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GOP clashes as deadline to repeal tainted bailout law nears
November 26, 2020, 10:03 a.m. ·4 min read
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hopes of repealing an energy bailout law are in danger at the Ohio Statehouse as Republican lawmakers argue sharply different positions on how and whether to repeal the legislation with only weeks before Ohioans begin to pay the price.
In one corner stands veteran GOP lawmakers like Rep. Bill Seitz, ranking member of the majority party, who believes the Nov. 3 election results solidified the standing of the now-tainted bailout bill even if federal investigators found the process of its passage to be corrupt.
"There is no representative and no senator who voted yes on House Bill 6, who lost their reelection bid," Seitz said in an interview with The Associated Press. "But many, several, at least, who voted no, lost. So what does that tell you?"
Seitz vowed to vote against any repeal bill brought to the House for a floor vote during the next four weeks of the lame duck session.
In the other corner, there are Republican Reps. Laura Lanese and Mark Romanchuk. Both lawmakers introduced a bill this past summer to repeal the law at the centre of a $60 million bribery probe.
Lanese, also a ranking member in the House, pushed back on her colleague's sentiment about the election proving not to be a referendum on what the FBI determined to be the largest bribery scheme in state history. She said her efforts to repeal the legislation actually helped her win reelection earlier this month.
"When I went out campaigning, I led with that. I said 'I'm sure you've heard about the scandal in Columbus. I did not vote for it and I am leading the repeal'," Lanese said. "You can't quantify what kind of support I got from that but I won my seat by much higher than they thought I would win by."
The Grove City Republican introduced the first repeal bill on July 23, two days after the arrest of then-House Speaker Larry Householder and four of his accomplices on charges of racketeering for their roles in the alleged scheme to bail out two aging nuclear power plants.
The five men are accused of shepherding $60 million in energy company money for personal and political use in exchange for passing a legislative bailout of the plants and then derailing an attempt to place a rejection of the bailout on the ballot.
Householder, also a Republican, was one of the driving forces behind the nuclear plants' financial rescue, which added a new fee to every electricity bill in the state and directed over $150 million a year through 2026 to the plants near Cleveland and Toledo. The longtime lawmaker and two of the men charged have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In the days following the release of the affidavit, GOP lawmakers acted swiftly. A number of repeal bills were introduced and by the end of July, the majority party had voted to remove Householder as speaker and even chose his successor.
In one of his first acts as the newly-appointed speaker, Rep. Bob Cupp, of Lima, created a committee in August to oversee the future of the bailout bill.
But months later, as the General Assembly is winding down in a lame duck session — passing legislation to limit the governor's powers during a pandemic and designating the monarch butterfly as the state official butterfly — the tainted legislation remains intact, with weeks left before the law will add a fee to every electricity bill in the state on Jan. 1.
The concern for Republicans like Seitz, Cupp and committee chairman Jim Hoops is that repealing the bill outright would have unintended consequences and they need more time to understand the complex legislation.
But Romanchuk believes his colleagues had enough time to dissect the bill when it first went through the House last year.
"Everybody knows what's in this bill because we've already had to vote on it at one time last year," Romanchuk, one of a number of GOP members who voted no for the bill's passage, said. "So to deliberate further on the same policy doesn't make a lot of sense to me."
The other argument against repeal is that lawmakers would be throwing out the good with the bad. Rep. Kristin Boggs, who is one of the Democrats on the oversight committee, rejected the claim that the policy is sound.
"If it was great policy, it wouldn't have cost so much to get it passed with bribes," Boggs, of Columbus, said. "Great policy doesn't need this kind of pressure to get done."
She added, "But the pressure that exists for it to be passed in the first place continues to live at the Statehouse."
