LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Austin Seibert missed his second extra point of the game with 21 seconds left after Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin connected on an 86-yard touchdown, Juanyeh Thomas returned the ensuing onside kick attempt for a touchdown and the Dallas Cowboys pulled out a 34-26 victory Sunday that extended the Washington Commanders’ skid to three games. Seibert, who missed the previous two games with a right hip injury, was wide left on the point-after attempt following a low snap. Thomas then took the kick back 43 yards as the Cowboys (4-7) ended their losing streak at five in improbable fashion. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Dylan Jones had 22 points in Fairleigh Dickinson's 98-54 victory over Lehman on Saturday. Jones shot 6 for 10 (6 for 9 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Knights (4-7). Terrence Brown added 19 points while shooting 7 for 12 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line and also had six rebounds, five assists, and six steals. Cameron Tweedy had 11 points and shot 4 of 5 from the field and 3 for 5 from the line. The Lightning were led in scoring by Kai Parris, who finished with 12 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Shares Sold by Dock Street Asset Management Inc.POPLAR – Getting to the source of what's in the air is what it's all about. Federal and local dignitaries along with community leaders and residents gathered in Poplar on Friday to take a look at the latest cutting edge technology to monitor what's in the air with the goal of improving air quality. The trailer with the latest technology in it is set up in the parking lot at Poplar's Community Park, Nagi Daifullah Unity Park. The reason why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed the trailer there is obvious as Poplar is a rural, agricultural community in which air quality is an issue. It's just the second time in the nation the technology has been used with the first being in Yakima, Wash. The technology was created to look at the effects of wildfires and it's now being branched out to look at air quality as a whole. Bringing the technology to Poplar was a collaborative effort with the Central Valley Empowerment Alliance and the Central Valley Environmental Justice Project leading the way for the air monitoring facility to come to the community. Tulare County Agriculture assistant commissioner Christopher Greer and Jennifer Fawkes of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors along with scientists involved in the project were there on Friday. Also there was EPA Regional Administrator Martha Guzman, who took part in a brief press conference and community meeting at the Larry Itliong Community Center. Greer said the county ag department is always interested in working with other agencies when it comes to the science that impacts local agriculture and their communities. The EPA arrived with its instruments on Tuesday afternoon, set up on Wednesday and was collecting data by Thursday. Scientists in the project which is studying the air quality of the area stated it will take several months to college data before it can be evaluated. But CVEA co-founder Arturo Rodriguez Leon said the data collected will be invaluable. “I believe this will help us shape policy that will make life a little better,” he said, adding the data should be able to be used for decades. Guzman quoted Cesar Chavez when she said when “you have the knowledge, there's going to be change.” Guzman did admit as far as what change will come about as a results of this study, “What is that change? We don't know yet.” But she said it will be change that benefits the community. Of particular interest is monitoring PM2.5, tiny particles in the air that are 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter which can cause serious issues with air quality as series health problems. As one scientist put it they're “getting down to the nitty gritty to what kind of source when have in the Central Valley” when it comes to what's in the air and how it affects air quality. And as the Central Calfornia Environmental Justice Project's Ruben Rodriguez put it, “I'm very happy we're capturing some data to see what exactly we're being exposed to.” One resident talked about how when there's fog that makes it much more difficult for him as far as the air is concerned. Guzman said the monitoring will help determine just exactly what the impact of such issues as ammonia from dairies have on air quality. Or as she put it, “let's look at that question?”
