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TIMMINS - The newly named federal NDP candidate is ready to hit the ground running. Sunday, Nicole Fortier-Levesque was chosen to carry the NDP banner for the new riding of Kapuskasing-Timmins-Mushkegowuk in the next federal election. Fortier-Levesque is excited and ready to take on the challenge. “It took me a while to make the decision to run, but that’s how I am,” she said. “When I get involved in something, I like to do my research and make sure that I can make a difference. I am ready to start working for Canadians, especially for all our residents in our riding. I’m ready for this.” Born in Opasatika, Fortier-Levesque was a teacher at Cité de Jeunes in Kapuskasing for decades. She is also the former mayor of Moonbeam, where she served as a councillor first. Earlier this year, veteran NDP MP Charlie Angus announced his retirement from politics. RELATED: ‘Perfect time to pass the baton’: Charlie Angus not seeking re-election Fortier-Levesque is committed to continuing the work started by Angus and the broader NDP team. “I know I need to continue to work on all the initiatives that the party has been working on. We need to see the end of their hard work. That legacy is what we’ve been working on for many years,” she said. The transition is already in motion, with Fortier-Levesque talking to Angus and Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing MP Carol Hughes, who is also leaving politics after this term, after Sunday’s meeting. “When I was talking to Charlie Angus, he said that he’s planning to go meet with Indigenous communities in January. So we are planning to go to Moosonee by train. So things are really rolling right now.” As Christmas approaches, Fortier-Levesque is eager to be present in the community, meet people, and further build trust with voters. “I need to talk to people so they can have confidence in our party again,” she said. “I will be fighting very hard to regain that confidence from the people to make sure they understand what we have to offer.” A significant portion of Fortier-Levesque’s platform is focused on improving conditions for Indigenous communities. “It’s important that Indigenous people receive the same services as everywhere else in the country, such as access to clean water, housing, and safe and reliable infrastructure, as well as quality education and better health care,” she said. “We can’t say that they receive the same services as we do, because it’s not true... We need to defend their fundamental rights by creating a partnership that will be based on the great cognition of our history in order to achieve reconciliation.” She also plans to focus on key issues such as affordability, poverty and homelessness. “I want to ensure that every person has a home, that every child can learn on a full stomach, and to help families make ends meet by creating new jobs with better working conditions and better pay,” she said. The opioid crisis also needs to be addressed, she said, along with the rising costs of rent and groceries, provide better health care and offer better mental mental health services. Fortier-Levesque’s vision for Canada is one where every citizen is valued and no one is left behind. “I am there for them, and I think my way of working will be the hope for change to make sure that families come first and no one is left behind, because everybody deserves the best,” she said. “A Canada where everything is possible, where we stand together, and where everyone is included... It doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from. We need to work together, and we need a fairer Canada, a fairer society.” The latest the next federal election will be is October 2025, but the writ could drop any time before then. The local Conservatives named their candidate more than a year ago — retired forestry executive Gaétan Malette. A local Liberal candidate has not been announced yet. The next federal election will also see a new riding locally as new riding boundaries took effect on April 22, 2024.
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New research recently published in the journal International Social Work observing how marital status effects the aging of men and women reported a pattern of married men aging slower than those who were single, while for women, there was minimal difference present. Mabel Ho, Eleanor Pullenayegum, David Burnes, and Esme Fuller-Thomson, the researchers behind the Canada-based study, said it examines the “sex-specific impact of marital trajectories among older adults on successful aging to help social workers identify those most at risk for sub-optimal outcomes who may benefit from targeted interventions.” They explained that they used binary logistic regression analyses to investigate 7641 Canadians who were classified as ‘aging successfully’ in the baseline wave of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, which tracked the health and well-being of adults aged 45 to 85 over a period of 20 years. According to their findings, men who were continuously married, continuously widowed, or got married between the waves were more probable to age “successfully” as opposed to their single counterparts. Whereas for women, their marital trajectories reportedly played a modest role in their aging. Of the 3926 male respondents, “significant positive associations” between marital status and successful aging were observed in respondents who were continuously married (aOR = 2.56, 95% CI = 1.53, 4.28), continuously widowed (aOR = 2.50, 95% CI = 1.22, 5.09), or became married since baseline (aOR = 3.83, 95% CI = 1.67, 8.77) when compared to their never-married peers. As a contrast, there were no significant differences in regards to successful