five fraud list for 2024 From hitting animals that weren’t there to a sniper that didn’t exist, Manitoba Public Insurance has released its top five frauds of 2024. Manitoba government to make permanent cut to gas tax Manitobans can expect to see a permanent change at the gas pump as early as next week Winnipeg police arrest corrections officer following sexual assault of a youth A corrections officer at a “youth custody facility” has been arrested following a number of sexual assaults against a youth. 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A deal which could see the Elgin Marbles returned to Greece is “still some distance” away, George Osborne has signalled. The former Tory chancellor, now chairman of the British Museum, suggested Sir Keir Starmer had contributed to a warmer spirit of the negotiations over the famous ancient artworks. Greece has long called for the return of the Marbles, also known as the Parthenon sculptures, and maintains they were illegally removed from Athens’ acropolis during a period of foreign occupation. The British Museum – where they are currently on display – is forbidden by law from giving away any of its artefacts, and the Government has no plans to change the law to permit a permanent move. But under Mr Osborne’s leadership, the museum is negotiating the possibility of a long-term loan of the sculptures, in exchange for rolling exhibitions of famous artworks. No 10 has indicated the Prime Minister is unlikely to stand in the way of such a deal. Speaking on Political Currency, the podcast he hosts alongside former Labour politician Ed Balls, Mr Osborne said the museum was “looking to see if we can come to some arrangement where at some point some of the sculptures are in Athens, where, of course, they were originally sited”. He added: “And in return, Greece lends us some of its treasures, and we made a lot of progress on that, but we’re still some distance from any kind of agreement.” The Greek government has suggested negotiations with the museum have taken a warmer tone since Labour came to power in the summer. Mr Osborne appeared to concur with this view and praised Sir Keir’s hands-off approach, adding: “It is not the same as Rishi Sunak, who refused to see the Greek prime minister, if you remember, he sort of stood him up. “So it seems to me a more sensible and diplomatic way to proceed.” Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek premier, discussed the Elgin Marbles with Sir Keir when they met on Tuesday morning at Downing Street, he said after returning to Athens. Mr Mitsotakis has signalled his government is awaiting developments on the negotiations. A diplomatic spat between the Greek leader and Mr Sunak emerged last year when the then-prime minister refused to meet his counterpart. Mr Mitsotakis had compared splitting the Elgin Marbles from those still in Athens to cutting the Mona Lisa in half. The marble statues came from friezes on the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple and have been displayed at the British Museum for more than 200 years. They were removed by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century when he was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Some of the remaining temple statues are on display in the purpose-built Acropolis Museum in Athens, and Greece has called for the collections to be reunited.How to use an air fryer to elevate your charcuterie board – tried and tested tips from a trained chefRuhullah joins students protest against reservation Suhail Bhat SRINAGAR, Dec 23: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today assured a delegation of protesting students that the Cabinet Sub-Committee formed to review the reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir will submit its report within six months. The students are protesting against the reservation policy in Jammu and Kashmir implemented after the abrogation of Article 370. Following the meeting, Omar posted on X: “The beauty of democracy is the right to be heard & dialogue in a spirit of mutual cooperation. I have made certain requests and given assurances to the representatives of the Open Merit Students Association. This channel of communication will remain open without intermediaries.” “We met the Chief Minister and held discussions on the reservation issue for about 30 minutes. The crux of the discussion was that the Chief Minister has asked for six months for the Sub-Committee to complete its work,” one of the student leaders told reporters after meeting the Chief Minister at his residence. National Conference leader and Lok Sabha member from Srinagar Aga Ruhullah Mehdi earlier led a protest outside the residence of Omar to support the demand for “rationalisation” of reservations in Jammu and Kashmir. The protesters, carrying placards with slogans like “Justice for Open Merit” and “Eradicate Draconian Rule 17,” gathered outside the residences of the Chief Minister on Gupkar Road in Srinagar. Leaders from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), including Iltija Mufti and Waheed Parra, as well as Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) legislator Sheikh Khursheed, also participated in the demonstration. During a passionate address to the gathering, Mehdi, who had recently raised the issue in Parliament, called on the Government to either adjust the reservation policy in accordance with the population proportions of reserved categories or implement the Supreme Court’s 50% cap on reservations. “I made a commitment to the students that I would stand with them, and today we are here to demand justice. I am with them and will support them in taking this to its logical conclusion,” he said. He said, adding only be satisfied when the students’ concerns were fully addressed The protests were sparked by dissatisfaction with the reservation policy introduced following the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Students claimed that reducing the open merit quota to 40% or less violates Supreme Court directives. “It has led to an unfair distribution of medical seats,” an MBBS student said, adding