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With Christmas two days away, workers at four Amazon warehouses in Southern California remained on strike Monday on claims the corporate giant refuses to recognize their union and negotiate fair contracts . The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, representing 1.3 million workers across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, announced their members in Palmdale, Victorville, Industry and San Bernardino voted to authorize strikes — a move that came after Amazon ignored a deadline on Dec. 15 to come to the bargaining table, according to the union. Amazon workers represented by the union went on strike at 3 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, and joined Amazon union workers across the country who also went on strike. “The corporate elitists who run Amazon are leaving workers with no choice,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement. “Greedy executives are pushing thousands of hardworking Americans to the brink,” he continued. “Amazon rakes in more money than anybody, they subject workers to injury and abuse at every turn, and they illegally claim not to be the rightful employer of nearly half their workforce.” Eileen Hards of Amazon said in a statement that for more than a year, the Teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public — claiming they represent “thousands of Amazon employees and drivers” when they don’t. “The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union,” Hards said. The Southern California workers are joining employees who also recently authorized similar strikes at sites located in Illinois and New York City. Operations at the following Amazon facilities in California would be affected: — DFX4 at 15272 Bear Valley Road, Victorville — DAX5 at 15930 Valley Blvd., Industry — DAX8 at 600 W. Technology Drive, Palmdale — KSBD air hub at the San Bernardino International Airport Union officials called the planned action “the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history.”BEIRUT (AP) — Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the suburbs of the capital and that government forces had withdrawn from the central city of Homs. The government was forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country. The loss of Homs is a potentially crippling blow for Assad. It stands at an important intersection between Damascus and Syria’s coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus — the Syrian leader’s base of support and home to a Russian strategic naval base. The pro-government Sham FM reported that government forces took positions outside Syria’s third-largest city, without elaborating. Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Syrian troops and members of different security agencies have withdrawn from the city, adding that rebels have entered parts of it. The capture of Homs is a major victory for insurgents, who have already seized the cities of Aleppo and Hama , as well as large parts of the south, in a lightning offensive that began Nov. 27. Analysts said Homs falling into rebel hands would be a game-changer. The rebels' moves around Damascus, reported by the monitor and a rebel commander, came after the Syrian army withdrew from much of southern part of the country, leaving more areas, including several provincial capitals, under the control of opposition fighters. The advances in the past week were among the largest in recent years by opposition factions, led by a group that has its origins in al-Qaida and is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the United Nations. In their push to overthrow Assad's government, the insurgents, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, or HTS, have met little resistance from the Syrian army. For the first time in the country's long-running civil war, the government now has control of only three of 14 provincial capitals: Damascus, Latakia and Tartus. The U.N.’s special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Saturday called for urgent talks in Geneva to ensure an “orderly political transition.” Speaking to reporters at the annual Doha Forum in Qatar, he said the situation in Syria was changing by the minute. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whose country is Assad's chief international backer, said he feels “sorry for the Syrian people.” In Damascus, people rushed to stock up on supplies. Thousands went to Syria's border with Lebanon, trying to leave the country. Many shops in the capital were shuttered, a resident told The Associated Press, and those still open ran out of staples such as sugar. Some were selling items at three times the normal price. “The situation is very strange. We are not used to that,” the resident said, insisting on anonymity, fearing retributions. “People are worried whether there will be a battle (in Damascus) or not.” It was the first time that opposition forces reached the outskirts of Damascus since 2018, when Syrian troops recaptured the area following a yearslong siege. The U.N. said it was moving noncritical staff outside the country as a precaution. Syria’s state media denied social media rumors that Assad left the country, saying he is performing his duties in Damascus. He has had little, if any, help from his allies. Russia, is busy with its war in Ukraine . Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which at one point sent thousands of fighters to shore up Assad's forces, has been weakened by a yearlong conflict with Israel. Iran has seen its proxies across the region degraded by regular Israeli airstrikes. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday posted on social media that that the United States should avoid engaging militarily in Syria. Pedersen said a date for talks in Geneva on the implementation a U.N. resolution, adopted in 2015, and calling for a Syrian-led political process, would be announced later. The resolution calls for the establishment of a transitional governing body, followed by the drafting of a new constitution and ending with U.N.