aging between never-married individuals and any of the other marital categories (i.e. continuously married, continuously widowed, continuously divorced or separated, became married since baseline, and other trajectories of marital status since baseline) for the 3715 female respondents. However, the authors reported one exception of the women who transitioned from married to not married between the waves having significantly lower odds of “successful aging” (aOR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.28, 0.81). According to another study recently published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, women were observed to be more content living on their own, as they were found to be less likely to want a significant other, and more sexually satisfied. The authors of the analysis suggested this is because women were more likely to report having supportive platonic relationships, and because they reported romantic relationships are less beneficial for them, as they’re more likely to take on a larger share of household and romantic duties while having their sexual pleasure undervalued. Overall however, marriage in the US is reported to have jumped from 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2020 to 6.2 by 2022, the highest rate observed since 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Sheeran's beloved Ipswich Town had just earned a surprise 1-1 draw with United in their Premier League clash Ed Sheeran has gatecrashed the first post-match interview given by new Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim – see the footage below. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘Subtract’ review: his troubled times laid bare The pop megastar is a proud fan of Ipswich Town, who earned a surprising 1-1 draw with United in their Premier League fixture at Portman Road on Sunday afternoon (November 24), Amorim’s first game in charge of his new club. During his post-match interview on the pitch, Amorim was speaking to Sky Sports host Kelly Cates and pundits Roy Keane, Izzy Christiansen and Jamie Redknapp when Sheeran, who had been shown in the crowd repeatedly during the game, interrupted the interview to shake hands with Redknapp. “I don’t think he wants to speak to me,” Sheeran quipped as Cates attempted to bring him into the conversation, referring to the fact that Ipswich had denied United an expected victory. Ed Sheeran crashed Ruben Amorim's first post-match interview 😂 pic.twitter.com/cTSMgyTE8w — Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) November 24, 2024 “I love it, I love being back in the Premier League,” Sheeran added, before leaving the panel to continue the broadcast. Ipswich were promoted into the league at the end of the 2023-24 season, finishing second in the EFL Championship. Not everyone on social media was complimentary about Sheeran’s decision to butt into the interview, with one X user writing: “I’m honestly a bit aghast at how rude that was from Ed Sheeran. Amorim should have told them all to get fucked.” I’m honestly a bit aghast at how rude that was from Ed Sheeran. Amorim should have told them all to get fucked pic.twitter.com/Hjm0VWovdF — Richard (@gamray) November 24, 2024 Another X user added: “Rúben Amorim should walk on stage in the middle of the next Ed Sheeran concert, start giving his band mates high fives and ask them how they’re doing.” Rúben Amorim should walk on stage in the middle of the next Ed Sheeran concert, start giving his band mates high fives and ask them how they’re doing. — Pilib De Brún (Phil Brown) (@Malachians) November 24, 2024 See other reactions here: Amorim should have walked off screen when sky sports had Ed Sheeran there. Ridiculous stuff in a professional environment — Hogan Ephraim (@HoganEphraim) November 24, 2024 Ruben Amorim did not look happy when Sky Sports allowed Ed Sheeran to gatecrash his interview. Was a bit awkward. Sheeran looked like he just wanted to give Redknapp a hug & the whole Sky team got easily distracted. If you ask the manager to talk to you, show him some respect. — Jonny (@JonnyLeck97) November 24, 2024 It's not an overreaction to say this was incredibly disrespectful by Ed Sheeran. Wait for the interview to finish. Don't care what your standing is in society or who you think you are, have respect & courtesy. If he wasn't before, Ruben Amorim is very aware of the circus he has... https://t.co/VCwiozieOZ — Adam (@AdamJoseph____) November 24, 2024 In other Sheeran news, he recently said that despite his vocals being included in the new ‘Ultimate Mix’ version of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’, he would have respectfully declined to give permission for it had he been asked . “A decade on and my understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed,” he explained, citing Fuse ODG’s argument that the song had “perpetuated damaging stereotypes” about Africa . Band Aid mastermind Bob Geldof has vigorously defended the song , saying: ““This little pop song has kept millions of people alive. Why would Band Aid scrap feeding thousands of children dependent on us for a meal? Why not keep doing that? Because of an abstract wealthy-world argument, regardless of its legitimacy?” “No abstract theory regardless of how sincerely held should impede or distract from that hideous, concrete real-world reality,” he added. “There are 600 million hungry people in the world — 300 million are in Africa. We wish it were other but it is not. We can help some of them. That’s what we will continue to do.” An appeals court also recently found that Sheeran did not infringe on the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Let’s Get It On’ with his track ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Related Topics Ed Sheeran Pop