Farnoush Amiri is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a non-profit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press
No new cases of COVID-19 detected in N.W.T. Tuesday
Two probable cases of COVID-19 in Fort Liard announced Monday have been confirmed, the N.W.T.'s chief public health officer announced in a press release Tuesday evening, but no others have been detected despite increased testing. No further cases have been detected in Yellowknife since a case with no known source was announced last week. "As time passes, if nothing is detected, confidence will grow that widespread community transmission did not occur and that this was a single locally acquired case with no identified source," said Dr. Kami Kandola of the Yellowknife case. No cases were found in Hay River. Kandola said there is a "high probability" the positive wastewater signal in that community last week was related to the cluster in Fort Liard. That means the territory currently has six confirmed cases of COVID-19, one active case in Yellowknife and five in Fort Liard. Fifty contacts are currently isolating in that community to prevent further spread. Low risk to 'contacts of contacts' Kandola said people in Fort Liard who have not been contacted by public health and asked to isolate are not considered close contacts, even if they've been in contact with someone who has been asked to isolate. A "contact of a contact" is considered low risk, she said. "With that low risk, there's no reason to be fearful — or to disrupt your life for 14 days." In other words, "If you haven't been contacted by public health and told you're a contact, if you haven't spent time with someone who has COVID-19, and you haven't been in a location at a date and time there was an exposure notification, you have no reason to be worried," Kandola said. However, anyone who still has concerns is asked to call public health. In all, about 100 tests have been completed in Fort Liard. Forty-one of those were completed Monday and verified at Stanton Hospital in Yellowknife. All were negative. Wastewater testing continues in Yellowknife and Hay River, as well as Inuvik, Fort Smith and Fort Simpson.
Behind a franchise record six-year, $150-million US contract, the Toronto Blue Jays reportedly landed outfielder George Springer in free agency on Tuesday. The Blue Jays confirmed the deal was for six years, pending a physical, when reached for comment by The Canadian Press. No further details were provided. The deal for the 2017 World Series MVP and three-time all-star blows by the Blue Jays' previous high, the seven-year,-$126 million re-signing of Vernon Wells in 2006. Springer, 31, debuted in 2014 with the Houston Astros — the only team he's ever known. Over 52 games in 2020, Springer hit 14 home runs while adding 32 runs batted in. ESPN was first to confirm the two sides are in agreement on a deal, while adding Springer was heading to Toronto's spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla., for the physical. MLB Network was first to report the deal to be worth $150 million. Springer was considered one of the premier players available after declining his qualifying offer from the Astros in October to become a free agent. The New York Mets and Blue Jays were reportedly the two frontrunners for Springer, with his name being linked to both clubs for weeks. Post-season experience The centre-fielder was named an all-star for the first time in 2017, and went on to become World Series MVP that season when Houston beat the L.A. Dodgers in seven games for a championship, now tainted by the Astros sign-stealing scandal that became public in 2019, and confirmed by MLB in January 2020. He was also named an all-star in 2018 and '19, and took home the American League Silver Slugger Award in both seasons. Springer brings Toronto plenty of playoff experience after reaching the AL Championship Series four seasons in a row, falling just one win shy in 2020 from reaching the World Series for the third time in four campaigns. Springer, from New Britain, Conn., was selected by Houston 11th overall in 2011. He has 174 home runs and 458 RBI, with a .270/.361/.491 slash line in his career. The Blue Jays have an emerging young core and are able to add at least one major contract before their younger players like Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. earn a lot more. Toronto has been linked to most of the top free agents, but now have the one they wanted most. The upstart Blue Jays went 32-28 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, finishing third in the AL East behind Tampa Bay and the New York Yankees and qualifying for the expanded post-season. They were swept by the AL champion Rays in a three-game wild-card series. Jays also land Yates Meanwhile, the Blue Jays are hoping they have acquired the 2019 version of Kirby Yates. Yates, 33, reportedly signed a one-year contract with the Blue Jays earlier Tuesday, pending a physical. The deal is reported to be worth $5.5 million US, with further incentives. Toronto lost closer Ken Giles for the upcoming season after he had Tommy John surgery on Sept. 30. Giles saved 23 games in 2019 and had expressed a desire to stay in Toronto even though he was slated to become a free agent this off-season. The former San Diego closer, Yates led the major leagues in saves in 2019 before struggling to open last season and requiring surgery to remove bone chips in his right (throwing) elbow last August. Six different pitchers, including Giles, recorded saves for Toronto last season, led by Anthony Bass (seven) and Rafael Dolis (five). Canadian-born Jordan Romano also flourished out of the bullpen with two saves and set a pair of club records for innings (8.2) and batters faced (29) without allowing a hit to start the season. But Yates, who sported a 1.19 earned-run average, 41 saves and 101 strikeouts in 60 2/3 innings two years ago with the Padres, possesses huge comeback potential.
