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Russia’s invasion upends Olympic ‘neutrality’ – if it existed
FILE – International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, shakes hands with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters Sunday, September 27, 2015. The International Olympic Committee has always been political, from sheikhs and royals to a seat at the United Nations to push for peace talks between the …
The Myrtle Beach Can-Am Days festival returns. how to celebrate
Canadian travelers are greeted by members of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce as the first flight from Canada has arrived in Myrtle Beach since COVID-19. Porter Airlines resumed service to Myrtle Beach (MYR) after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 on Wednesday. Porter Airlines will now operate nonstop flights between Myrtle Beach (MYR) …
Montreal community organizations are asking Quebec City for an additional $100 million annually
Breadcrumb Links Local News “Thanks for the thanks, but now it’s time to get some cash out.” Author of the article: The Canadian Press Clara Descurninges Dans la Rue is one of the Montreal community organizations that is part of the RIOCM. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette Content of the article Claiming to be …
Montreal’s community sector is asking for an additional $100 million a year
The Montreal community group – RIOCM – challenged Quebec on Monday, saying that the city’s community sector is chronically underfunded and that the government must invest an additional $100 million per year. “Groups have to fight every day to stay open,” said the coordinator of the Intersectorial Regrouping of Community Organizations of Montreal, Marie-Andrée Painchaud-Mathieu, …
Amazon, OSHA promise review after tornado destruction of warehouse
A heavily damaged Amazon fulfillment center is seen on Saturday, December 11, 2021 in Edwardsville, Illinois. Much of the building’s roof was torn off and the walls collapsed when severe storms swept through the area on Friday evening. (AP Photo / Jeff Roberson) Jeff Roberson PA EDWARDSVILLE, II. The Federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration …
Sports weekend in brief | State
COLLECTIVE FOOTBALL LOS ANGELES (AP) – Southern California hired Lincoln Riley from Oklahoma to be their next coach on Sunday in a surprising and rare move from a traditional college football powerhouse that sweeps the highly accomplished head coach from a other. Riley went 55-10 in five seasons at the helm of the Sooners, winning …
In Canada, the premier of Quebec worries about the state of hockey
MONTREAL – Of all the shortages that have emerged across the world this year and which have attracted high-level political attention, perhaps the most astonishing is this: the scarcity of Quebecers in professional hockey. Forget worries about pasta shortages (the Canadian durum crop is down by nearly a third) and soaring prices for poultry (the …
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T25 MEN’S BASKETBALL CALENDAR Gonzaga hammers UCLA WITHOUT DATE (AP) – Gonzaga and UCLA are 1-2 in the Associated Press men’s basketball poll, but the Bulldogs showed on Tuesday that there could be a big difference between the two games. Andrew Nembhard scored 24 points and the top-ranked Zags moved up to 6-0 as they …
National Newspaper Publishers Association Partners with Digital Mind State to Bring Tech This Out News ™ to a Network of 47 Million African Americans in Time for the Holiday Season
LOS ANGELES–(COMMERCIAL THREAD) – The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Digital Mind State (DMS) have formed a strategic partnership to disseminate the tech news we have created for us through Digital Mind State affiliate Tech This Out News. This partnership will cover everything tech-related, from the most popular tech gadgets to self-driving cars, robots …
Manfred: Lockout preferred to strike during the season in the absence of an agreement
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred smiles Thursday, November 18, 2021, during a press conference in Chicago. (AP Photo / Charles Rex Arbogast) Charles Rex Arbogast PA CHICAGO While insisting that Major League Baseball is focused on getting a working deal, Commissioner Rob Manfred signaled on Thursday that the owners would likely block players if …
Montreal community groups call for race-based data on COVID-19 once again
Almost a year after the pandemic hit Canada, community groups in Montreal are still pushing all levels of government to collect and release data on how COVID-19 is affecting how disproportionately racialized minorities and low-income city residents. “Montreal, as a city, needs this information so that we can work together to send resources where they …