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There is sometimes good wisdom on the back roads, and Canadian society is learning that change is needed. Cultural appropriation is when members of one culture adopt elements from another culture in a way that's considered inappropriate or unacknowledged. After things occur in history, we often get different interpretations of what it was, sometimes we are misled. Lots of examples of this particularly with the advent of Truth and Reconciliation, it has proven otherwise. We are learning. The other day a young “romantic,” filmmaker Oliver Mecure from near Madoc (Moira River, upstream of Bend Bay) arrived at my Canadian Ecology Centre doorstep to pick my brains on canoeing from Ottawa to Thunder Bay and particularly the La Vase portages in North Bay. It is something I know about, what is termed the Nipissing Passageway often highlighted within my published books and maps. The map link will help to view the approximate historic routes, three are water one is overland.h He is preparing and researching to do an “authentic journey” as a voyageur along the route. I asked him if he was taking toilet paper, a GPS and freeze-dried food. And if he had a little red canoe like Bill Mason. A mirror came to mind, I explained to this younger idealist there were/are several ways to portage your way across the height of land at North Bay to access Lake Nipissing and beyond. Early Indigenous communities utilized these before the arrival of the colonial explorers, missionaries and fur traders. These are called nastwagan. Sharing information is what Back Roads Bill does and I was pleased to do so since I am convalescing with a new right hip highlighted in last week’s story. Oliver’s presence was therapeutic – more Vitamin N. There are several parts to this story - leading us to consider more of what we think we know. If you are driving just east of North Bay on Highway 17 you will see water on both sides of the Trans Canada Highway, that’s Trout Lake on the north side of the height of land marking two very distinct drainage basins. On the south side near the water (called Brandy Lake) is one of those dark blue bronzed historical highway plaques. It says in part: “...the great canoe route via the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers Lake Nipissing and the French River...which was followed by early explorers and missionaries and fur traders...” It lists “...Among many famous men who passed here...” including Samuel de Champlain in 1615 (probably not). There is no acknowledgement of Indigenous peoples. For years passersby have come to think this was the way the early explorers/voyageurs made their westward across the height of land to Lake Nipissing. Given its contextual location, the La Vase Portages is one of the most historic places in Canada. It is a 14-kilometre section of the historic voyageur canoe route, which connects Trout Lake and Lake Nipissing. The route was used thousands of years ago by First Nations as part of what was termed colonially as the Amerindian trading network before and at the time of European contact. During the age of exploration and then the fur trade, the Nipissing Passageway was soon established as a major artery into the interior of North America as the Mississippi River was too long and Hudson and James Bays were not always ice-free. How do we know this route was utilized? Well, there is archaeological evidence . There was also a public consultation phase, in which I participated, and Indigenous communities were consulted. There are other interesting aspects. When in North Bay (south end) walk 100 m from Lakeshore Drive (golf driving range) on the Kate Pace Way, south to the first pedestrian bridge, you will see the sweeping bend in the river. From this vantage point, look eastward (left) you can see the bend in the river and the field depicted in the painting. If you walk along the edge of the north bank, you will see two locations where rocks were piled for landings. This location is significant. There is no doubt of the existence and location of the upper, middle and lower La Vase Portages. But one of the carry-overs retains two very different pieces of remaining evidence of voyageurs’ impact on the landscape. “These portages were described many times in writing between 1620 and 1845,” says the late local historian Roy Summers, who has unearthed many maps and studied the literature and diaries of those leaving behind records, as well as images of the portages.” I accompanied him on several field excursions. He was a retired civil technician and a local historian. A very thorough researcher and an aficionado of historic maps. Roy was also a member of the Friends of the La Vase Portages . (The group have been working to keep the trail open and protected for future use, further work remains to be done to see the historic route receive