Legault refuses to grant curfew exemption for the homeless
Premier François Legault on Tuesday nixed the idea that homeless people could be exempt from the 8 p.m. provincewide curfew. The premier said he trusts police officers to use their judgment and said he could not exempt homeless people from the rule, because then other people could pose as homeless to take advantage of the loophole. "They do not intend to give tickets to homeless people," Legault said of the police. "If we put in the rules the fact that a homeless person could not receive a ticket, then anybody could say, 'I'm a homeless person, so you don't have the right to give me a ticket." Earlier in the day, Mayor Valérie Plante called for homeless people to be exempt from the curfew. "What I want is for people to feel safe in Montreal. I don't want to exacerbate that fragility, that vulnerability that is already present," she said, clarifying that she still wants the homeless to find safe spaces to spend the night, but without the added pressure of the curfew. "I'm not encouraging people to sleep in the streets. That is not my message. My message is to use the resources." Plante made the declaration to reporters near city hall two days after a homeless man was found dead inside a portable toilet, steps away from a warming station where he could have spent the night had it not been closed because of COVID-19 concerns. It was another example of how the pandemic and the curfew have combined to complicate life for some of Montreal's homeless and the shelter workers who care for them. "They're giving their all," Plante said of the workers, "but it's certain that the curfew is raising the level of stress and anxiety and, at a certain point, the sense of security among the visitors as well." Plante said she hoped the police would use their judgment and that homeless people would not feel persecuted, but she said she was hesitant to go against Quebec and direct Montreal police officers not to ticket the homeless. City councillor and head of the official opposition, Lionel Perez, said the mayor needs to be more clear. "Simply asking for tolerance isn't sufficient," he said. "She has to, with the chief of police, give clear orientation that this is not what we want." Despite the creation of a record number of beds for Montreal's homeless since the start of the pandemic, overnight capacity is strained. The mayor said 95 per cent of shelter beds are occupied on some nights, and there have not been enough beds on others. She pleaded for the Quebec government to provide more resources. "What we're learning is that some nights, it overflows," she said. "Some nights there are still beds available, but other nights there are not." At The Open Door on Tuesday, safety inspectors arrived to see if it could reopen as a warming station for the homeless overnight. John Tessier, an intervention worker and coordinator at the drop-in centre — which is located steps away from where Raphaël André's body was found on Sunday morning, said they were hoping they would soon get permission to stay open overnight. "We knew that something like this was very likely to happen, and sure enough it did. Now, after tragedy strikes, everybody and the powers that be seem to be moving their feet to try to get something done," he said. Tessier said the police in the area have, for the most part, been tolerant and understanding of the plight of the homeless, but the curfew still "adds another layer of stress to an already difficult life." "Of course it's unhelpful," he said. "It's nice that they're talking about not ticketing people, but curfew or not, it's Montreal, Canada in January and February. Curfew or not, people need somewhere to be." Matthew Lapierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Gazette
Member of Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination task force resigns after travel outside country
A member of Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force has resigned after she travelled outside of Canada in December, the premier's office says. Premier Doug Ford accepted the resignation of Linda Hasenfratz on Tuesday. Ivana Yelich, spokesperson for the premier, said in a statement on Tuesday that Hasenfratz has apologized for her decision to travel. "Thanks to the efforts of all Ontarians, we are starting to see early signs of progress in bending the curve," Yelich said. "Now is not the time to let up. We continue to urge everyone to stay home." The premier's office released no other details about Hasenfratz's travel. The federal government has advised Canadians since the start of the pandemic to avoid non-essential travel outside of the country to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Hasenfratz is the CEO of Linamar Corporation, a Canadian company that