US rejects bid to rethink new automobile automatic emergency braking rulesTORONTO -- The Utah Hockey Club said players were forced to walk to their game against the Maple Leafs after their bus got stuck in Toronto traffic Sunday night. The team posted a video on social media of team members walking to Scotiabank Arena, with player Maveric Lamoureux saying the bus was "not moving at all." Several city streets had been closed during the day for the annual Santa Claus parade. The Maple Leafs earned their fourth consecutive win by defeating Utah 3-2. Editor's Picks NHL head-coach hot seat index: After Bruins and Blues make changes, who's next? 7h Greg Wyshynski The viral incident prompted Ontario Premier Doug Ford to call the congestion "embarrassing" and "unacceptable," highlighting his government's plan to address the city's gridlock through bike lane legislation. It wasn't the first time a Toronto visitor had to ditch their vehicle to make it to an event on time. In June, former One Direction band member Niall Horan had to walk through traffic to get to his concert at Scotiabank Arena.Abu Dhabi T10: Faf leads Morrisville Samp Army to fourth straight win
NoneLiverpool beat holders Real Madrid with Aston Villa denied win against JuventusStock Market Today: The BSE Sensex and NSE declined in morning trade on December 30, 2034. The laggards included HCL Technologies, Titan, and Power Grid. Mumbai: The BSE Sensex declined 142.26 points to 78,556.81 in early trade on December 30, 2204. The NSE Nifty dipped 48.35 points to 23,765.05. The benchmark indices declined amid unabated foreign fund outflows and weak trends in the global markets. 30 blue-chip pack laggards list Infosys Mahindra & Mahindra HCL Technologies Titan Power Grid Tech Mahindra Kotak Mahindra Bank Tata Motors Gainers included, UltraTech Cement, ITC, Adani Ports, and Zomato. According to exchange data, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) sold equities worth Rs 1,323.29 crore on December 27, 2024. In Asian markets, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai traded lower while Seoul trading is positive. The US stock markets settled in the negative territory on Friday. Global oil benchmark Brent crude gained 0.07 per cent to USD 74.22 a barrel. The BSE benchmark gained 226.59 points to settle at 78,699.07 on Friday. The Nifty appreciated by 63.20 points or 0.27 per cent to 23,813.40. Click for more latest Markets news . Also get top headlines and latest news from India and around the world at News9. Biplob Ghosal is Online News Editor (Business) at TV9’s digital arm - News9live.com. Leading the english business editorial team, he writes on various issues related to stock markets, economy and companies. Having over a decade of experience in financial and political journalism, Biplob has been previously associated with Timesnownews.com, Zeenews. He is an alumnus of Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya. Follow him at @Biplob_ghosal.
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Marquis Who's Who Recognizes Spotlight Biographees for the Fourth Quarter of 2024The second annual Las Vegas Grand Prix brought over 300,000 F1 fans to Sin City this weekend, but not everyone paid for a ticket. Some crafty spectators found a free and creative way to watch the race by riding an escalator — over and over and over again. captured the hilarious scene outside the Fashion Show Mall as folks took turns riding a set of escalators throughout the race, sneaking glimpses of the action as F1 cars roared past. The escalator’s elevated position overlooks one of the 50-lap spectacle’s most exciting turns, providing a better view than many paid seats at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit. Fans could be seen lining up politely, snapping photos and recording videos as they looped up and down the moving staircase. Security was stationed at the top and bottom of the escalators, but as long as fans kept moving, they weren’t technically breaking any rules. And so, hundreds took advantage of the unconventional setup. Mercedes driver George Russell took first place in the third-last race of the F1 season, with Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz rounding out the podium. But with the average Grand Prix ticket costing $1,617, the escalator riders were arguably the night’s biggest winners. Here’s hoping organizers don’t block off the moving attraction next year.Kroger Co. stock underperforms Monday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
Short Interest in Wintrust Financial Co. (NASDAQ:WTFCP) Drops By 21.9%SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw one short pass in the open portion of practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he remains slowed by an injury to his throwing shoulder that has already forced him to miss a game. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw one short pass in the open portion of practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he remains slowed by an injury to his throwing shoulder that has already forced him to miss a game. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy threw one short pass in the open portion of practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he remains slowed by an injury to his throwing shoulder that has already forced him to miss a game. Purdy spent the bulk of the session of Wednesday’s practice open to reporters as either a spectator or executing handoffs outside of one short pass to Jordan Mason. Purdy hurt his shoulder during a loss to Seattle on Nov. 17. He tried to throw at practice last Thursday but had soreness in his right shoulder and shut it down. He missed a loss to Green Bay but was able to do some light throwing on Monday. His status for this week remains in doubt as the Niners (5-6) prepare to visit Buffalo on Sunday night. Purdy isn’t the only key player for San Francisco dealing with injuries. Left tackle Trent Williams and defensive end Nick Bosa remain sidelined at practice Wednesday after missing last week’s game. Williams was using a scooter to get around the locker room as he deals with a left ankle injury. Bosa has been out with injuries to his left hip and oblique. Bosa said the week off helped him make progress and that he hopes to be able to take part in individual drills later in the week. Bosa wouldn’t rule out being able to play on Sunday. “It’s feeling a lot better,” Bosa said. “Still need to get better before I’m ready to go. This week will be big and I’ll know a lot more in the next couple of days.” Running back Christian McCaffrey has been able to play, but isn’t back to the form that helped him win AP Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 after missing the first eight games this season with Achilles tendinitis. McCaffrey has 149 yards rushing in three games back with his 3.5 yards per carry down significantly from last season’s mark of 5.4. But he is confident he will be able to get back to his usual level of play. “When you lose and maybe you don’t jump out on the stat sheet, your failures are highlighted,” he said. “I’m happy I’m out here playing football and I just know with time it will come.” Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Coach Kyle Shanahan said he has liked what he has seen from McCaffrey, adding that there hasn’t been much room to run in recent weeks. But Shanahan said it takes time to get back to speed after McCaffrey had almost no practice time for nine months. “Guys who miss offseasons and miss training camp, usually it takes them a little bit of time at the beginning of the year to get back into how they were the year before, let alone missing half the season also on top of that,” Shanahan said. “I think Christian’s doing a hell of a job. But to just think him coming back in Week 8 with not being able to do anything for the last nine months or whatever it is, and to think he’s just going to be in MVP form is a very unrealistic expectation.” NOTES: LB Dre Greenlaw took part in his first practice since tearing his Achilles tendon in the Super Bowl. Greenlaw will likely need a couple of weeks of practice before being able to play. ... LB Fred Warner said he has been dealing with a fracture in his ankle since Week 4 and is doing his best to manage the pain as he plays through it. ... CB Deommodore Lenoir didn’t practice after banging knees on Sunday. His status for this week remains in question. ... DT Jordan Elliott (concussion), OL Aaron Banks (concussion) and LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (knee) also didn’t practice. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL Advertisement Advertisement
Depending on the season of the year, the United States’ No. 1 and No. 2 trading partners often trade places. They’re also our closest neighbors to the north and south — Canada and Mexico. Canada is the country most often overlooked in this conversation, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knows it. With over a month to go before the swearing in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Trudeau last week made a trip to Mar-a-Lago to talk about Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Canada sends about 75% of its total exports to the U.S. — products like cars, dairy, paper goods and building supplies. Trump is demanding changes to reduce the inflow of fentanyl, illegal migration and trade deficits. After a phone call between Trump and Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump wrote on social media that Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorized migration across the border. For her part, Sheinbaum told reporters she’s confident that a potential tariff war can be averted. She added on social media that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they reach the border.” While much has been said about how economists agree that tariffs generally lead to higher prices, whether those tariffs materialize is now in doubt. Both Canada and Mexico, who are also Texas’s top trading partners, appear to be making moves to head off a worst-case scenario. Tony Payan, the director for the Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, said the exact content of the call between Trump and Sheinbaum remains unknown. “Mr. Trump made a statement on his social media and then Ms. Sheinbaum made a contradictory statement in her morning press conference,” he said. “What we do know is that she is very concerned with three things: I think potentially the issue of trade and China. China’s economic activities in Mexico are very important to the Sheinbaum administration. I think the second thing is obviously