more complete and long-term protection and recognition as a heritage canoe route. Good maps under the Routes tab. ) “ I have been able to unearth several very accurate maps done by various government agencies over the period from 1845 to 1970 that define these portages and their precise location, “ Roy recalled. “ Almost all of them have the documentation (maps, field notes and journals) stored in various archives. “ Two of the better and more accessible examples of evidence are found at the lower portage closest to Lake Nipissing, Summers said. At the downstream (west) end, you can recognize the location depicted in the John Elliott Woolford watercolours. These are the 1821 paintings of Major Woolford, who accompanied (as the official draughtsman) Governor General Dalhousie as he travelled up the French River, across Lake Nipissing and up the La Vase River following the voyageur canoe route. Woolford recorded much of what he saw with watercolour over pencil and shared these images of the Canadian frontier with the governments of Canada and Europe. There are two specific La Vase river paintings, Voyageurs portage canoes at bend in narrow river and First Portage on Little River . (You can see these prints at the North Bay Museum .) The second piece of compelling evidence is the proliferation of hawthorn trees all along the bank and there are many lining the bank’s edge. Hawthorns are small sharp-tipped branches that arise either from other branches or from the trunk. “These hawthorn trees are telltales. The hawthorn tree is unmistakable for its long, sharp thorns. The haw berries are important for wildlife in winter, particularly thrushes and waxwings. These birds eat the haws and disperse the seeds in their droppings. Humans consume the berries, as well,” Summers said. “These trees are the leftovers of undigested hawthorn berry seeds from the voyageur’s pemmican.” Indigenous wisdom advised new arrivals to consume hawberries, an insular low bush fruit, to prevent scurvy. Basically, the proof is the “poop” from the regeneration of these trees. If you journey to the west end of the La Vase portage on the shores of Lake Nipissing (Lakeshore Drive to Premier Rd. to the municipal park called Champlain Park) you will find several historic plaques commemorating Samuel de Champlain and the voyageurs (lacking Indigenous content). So, are the monuments commemorating Champlain’s visit in the right location? On July 26th, 2015 it was 400 years since Samuel de Champlain appeared somewhere on the shoreline of Lake Nipissing. Here is the BayToday story of the day the story says: “The celebration will take place on Sunday, July 26th, the exact date of Champlain's passage, at Champlain Park (North Bay).” I then talked about this on the CBC . There is a difference in opinion. There is good evidence the famed French Canadian explorer may not have come this way. Roy Summers thought so. Years of dogged determination helped Roy piece together what was in this area from a geologic and historical perspective. He thought Champlain took the historic portage from Trout Lake to Lake Nipissing was along Ski Club Road, crossing Chippewa Creek and turning southwest towards Timmins St. and the present North Bay waterfront. There is evidence; it is identified as a historic portage on an 1883 survey. (Some think Cassells St. to Trout Lake Rd. may have been the direct route but its roots are later in North Bay’s history; it was the development road to Trout Mills [a working lumber mill] at Armstrong Beach.) Roy unearthed and showed me many, many maps, and studied the literature and diaries of those leaving behind records and images of the Nipissing Passageway, which includes several ways to reach Lake Nipissing. The La Vase portages is a 14 km/8.7 mile trek, in length, with three portages totalling 2.7 km/1.7 miles, it is one of three possible routes. Parks Creek, 10.7 km/6.7 miles, has five portages of 1.9 km/1.2 miles; (known as Ojibwaysippi) via a series of small lakes, (the “Cove” beach/Camelot Lake), is another. And the shorter, but not forgotten North Bay and Trout Lake Rd . (Ski Club Rd.) historic portage, 6 km/3.72 miles with no portages; including Chippewa Creek as another complementary seasonal waterway to Lake Nipissing. Roy said, “These different routes were used by first, the extensive Amerindian trading network and then the French and English explorers and the voyageurs. These routes were described many times in writing between 1620 and 1845. Almost all of them have the documentation (maps, field notes and journals) stored in various archives, but there is no evidence of Champlain using the La Vase portages.” He points to the “league,” a historic unit of measure (which varied in definition) as another piece of evidence for an alternative route. “In many notations where the portage length is in leagues the distance more closely matches the