4petesake Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 31 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: Whoops. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/berlin-aquarium-spill-1.6688180 Yikes that’s lot of water and fish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleyCupOneDay Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 50 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: Whoops. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/berlin-aquarium-spill-1.6688180 A small miracle no one was hurt badly or killed. At least so far, here’s hoping that continues to be the case. That much water and glass with someone standing in front of it would likely be deadly. They’re lucky it happened at a quiet time of day instead of when it’s packed with guests checking in and out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) Toronto: Eight teenage girls charged with deadly stabbing Eight teenage girls have been charged with murder in the Saturday night stabbing of a 59-year-old man in downtown Toronto, authorities said. Police said the girls, aged between 13 and 16, seem to have met online before meeting in person on the night of the attack, possibly for the first time. They were arrested near the crime scene shortly after midnight on Sunday. The man, who has not been named, had been living in a shelter for the homeless at the time of the assault. "He does have a very supportive family in the area so I wouldn't necessarily call him homeless, maybe just recently on some hard luck," Toronto Police Detective Sergeant Terry Browne told reporters. Officer Browne said the girls are believed to have assaulted and stabbed the victim in Toronto's downtown core, an area filled with high-end condominium towers and hotels, following an altercation. Police believe the man may have been preyed upon because he was spotted carrying alcohol. A group of bystanders flagged down emergency services after finding the man with stab wounds, Mr Browne said. The man was rushed to a nearby hospital with serious injuries and died shortly after. Police recovered several weapons, but did not say exactly which type. Police said the teenagers "swarmed" the man, adding the attack was a prolonged "back and forth" on the victim involving all eight of the teenagers. "The actual incident, proper, lasted almost three minutes long," Mr Browne said. "So, walked away, walked toward, walked away, walked toward." The attack came just hours before a mass shooting in Vaughn, Ontario, a small city just outside of Toronto. The sudden violence has unnerved some in Toronto ahead of the holidays. Police have not called the teenage girls a gang. The "anomaly" of this attack, Detective Browne said, is that the girls all came from different parts of the city and did not appear to have met in person prior to the attack. Three of the girls had prior run-ins with police. "We don't know how or why they met on that evening," he said. A female resident of a nearby homeless shelter told the CBC the victim was stabbed in the stomach after trying to protect her when the girls approached her for alcohol. "I didn't know if they had a knife or what. I was just scared," the woman said, explaining how she walked away from the attackers and sought refuge in the shelter. In a statement, Toronto Mayor John Tory said he was "deeply disturbed" by the case. The accused will now spend Christmas in jail as they await a 29 December court appearance. None of the suspects can be identified under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act but police said three of the suspects are 13 years old, another three are 14, and two are 16. Investigators believe the girls may have got into other fights on Saturday evening and have appealed to the public for more information. ******************** Pretty sad that 13 and 14 year old girls are capable of this. Edited December 22, 2022 by nuckin_futz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playoff Beered Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Japan reverses nuclear phaseout plan adopted after Fukushima https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-japan-climate-and-environment-02d0b9dfecc8cdc197d217b3029c5898 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 30, 2022 Author Share Posted December 30, 2022 Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murders of four college students in Idaho last November.... https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/idaho-university-student-murders-update-12-30-22/index.html No details on what led police to the suspect, but hopefully they have the right person. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Don't know how accessible this is but the NY Times has a Year End News Quiz - 25 questions. I got a middlin' mark. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/29/briefing/news-quiz-2022.html?campaign_id=136&emc=edit_nq_20221230&instance_id=81512&nl=news-quiz®i_id=56405277&segment_id=121229&te=1&user_id=dc88543b79693b0f05322365a827e237 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 55 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: Don't know how accessible this is but the NY Times has a Year End News Quiz - 25 questions. I got a middlin' mark. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/29/briefing/news-quiz-2022.html?campaign_id=136&emc=edit_nq_20221230&instance_id=81512&nl=news-quiz®i_id=56405277&segment_id=121229&te=1&user_id=dc88543b79693b0f05322365a827e237 Everytime I want to do a test online, I have to sign up for something first. At which point I always think...'aha! this must be the real test.' 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 One of my heroes, Brian May will soon be Sir Brian May..... https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/news/queen-guitarist-brian-may-thrilled-to-become-sir-bri-after-king-charles-first-new-year-honours-list-revealed/ar-AA15QCuC?cvid=3ec3d54f80e34d30b18986fa1fbbf6f1 If King Chuck keeps this up, I might even start to like him.