-supervised elections. Later Saturday, foreign ministers and senior diplomats from eight key countries, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Egypt, Turkey and Iran, along with Pederson, gathered on the sidelines of the Doha Summit to discuss the situation in Syria. No details were immediately available. Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said insurgents were in the Damascus suburbs of Maadamiyah, Jaramana and Daraya. Opposition fighters were marching toward the Damascus suburb of Harasta, he added. A commander with the insurgents, Hassan Abdul-Ghani, posted on the Telegram messaging app that opposition forces had begun the “final stage” of their offensive by encircling Damascus. HTS controls much of northwest Syria and in 2017 set up a “salvation government” to run day-to-day affairs in the region. In recent years, HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has sought to remake the group’s image, cutting ties with al-Qaida, ditching hard-line officials and vowing to embrace pluralism and religious tolerance. The shock offensive began Nov. 27, during which gunmen captured the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest, and the central city of Hama , the country’s fourth largest city. Opposition activists said Saturday that a day earlier, insurgents entered Palmyra, which is home to invaluable archaeological sites had been in government hands since being taken from the Islamic State group in 2017. To the south, Syrian troops left much of the province of Quneitra including the main Baath City, activists said. Syrian Observatory said government troops have withdrawn from much of the two southern provinces. The Syrian army said in a statement that it carried out redeployment and repositioning in Sweida and Daraa after its checkpoints came under attack by “terrorists." The army said it was setting up a “strong and coherent defensive and security belt in the area,” apparently to defend Damascus from the south. The Syrian government has referred to opposition gunmen as terrorists since conflict broke out in March 2011. The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey, meeting in Qatar, called for an end to the hostilities. Turkey is a main backer of the rebels. Qatar's top diplomat, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, criticized Assad for failing to take advantage of the lull in fighting in recent years to address the country’s underlying problems. “Assad didn’t seize this opportunity to start engaging and restoring his relationship with his people,” he said. Sheikh Mohammed said he was surprised by how quickly the rebels have advanced and said there is a real threat to Syria’s “territorial integrity.” He said the war could “damage and destroy what is left if there is no sense of urgency” to start a political process. Karam reported from London. Associated Press writers Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria and Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad contributed to this report.
Moove, a global leader in innovative mobility solutions, has announced a pioneering fleet partnership with American autonomous driving technology company Waymo. This collaboration represents the first commercial partnership of its kind on the Waymo one app. Under the agreement, Moove will oversee the management and dispatch of Waymo’s fully autonomous electric vehicle (EV) fleet, beginning operations in Phoenix in 2025 and expanding to Miami in 2026. Move will handle all aspects of fleet operations, including facilities and charging infrastructure, ensuring smooth functionality. Meanwhile, Waymo will continue to operate its Waymo One app and focus on validating and advancing its autonomous driving technology, the Waymo Driver. Commenting on the partnership Vice President of Operations at Waymo, Ryan McNamara said, Tekedia Mini-MBA edition 16 (Feb 10 – May 3, 2025 ) opens registrations; register today for early bird discounts. Tekedia AI in Business Masterclass opens registrations here. Join Tekedia Capital Syndicate and i nvest in Africa’s finest startups here . “We are excited to partner with Moove in Phoenix and later Miami, bringing together their mobility-focused fleet management experience with our growing Waymo One service. Together, we will provide safe, seamless trips for riders, and scale faster and more cost-effectively over time, with safety continuing to lead the way.” While this partnership signals Moove’s entry into the autonomous vehicle (AV) market, the company remains committed to its core mission of empowering underserved mobility entrepreneurs. Through its flagship Drive-to-Own (DO) product, Moove will continue democratizing access to vehicle ownership, enabling thousands of mobility entrepreneurs in emerging markets to succeed. Autonomous vehicles have the potential to revolutionize mobility by addressing inefficiencies, enhancing safety, and promoting environmental sustainability. According to the World Health Organization, road traffic crashes account for approximately 1.19 million fatalities annually, ranking