historic portage route along Ski Club Rd. to the waterfront.” The North Bay Board of Trade (now Chamber of Commerce) started promoting Champlain’s arrival through the La Vase portages as early as 1925. That was the year North Bay became a city (2025) an early milestone. The celebration was called “Old Home Week” and the extensive program acknowledged the prestigious explorer’s visit and the La Vase portages. The first commemorative plaque erected in 1925 (and since refurbished) is on Lakeshore Drive near the garden/bait enterprises. The hoopla continued, fast forward to 1961 and the next historic plaque on the east side of Highway 17 at Dugas Bay (there was a roadhouse there at one time, attracting many tourists). Then in 1975, the Chamber published Murray Leatherdale’s ‘ Nipissing form Brule to Booth ,’ a book highlighting the age of exploration and development within the Nipissing Passageway. As noted other plaques and a cairn have been erected at the end of Premier Rd. at Champlain Park. For years, since the early North Bay Board of Trade, through to the present, a variety of community groups have tried to promote, protect and conserve the La Vase portages. In reality, the heyday for the utilization of the La Vase portages was for approximately forty years when the North West Co. (NWC) operated La Ronde House on the small island at the end of Premier Rd., before amalgamating with the Hudson Bay Co. in 1821. It was during the time of Alexander Mackenzie of the NWC, one of Canada’s greatest explorers. He did use the La Vase portages. The fur trading company maintained a water control dam at the upstream end of the third portage to float the large freighter canoes. The post was then transferred to the mouth of the Sturgeon River on the north side of Lake Nipissing. The translated diaries (by H.P. Biggar) of Samuel de Champlain survive in his ‘Voyages,’ a detailed chronological narrative, edited for the French public. (And that is part of the mystery, what is lost in the translation?) In the early 1600s, the ‘Voyages’ were public relations documents aimed at keeping Champlain’s activities in the forefront of French imperialism. The French were actively exploring many other areas of the world and New France was not the most important of their ventures. Champlain does not identify or describe what would have been the La Vase portages. But maybe he didn’t want to, he was tasked to promote the potential riches of the land. The crossing of the muddy portages is an arduous task at the best of times. In Champlain’s Voyages (journals) he says: “We passed through several lakes, where the savages carry their canoes.” Champlain is describing the then 14 portages along the Mattawa River. Upon arrival on the shore of Lake Nipissing, he starts his journal entry with: “Where we rested two days.” There is no mention, other than the distance, of the portages or where he rested. Champlain previously had heard of the Nipissings from one of his guides, Étienne Brulé (1610). This tribe was known by others as the “sorcerers,” and were well known for their supposed magical powers for creating lasting curses. “They gave us a very kind reception and were in goodly number, they are a race who cultivate the soil very little.” He describes the natives’ existence and relationship to the landscape. “During the time I was with them, the chief of these people and others of their head men (medicine men) feasted us on several occasions, according to their custom, and took the trouble to go fishing and hunting in order to entertain us as daintily as they could. There are a great number of very pretty islands (Manitou Islands) and the north side of the lake is very pleasant (Meadowside); there are fair meadows for pasturing cattle and many little streams discharging into the lake (Duchesnay, La Ronde, Little Sturgeon Creeks).” He was definitely not describing the La Vase area there was no mention of the inhospitable mud across the three historic carrying places. Alexander Niven was an all-star surveyor for the Province of Ontario. There is a historic monument dedicated to his achievements just west of Cochrane. His meridians became the legal boundaries for townships in northwestern and northeastern Ontario. He surveyed Widdifield Township (which amalgamated with North Bay and West Ferris in 1968). The Ski Club Rd. historic portage is on his survey. Niven’s biographer, Kim Emerson, was contacted. “Despite the times and rudimentary equipment, his surveys are incredibly accurate. He was a stickler for details and his survey notes prove why he was such a great surveyor.” Niven also identifies the La Vase portages in his West Ferris Township survey. The amount of detail is very evident on the 1883 survey including the precise location of the escarpment and the expansive wetland below that still exists, surrounded by homes, today. Most of these roads do