immigration. And then, of course, we are looking at the issue of fentanyl and drugs that is going to be really important to consider for the coming months.” Payan said there are several ways the incoming Trump administration might go about measuring progress when it comes to cracking down on fentanyl production and trafficking. “What is interesting here is that we’re going to have to see the Mexican government arrest real criminals and, of course, politicians,” he said. “Mr. Trump has already threatened that he will actually name Mexican politicians who are collaborating with organized criminals. ... "It’s going to be a lot about measuring how much fentanyl is making it to the U.S. streets, how much it costs, which the DEA can certainly measure, and of course, how many people get arrested in Mexico. And I think Sheinbaum has already said ‘we’ve arrested 15,000 drug traffickers and criminals in Mexico. We’ve already disbanded two major migrant caravans transiting through Mexico.’” The stakes could be high for both Texas and Mexico when it comes to possible tariffs, Payan said, especially when it comes to the auto industry. Sheinbaum has also hinted at retaliatory tariffs against the United States if the Trump administration levies new tariffs on Mexico. “The amount of trade between the two countries is $800 billion a year. Half of that — $400 billion — is essentially what we could call intra firm trade,” he said. “That is, trade that occurs between manufacturing firms — the parts that come from Mexico or come from the United States into Mexico to complete the cars and to complete the goods that are traded.” If tariffs are imposed, that will impact this supply chain and cause prices to rise for consumers in both the U.S. and Mexico. “I don’t think Mr. Trump will make good on those tariffs. I think he will, at the end, understand how integrated these two economies really are,” Payan said. “But he has promised that he will pursue a strategy to attract more of that manufacturing into the United States. And so some of those tariffs may actually end up happening, but that will be a 2026 issue because the USMCA, which replaced NAFTA, is supposed to be renegotiated in July of 2026. So there’ll be an opportunity for those tariffs to be negotiated at some point.” Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Error! There was an error processing your request.New Motorola Tag A Shocker, No Way To Attach To Keys Or Bags
“This is the most uphill of all uphill struggles, trying to break the two-party duopoly in Canada,” admits Dominic Cardy, newly crowned leader of the Canadian Future Party. The new party aims to occupy what it sees as the middle ground in Canadian politics, between Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. Energized by the party’s recent and inaugural national convention in Ottawa attended by 112 enthusiastic souls, and excited to be bringing a brand-new political party to voters in a much-anticipated federal election, Dominic is pitching the Canadian Future Party as a political home for moderate centrist Canadians exhausted by polarized politics. I am skeptical, of the need for the party, of its strategy and of their chances. “It’s the mushy middle, Dominic,” I tell him. “Didn’t the U.S. election teach you anything? Searching for the middle ground in politics is a fool’s errand.” In Alberta, I remind him, proponents of the Alberta Party, a centrist provincial party — likewise appealing to voters weary of angry, divisive politics — couldn’t gain a firm toehold, even with star candidates. At 54, Dominic is no fool. He’s whipped up a lot of political change, most notably, bringing the NDP back to life in New Brunswick a decade ago, even recruiting a slate of NDP candidates that included several prominent former Conservatives and Liberal politicians. In 2017, Dominic turned his back on the NDP to join Blaine Higgs’s PCs, as chief of staff and ultimately as an MLA and minister, successfully running as a PC candidate in New Brunswick’s 2018 and 2020 provincial elections. In 2022, Dominic resigned as Higgs’s minister of education and early childhood education, and was kicked out of the PC caucus. He didn’t run in the October 2024 New Brunswick election that Higgs lost to Susan Holt’s Liberals. He doesn’t take credit for Higgs’s loss: “People in New Brunswick take credit for that,” he shrugs, “I realized that change needed to happen earlier than some folks.” People have labelled Dominic a malcontent, but I’d call him principled. It’s no easy thing to sit as an independent (I know from experience) and when you track this guy’s choices — supporting the proposed Energy East pipeline and opposing the Leap Manifesto and its ban on hydrocarbons as a card-carrying New Democrat; spearheading the removal of the Confucius Institute from New Brunswick’s schools as the Tory education minister; getting arrested for disturbing the peace in Toronto this July for chanting “Free Palestine from Hamas” at an anti-Israel protest — there’s a pattern of risk-taking that’s not typical of political actors. When we meet on Zoom, Dominic is cooling his heels at a hotel in Toronto, disgruntled that Air Canada has cancelled his scheduled flight home to New Brunswick. As leader of the Canadian Future Party, he must decide where to run. “I’ve got good recognition