manufactures and supplies products to automotive and industrial markets. It is the country's second-largest automobile parts manufacturer. In a description after Hasenfratz was named to the task force, the Ontario government said: "Leading the global advanced manufacturing company for almost 20 years, she has significant lean manufacturing, process development and logistics expertise in creating solutions for the automotive and industrial sectors." Retired general Rick Hillier is chair of the task force, which had nine members until Hasenfratz resigned. The government said the task force provides advice and recommendations on the rollout of Ontario's COVID-19 immunization program. It is focused on delivery, logistics, administration and clinical guidance, as well as on public education and outreach, the province said. Members of the task force include experts in logistics and distribution, bioethics, behavioural science, vaccines, vulnerable populations and IT infrastructure. Hasenfratz is also chancellor of Western University in London, Ont. Her term began on July 1, 2019. According to the university, she became CEO of Linamar in 2002, after she had worked there for 12 years. "Hasenfratz is a member of the Canadian Business Hall of Fame and worked as part of a group of executives from Canada, the United States and Mexico to advise on key recommendations regarding enhancement of the NAFTA region," the university says on its website. "She has been widely recognized for contributions to Canadian business and for her commitments to the community." Resignation follows handful of others due to travel Hasenfratz's resignation follows a handful of others in Ontario due to foreign travel. Earlier this month, Dr. Tom Stewart resigned from a group of experts that help guide the provincial government's response to COVID-19 after travelling to the Dominican Republic over the holidays. At the time, Stewart said he regretted the non-essential travel and recognized that everyone should be avoiding non-essential trips. Stewart later stepped down as chief executive officer of the Niagara Health System and the St. Joseph's Health System in Hamilton. Last week, Dr. Paul Woods, the CEO of a hospital network in London, Ont., was ousted from his post after concerns were raised about his international travel during the pandemic. Woods travelled to the United States five times since March, including during the December holidays, the London Health Sciences Centre said. He has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit. Last month, Rod Phillips, Ontario's former finance minister, resigned from his post after it was revealed he travelled to the Caribbean island of St. Barts for a December vacation. International travel by politicians and government appointees to COVID-19 panels became a sore point last year after residents were urged to stay at home as much as possible to prevent spread of the coronavirus. Toronto entered the Ontario government's grey lockdown zone on Nov. 23, and all of Ontario was locked down on Dec. 26. Ontario is now under a stay-at-home order and a second provincial state of emergency.
OTTAWA — Nikolaj Ehlers scored in overtime as the Winnipeg Jets twice rallied from a two-goal deficit en route to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Ehlers scored at 2:20 of overtime, moments after Winnipeg goalie Laurent Brossoit made a nice stop on Ottawa's Drake Batherson in the extra period. Josh Morrissey's goal with 1:17 remaining in regulation forced overtime. It came with Brossoit on the bench for the extra attacker. Adam Lowry and Kyle Connor had the other goals for Winnipeg (2-1-0), which was outshot 41-28 in the contest. The Jets were coming off a 3-1 road loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night. Josh Norris, Chris Tierney and Alex Galchenyuk scored for Ottawa (1-1-1). It's the first of three games in five days between the two clubs. They'll square off again in the nation's capital Thursday night before returning to Winnipeg on Saturday. Winnipeg was minus forward Patrik Laine (upper-body injury) for a second straight game. He's listed as day to day with this contest being the first of five for the Jets in the next seven nights. Rookie forward Tim Stutzel, who's dealing with a nagging minor injury, didn't play for Ottawa. The third overall selection in the 2020 NHL draft, who has a goal through two games with the Senators, is also considered day to day. Ottawa dominated the first period, outshooting Winnipeg 18-9, and was rewarded with the opening two goals of the contest. Norris opened the scoring on the power play at 4:41 of the first. He registered his first NHL goal when he slid the puck in off the skate of Brossoit, who got the start after Connor Hellebuyck played Monday night. Conner