not fit a standard grid pattern and are indicative of what was a trail. Specifically from east to west, in a WNW direction, the historic route reflects the starting point at Armstrong Beach through the pedestrian culvert, it follows Ski Club Rd., through O’Brien St. to the McKeown/Milani extension, where it crosses Chippewa Creek (here it changes direction from NE to SW) at its narrowest and most tranquil location. (As an option, during the spring runoff Chippewa Creek could have been navigated by the smaller canoes of the time; these were not the larger voyageur canoes.) Turn on Mary, Doran and Murphy Streets and the route would have crossed Highway 11/17 onto Highland to Algonquin Ave., turning somewhere onto Vimy St., to Beattie St. through the Bourke Playground where you can see the trail running from NE to SW, on to Bloem where it meets Jane St. (see the steps of the trail). On to Cormack, descending the series of glacial beaches where it meets Main St. W. You are close to the condominiums at the waterfront. Along the shoreline, in front of the condos, you will see a large boulder and a small beach. On land there is a cutaway or dug bank where the trail/tote road emerged; in the water, you will see the natural rock groin, more visible in the spring, ideal for accessing the lower water levels of Lake Nipissing. Because of the upper French River Chaudiere dams, Roy Summers said Lake Nipissing was two metres lower than present-day levels. The beaches closer to the “government dock” would have been expansive and would have been better habitation areas when compared to the surrounding lowlands of the La Vase outflow.” The Nipissings in the area did not summer at the La Vase River, they stayed near the pickerel spawning grounds of Duchesnay Creek and this nearby portage. Historic depictions of Champlain have him looking towards the Manitou Islands in the middle of Lake Nipissing, a better vantage point from the north shore of the lake and the historic overland portage. If you ask any avid canoe trippers whether they would want to unload/load their canoes three times over a longer distance (14 km) where the conditions were “muddy” (French translation for La Vase), get their feet wet because of beaver dams or a route that was high and dry and shorter (6 km) you would not be surprised with the preferred choice. We can say the Nipissing Passageway can be defined as several historic Indigenous routes; there is little doubt about that. The best evidence is that Champlain’s route to Lake Nipissing may not be as portrayed today but he was guided by the First People(s). Anyway, his statue in Orillia has become controversial . It is all interesting conjecture but logical. That’s a lot of colonial history condensed in general terms. Dr. Jonathan Pitt is an Indigenous knowledge keeper and is of Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunee heritage. Cultural transmission is part of his research and the courses he teaches at Nipissing University. He also works as an Independent Consultant for post-secondary organizations as an Indigenization Advisor. After the query of making sense of it all, he started off by saying, “This is an important topic, both historically and culturally speaking, there are a number of viewpoints on this, often influenced by monolingualism and other colonial ways of understanding, e.g. that there was only one portage route between Trout Lake to Lake Nipissing and it must’ve been X. In my experience, X never marks the spot.” He said, “We know from various records there were likely multiple routes, i.e. La Vase, current Ski Club Road pathway, as well as possibly what are known today as Chippewa and Parks Creeks. These routes likely depended on `the seasons, e.g. higher water levels in the spring and fall, use of lock systems by companies, etc. “Translations of names of water and land varied based on the language of the colonial interpreter/surveyor. Nastawgan in Anishinabemowin, meaning the routes of the past or the ways for travel through the land (Aki). In academic terms, an understanding of etymology underpins the knowledge today. The origin of the words, along with their historical development or etymologies is often linked to colonialism, such as changes to words in Anishinabemowin, an example being we used to say Nanaboozhoo which is today shortened to Boozhoo (hello) due to colonialism with the Wemitigiizhi (the French) who said Bonjour, and it was shortened to Boozhoo." He explained, “The word Portage derives from the French ‘porter’ to carry. In Anishinabemowin, depending on the dialect, the word Onigam, is a portage. Name places such as Grand Portage or Gichi-Onigaming, such as the great carrying place near Lake Superior." The Onigam of the Nastawgan was used by the Original People and later during the colonial experiment, beginning with the Wemitigiizhi (French), fur traders in this