in Atlantic Canada,” he shares, “and a good base there. The problem is that if you’re Canadian and live anywhere outside of the centre of the country, as you know, Air Canada is not your friend.” All to mean, he plans to run in either Fredericton or Ottawa. The timing of the next federal election is the subject of much speculation, by party insiders and talking heads. For a new party, this timing is pivotal; riding associations have yet to be set up and candidates vetted. Dominic says he’s asked his party to be ready for an election from March 2025 onwards. “We’ve got to be ready to build a machine to see what happens if lightning strikes and the power turns on,” Dominic declares. “Ultimately, if Canadians want this party, and if we have good candidates, and we have the chance to send a team to Ottawa, then I want those folks to be ready to hit the ground running.” It’s an ambitious plan, for a brand new party. I ask him: Has the failure of the Democrats in the U.S. hardened Trudeau’s resolve to stay put? “It wouldn’t surprise me,” Dominic responds, “I mean, he is, if nothing else, the Joe Biden of Canada, and I do not mean that particularly as a compliment.” Dominic’s even more scathing of the NDP leader: “I don’t know how Mr. Singh is able to persist in his job after the humiliation of doing the big divorce announcement, and then announcing, ‘We might be divorced, but we’re still going to sleep together,’” he chuckles. “I would guess the NDP would like to reassert some vague form of autonomy,” he speculates, “given the position they’ve put themselves in, and perhaps we go for one (an election) in the spring.” Dressed in a black suit jacket and black, collarless shirt, blonde stubble on his chin, Dominic projects a faintly clerical vibe. But he’s not preachy. I ask about the pin on his lapel, bearing the flags of Canada and Ukraine. “When the war started,” he says, “I took off my MLA pin and put on a Ukraine pin and said I’d wear it every day until the war was ended. It’s been on for three years nearly...so hopefully not much longer.” Dominic’s travelled to Ukraine, a couple of times, he says, and adds, “New Brunswick was the only province that gave money directly to the Ukrainian armed forces.” He was the cabinet minister who brought that proposal forward. Dominic’s career has been defined by that kind of gesture. He argues voters are looking for a bold kind of middle. “The key, to me, for the new party success ... is for us not to be mushy,” Dominic asserts. “I’m talking about a party that is extremely aggressive and hard-edged. When I talked about the Israel-Palestinian conflict, I’m not sitting here talking about arguing back and forth about UN resolutions. I went out and got arrested in the streets of Toronto saying it is unacceptable for a terrorist organization to be able to rally freely while people espousing the official position of the government of Canada are arrested.” And yet, what the Canadian Future Party is selling is arguably stability — perhaps even a throwback. “Success is, five and then 10 years down the road, my country’s still looking somewhat like it did, say, in 2014 or ’15,” Dominic asserts. “A liberal, open, democratic society with rights protected despite the fact the world has become ever more chaotic and difficult and dangerous.” Dominic says he’s a realist, and evidence-based; he accepts the chances of this project succeeding are small. But he believes he’s answering a clarion call for an alternative political party that is fiscally disciplined and socially liberal. A September 2024 Angus Reid poll indicated one-third of Canadians saw themselves as political “orphans.” “If people don’t want this party, they’ve got a democratic choice to say they don’t,” Dominic concludes, “and I can go and find something else to do with my time.” Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our newsletters here .Holiday gift ideas for the movie lover, from bios and books to a status tote
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The outcome of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly election, which will be announced on Saturday, will not only impact the national politics but also the state politics. The prestige of several important leaders of Madhya Pradesh is at stake in these elections. If the BJP wins Jharkhand, it will have an impact on the stature of Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He is the party’s in-charge in Jharkhand. He has been visiting the state for the past three months. If the BJP wins, Chouhan will get its benefits. Chouhan became a Union Minister after he did not get a chance to head MP for the fourth term. In case of BJP’s win in the state, Chouhan’s grip on the party organisation will be stronger than it is now. MP’s Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya has been very active in Maharashtra. He has been in Vidarbha for three months. Staying in Vidarbha, Vijayvargiya controlled the party’s electioneering. If the BJP gets good number of seats in Vidarbha, Vijayvargiya will get its benefits. In the previous assembly election, the BJP was on not strong wicket in the Vidarbha region. Vijayvargiya’s prestige depends on the number of seats the BJP gets there. He has already campaigned for the party in Haryana, Bihar, UP, West Bengal and Uttarakhand.
