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Melania Praises Barron's Role: 'He Knows His Generation'Atalanta tops Serie A after late win over AC Milan while Inter goes 13 games unbeatenPARIS (CP-AP) — Canadian striker Jonathan David scored twice to go past the 100-goal career mark for Lille in a 3-1 win over Brest in Ligue 1 play Friday. The 24-year-old from Ottawa turned in a man-of-the-match performance at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, assisting on his team’s other goal as Lille extended its unbeaten run to 10 matches. David now has 17 in 23 games in all competitions this season and leads the French top tier with 11 goals. David, who joined Lille in August 2020 in a $46.5-million transfer from Belgium’s KAA Gent, went into the game with 99 goals in all competitions. He finished it with 101 goals in 206 appearances for Lille. He put Lille ahead from the penalty spot after nine minutes and set up a second just before halftime when he got away from his marker and sent in a cross that Iceland international winger Hákon Haraladsson knocked home . Ludovic Ajorque got one back for Brest early in the second half but David restored Lille’s two-goal cushion when he pounced on a loose ball and scored. David, who tops Canada’s men’s scoring list with 31 goals from 59 appearances, is out of contract after this season and has been linked with a move to several top European clubs. Lille has not lost to Brest at home since 1989. Lille joined Marseille and Monaco in second place on 26 points, seven behind leader Paris Saint-Germain, which played Auxerre later on Friday. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer The Associated Press
Residents and officials of Temecula will greet 2025 on Tuesday night with a salute to fruit, lowering a batch of grapes from the city’s clock tower to mark the final moments of the current year — on New York time — and welcome the New Year. The annual “grape drop” celebration will begin at 6 p.m. in Town Square Park , which will undergo a temporary conversion to a Times Square-themed venue for celebrations on the last night of 2024. Unlike in previous years, this one will feature only one grape drop, coinciding with the traditional extravaganza in New York City. In prior years, there were up to three drops, joining festivities on the East Coast, in the Midwest and finally West Coast. Toward the end of the 2010s, the drops were narrowed to two, celebrating the New York ball drop, and then the arrival of midnight in California. There was no explanation for the celebration narrowing to one event. A large cluster of illuminated grapes, measuring 12-by-7 feet, will be gradually reeled down 65 feet from the third story of the Civic Center clock tower, marking the seconds before midnight eastern time, or 9 p.m. Pacific. We have launched our year-end campaign. Our goal: Raise $50,000 by Dec. 31. Help us get there. Times of San Diego is devoted to producing timely, comprehensive news about San Diego County. Your donation helps keep our work free-to-read, funds reporters who cover local issues and allows us to write stories that hold public officials accountable. Join the growing list of donors investing in our community's long-term future. The countdown celebration will be open to the public outside Temecula City Hall and will feature live music by Bad Chemistry and Groove Squad , food vendors, and children’s activities, including a “giant slide.” A local “drone show” is planned just ahead of the Times Square celebration. City officials are expected to stop by, and public safety personnel will be on hand. The party is slated to wrap at 10 p.m. Tuesday. All of the grape drop celebrations, which began over a decade ago, have been in person except for the 2020-21 event, which was entirely virtual, broadcast via the city’s social media channels, because of the COVID lockdowns. Temecula Valley is home to dozens of vintners, and grapes are the staple product. Get Our Free Daily Email Newsletter Get the latest local and California news from Times of San Diego delivered to your inbox at 8 a.m. daily. Sign up for our free email newsletter and be fully informed of the most important developments.
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How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbersShare this Story : Ottawa advocacy groups rally against OC Transpo fare hikes Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News Ottawa advocacy groups rally against OC Transpo fare hikes The city passed a motion to increase OC Transpo fares by five per cent to help cover a $120 million transit shortfall. Author of the article: Sadeen Mohsen, Special to the Citizen Published Dec 11, 2024 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 3 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account. At a rally outside Ottawa City Hall, Cédrik Desjardins, a first-year political science student at uOttawa, said an increase in transit fares will only "drive people away". Photo by Sadeen Mohsen / Postmedia Article content As Ottawa city councillors rolled back OC Transpo fare hikes after a lengthy final budget meeting on Dec. 11, a group of protesters outside city hall were clear that any increase in transit costs would have a detrimental impact on those with low income, especially seniors and students. Article content Article content The city passed a motion to increase OC Transpo fares by five per cent to help cover a $120 million transit shortfall. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Elizabeth Payne, David Pugliese, Andrew Duffy, Bruce Deachman and others. Plus, food reviews and event listings in the weekly newsletter, Ottawa, Out of Office. Unlimited online access to Ottawa Citizen and 15 news sites with one account. 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Despite the concessions after a lengthy motion introduced by Coun. Tim Tierney, seniors, students and advocacy groups are demanding better city services. Jane Keeler, 79, was one of several dozen protesters outside before city councillors debated Budget 2025. She says she used to be a regular transit user but found its unreliability “discouraging” and called fare increases “absurd.” “We have all this money going into more transit infrastructure and nothing that really is working reliably,” Keeler said. OC Transpo’s 2024 gross operating budget was $768 million. The budget for 2025 is $856 million. Keeler, who is a member of the volunteer organization ReImagine Ottawa, said the city needs to do better in involving the public for input. Evening Update The Ottawa Citizen’s best journalism, delivered directly to your inbox by 7 p.m. on weekdays. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. 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The meetings began in mid-November and were finalized on Dec. 11. He said that transit fare increases limit the “freedom of movement and mobility” for people from low-income communities. Bay Ward Coun. Theresa Kavanagh said she has a “problem” with higher transit fares and wants it to be as accessible as possible for residents, especially seniors. “I’m concerned about the people who are not necessarily commuters but seniors trying to get around the city,” Kavanagh said. “The bus doesn’t come on time and they’re standing there freezing.” Kavanagh, who is also the liaison for older adult issues in Ottawa, said the road to advocating for better transit fares has not been easy. With the opening of the Trillium Line and Stage 2 LRT expansion, she said she’s hopeful it will have a positive impact on local communities and small businesses. Advertisement 4 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content She pointed out there will be a rate freeze into 2025 on the EquiPass, which offers fare discounts for low-income people. “We want to do everything we can to encourage people to ride transit.” Cédrik Desjardins, a first-year political science student at the University of Ottawa who lives in campus residence, said he uses transit often to get to his job in the suburbs. The trek can take up to two hours. “We keep seeing them cut services and make our wait times longer and it keeps spiralling downwards,” Desjardins said. “Now on top of that, we have to pay more for it.” University student union groups have also pointed out fare increases for the U-Pass, the low-cost transit pass for students, cannot exceed 2.5 per cent without agreement from post-secondary institutions. The transit budget council passed calls for a five per cent increase to the cost of a U-Pass, but that is only set to come into effect in September 2025. The city hopes to negotiate that increase with the universities in the U-Pass program over the coming months. “They won’t listen to us when we ask that we need to fund better transit and that the city should be trying a bit harder to fund better transit services,” Desjardins said. Our website is your destination for up-to-the-minute news, so make sure to bookmark our homepage and sign up for our newsletters so we can keep you informed. Recommended from Editorial 5 ways the new Ottawa budget changes what you pay Ottawa 2025 budget day: Council rolls back seniors' transit fare increase Article content Share this article in your social network Share this Story : Ottawa advocacy groups rally against OC Transpo fare hikes Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Comments You must be logged in to join the discussion or read more comments. Create an Account Sign in Join the Conversation Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion. 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