that this year only 29% of seats were filled by students from the open merit category while the rest were distributed among the reserved categories. A five-member delegation, which was formed during the protest and represented students from Central, South, and North Kashmir, met with the Chief Minister to present their concerns and demands. After the meeting, a student representative briefed the media about the deliberations. “We spoke with him for half an hour, presenting all our queries and citing official data to suggest possible solutions. CM provided actionable points. For instance, he mentioned issues related to the 10% EWS quota and Rule 17, which fall within the Government’s domain and can be addressed immediately. He assured us that these matters would be resolved. He also mentioned that the Sub Committee will address other broader concerns in a time-bound manner, promising a resolution within six months. However, he clarified that six months is the upper limit, and decisions could happen sooner,” he said. The delegation also raised the issue of the 76.5% open category reservation. “He assured us that the Sub Committee would consult all stakeholders and ensure a fair and just solution,” the student representative said. However, the six-month time frame has drawn apprehension as major exams and recruitment cycles are ongoing. “Omar himself mentioned inclusivity but suggested that faster decisions are needed for the process to be meaningful. Regarding recruitment, no specific assurances were given,” the representative added. When asked if he was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting between the students and the Chief Minister, Ruhullah said that his satisfaction was immaterial. “If the students are satisfied, I am satisfied. The good thing is that the process of the Sub Committee has been made time-bound. Earlier, it was open-ended,” Mehdi said. He also clarified that it was wrong to call the event a protest, describing it instead as “an assembly of people to discuss” the reservation policy. PDP leader and MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra called for urgently addressing the reservation policy issue. “We are not here for political mileage. The future of our youth cannot be neglected. With the alarming unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir and the absence of a robust private sector, public sector opportunities are crucial for our youth,” he said. PDP leader Iltija Mufti slammed the Government for its inaction. “It has been a month since the Cabinet Sub-Committee was formed, but there has been no progress. Hollow promises won’t suffice; the Government must act decisively,” she said. She urged the administration to demonstrate leadership during this crisis. “This is a test of governance. A fair and time-bound resolution to the reservation policy issue is what we expect,” she said. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq extended his support for the protesters in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating, “The issue of reservations should be addressed with justice and fairness. The current policy undermines the interests of the general/open merit category. I appeal to the authorities to address their concerns immediately.”

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Why Donald Trump Can't Actually Buy Greenland, According to ExpertsPhoto: Facebook / Twisted Sister Kamloops RCMP Const. David Tucker is shown with his gun drawn during an incident that was filmed and posted to social media on July 31, 2023. A Kamloops RCMP constable will spend the next 12 months on probation after losing his cool in the midst of a chaotic scene, ripping a cellphone from the hands of a woman who was filming him and then chasing her down and tackling her. Const. David Tucker, 36, pleaded guilty on Monday in Kamloops provincial court to one count of mischief under $5,000 , admitting that he used unjustified force when dealing with a woman during an arrest last year. Court heard Tucker had more than five years of policing experience on July 31, 2023, when he happened upon an arrest outside Kamloops city hall. Tucker spotted a man he recognized as a drug dealer engaging in an argument with a woman. A number of people were in the area at the time. One of them was holding a large dog on a leash and another began filming on a cellphone. Crown prosecutor Anthony Chang described a chaotic scene. At one point, Tucker punched the dog in the head after it lunged at him and bit his gear. When the dog lunged a second time, Chang said, Tucker threatened to shoot the animal and pulled his gun. Mountie ‘overcome’ by emotions Moments later, when a woman recording the scene on her cellphone refused to get out of Tucker’s way, he angrily ripped the phone from her hand. Tucker nearly smashed the phone over his knee, then thought better of it and threw it undamaged onto the hood of a nearby car. When the woman grabbed the phone back and ran, the Mountie followed after her. Tucker grabbed the woman by her arm, causing her to fall. He then wrestled her into submission before jumping up to run after the vehicle linked to the man that initially drew his suspicion. The woman was never formally arrested or charged. She was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital as a precaution, where she was found to be uninjured. “During that one-minute period, Const. Tucker admits that he permitted his emotions to overcome his decision making,” Chang said. "His grabbing of [her] phone and his arrest of her were done out of his frustration with her prior conduct and his heightened emotions from the chaotic and stressful events.” ‘A moment of frustration' Chang said it’s important that police officers are held to account in such circumstances. “It is an indisputable fact that the confidence of the public in general is shaken every time a police officer uses unjustified force,” he said. Court heard Tucker has no criminal record and no disciplinary record to speak of from his seven years as a Mountie. “He has been and is expected to continue to be a person and police officer of