territory used this and other routes. One route was the height of land route which was in proximity to Trout Lake Dreamer’s Rock, roughly along present-day Ski Club Road, as there was swamp in the low-lying area (e.g. where the North Bay Jail is located) across to Lake Nipissing (Nbisiing, the original name of what is known as Lake Nipissing, meaning little water, inland in comparison to the larger Great Lakes). I have seen this route on old maps which belonged to my great-grandfather referring to it as the Indian Trail – this route would have gone along Algonquin and over towards St. Alexander Catholic Elementary School near the old Pinehill Coffee Shop and down to the beach (North Bay waterfront condos.) See the map link again. The Anishinabek used to travel to winter grounds spread out through the area in smaller family units to practice sustainability of harvesting and early forms of self-isolation for illness. In the summer, they came together at larger summer grounds on the shores of Nbisiing. Perhaps this is, in part, why Ferguson (John Ferguson – colonial founder of North Bay) picked the location for settlement in 1882 for present-day North Bay. Dr. Pitt points out it was only a couple of years ago, that Marathon Beach was renamed Shabogesic Beach (Shaabgiizhig Jiigbiik in Nishaabemwin) to honour Chief Shabogesic who was a signatory of the Treaty of 1850, Robinson Huron. Chief Shabogesic signed the Treaty of 1850, Robinson Huron Waawiindamaagewin (meaning a promise or mutual promises) as the 10th signatory Nation, in that today as Nipissing First Nation No. 10. “In Nishnaabemwin the term Nbisiing Shkongan is used to describe the land base. Shkongan meaning those lands left over from the Nipissing traditional territory and homeland.” He recalls, “I remember back in the 1990s, there was an archeological field school at the La Vase site with Dr. Patrick Julig, which I visited in 1996 in the search for Laronde House (Post/Fort) as there was a great of local interest (e.g. Leatherdale’s book, Woolford painting), where the La Vase empties into Lake Nipissing. This route has received a great deal more attention than the others due to tourism dollars (e.g. like the Dionne quintuplets) historically, and the placement of plaques to contemporary times with the Friends of the La Vase, etc." Later, during this period, the trading post was moved to the mouth of the Sturgeon River at Lake Nipissing. “Often, we see a celebratory narrative in Canadian history of European explorers and the fur trade deeply embedded within the historical, societal and political colonial-nationalism, which is not Reconciliation.” “Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh remind us in their new book Reconciling History: A History of Canada that as Dene leader George Erasmus noted that a 'common memory must be created' – before Reconciliation can begin, the Truth must first be spoken.” This article was not to refute or prove one historic route over another. The story is a simple gesture of respect, it is part of the awareness and change continuum about creating more memories. It is the City of North Bay’s one-hundredth anniversary in 2025, maybe a new legacy plaque or monument? There is a lot to learn on the back roads. Change is within us.
Tributes were paid to the former Scottish first minister, who died suddenly in North Macedonia in October at the age of 69. A private family funeral has already taken place, with Saturday’s memorial service in Edinburgh held to celebrate his love of Scotland and his commitment to the cause of independence. But while some 500 people, including family, friends and politicians from across the spectrum attended the service at St Giles’ Cathedral, his successor Nicola Sturgeon was not present. A rift between her and Mr Salmond – who she had previously described as her mentor – developed during her term as SNP leader. Ms Sturgeon attended the funeral of Scottish comedian Janey Godley in Glasgow on Saturday morning. Her successor, Mr Swinney, was met with boos as he arrived at the service – held on St Andrew’s Day – with at least one person in the crowd outside on the Royal Mile shouting “traitor”. Mr Salmond stood down as SNP leader and first minister after the 2014 referendum in which Scots voted to stay part of the UK. He helped found and went on to lead another pro-independence party, Alba, with Kenny MacAskill, a long-time friend who served as justice secretary in Holyrood under Mr Salmond. Mr MacAskill, now the acting Alba leader, told the congregation – which included Mr Salmond’s widow Moira as well as Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, former Labour first minister Henry McLeish and Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay – that Mr Salmond had been a “giant of man”. Mr MacAskill, who quit the SNP to join Alba, hailed Mr Salmond as “an inspiration, a political