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CN Rail, unions to return to bargaining in attempt to avoid strike action

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

Two unions currently in contract talks with CN Rail are heading back to the bargaining table in Montreal Monday in an attempt to avoid strike action.An assistant to the national officer tells CityNews the two sides will meet in an attempt to get a new deal together, preventing a possible walkout.Deals with Unifor Local 100 and Council 4000 — which represent 3,000 workers in mechanical, intermodal, and clerical positions across the country — expired at the end of 2022.This latest meeting comes after contract talks with the railway broke down last month. Unifor says it had five bargaining sessions with CN since Oct. 2022.On Dec. 9, 2022, the unions filed for conciliation to move the bargaining process along and claims CN countered with an offer “demanding significant concessions.”Related articles: CN Rail unions vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike actionCN Rail earns $1.4B in Q4, but warns of rockier times ahead in 2023Union members have voted 98 per cent and 97 per ce...

Alabama family lawsuit: Son suffered concussion in hazing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

PELL CITY, Ala. (AP) — Parents are suing an east Alabama school district after they say their son received a concussion when older baseball teammates hazed him by beating him with pillows.Local news outlets report the lawsuit was filed Wednesday against the Pell City school district, the Pell City Police Department, Superintendent James Martin, the high school principal, baseball coach and others.The parents say their son attended a “midnight madness” event with baseball players in January. They say their son and others were beaten with pillows concealing unknown objects, injuring multiple boys.The lawsuit says the head coach, without calling parents to tell them about the injuries or ask for permission, gave the boy medicine and told him to go to sleep until the morning.The mother says she later received a video of of baseball players hitting someone with pillows. A doctor who treated the son diagnosed him with a concussion, the lawsuit states.The lawsuit states that Pell City High...

Sheriff: Man fatally shoots self after living with corpse

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities on Sunday continued to investigate what led a man to fatally shoot himself just before deputies entered his home and found he had been living for months with a corpse.Neighbors contacted the Harris County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday evening about concerns they hadn’t seen one of the men who lived at the home for months, said Deputy Thomas Gilliland, an agency spokesman.At the home in west Houston, deputies “did notice that there were a lot of flies and a bad odor from one end of the house,” Gilliland said.After entering the home, the deputies heard a shot and found the body of a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Gilliland said.“In another adjoining bedroom, they did find the body of a male also that had been severely decomposed,” Gilliland said, citing a timeframe of at least several months.He said an autopsy was planned on the decomposed body.Investigators believe the two men lived together but said they were trying to determine other ...

Poilievre calls for spending cap, tax cuts in coming federal budget

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the coming federal budget should lower taxes, cap spending and make it easier to build new houses.Poilievre spelled out his party’s budget priorities today in advance of the Liberal government’s fiscal blueprint, to be presented to Parliament on March 28.The Tory leader accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of fuelling inflation and making it harder for Canadians to feed and house their families.Poilievre’s criticism comes as the Bank of Canada tries to tame high inflation — spurred in part by global trends — and the economy heads toward a slowdown and possible recession.Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland recently stressed that the government is embracing fiscal restraint to avoid pouring fuel on the flames of inflation.Poilievre says every dollar of new spending in the budget should be matched with one dollar of savings by cutting back.This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 12, 2023.The Canadi...

8 dead after 2 suspected smuggling boats overturn near San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) - Eight people are dead after two suspected migrant smuggling boats overturned off the coast of San Diego overnight, authorities said.Lifeguards responded to an area near Black's Beach after a Spanish-speaking woman on one of the panga-style boats called 911 around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokeswoman Mónica Muñoz. The woman reported two vessels, one carrying eight people and another carrying approximately 15, had overturned, San Diego Lifeguard Chief James Garland said during a Sunday morning news conference. ‘Teacher of the Year’ re-arrested When lifeguards and Customs and Border Protection officers arrived, they found a total of eight bodies and both capsized boats, SDFD said. Lifeguards also found several lifejackets and fuel barrels but thick fog hampered the search for additional victims. Others may also have left the beach before authorities arrived, Garland said.Authorities were still searching the area Sunday morn...

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” Ready to Make History at 95th Oscar Awards

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

Freddy sets a cyclone record

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Tropical cyclone season in our part of the world typically starts in mid-May in the eastern Pacific Ocean and in June in the Atlantic Basin, which also includes the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.It's different for Australia and the South Pacific, where their cyclone season runs from November to April. We really don't hear a great deal about the cyclone season there. That is, until now.Meet Cyclone Freddy. This storm has moved across the southern Indian Ocean since February 4. What's significant about this particular cyclone? It now owns the record for being the longest-living cyclone ever.The previous record holder occurred in the summer of 1994. Hurricane John, also known as Typhoon John, lasted 30 days. It was formed on August 11, 1994. The storm peaked on August 23 when winds reached up to 175 mph. It dissipated on September 13. The Hawaiian Islands and Alaska were among the places this storm affected.Australia's Bureau of Meteorology, in late January, was looking...

Hoosick Falls man accused of Cumberland Farms stabbing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A 22-year-old male victim was hospitalized on Saturday after an alleged stabbing at a Hoosick Falls Cumberland Farms. Joshua Cannon, 32, was arrested as a result and faces multiple charges. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Police say around 7:19 p.m., they responded to the Cumberland Farms at 25 Church Street in Hoosick Falls for a reported stabbing. Police say the 22-year-old victim had a stab wound, and a tourniquet was applied to limit bleeding. He was taken by Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad to the landing zone at the Pittstown Fire Station. From there, he was taken via Albany Lifenet to Albany Medical Center. Police did not mention the victim's current condition. Police say around 7:30 p.m., Cannon was taken into custody.Charges:First-degree assaultSecond-degree menacingSecond-degree reckless endangermentCannon was arraigned in the Town of Schaghticoke Court. He's held at the Rensselaer ...

Los Angeles Rams agree to trade Jalen Ramsey to Dolphins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a trade that will send off star cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a third-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft and tight end Hunter Long. Details of the trade were announced by NFL Insider Adam Schefter of ESPN.Trading Ramsey will net the Rams the 77th pick in April's 2023 NFL Draft, as well as Long, who was a third-round pick himself in 2021.Ramsey was acquired by Los Angeles in a blockbuster trade in 2019 that saw the Jacksonville Jaguars trade the defensive anchor for a package of picks. Ramsey is a six-time NFL Pro Bowl selection and three-time first-team All-Pro selection.Ramsey, 28, was selected with the No. 5 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft out of Florida State, where he was twice an All-American and a one-time BCS National Champion.The cornerback will go to Miami, which has been quietly stockpiling All-Pro caliber players in its pursuit of a championship behind head coach Mike McDaniel and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa....

The end: Curtain closes on an incredible Bay Area high school basketball season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:41 GMT

SACRAMENTO — The end of a season always brings a mixed bag of emotions, sadness that it’s over but thankful that it happened.Saturday was no different.High school basketball has crossed the finish line, an epic season of great stories, incredible triumphs, amazing performances and heartbreaking defeats.Oakland had its perfect ending on Friday, a historic day for The Town as two of its teams — one girls, one boys — captured state championships.The Oakland High boys won the Division III title behind a player who is appropriately named. Money Williams was all money for the Wildcats, the Montana-bound standout scoring 22 points in a 59-43 victory over Buena-Ventura as Oakland celebrated the program’s first state title.Oakland players celebrate their win over Buena-Ventura in the Division III state title game Friday. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) The Oakland Tech girls stepped onto the Golden 1 Center court moments after Oakland received its trophy and handle...