otherwise good character,” Chang said. “The Crown accepts that his offending was done out of character.” Defence lawyer Danielle Ching-McNamee said Tucker had no way of knowing the incident would “snowball” the way it did. “The non-compliance of these individuals ultimately pushed him over the edge and he succumbed to a moment of frustration that clouded his sound judgement,” she said. “But it was a momentary lapse in judgement.” Praised by coworkers Ching-McNamee filed a number of character letters, including one from an outreach worker at The Mustard Seed who praised Tucker’s “calm, compassionate demeanour” when dealing with vulnerable people on the street. A handful of the letters were from Tucker’s co-workers, including two from his supervisors. They both mentioned an incident in May of 2023 in which Tucker pulled a suicidal man to safety on the Overlanders Bridge. He was credited with directly saving the man's life. Tucker was recognized with a detachment commander award earlier this year in connection with that indecent. “Yes, police officers are held to a higher standard in the course of the execution of their duties — but perfection is not what’s demanded nor required,” Ching-McNamee said. “And as human beings, police officers, like anyone else, can succumb to moments of frustration.” Ching-McNamee also detailed Tucker's personal history, which included some time spent homeless on the streets of the Fraser Valley after he was disowned as a young man by his abusive father. She and Chang presented a joint submission to Kamloops provincial court Judge Michelle Stanford suggesting a conditional discharge with 12 months of probation — meaning Tucker’s criminal record would remain unblemished if the probation is completed without incident. 'The last thing he wants' Stanford said she doesn't expect to see Tucker back in hot water. “The charge itself and the sentencing have weighed heavenly on him. I’m also told that this is a dream job and something he is passionate about," she said, going along with the joint submission. "This charge and the sentence, I would expect, would be the last thing he wants to mark his career.” Stanford said a criminal record would "unnecessarily burden" Tucker, based on what she heard. While on probation, Tucker will be required to report to a probation officer, attend counselling as directed and complete 50 hours of community service. He will also be required to stay away from the victim, except in the course of his work as a Mountie. Tucker was also facing one count of assault, which was stayed following Monday's hearing as part of the joint submission. Kamloops Mounties issued a statement immediately following the incident defending Tucker’s actions . Court heard Tucker, who is working in an administrative role, will be the subject of an RCMP disciplinary hearing now that the court process is complete.

By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products , a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the United States. He said on social media last week that he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders. Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, attended a dinner with Trump and Trudeau at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Friday. Trudeau requested the meeting in a bid to avoid the tariffs by convincing Trump that the northern border is nothing like the U.S. southern border with Mexico . “The prime minister of course spoke about the importance of protecting the Canadian economy and Canadian workers from tariffs, but we also discussed with our American friends the negative impact that those tariffs could have on their economy, on affordability in the United States as well,” LeBlanc said in Parliament. If Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for food, clothing, automobiles, alcohol and other goods. The Produce Distributors Association, a Washington trade group, said last week that tariffs will raise prices for fresh fruit and vegetables and hurt U.S. farmers when the countries retaliate. Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the U.S. should Trump follow through on the threat. After his dinner with Trump, Trudeau returned home without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States. “The idea that we came back empty handed is completely false,” LeBlanc said. “We had a very productive discussion with Mr. Trump and his future Cabinet secretaries. ... The commitment from Mr. Trump to continue to work with us was far from empty handed.” Joining Trump and Trudeau at dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice to be his national security adviser. Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, told The Associated Press on Sunday that “the message that our border is so vastly different than the Mexican border was really understood.” Hillman, who sat at an adjacent table to Trudeau and Trump, said Canada is not the problem when it comes to drugs and migrants. On Monday, Mexico’s president rejected those comments. “Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said. She said Canada had its own problems with fentanyl consumption and “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.” Flows of migrants and seizures of drugs at the two countries’ border are vastly different. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. Most of the fentanyl reaching the U.S. — where it causes about 70,000 overdose deaths annually — is made by Mexican drug cartels using precursor chemicals smuggled from Asia. On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 1.53 million encounters with migrants at the southwest border with Mexico between October 2023 and September 2024. That compares to 23,721 encounters at the Canadian border during that time. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US$2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports as well. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing for national security.Jets' Rodgers insists he'll play despite knee issue, rookie Fashanu placed on IR with foot injury

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