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Year in review: A look at news events in May 2023

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

A look at news events in May 2023:1 – Legendary Canadian folk singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies of natural causes at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital at the age of 84. 1 – The largest public servant strike in Canadian history ends for most of the more than 120,000 federal public servants who spent 12 days on picket lines. The Public Service Alliance of Canada reaches a tentative contract agreement with the government. About 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees remain on strike as negotiations over a separate collective agreement continued.  2 – For the first time in 15 years, TV and movie writers launch an industry-wide strike. The Writers Guild of America says its 11,500 unionized screenwriters headed to the picket lines after negotiations between studios and the writers failed to reach a new contract before the current deal expired at midnight.2 –The House of Commons unanimously backs a motion to declare the deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls a ...

Year in review: A look at events in April 2023

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

A look at events in April 2023:01 – The family of Vancouver radio personality Red Robinson says he died after a brief illness. Robinson began his radio career in 1954 at Vancouver’s CJOR, and his website credits him as the first DJ in Canada to play rock ‘n’ roll music on a regular basis. He was 86.03 – Dennis King leads the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservatives to a second majority government, securing 22 of the island’s 27 legislative seats and 56 per cent of the popular vote. 03 – Canadian R&B singer Jully Black is honoured in Ottawa, at an Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs assembly, for the minor change she made to our national anthem when she sang at the NBA All-Star Game in Utah in February. The Juno Award-winner swapped out one word in the opening line “O Canada! Our home and native land” with “Our home ‘on’ native land” to recognize the Indigenous peoples who lived on the land before ...

Year in review: A look at news events in March 2023

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

A look at news events in March 2023:1 – The government of Greece declares three days of national mourning after a deadly train crash in the northern part of the country the night before. The country’s prime minister and president both visit the crash site, where 57 people died after a passenger train and freight train collided.2 – Geri Smith, whose voice became familiar to listeners across the country over nearly 35 years as a newscaster with The Canadian Press, dies at 60. Smith was on leave at the time of her death in Toronto. 6 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asks two key security watchdogs to probe foreign interference and says he will appoint a “special rapporteur” to independently review their work. The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians is to launch a new study on foreign interference focused on elections. And the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency is to look at the work Canada’s intelligence agencies have do...

Year in review: A look at news events in February 2023

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

A look at news events in February 2023:4 – The U.S. military shoots down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden. U.S. defence officials had been tracking it for about a week as it travelled over sensitive military sites across North America. They say the large balloon went into Canadian airspace before crossing back into U.S. territory over northern Idaho. China says it was a weather research “airship” that had been blown off course and denied any claims of spying.6 – A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey and northern Syria, with the death toll eventually reaching well over 50,000. 7 – The pro basketball world has a new all-time scoring leader. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James breaks Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s NBA career scoring record during a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. With a step back jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter, James busts a record that had lasted nearly fo...

Year in review: A look at news events in January 2023

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

A look at news events in January 2023:4 – Canada marks the first National Ribbon Skirt Day, after a bill to recognize the event every Jan. 4 passed in Parliament late last year. It was inspired by a 10-year-old girl who wore a ribbon skirt to her rural Saskatchewan school in December 2020. Isabella Kulak wore the colourful garment as part of a formal day, but her family said at the time that a staff member told her the outfit wasn’t formal enough. The school division later apologized. 5 – Despite protests and threats of retaliation from Beijing, airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada. With cases surging in China, the federal government announced the week prior that travellers from the region would need a negative test administered within 48 hours of their departure. Other countries, including the United States and several in the EU, had imposed similar rules. 5 – Canada is golden again a...

