OTTAWA - Canada’s premiers are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold an urgent first ministers’ meeting ahead of the return to office of president-elect Donald Trump. The re-election of the often unpredictable and protectionist former president has spooked a number of countries as they wait to see if he makes good on promises of mass deportation of undocumented residents and across-the-board import tariffs. Premier Doug Ford, who chairs the premiers’ association known as the Council of the Federation, tells Trudeau in a letter today that premiers want to be part of a “Team Canada” approach to everything from trade and secure borders to energy, defence and cross-border supply chains. He says they also want clarity on how Ottawa will engage with them about the upcoming review of the North American free trade agreement, which has to happen in 2026. The federal cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations that was restored earlier this month after the U.S. election is meeting this afternoon. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 25, 2024.The big budget set of Guy Ritchie's new TV show has been targeted by thieves, according to reports. The British director , 56, is busy filming The Associate, starring Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan , and had shut roads while getting to work. However, while production crew and security were on site, it's alleged daring thieves managed to escape with costly camera equipment. It's claimed two men in a Toyota Prius managed to distract people by asking for directions before making their move and speeding off with the equipment. "Their questions distracted people and at that moment, the other bloke jumped out and grabbed a bag of camera equipment that was on the side of the road," a source said. Speaking to the Sun , they continued: "He jumped back in the car and they sped off. The security guards started going bananas because they’d basically been robbed in broad daylight. It was pretty embarrassing and a costly mistake. The kit on those films isn’t cheap." The series, which also features Tom Hardy, will see "family fortunes and reputations at risk, odd alliances unfold, and betrayal around every corner; and while the family might be London’s most elite fixers today, the nature of their business means there is no guarantee what’s in store tomorrow". The new series' synopsis says it will follow the story of "two generations of gangsters, the businesses they run, the complex relationships they weave, and the man they call upon to fix their problems". The latest offering comes after Guy's long list of hit shows and movies. His impressive CV includes Lock Stock, Snatch and The Gentlemen. Earlier this year, Guy admitted he had lost a stone in weight by eating the same meal five times a week. He admitted his impressive results had made him "quite smug". He revealed he lost a stone by eating steak five nights a week. Guy only has one meal a day in a bid to stave off weight gain and just adds snacks and coffee to his diet. He told Ruthie's Table 4 podcast: “Usually what I eat is a rib eye five or six days a week and I’ll play with other things, but in the end it’s easy for me to cook. “I quite like coffee so I’ll go on iced Americanos until about one and then I’ll have a nibble of something. They do these healthy bars, like dates, cashew nuts, they’ve got just enough naughtiness in them to keep you entertained but not enough to get you in trouble.” Guy also revealed that learning difficulties through dyslexia pushed him on to succeed, adding: "The best roses come from the worst manure. So I think a certain amount of adversity is rather essential." Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads.Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Revealed: Next Film Is ‘Mythic Action Epic’ Shot With New Imax Technology
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A Campbell River resident is celebrating the milestone of becoming Canada’s first-ever student pilot to fly solo in an electric airplane. Catherine Check said she has wanted to be a pilot since she was five years old and decided a few years ago to pursue it as a profession. After gaining experience with conventional airplanes, her instructor at Sealand Flight School offered her the opportunity to test an electric plane. On Dec. 18, with about 10 hours of training experience, the 18-year-old became the country's first-ever student pilot to fly solo in an electric airplane. "The plane is a lot lighter, so you feel more turbulence," Check said. "But at the same time, the technology difference is remarkable." Flying the electric plane felt safer than a conventional plane, Check explained, because she could monitor what's happening with the engine, batteries, and power more confidentially during the 50-minute flight. "It's really safe in my opinion," she said. "Because it's a glider, it's not going to go in a nosedive." Check said the achievement means a lot to her, as she is a female pilot in a male-dominated field. She said she hopes her success will encourage others to consider becoming pilots, especially because the future of air travel is more sustainable. Called a Velis Electro, the electric plane Check flew is ultra-quiet. It produces zero emissions and is expected to be less expensive than conventional training aircraft. According to Sealand Flight School, the flight represents a major milestone in the aviation industry’s pursuit of sustainability. With the backing of Clean BC, BC Hydro, and Transport Canada, Sealand Flight is leading this initiative and takes immense pride in Check's achievement. “After sending students solo in conventional airplanes for over 20 years, it was exciting and rewarding to watch Catherine solo in an electric airplane for the first time,” said Ian Lamont, the company's chief flight instructor. This pioneering initiative serves as a foundation for implementing more commercial zero-emissions aircrafts reads a media release from the flight school. Through the electric airplane training flights, Canada's regulators and industry members are studying and evaluating how aviation can feasibly adopt these emerging technologies, it says.