genius” and being “most of all a man who had the cause of independence burned into his heart and seared in his soul”. The cause of independence was Mr Salmond’s “guiding light, his north star”, the former justice secretary said, adding that “he came so close to achieving it”. He added: “Those of us who share his dream must conclude that journey on his behalf. That’s the legacy he’d expect and the duty we owe him.” Recalling Mr Salmond’s words from when he stood down as first minister that “the dream shall never die”, Mr MacAskill concluded his address with the words: “Your dream shall be delivered.” Former Conservative Brexit minister and long-time friend of Mr Salmond, David Davis, gave a reading as did former Scottish government minister SNP MSP Fergus Ewing. Scottish folk singer Dougie MacLean performed his famous song Caledonia, while singer Sheena Wellington led mourners in a rendition of Robert Burns’ classic A Man’s A Man For A’ That. Scottish rock duo the Proclaimers were applauded for their performance of Cap in Hand – a pro-independence song which features the line “I can’t understand why we let someone else rule our land, cap in hand”. Brothers Craig and Charlie Reid said: “We’re going to do this for Alex, with love and respect and eternal gratitude for everything you did for our country.” Christina Hendry described her Uncle Alex as a “political giant, a strong leader, a fearless campaigner” but also remembered his as a “dearly loved husband, brother and uncle”. While she said he had been “the top man in Scotland”, he had “always made time for his family”, recalling how he phoned her brother on his birthday – the day after the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 – to apologise for not posting a card “as he’d been busy”, before telling them he would “resigning in 10 minutes”. She told the congregation: “As his family, we always felt loved no matter how far away he was or the time that passed before we saw him next. “We always knew he was standing up for our country, and for that we were grateful.” Ms Hendry continued: “The world will be a much quieter place without Uncle Alex, for Moira, for the wider family and for Scotland. “Uncle Alex passing means a great loss for many. A loss of Scotland’s voice on the international stage. A loss of integrity in Scottish politics. And a great loss to Scotland’s independence movement. “As a family it is likely a loss we will never get over.” Duncan Hamilton KC, who was an SNP MSP after the first Scottish Parliament elections, but also served as a political adviser and legal counsel to Mr Salmond, said the former first minister had “rightly been hailed as one of the greatest Scottish politicians of this, or any, generation”. He told how Mr Salmond took the SNP from being “a fringe act trying to get onto the main stage” to a party of government. “In Scottish politics, his success was both spectacular and unrivalled,” Mr Hamilton said. “Alex Salmond will forever be a pivotal figure in Scotland’s story. He changed a nation. He inspired a country. “History will certainly remember him as a man of talent, charisma and substance. But also as a political leader of courage, vision and intelligence. “He dared to dream. And so should we.” As the service finished the crowd gathered outside applauded and chanted “Alex, Alex” before singing Flower Of Scotland."I don't understand why people just move him right by Kobe Bryant" - When Barkley said LeBron needed to beat the 2017 Warriors to pass Kobe“I loved our match. I won’t talk about the referees”: St-Louis repeats the same thing 6 times
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Apiaries abuzz over ruling against widening cross-border trade in live honeybeesMichigan hopes it has found a long-term solution to the quarterback woes that have plagued the Wolverines in 2024. The school got a . The Michigan native is the No. 2 player in the country, according to Rivals, and had previously been committed to LSU. If Underwood signs with Michigan in December’s early signing period or the normal signing period in 2025, he’ll be the school’s highest-ranked recruit since Rashan Gary committed to the Wolverines in 2016. Underwood would also be the first Rivals five-star to sign with the Wolverines since DB Will Johnson in 2022. Johnson has become one of the best defensive backs in college football and is a likely first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The verbal commitment from Underwood comes on the same day that Colorado landed . He's the No. 6 player in the country and had recently de-committed from USC. Underwood plays for Belleville High School, the same school that currently employs disgraced ex-Michigan staffer Connor Stalions. Stalions has been serving as an assistant for the school after his alleged advance scouting scheme was the storyline of the 2023 college football season. It's the second high school job for Stalions this season. He started the season at Detroit Mumford. The connection with Stalions aside and any role the former staffer may or may not have played in Underwood's recruitment, it's hard to overstate the significance of Underwood's flip for Michigan. The Wolverines have missed out on high-profile in-state QBs in recent years and drastically need a solid quarterback to overhaul the offense under first-year head coach Sherrone Moore. The coach was understandably excited about the news on social media. YES SIR ! 