among the leading causes of death worldwide. Shared AV solutions, like those powered by Waymo and managed by Moove, offer opportunities to reduce urban congestion, improve road safety, and foster sustainable cities. Also commenting on the partnership, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Moove Ladi Delano said, “Ride-hailing has transformed urban mobility over the past 15 years, yet the core experience has largely remained unchanged. Waymo’s safe, reliable, and convenient Waymo One service leads in autonomous technology, and together, we’re driving a major shift in urban mobility. We’re proud to partner with Waymo, bringing our operational expertise to make this transformation possible. We understand that mobility isn’t a ‘one size fits all’. While we’re expanding into AVs in the U.S, we remain deeply committed to serving our customers around the world where we will continue to provide our unique financing solutions to underserved mobility entrepreneurs”. Founded in 2020 by Ladi Delano and Jose Odunsi, Moove provides customers with access to vehicle financing, as well as a range of financial services that were previously inaccessible to them and their families, helping them to be more productive and successful. Moove’s partnership with Waymo comes a few months after it officially launched its vehicle financing operations in Mexico in October. This is part of its broader goal to meet the rising demand for ride-hailing services in Latin America. With operations spanning 12 markets across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Moove has supported over 30,000 mobility entrepreneurs. The company’s entry into the U.S. market aligns with its broader ambition to build the world’s largest fleet and cutting-edge technologies for powering mobility platforms. Notably, its rapid global growth is supported by its partnership with Uber and backing from prominent investors.MSNBC mainstay Rachel Maddow has reportedly taken a significant pay cut to stay with the network following a dip in ratings. The popular anchor and host of the eponymously titled Rachel Maddow Show has renegotiated a new five-year contract, which sees her typical $30 million annual salary now down to $25 million, according to The Ankler. “This is a difficult time and they needed to keep her. No one else can do what she does. You can’t build a brand like it overnight,” one executive told the publication of the network’s decision. These figures have not been confirmed; however, a network source told The Independent the number was inaccurate but declined to comment further. The left-leaning news channel has seen a drop in ratings after Donald Trump ’s election victory, with Nielson ratings showing a 40 percent drop compared to last year’s ratings, The Daily Beast reported. Network producers are also having to figure out how to properly platform conservative voices on the “only safe space for a liberal TV audience,” another insider told The Daily Beast. “We were so Harris propaganda that when she lost, viewers were shocked,” one anonymous on-air pundit told the outlet. “It turned into one giant circle j**k and echo chamber. If MSNBC wants to be of service to its viewers, they can’t keep them in fantasy land.” Maddow, 51, was praised by one executive network who called her “ratings Viagra.” She first joined MSNBC in January 2008 as a political analyst and a regular panelist on its Race for the White House program with David Gregory. She was also a substitute host for its Countdown with Keith Olbermann show. In August of that year, the channel announced The Rachel Maddow Show would replace its Verdict with Dan Abrams ’s 9 p.m. slot the following month. With her new contract, Maddow will continue hosting her Monday-night show in addition to producing podcasts and documentaries for the network. Maddow’s pay cut comes amid an increasingly rocky media landscape. Just last week veteran broadcaster Chris Wallace announced he was departing CNN to explore the podcast and streaming landscape. However, it was later reported that his exit came after he was informed his two shows — Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? and The Chris Wallace Show — were getting canceled, and his reported $7 million annual salary was going to be massively slashed. His salary reduction came as part of the company’s wider cost-cutting initiatives, according to Puck News . It was also reported that CNN chief executive Mark Thompson had told Wallace he was welcome to stay with the network – but as an analyst with a much lower salary. Wallace insisted that he did not partake in any discussions about his future with the network, telling the outlet: “It doesn’t matter what was or wasn’t said in that meeting because I had already decided with my wife six months ago to leave CNN. Any further speculation is irrelevant.”
