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2 dead in Mozambique protests over local election results, watchdog says. Police say 70 arrested

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Protests in Mozambique over disputed local election results resulted in the deaths of a police officer and a civilian Friday, a corruption watchdog group said. Police reported a total of 70 arrests in four cities but not any fatalities. The unrest followed Thursday’s official validation of the election results, which gave the ruling Frelimo party victory in 64 out of 65 municipalities. A consortium of election observers had reported widespread ballot stuffing, voter intimidation and falsification of results in favor of Frelimo in the Oct. 11 elections.Demonstrators barricaded streets during the protests, which were concentrated in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, and the northern cities of Nampula and Nacala. In Maputo, main opposition party Renamo led its supporters in a march. Other groups of protesters blocked main avenues with piles of burning tires and trash. Riot police and plainclothes officers dispersed crowds with tear gas and bursts of AK...

15-year sentence for Reno man who admitted using marijuana before crash that led to 3 deaths

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Reno man who admitted to driving under the influence of marijuana when he caused a crash that led to three deaths five years ago has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.Dana Terry, 26, pleaded guilty in July to driving while having a prohibited amount of marijuana in his blood, resulting in death. He is eligible for parole after serving five years of his sentence.Terry was driving a Toyota pickup on the Mount Rose Highway south of Reno in November 2018 when he crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle head-on, killing the driver Craig Park, 67, authorities said.Minutes later, two men stopped at the scene of the crash to try to help on the dark road. But a passing vehicle hit Terry’s car, which spun into the two men — Brian Morris, 57, and Rodolfo Torres, 43. Torres was pronounced dead at the scene and Morris died later at a local hospital.The Associated Press

2 Korn Ferry Tour golfers become latest professional athletes to be suspended for sports betting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two members of the Korn Ferry Tour were suspended for three-to-six months Friday for placing bets on PGA Tour competitions, making them the latest professional athletes to be disciplined for sports betting.Vince India and Jake Staiano, golfers on the PGA Tour’s developmental feeder, violated the “Integrity Program” by making the wagers, the tour announced in a news release. Neither placed a bet on tournaments in which they were playing, the tour said.India was suspended from PGA Tour-sanctioned competition for six months, with the suspension lasting from Sept. 18 through March 17, 2024. Staiano was suspended from Sept. 11 through Dec. 10.The PGA Tour said it wouldn’t comment further on the suspensions.Ottawa Senators forward Shane Pinto became the NHL’s first modern-day player to be disciplined for sports gambling when he was suspended Thursday for 41 games. The NHL said the suspension was for “activities relating to sports wagering.” The l...

Intel unit focused on analysis, not criminal operations, RCMP employee tells jury

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

OTTAWA — An RCMP employee who worked in the same intelligence unit as a man charged with revealing classified information says the unit was not involved in criminal investigations, surveillance or undercover work.Gregory O’Hayon told Ontario Superior Court that Operations Research, as the unit was known, focused on intelligence and analysis.The Crown alleges Cameron Jay Ortis, who once led the unit, anonymously sent secret information in 2015 to people who were of investigative interest to the national police force. Ortis, 51, has pleaded not guilty to violating the Security of Information Act by allegedly revealing secrets to three individuals and trying to do so in a fourth instance. Ortis’s lawyers have indicated they will try to persuade the jury their client had the authority to take the actions he did. Reporters and the general public were excluded from the courtroom for O’Hayon’s appearance Wednesday, but an edited transcript of his testimony was relea...

A list of facts about whirling disease found in some national park waterways in B.C.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

VANCOUVER — Parks Canada officials have shut down waterbodies in British Columbia’s Yoho and Kootenay national parks after the discovery of whirling disease. Here are some facts about the disease:— Species susceptible to the disease include cutthroat, rainbow, bull, brown and brook trout, coho, sockeye, chinook and Atlantic salmon and the mountain whitefish. — The disease is especially deadly for young finfish, with the overall death rate of fry and fingerlings reaching up to 90 per cent. — Affected fish may whirl in their swimming patterns, they have skeletal deformities and their tail may appear dark. — It was first found in Alberta waterbodies,and Parks Canada officials say the mostly likely cause of the spread to B.C. was through humans. — It is caused by a microscopic parasite spread through contact with a fish and a freshwater worm. — People can spread whirling disease by moving infected live or dead fish, infected worms, contaminated equipment or water. — It does not po...