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 The most and least peaceful countries in the world (2022 rating) according to the Institute for Economcs and Peace (whatever that may be). (Iceland is the most peaceful. At #163, Afghanistan is the least peaceful. Canada came in at #12. US at #129. https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 10 hours ago, UnkNuk said: The most and least peaceful countries in the world (2022 rating) according to the Institute for Economcs and Peace (whatever that may be). (Iceland is the most peaceful. At #163, Afghanistan is the least peaceful. Canada came in at #12. US at #129. https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/#/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter Need to visit Iceland sometime. For a small country they sure produce a ton of great music. Long winter inside must be a factor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RUPERTKBD Posted January 7 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 7 No good place for this, (AFAIK, we don't have a World Cup Skiing thread) but it's been a while since Canada was relevant on the WC circuit and this is a great result: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/cycling/it-s-a-dream-come-true-canada-s-valérie-grenier-wins-giant-slalom-gold-in-slovenia/ar-AA164wxv?cvid=c83090687e8f4f5098faed99ddcc653d Quote Canada's Valérie Grenier skied her way to the top of a World Cup podium for the first time in her career at a giant slalom event in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, on Saturday. Grenier, of St. Isidore, Ont., finished in a two-run combined time of one minute 55.01 seconds for her first-ever World Cup medal. "I still can't believe it," Grenier said in a post-race interview. "It's a dream come true, I've been wanting this for so long I'm going to cry I'm so happy." The 26-year-old is the first Canadian winner of a women's World Cup giant slalom race since Kathy Kreiner won in Pronften, Germany, in 1974. Grenier's best finishes in her 89 previous World Cup races were fourth in this race last year and fourth in a super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, in 2019. Grenier won three medals — a gold, a silver and a bronze — at junior worlds between 2015 and 2016. But she broke the tibia and fibula bones in her lower right leg in 2019. "I had four breaks and it just took a really long time to heal. So since the injury, I kind of focused more on giant slalom," she said. "I feel like finally everything is coming together and I'm finally skiing at my best." Italy's Marta Bassino (1:55.38) was second and Petra Vlhova of Slovakia (1:55.41) completed the podium. Three other Canadians didn't advance to the second run. Britt Richardson of Canmore, Alta., was 35th in 59.67 and Sarah Bennett of Stoneham, Que., 54th (1:00.79) while Cassidy Gray of Invermere, B.C., did not finish. 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Tried to burn down an immigration center. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 1/7/2023 at 12:27 PM, RUPERTKBD said: No good place for this, (AFAIK, we don't have a World Cup Skiing thread) but it's been a while since Canada was relevant on the WC circuit and this is a great result: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/cycling/it-s-a-dream-come-true-canada-s-valérie-grenier-wins-giant-slalom-gold-in-slovenia/ar-AA164wxv?cvid=c83090687e8f4f5098faed99ddcc653d And while we're talking about Women's World Cup Skiing, Mikaela Shiffrin isn't doing too badly either: https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/64172395 Mikaela Shiffrin equals Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup wins record Mikaela Shiffrin equalled the women's record for World Cup skiing victories with the 82nd win of her career. The two-time Olympic gold medallist is now only four World Cup victories short of the overall record held by Sweden's Ingemar Stenmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Another Russia https://open.spotify.com/show/1edslXTCkkMFeN8htn1iAy I've heard of Boris Nemtsov but knew little about him other than that he was a political opponent of Putin and had been murdered in 2015. So I found this seven part podcast very interesting. Narrated by Ben Rhodes and Nemtsov's daughter, Zhanna, they give an overview of Nemtsov's life and recent Russian history. The three minute trailer: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 85 days away from the World Chess championship No location, no sponsors, no hotels, no events scheduled around the 2 contenders: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Time for drinkers to pull thier head out of the sand. I have been going on about this for over a decade. I used to be a director of a liquor group so I was fully aware of the studies. Recomended max conusuption is now 2 drinks per week...not 2 drinks per day. Uvic did a study a while back and tried a trial run up north of putting health warning labels on products. As soon as the big alc companies caught wind they demanded the gov step in and remove them. They did. Now Health Canada want labels nationaly, so far the big companies are saying no. They claim they already advertise that people should 'drink responsibly'. However, do they advertise to 'drink responsibly cause alcohol can cuase a bunch of deadly deseases'? Wonder if we will see law suits in the future like we did with tobacco. https://globalnews.ca/news/9413517/canada-alcohol-use-guidance-ccsa/ Alcohol can affect various organs, putting people at increased risk for cirrhosis, pancreatitis, gastrointestinal inflammation, heart disease, multiple cancers as well as injury from falls, violence and motor vehicle crashes, according