Daily horoscope for December 31, 2023

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

Moon Alert: After 7:15 a.m. EST today (4:15 a.m. PST), there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The Moon is in Virgo.Happy Birthday for Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023:You are refined and have excellent taste. You are a confident perfectionist who likes to help others. This year has been full of exhausting change. Now is the time to focus on your own well-being, especially because you might be of service to others. Might it be time for a makeover?ARIES(March 21-April 19)★★★Be patient this morning. Later in the day, you might see ways to boost your earnings or get richer. You might even buy something special for yourself. People notice you, and you look attractive! Tonight: Be helpful. This Week: You’re high-viz and admired! Travel if possible.TAURUS(April 20-May 20)★★★★Avoid squabbles with romantic partners and kids this morning. Fortunately, later in the day, you’re ready to par-tay! You will open your world to enjoying whatever is offered. Happy New Year! To...

Dear Abby: They call me bossy, but I’m just trying to improve their parenting

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law and her husband become very defensive when my wife or I try to suggest things we believe would benefit them. Not only are they not interested, but they complain that we are trying to run their lives.Related ArticlesAdvice | Dear Abby: I’m feeling used, and I want to stop sharing my company discount with this person Advice | Dear Abby: I’m thinking of moving if my new neighbor continues this behavior Advice | Dear Abby: Pet owners tell these appalling stories as if they were jokes, and it upsets me Advice | Dear Abby: My boyfriend says I’m being too harsh about his ‘mistake’ Advice | Dear Abby: My friend says my party idea is tacky. Is she right? They tell us they are adults (both are in their mid-30s) and will live their lives the way they want.Both are stuck in low-paying jobs. They frequently ask us and other relatives for money, which we have g...

Chicago Bulls improve to 10-5 without Zach LaVine. 5 takeaways from a 105-92 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

The Chicago Bulls will end 2023 only four games below .500 after beating the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday for the second time this month.Despite a sloppy performance defined by turnovers and poor 3-point shooting , the Bulls took advantage of a short-handed 76ers team to secure a 105-92 win at the United Center. DeMar DeRozan led the Bulls with 24 points and Coby White added 20.This is the second win in three games for the Bulls without starting center Nikola Vučević. They are 10-5 since star guard Zach LaVine first sat out with a right foot injury.Here are five takeaways from the win.1. Andre Drummond has another thunderous performance.By the end of the first quarter, Drummond had already pulled down nine rebounds — all on the defensive end. That defined his impact throughout his third start with the Bulls, which he dominated on the boards as he continues to fill in for Vučević.The 76ers employed a familiar method of attacking Drummond in the final minut...

Erdogan lashes out at opposition for ‘exploiting’ dispute between football clubs and Saudi Arabia

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

Istanbul (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed opposition parties for “exploiting” a dispute between two Turkish football clubs and Saudi officials.The Turkish Super Cup final that was to be played in Saudi Arabia on Friday was postponed indefinitely after Istanbul rivals, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, refused to take to the pitch and returned home. Hundreds of fans of both clubs arrived at Istanbul’s airports before dawn to greet and cheer them.A joint statement by the Turkish Football Federation and the clubs on Friday cited “organizational disruptions” as the reason for the postponement, and thanked Saudi Arabia for its efforts in organizing the game.However, media reports claimed the dispute was centered around players wearing jerseys featuring Turkey’s secularist founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and carrying a banner with his motto, “Peace at home, Peace in the world.” 2023 is the centennial of the proclamation of modern Turkey by Ataturk, and both clubs had...

US forces shoot down ballistic missiles in Red Sea, kill gunmen in attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:00:08 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired toward a container ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. Hours later, four boats tried to attack the same ship, but U.S. forces opened fire, killing several of the armed crews, the U.S. Central Command said. No one was injured on the ship. The Singapore-flagged MAERSK HANZGHOU reported they had already been hit by a missile Saturday night while transiting the Southern Red Sea and requested assistance, CENTCOM said in a statement. The USS GRAVELY and USS LABOON responded to the call for help, and the Denmark-owned vessel was reportedly seaworthy and no injuries were noted, the statement added.“This is the 23rd illegal attack by the Houthis on international shipping since Nov. 19,” CENTCOM said.In another statement, CENTCOM said the same ship issued an additional distress call about a second attack “by four Iranian-backed Houthi small boats.” The attackers fired small arms weapons a...