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Liberals to begin public consultations on setting up a foreign influence registry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is launching public consultations on a foreign influence transparency registry to help prevent other countries from meddling in Canadian affairs.The Liberals have been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks over allegations, detailed in media reports citing unnamed security sources and highly classified documents, that they did not act when warned that China was trying to interfere in the last two federal elections.Mendicino says the consultation, which he hopes all Canadians will take part in, will run today through to May 9 and include a virtual portal on the Department of Public Safety’s website.Under such a registry, people who act on behalf of a foreign state to advance its goals would have to disclose their ties to the government employing them.The idea of such a registry, which exists in Australia and the United States, is to make those dealings more transparent, with the possibility of fines or even prison time for failin...

One charged, replica gun seized at Brampton secondary school

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

A 14-year-old male was charged after Peel police seized a BB gun after responding to a call at a Brampton secondary school.Police responded to a call on Mar. 9 at approximately 10:30 a.m. at Harold M. Brathwaite Secondary School for a weapons-related incident.The male was arrested inside the school, and a the gun was seized. No injuries were reported from the incident.The male was charged with the alleged offence of Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose and will appear in front of the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton courts at a later date.

Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

ARE, Sweden (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-tying 86th World Cup race Friday with victory in a giant slalom.Shiffrin’s win matched the overall record set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark 34 years ago.The 27-year-old American protected her half-second lead from the first run and finished 0.64 seconds ahead of Federica Brignone.Shiffrin crossed the finish line and put her hands to her helmet, then to her face and shook her head slowly while taking in the enormity of her achievement.“This is just a spectacular day. Oh my goodness,” she said in a course-side interview.Stenmark told The Associated Press last month that Shiffrin is “much better than I was.”It was Shiffrin’s fourth straight wire-to-wire win in World Cup giant slaloms since January. In that time, she also took gold in the event at last month’s world championships in Meribel, France.Shiffrin started cautiously in her second run under the floodlights in the fast-darkening afternoon, letting half of her ...

China accuses Canada of smearing reputation over alleged secret police stations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

BEIJING — China on Friday accused Canada of smearing its reputation over allegations China is secretly operating two overseas police stations in Quebec.Canada should “stop sensationalizing and hyping the matter and stop attacks and smears on China,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing.“China has been … strictly abiding by international law and respecting all countries’ judicial sovereignty,” Mao said.The spokesperson did not comment on the existence of the police stations or whether they were operated by Chinese government authorities.Canadians of Chinese origin have been victims of activities carried out by the stations, Sgt. Charles Poirier of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Thursday.Canada will not tolerate any type of intimidation, harassment or targeting of diaspora communities, Poirier said.The RCMP’s Integrated National Security Team has opened investigations into the suspected police stations in Montreal and Brossard, a suburb j...

Concerns rise over suicide rates of Black transgender and nonbinary youth

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

(The Hill) -- LGBTQ activists and leaders are sounding alarm bells over a recent report on rising suicide rates among Black nonbinary and transgender youth, which many attribute to the spread of laws that target transgender identities.A quarter of Black transgender and nonbinary youth attempted suicide last year, according to a report last month from the Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization; that figure is double the rate of their Black LGBTQ cisgender peers.The report found that Black transgender and nonbinary youth are also more likely to report experiencing higher rates of victimization, including discrimination, threats of violence, physical attacks and attempts from others to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.“There is this idea out there that LGBTQ young people, and trans and nonbinary people in particular, are somehow inherently more mentally ill than their peers, and that's just not true,” Jonah DeChants, a senior ...

Dean's Weekender: St. Patrick's Day celebrations & more

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

CHICAGO - It's one of the Windy City's favorite weekends as many don the green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day!While March 17 is still a week away, Chicago will celebrate this weekend with a few events on both sides of town along with the loop. Naturally, the festivities were featured in the "Weekender" from Dean Richards on the WGN Morning News on Friday.Along with featuring a few parades and the dyeing of the Chicago River downtown, he also took a look at a few shows going on in the area, including a concert by Gaelic Storm, the return of "Annie," Janeane Garofalo's show in Wicker Park, and moreYou can see "Dean's Weekender" from March 10's show in the video above.Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

Pedestrian hit, killed on FM 969 near Regency Drive

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News Today's morning headlines for Friday, March 10, 2023. AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A person was pronounced dead on the scene of a crash on FM 969 near Regency Drive. Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted at 6:48 a.m. that an adult patient was pronounced dead on scene. The person was reportedly struck by a vehicle, according to the tweet. No other patients were involved. The Austin Police Department has the nearby area blocked off. Drivers should avoid the area if possible.

Neighborhood Kitchen opens in Milton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

MILTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Neighborhood Kitchen, a takeout, delivery, catering and market business, has officially opened in Milton. After a soft opening Thursday night, the eatery is now open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Neighborhood Kitchen is located at 312 Rowland Street in the former Bongiorno’s building, which was a pizzeria that closed around 2016. Owners Chip and Wendy Lawrence and Chef Brian Donaldson bought the building in April 2022.Long before the building became Bongiorno’s, it was Mary’s Country Store. “Wendy and I grew up in Milton, used to ride our bikes to Mary’s Country Store for penny candy, popsicles, and ‘bread, milk, and butter’ for our moms. Brian has been a resident of Milton for 10 years and felt the area lacked this type of food concept,” said Chip Lawrence. Takeout, delivery food business opening in Milton All together, the owners have over 70 years of restaurant...

Alice in Wonderland takes stage in Kingston after pandemic delay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Preparations are underway at Kingston’s historic Ulster Performing Arts Center for the Catskill Ballet Theatre's production of “Alice in Wonderland.” The show will premiere this evening after a three-year pandemic delay. Troy Street Pianos spark musical sense of community Camila Rodrigues is the lead ballerina playing the role of Alice. The Brazilian born ballerina was already set to perform Alice before the production was cancelled three years ago.“This is a different approach because it's a live performance and it's a live ballet performance so it's very interesting to see how the same story can be told through movement instead of through words,” said Rodrigues. ‘Dancing with the Stars’ star talks semifinals, new tour ahead of Proctors stop Performances for the show are as follows:Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 11 at 4:00 p.m.Sunday, March 12 at 4:00 p.m.Tickets available at the Ulster Performing Arts Center box office (845) 339-6088 or ...

Schuylerville rapist jailed for failing to register

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:02 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A Saratoga County man, who raped a 13-year-old girl in 2017, was sentenced to five months behind bars on Wednesday for failing to register as a sex offender. He was first arrested on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, for the rape. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! William E. Bounds III, 37, was accused of having sex with the teen, who was too young to legally consent. He was charged at the time with felony counts of second-degree rape, second-degree criminal sexual act, and misdemeanor sexual abuse. Bounds III was sentenced in April 2018 to three years in state prison. Once he was released, he moved to Milton, where police say he failed to register as a sex offender—a felony offense. He pleaded guilty to that charge in January 2023. Former BOCES teacher admits to raping 13-year-old Now, he will spend five months in Saratoga County Jail. He has also served parole since the 2017 incident, which will...