🔵 The Best players in Michigan go to Michigan ! — Sherrone Moore (@Coach_SMoore) Michigan is just 5-5 with two games to go in the regular season thanks largely to porous QB play. Three different players have started at QB for Michigan this season and they’ve combined to complete less than 60% of their passes and throw nine TDs and nine interceptions. Overall, Michigan QBs are averaging just six yards per passing attempt. If Underwood signs in December, he'll have the opportunity to enroll early at Michigan and participate in spring practices. The only player ranked ahead of Underwood in Rivals' rankings is QB Tavien St. Clair. He has been verbally committed to Michigan's archrival Ohio State since June of 2023. The Buckeyes added two top quarterbacks in the class of 2024 in Air Noland and Julian Sayin. After Underwood's commitment, Michigan's 19-person class
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AP Trending SummaryBrief at 3:42 p.m. ESTThe leader of Sinn Fein has expressed determination to form a government of the left in Ireland as she insisted her party’s performance in the General Election had broken the state’s political mould. Despite Mary Lou McDonald’s confidence around shaping a coalition without Fine Gael and Fianna Fail – the two parties that have dominated the landscape of Irish politics for a century – the pathway to government for Sinn Fein still appears challenging. With counting following Friday’s election still in the relatively early stages – after an exit poll that showed the main three parties effectively neck-and-neck – there is some way to go before the final picture emerges and the options for government formation crystalise. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris, has dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. Meanwhile, Ireland’s deputy premier and Fianna Fail leader, Micheal Martin, insisted his party has a “very clear route back to government” as he predicted seat gains. The counting process could last days because of Ireland’s complex system of proportional representation with a single transferable vote (PR-STV), where candidates are ranked by preference. The early indications have turned the focus to the tricky arithmetic of government formation, as the country’s several smaller parties and many independents potentially jockey for a place in government. Ms McDonald told reporters at the RDS count centre in Dublin that she would be “very, very actively pursuing” the potential to form a government with other parties on the left of the political spectrum. The smaller, left-leaning parties in Ireland include the Social Democrats, the Irish Labour Party, the Green Party and People Before Profit-Solidarity. Ms McDonald said her party had delivered an “incredible performance” in the election. “I think it’s fair to say that we have now confirmed that we have broken the political mould here in this state,” she said. “Two party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history and that, in itself, is very significant.” She added: “I am looking to bring about a government of change, and I’m going to go and look at all formulations. “If you want my bottom line, the idea of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael for another five years, in our strong opinion, is not a good outcome for Irish society. “Obviously, I want to talk to other parties of the left and those that we share very significant policy objectives with. So I’m going to do that first and just hear their mind, hear their thinking. But be very clear, we will be very, very actively pursuing entrance into government.” In Friday night’s exit poll, Sinn Fein was predicted to take 21.1% of first-preference votes, narrowly ahead of outgoing coalition partners Fine Gael and Fianna Fail at 21% and 19.5% respectively. Prior to the election, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael both ruled out entering government with Sinn Fein. Fine Gael leader Mr Harris rejected suggestions Sinn Fein had broken new ground. He told reporters in his count centre in Greystones, Co Wicklow: “Certainly we haven’t seen a Sinn Fein surge or anything like it. “I mean, it looks likely, on the figures that we’ve seen now, fewer people, many fewer people would have voted Sinn Fein in this election than the last one. “In fact, I think they’re down by around 