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools under optional new curriculum that could test boundaries between religion and public classrooms in the U.S. The material adopted by the Texas State Board of Education, which is controlled by elected Republicans, passed in a 8-7 final vote over criticism that the lessons would proselytize to young learners and alienate students of faiths other than Christianity. Supporters argued the Bible is a core feature of American history and that teaching it will enrich lessons. The vote allows schools in Texas, which has more than 5 million public school students, to begin using the material in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms as early as next year. Republican lawmakers celebrated the vote, including Texas' powerful lieutenant governor, who has pledged to pass legislation next year that would follow Louisiana in trying to require schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Texas' approval “is an important step to boosting student outcomes statewide,” Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick posted on social media. What the material says Schools are not required to use the material, but those that do would receive extra funding from the state. In the newly approved kindergarten materials, one lesson on helping one’s neighbor instructs teachers to talk about the Golden Rule using lessons from the Bible. It also instructs the teachers to explain that the Bible is “a collection of ancient texts” and that its different parts are “the core books of the Jewish and Christian religions.” In a third-grade lesson about the first Thanksgiving, the material directs teachers to discuss how the governor of Plymouth said a prayer and gave a speech that included references to “several passages from the Christian Bible in the book of Psalms.” Teachers are then instructed to tell students the book of Psalms is a collection of songs, poems and hymns “that are used in both Jewish and Christian worship.” With the new curriculum, Texas would be the first state to introduce Bible lessons in schools in this manner, according to Matthew Patrick Shaw, an assistant professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt University. Whether the lesson plans will be considered constitutional is up in the air, he said. Creating Bible-infused lessons The Texas Education Agency, which oversees public education for more than 5 million students statewide, created its own instruction materials after a law passed in 2023 by the GOP-controlled Legislature required the agency to do so. The lesson plans were publicly released this spring. “This curriculum is not age-appropriate or subject matter appropriate in the way that it presents these Bible stories,” said Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. Children who would read the material, she said, “are simply too young to tell the difference between what is a faith claim and what is a matter of fact.” Mary Castle, director of government relations for Texas Values, a right-leaning advocacy group, said there are “close to 300 common-day phrases that actually come from the Bible” and that students “will benefit from being able to understand a lot of these references.” A narrow vote More than 100 people testified at a board meeting this week that rung with emotion from parents, teachers and advocates. One Democrat on the board, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, said the inclusion of religions in addition to Christianity in the materials was not an “adequate attempt to change that bias.” “It seems to me like it is trying to place a Band-Aid on a gaping wound,” she said. One of the board members, Leslie Recine, is a Republican who was appointed to the board just weeks ago by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to temporarily fill a vacant seat. She voted in favor of the curriculum. Days after her appointment, a Democrat who ran unopposed was elected to fill that same board seat starting next year. Bringing religion into schools Texas' plans to implement Biblical teachings in public school lesson plans is the latest effort by Republican-controlled states to bring religion into the classroom. In Louisiana, a law to place the Ten Commandments in all public classrooms was blocked by a federal judge earlier this month. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the bill into law in June, prompting a group of Louisiana public school parents of different faiths to sue. In Oklahoma, the state's top education official has tried to incorporate the Bible into lesson plans for children in fifth through 12th grades. A group of teachers and parents recently filed a lawsuit to stop the Republican state superintendent's plan and his efforts to spend $3 million to purchase Bibles for public schools. ___ Lathan is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. ___ LaFleur reported from Dallas. Associated Press writer Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed to this report. Nadia Lathan And Kendria Lafleur, The Associated PressRobert F. Kennedy Jr.'s defection to Donald Trump and the Republicans comes after years of criticism the former Democrat laid at Trump's feet. Kennedy, whom Trump has nominated to be the next U.S. health secretary, has previously called the president-elect a "bully" and a "terrible president" and described his early political rise as "scary." In a video that was widely shared online this week, amid widespread discussion of Trump's cabinet picks, commentators claimed that Kennedy had disparaged Trump's supporters too, saying he called them "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," and "bootlickers." The Claim A post on X, formerly Twitter , by user Republicans against Trump, posted on November 21, 2024, viewed 3.9 million times, said: "[siren emoji] CNN has uncovered an audio in which RFK Jr scorched Trump and his supporters, calling them "belligerent idiots," "outright Nazis," "cowards," and "bootlickers." The post included audio in which Kennedy said: "One of the things that you write so beautifully, and your stuff is so fun to read, but you write about Trump, quote, 'The way that you build a truly vicious nationalist movement is to wed a relatively small core of belligerent idiots to a much larger group of opportunists and spineless fellow travelers whose primary function is to turn a blind eye to things.'" The Facts CNN did not report that Kennedy said those words about Trump supporters himself, and Kennedy did not do so either. CNN reported earlier this week that the recording was taken from a March 2016 episode of the Ring of Fire radio show, during which Kennedy praisingly repeated the words of journalist Matt Taibbi. "'We may not have that many outright Nazis in America, but we have plenty of cowards and bootlickers, and once those fleshy dominoes start tumbling into the Trump camp, the game is up,'" Kennedy quoted. As was said in the clip, Kennedy doesn't resist or challenge Taibbi's words, calling them "beautifully" written and "fun to read." The passage itself doesn't outright call Trump supporters "belligerent idiots" but strongly connects them to that insult. Importantly, these weren't Kennedy's words, although his praise of the passage suggests he, at the very least, sympathized with its sentiment. "Like many Americans, I allowed myself to believe the mainstream media's distorted, dystopian portrait of President Trump," Kennedy said in a statement sent to Newsweek by the Trump-Vance transition team. "I no longer hold this belief and now regret having made those statements. President Trump has a tremendous vision for our country that will not only make our country healthy again but will lower the cost of living for all Americans, stop endless wars, protect free speech, secure our Southern border, and make our country great again. "I am proud to serve in President Trump's administration." As reported in October 2024 by The New York Times, Kennedy has ridiculed Trump for many years, including during his run as a candidate in the 2024 race, calling him a "terrible president" who would not be "capable of meeting the expectations and fulfilling the promises that he raises with his rhetoric." In a Newsweek op-ed from 2018 , Kennedy, who was a Democrat at the time, said that Trump's "presidency has not just discredited our nation, but the entire American experiment in self government." Trump was not kind to Kennedy prior to his dropping out of the 2024 race, either. Kennedy ran against Trump as a Democrat, then an independent, before ending his campaign in August and endorsing the president-elect. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social in late May, Trump called Kennedy "one of the most Liberal Lunatics ever to run for office," adding that he is "a Phony Radical Left fool whose poll numbers are TERRIBLE, and getting worse." The Ruling Needs Context. According to a CNN report, the audio recording of RFK Jr. is from 2016 and was of Kennedy reading a passage written by journalist Matt Taibbi. While these weren't his words, Kennedy repeated them in praise. FACT CHECK BY Newsweek's Fact Check teamCalgary, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – December 2, 2024) – Olympia Financial Group Inc. (TSX: OLY) (“ Olympia “) is pleased to announce that Olympia Trust Company (“ Olympia Trust “) has entered into an asset purchase agreement pursuant to which Olympia Trust will purchase, for $1.7 million in cash, approximately 3,400 self-directed non-registered and registered plan investment accounts currently administered by Canadian Western Trust Company (the “ Transaction “). It is anticipated that the Transaction will be completed on January 1, 2025. About Olympia Financial Group Inc. Olympia conducts most of its operations through its subsidiary Olympia Trust, a non-deposit taking trust company. Olympia Trust is licensed to conduct trust activities in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Olympia Trust administers self-directed registered and non-registered plan investment accounts, and provides corporate trust and transfer agency services. Olympia also provides currency exchange and global payment services through its subsidiary Olympia Currency and Global Payments Inc., and offers private health services plans and information technology services to exempt market dealers, registrants, and issuers through its subsidiary Olympia Benefits Inc. Olympia’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “OLY”. For further information, please contact: Statements Regarding Forward Looking Information Certain portions of this press release as well as other public statements by Olympia contain “forward- looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation, which is also referred to as “forward-looking statements”, which may not be based on historical fact. 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