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A proposal to end an “invaluable” timber machining apprenticeship programme in Rotorua has left its tutor of 17 years worried for his students. The proposal at the Bay of Plenty tertiary institution Toi Ohomai – if confirmed – would have up to 20 jobs lost and the end of “highly valued courses”, its union said. A Te Hautū Kahurangi Tertiary Education Union statement on November 13 said courses at risk were across campuses in Taupō , Tokoroa , Rotorua, Tauranga and Whakatāne . They included forestry, timber machining, hairdressing, makeup and skincare, and social work. The union slammed the proposed cuts and said it might result in the closure of the Waipā campus in Rotorua – a dedicated training facility that operates a working wood manufacturing plant. Toi Ohomai said institutes of technology and polytechnics needed to become “financially viable” as the Government worked towards disestablishing Te Pūkenga and forming a new vocational education structure.New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that his government considers India’s eastern region as the country’s growth engine, while the area was considered backward earlier. Addressing a gathering at the “Odisha Parba” event here, the prime minister said investments of Rs 45,000 crore have been approved within 100 days of the formation of a new government in the state. “Odisha has always been a land of seers and scholars. The way the scholars there took our religious texts to every household and connected the public with those, it has played a crucial role in the cultural prosperity of India. “There was a time when India’s eastern region and the states there were called backward. However, I consider the eastern region as the country’s growth engine. That is why we have prioritised the development of the region,” he said. “The budget that we now allocate to Odisha is three times higher than what it was 10 years ago. We are working rapidly in every sector for Odisha’s development and the budget has been increased by 30 per cent this year,” Modi added. The prime minister said the Centre is committed to promoting ease of doing business in Odisha and added that investments of Rs 45,000 crore have been approved within 100 days of the formation of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state. “Last year, the G20 Summit was held in India. During the summit, we showcased the photo of the Sun Temple (in Konark). I am also glad that all four doors of the Jagannath temple (in Puri) are open now. Besides, the Ratna Bhandar of the temple is also open,” he added. “Odisha Parba” is a flagship event conducted by the Odia Samaj, a Delhi-based trust engaged in providing valuable support towards the preservation and promotion of Odia heritage. This year, “Odisha Parba” was organised from November 22 to November 24 to showcase the rich heritage of Odisha, displaying colourful cultural forms and exhibiting the vibrant social, cultural and political ethos of the state. Noting that cashew, jute, cotton, turmeric and oilseeds are produced in abundance in Odisha, Modi said the government’s effort is to ensure that these products reach big markets and thereby, benefit the farmers. “There is also a lot of scope for expansion in the seafood-processing industry of Odisha and the government’s effort is to make Odisha seafood a brand that will be in demand in the global market,” he added. Modi said by channelising Odisha’s potential in the right direction, the state can be taken to new heights of development. Emphasising that Odisha can benefit from its strategic location, he said access to domestic and international markets is easy from the state. “Odisha is an important hub of trade for East and South-East Asia. Odisha has immense potential to promote urbanisation,” the prime minister said, adding that his government is also creating new possibilities in the tier-two cities of the state, especially in the districts of western Odisha where development of new infrastructure can lead to the creation of new opportunities. Touching upon the abundant heritage of architecture and science of Odisha, Modi said science, architecture and the vastness of ancient temples like the Sun Temple, the Lingaraj and Mukteshwar temples amaze everyone with their exquisiteness and craftsmanship. PTI GJS BJ RC This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. 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