Parks Canada says whirling disease could decimate fish, respect B.C. closures

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

VANCOUVER — Parks Canada officials say they’re closely watching lakes and rivers in Kootenay and Yoho national parks for a parasite that could “decimate” as much as 90 per cent of young trout and salmon.The first suspected case of the disease in British Columbia was found in September in Emerald Lake, in Yoho National Park, prompting the closure of the lake and other nearby waterways. Francois Masse, Parks Canada’s field unit superintendent for Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay national parks, says they later found “additional suspected cases” of the disease in the Kicking Horse River, Wapta Lake, Finn Creek, and Monarch Creek. Parks Canada has closed all waterbodies in Yoho and Kootenay national parks until the end of March next year. Masse says it’s too early to say what other measures they might take to stop the spread, but the public is asked to respect all closures. Whirling disease doesn’t pose a risk to humans, but can be deadly for trout, salmon an...

Man, 82, charged in historical sex assaults at Oshawa daycare

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

Durham Regional Police have charged an 82-year-old man in connection to numerous alleged sex assaults at an Oshawa daycare dating back to the 1960s.Frank Negeman, of Whitby, is facing charges of sexual assault, sexual interference with a person under the age of 14, assault, and gross indecency.His arrest comes after an alleged victim from the mid 1980s came forward in September, 2023, identifying him as the suspect.“Through investigation, officers have been able to identify additional victims and the investigation revealed additional reports of sexual assaults that occurred between the years of 1967 and 1991,” investigators said in a release.Police say Negeman was living a private residence that functioned as a daycare in the Waverly Street South and Cartier Avenue area of Oshawa.“It’s important to note that the daycare previously operated from this residence and it is believed that they ceased its operations earlier this year,” police added.

CMHC head Romy Bowers to step down, Michael Tremblay named interim CEO

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

OTTAWA — Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser says a search is underway for a new CEO of Canada’s housing agency after current leader Romy Bowers has said she’s stepping down. Fraser says in a news release that Bowers will be leaving the role in December to take a job as director of the office of risk management at the International Monetary Fund.Bowers took on the role as head of CMHC in April 2021. Before that, she was chief risk officer at the agency.The government says that CMHC chief financial officer Michel Tremblay will step into the role of CEO until it can conduct an “open, transparent, and merit-based” selection process to find a replacement for Bowers. Her departure comes as Canada’s housing affordability crisis worsens under the weight of high interest rate, inflation, and a deep mismatch between supply and demand.The search for a new leader of the federal housing agency comes as the government works to select people for various CMHC board o...

What you need to know about ‘rent reductions’ in Ontario

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

A lease agreement in Ontario can be either verbal or written and as per the Rental Tenancies Act (RTA), if any of the services or amenities included in that contract are not supplied, or taken away at a later date, tenants may be able to pursue a rent reduction.Typically, rent reductions are sought when amenities like a parking spot, use of the backyard, laundry or even cable and internet — that were provided to the tenant at the start of the lease — are no longer being made available.“What a rent reduction does is it puts money back in people’s pocket for the loss of that service, the loss of that amenity,” says Kevin Laforest, staff lawyer at Scarborough Community Legal Services.He says along with basic services, rent reductions also come into play when changes are made to the unit that may constitute a breach of the lease contract.“[This] could be a little more rare … let’s say the landlord decides we’re doing renovations...

Costco’s giant Thanksgiving dinner kit is here

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 20:18:16 GMT

BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details.Costco’s massive Thanksgiving dinner kit serves 8Wouldn’t you like to wake up late on Thanksgiving this year and kick your feet up, knowing that dinner is already taken care of? If you want to skip that early morning wake-up call to start prepping and cooking the big meal, this news is for you: Costco is selling a massive Thanksgiving dinner kit that serves eight, complete with all the fixings for a classic Turkey Day spread.The best part? You can pre-order it right now for just $199.99. That’s probably not much more than it would cost to shop all the groceries to cook all these dishes yourself — and that doesn’t even account for all the time (and planning and stress) you’ll save by not having to spend your whole holiday cooped up in the kitchen. It’s like having your own private chef.Shop this article: Pre-Order Fortune Gourmet Thanksgiving Dinner, Serves ...