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Freshman wide receiver George Dimopoulos threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Dane Pardridge on the first play of double overtime and Jordan Hansen ended the game on a fourth-down sack to give Northern Illinois a 28-20 victory over Fresno State on Monday in the Idaho Potato Bowl. Dimopoulos, who played quarterback in high school, also converted the two-point conversion when he passed it to quarterback Josh Holst for his second completion of the season. Holst, a freshman walk-on, was making just his third start at quarterback as NIU was without starter Ethan Hampton, who entered with 1,600 yards and 12 touchdowns to go with six interceptions. Holst completed 18 of 30 passes for 182 and two touchdowns for Northern Illinois (8-5). He was also intercepted on the first play of the game. Both teams missed a 35-yard field goal in the final three minutes of regulation, including Dylan Lynch’s third miss of the game on the final play to send it to overtime. Fresno State started overtime with a touchdown when Bryson Donelson was left wide open out of the backfield to haul in a 9-yard touchdown pass. NIU needed five plays, and a defensive holding penalty, to score as Holst found Grayson Barnes for a 3-yard touchdown. Donelson finished with 15 carries for 82 yards and a touchdown for Fresno State (6-7). He added three catches for 28 yards and another score. Dual-threat quarterback Joshua Wood was 16 of 23 for 180 yards and a touchdown. Mac Dalena made six catches for 118 yards to help go over 1,000 yards for the season. Fresno State was without 14 players, including starting quarterback Mikey Keene after he transferred to Michigan. Two top-three receivers, Jalen Moss and Raylen Sharpe, also did not play as the Bulldogs were forced to use five new starters. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
Memphis beats No. 2 UConn 99-97 in overtime to tipoff Maui InvitationalThe lack of full accountability over campaign finances is drawing the concern of the Guam Election Commission and it’s looking at cracking down on the issue. Notices will be going out soon to political candidates who failed to file their expense and contribution reports for the 2024 primary and general elections. Members of the Guam Election Commission have suggested the current requirement lacks the teeth to enforce it and has prompted many candidates to continue to ignore it. GEC Chairman Jerry Crisostomo raised the concern during a board meeting Friday that there’s “quite a few” candidates that had not filed the mandatory reports. “If we don’t do anything and they just get away with it then there’s that precedence, that if the commission doesn’t do anything, why would I have to file?” he said. GEC Executive Director Maria Pangelinan said there are no fines. “We do contact them and patiently wait until they file,” Pangelinan said. “So at some point do we refer this to the attorney general’s office, if they fail to file after numerous attempts?” Crisostomo asked. GEC legal counsel Attorney Vincent Camacho said the commission does have the authority to levy a fine or to advise the attorney general’s office. “In the past the commission has fined for violations which can include failure to file,” Camacho said. Crisostomo also suggested publishing a public list of those who failed to file their preliminary and final campaign expense reports to encourage them to file. Camacho said campaign finance was a big issue at a recent national conference he attended. “That’s the number one issue ... because it not only borders on election integrity, but it also affects ethical requirements for candidates that are running for office,” he said. Pangelinan suggested writing to the candidates again and give them a couple of weeks to respond. She said the letter could also include the GEC’s intent to publish the names of those who fail to file their reports. “From my memory I don’t see where we’ve ever fined them for not filing on time. I don’t know if it’s because we don’t have a fine schedule,” Pangelinan said. “Mr. Chairman I recommend we do a formal letter as you mentioned, identifying a clear deadline date and also include in that letter potential penalties should they continue to fail to file,” Board member Benny Pinaula said. The GEC suggested a deadline of 10 days from the date of the letter for candidates to submit, and will also offer its help to those who need assistance with filing their reports. The Pacific Daily News was not able to confirm with GEC officials how many candidates had failed to file.Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke coach Manny Diaz says quarterback Maalik Murphy will face discipline “internally” after extending both of his middle fingers skyward in celebration after throwing a long touchdown pass early in the weekend win against Virginia Tech . Diaz said Monday that Murphy's exuberant gesture, caught on the ACC Network national broadcast, was directed at offensive coordinator Jonathan Brewer in the booth after a bit of practice “banter” from a few days earlier. Diaz said the Texas transfer just let his excitement get away from him but still called it “unacceptable in our program." “There was a practice in the middle of last week when we throwing post after post after post, and we weren't completing them,” Diaz said. “And it was again and again and again and again. And at the end of that, there was a remark made in jest that, ‘If you throw a post for a touchdown in the game, then you can flick me off,’ from Coach Brewer.” Murphy's gesture came after he uncorked a deep ball from deep in Duke's own end and caught Eli Pancol perfectly in stride across midfield, with Pancol racing untouched for an 86-yard score barely 2 minutes into the game. As he began skipping downfield to celebrate, Murphy chest-bumped teammate Star Thomas and then extended both arms in the air with his middle fingers raised. Brewer said Monday he missed the gesture in real time, but then saw it on a replay moments later. “Some things you say on the field when you're coaching obviously isn't meant to be taken literally when you're trying to get after somebody in that world,” Brewer said. Murphy threw for 332 yards and three touchdowns with three interceptions in the 31-28 win for the Blue Devils (8-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who close the regular season at Wake Forest. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballPresident Zelensky rejected a proposal for a Christmas ceasefire, the Hungarian prime minister has claimed, drawing a stinging rebuke from Ukraine. Viktor Orban, Russia’s biggest ally in the European Union, said he had discussed the war in Ukraine during a telephone call with President Putin. He wrote on X: “We proposed a Christmas ceasefire and a large-scale prisoner exchange. It’s sad that President Zelensky clearly rejected and ruled this out today. We did what we could.” His comments were echoed in Moscow. “Viktor Orban expressed interest in assisting the joint search for political-diplomatic paths to resolve the crisis,” the Kremlin said. It called Zelensky’s stance “destructive”. However, Dmytro Lytvyn, an aide to the Ukrainian leader , said that Kyiv had not been informed about anyThe Darnold-Jefferson connection is thriving for the surging Vikings
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The Darnold-Jefferson connection is thriving for the surging VikingsFatal relationship abuse has risen in Minnesota. Here’s how to find help even during the holidays.GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A police officer responding to a report of a man with a gun inside a North Carolina supermarket was fatally shot Monday and a suspect was later taken into custody, authorities said. Police announced the death of Greensboro police officer Michael Horan at a news conference, saying Horan was responding to the report when he was shot shortly before midday at a Food Lion store in Greensboro in the central part of the state. Ramona Miller told WGHP-TV she was shopping with her 6-year-old granddaughter when she heard shots being fired. “We were on our way out and I was purchasing a lottery ticket and I was just sitting there and heard a ‘pop-pop’ and then ‘pop-pop-pop.’ I think I heard five shots,” Miller said. “At first I didn’t know it was a shooting ... but an employee yelled out, ‘Shooting! Shooting!’ ” Miller said she and her granddaughter left the store and that police arrived soon afterward. Authorities said Monday afternoon that the circumstances of the shooting remain under investigation and they did not immediately release further details about how it unfolded. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the state’s lead law enforcement agency, is continuing the investigation. Horan was hired in 2017 and became a sworn Greensboro Police Department officer in early 2018, Assistant Police Chief Milford J. Harris said. Horan served in the department’s patrol bureau. He also was a U.S. Coast Guard member since 2000, according to his LinkedIn profile. “He was an excellent officer. He had an outstanding reputation inside the department and in the community,” Harris said at the news conference. Gov. Roy Cooper said he was monitoring the day’s developments. Cooper said on the social media platform X that his office had sent a “significant” number of state law enforcement officers to aid the emergency response in Greensboro. A heavy police presence was spotted outside the grocery store in Greensboro. The store will remain closed while authorities continue their investigation, Food Lion said in a statement, adding it was providing resources to its affected workers. It directed all questions to local law enforcement and said it was cooperating with the investigation. The shooting was another reminder that state lawmakers should strengthen resources and improve safety for law enforcement officers, said Democratic state Sen. Michael Garrett, who represents part of Guilford County where Greensboro is located. “During what should be a time of joy and celebration, another brave officer has been shot in the line of duty. Another family’s holiday season forever changed,” Garrett said in a Facebook statement.