to research compiled by the CCSA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 25 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Time for drinkers to pull thier head out of the sand. I have been going on about this for over a decade. I used to be a director of a liquor group so I was fully aware of the studies. Recomended max conusuption is now 2 drinks per week...not 2 drinks per day. Uvic did a study a while back and tried a trial run up north of putting health warning labels on products. As soon as the big alc companies caught wind they demanded the gov step in and remove them. They did. Now Health Canada want labels nationaly, so far the big companies are saying no. They claim they already advertise that people should 'drink responsibly'. However, do they advertise to 'drink responsibly cause alcohol can cuase a bunch of deadly deseases'? Wonder if we will see law suits in the future like we did with tobacco. https://globalnews.ca/news/9413517/canada-alcohol-use-guidance-ccsa/ Alcohol can affect various organs, putting people at increased risk for cirrhosis, pancreatitis, gastrointestinal inflammation, heart disease, multiple cancers as well as injury from falls, violence and motor vehicle crashes, according to research compiled by the CCSA. Wow! Maybe I should cut back on my drinking? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) Alec Baldwin to be charged with involuntary manslaughter over Rust shooting By Nadine Yousif & Gareth Evans BBC News Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. Mr Baldwin had been rehearsing a scene for the Western film Rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near Sante Fe, New Mexico in October 2021. Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film's armourer, will also be charged. Lawyers for both said they intended to fight the charges in court. Santa Fe's District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies announced the charges on Thursday, adding that they would be filed by the end of the month. "Actor and producer Alec Baldwin and armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed will each be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter," the statement read. "I have determined that there is sufficient evidence." "On my watch, no one is above the law, and everyone deserves justice," she said. Both face up to 18 months in jail and a $5,000 (£4,040) fine if convicted. They will be tried by a jury, prosecutors said. Film director Joel Souza was also wounded in the shooting, but prosecutors said no charges would be filed in connection with that. The film's assistant director David Halls entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanour charge of negligent use of a deadly weapon, prosecutors said. He will spend six months serving probation. In a statement, a lawyer for Ms Hutchins' husband, Matthew, said he supported the filing of the charges. "It is a comfort to the family that, in New Mexico, no one is above the law," he said. But Mr Baldwin's lawyer, Luke Nikas, called the decision "a terrible miscarriage of justice". "Mr Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun - or anywhere on the movie set," Mr Nikas said. "He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. We will fight these charges, and we will win." Ms Gutierrez Reed's lawyer, meanwhile, said the announcement was the result of a "very flawed investigation and an inaccurate understanding of the full facts". "Hannah is, and has always been, very emotional and sad about this tragic accident," Todd Bullion said. "But she did not commit involuntary manslaughter." Ms Hutchins died in hospital shortly after she was shot in the chest by a prop gun fired by Mr Baldwin on set. The incident resulted in accusations of negligence and led to calls for better safety protocols on film sets. An initial investigation into the incident found there was "a degree of neglect", producers were fined more than $136,000 by the New Mexico Environment Department for failing to enforce safety protocols. The film's production company, Rust Movie Productions, argued that it was not responsible for supervising the film set, "much less for supervising specific protocols such as the maintenance and loading of weapons". After the shooting, Mr Baldwin said the gun had misfired. He added that he did not pull the trigger and was not aware that it was loaded. "I don't know what happened on that set. I don't know how that bullet arrived in that gun. I don't know," he said. Mr Baldwin has also filed a lawsuit against several people involved with the film, including Ms Gutierrez Reed and Mr Halls, alleging that they both failed to check the gun carefully. In October, the 64-year-old actor and the film's production company reached a settlement for an undisclosed amount with the family of Ms Hutchins. It came after the cinematographer's husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit which alleged violations of industry standards. "All of us believe Halyna's death was a terrible accident," Mr Hutchins said in a statement at the time. "I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame." Production of the film had been scheduled to resume this year, with Mr Hutchins on board as executive producer. Edited January 19 by nuckin_futz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UnkNuk Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 China Condemns U.S. Decision to Shoot Down Spy Balloon The Chinese government said the downing of the “civilian” aircraft was an “excessive reaction,” and that it “retains the right to respond further.” https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/04/us/china-spy-balloon So tell us, China - how would you react to a US balloon sailing over your country? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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