5% and actually the parties, particularly the two parties, the two larger parties in government, are likely to receive significant support from the electorate. So definitely, politics in Ireland has gotten much more fragmented.” He said it was too early to tell what the next government would look like. “I think anybody who makes any suggestion about who is going to be the largest party or the construct of the next government, they’re a braver person than I am,” he said. “Our electoral system dictates that there’ll be many, many transfers that will go on for hours, if not days, before we know the final computations at all. “But what I am very confident about is that my party will have a very significant role to play in the years ahead, and I’m cautiously optimistic and excited.” Fianna Fail’s Mr Martin told reporters at a count centre in Cork he was confident that the numbers exist to form a government with parties that shared his political viewpoint. Mr Martin said it “remains to be seen” whether he would return to the role of Taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022 – but he expressed confidence his party would outperform the exit poll prediction. “It’s a bit too early yet to call the exact type of government that will be formed or the composition of the next government,” he said. “But I think there are, there will be a sufficiency of seats, it seems to me, that aligns with the core principles that I articulated at the outset of this campaign and throughout the campaign, around the pro-enterprise economy, around a positively pro-European position, a government that will strongly push for home ownership and around parties that are transparently democratic in how they conduct their affairs.” Asked if it would be in a coalition with Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, he said that would be “racing a bit too far ahead”. The final result may dictate that if Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are to return to government, they may need more than one junior partner, or potentially the buy-in of several independent TDs. Mr Martin said it was unclear how quickly a government can be formed, as he predicted his party would gain new seats. “It will be challenging. This is not easy,” he added. The junior partner in the outgoing government – the Green Party – looks set for a bruising set of results. Green leader Roderic O’Gorman is in a fight to hold onto his seat, as are a number of party colleagues, including Media Minister Catherine Martin. “It’s clear the Green Party has not had a good day,” he said. The early counting also suggested potential trouble for Fianna Fail in Wicklow, where the party’s only candidate in the constituency, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, is considered to have a battle ahead, with the risk of losing his seat. Meanwhile, there is significant focus on independent candidate Gerard Hutch who, on Saturday evening, was sitting in fourth place in the four-seat constituency of Dublin Central. Last spring, Mr Hutch was found not guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court of the murder of David Byrne, in one of the first deadly attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud. Mr Byrne, 33, died after being shot six times at a crowded boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in February 2016. A Special Criminal Court judge described Mr Hutch, 61, as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation and said he had engaged in “serious criminal conduct”. The constituency will be closely watched as other hopefuls wait to see if transfers from eliminated candidates may eventually rule him out of contention. In the constituency of Louth, the much-criticised selection of John McGahon appeared not to have paid off for Fine Gael. The party’s campaign was beset by questioning over footage entering the public domain of the candidate engaged in a fight outside a pub in 2018. The Social Democrats have a strong chance of emerging as the largest of the smaller parties. The party’s leader, Holly Cairns, was already celebrating before a single vote was counted however, having announced the birth of her baby girl on polling day.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A late rally wasn’t enough as the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds (5-3-0) men’s hockey team fell to the Lake Forest College Foresters (3-5-1), 5-4, Saturday afternoon at the Saratoga City Rink, in the opening game of the Skidmore Thanksgiving Invitational. The Foresters struck first in the first frame. Foresters junior forward Colin Bella scored off a Connor Sullivan feed to make it 1-0 at the 8:53 mark. After a tripping penalty was called on Thoroughbreds forward Brandon Spaulding, the Foresters doubled the lead with the extra attacker. At the 11:09 mark, Foresters junior forward Justin Ross cashed [...]