came close to putting Winnipeg on the scoresheet when he fired a shot off the goalpost on the power play. But Tierney put Ottawa ahead 2-0 with a deflection at 10:31 for his second goal of the season. Lowry pulled Winnipeg to within 2-1 at 18:09. He deflected Neal Pionk's shot from the point past Matt Murray -- making his third straight start in goal for Ottawa -- for his first of the year. It was more of the same in the second as Ottawa outshot Winnipeg 14-8 in the period and went back ahead by two goals at 11:47 of the second on Galchenyuk's power-play blast. It was his first of the season but Winnipeg countered with Connor's goal with the man advantage at 16:12. It was Connor's third of the season. He's scored in all three Jets games in 2021. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan 19. 2021. The Canadian Press
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's farewell falsehoods
On his way out, President Donald Trump claimed credit for things he didn't do and twisted his record on jobs, taxes, the pandemic and much more. Falsehoods suffused his farewell remarks to the country. As well, in noting Americans were "horrified" by the storming of the Capitol this month, he brushed past the encouragement he had given to the mob in advance and his praise of the attackers as "very special" people while they were still ransacking the seat of power. A look at some of his statements Tuesday: COVID-19 TRUMP: "Another administration would have taken three, four, five, maybe even up to 10 years to develop a vaccine. We did in nine months." THE FACTS: Actually, the administration didn't develop any vaccines. Pharmaceutical companies did. And one of the two U.S. companies that have come out with vaccines now in use did not take development money from the government. Trump's contention that a vaccine would have taken years under a different administration stretches credulity. COVID-19 vaccines were indeed remarkably fast, but other countries have been developing them, too. A vaccine for the coronavirus is not a singular achievement of the United States, much less the Trump administration. U.S. drugmaker Pfizer developed its vaccine in partnership with Germany's BioNTech, eschewing federal money for development, though benefitting from an advance commitment from Washington to buy large quantities if the vaccine succeeded. A vaccine by Moderna, from the U.S., is also in widespread use. But Britain's AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is being administered in several countries and vaccines from China and Russia are also in limited use. More than a dozen potential vaccines are in late stages of testing worldwide. ___ VETERANS TRUMP: "We passed VA Choice." THE FACTS: No, he did not get the Choice program passed. President Barack Obama did. Trump expanded it. The program allows veterans to get medical care outside the Veterans Affairs system under certain conditions. Trump has tried to take credit for Obama's achievement scores of times. ___ TAXES TRUMP: "We passed the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in American history." THE FACTS: His tax cuts are not close to the biggest in U.S. history. It's a $1.5 trillion tax cut over 10 years. As a share of the total economy, a tax cut of that size ranks 12th, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. President Ronald Reagan's 1981 cut is the biggest, followed by the 1945 rollback of taxes that financed World War II. Post-Reagan tax cuts also stand among the historically significant: President George W. Bush's cuts in the early 2000s and Obama's renewal of them a decade later. ___ ECONOMY TRUMP: "We also built the greatest economy in the history of the world." THE FACTS: No, the numbers show it wasn't the greatest in U.S. history. And he is the first president since Herbert Hoover in the Depression to leave office with fewer jobs than when he started. Did the U.S. have the most jobs on record before the pandemic? Sure, the population had grown. The 3.5% unemployment rate before the recession was at a half-century low, but the percentage of people working or searching for jobs was still below a 2000 peak. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer looked at Trump's economic growth record. Growth under Trump averaged 2.48% annually before the pandemic, only slightly better than the 2.41% gains achieved during Obama's second term. By contrast, the economic expansion that began in 1982 during Reagan's presidency averaged 4.2% a year. ___ TRUMP: "We reignited America's job creation and achieved record-low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, women — almost everyone. THE FACTS: Not an ignition. Job creation actually slowed in 2017, Trump's first year in office, to about 2 million, compared with nearly 2.5 million in 2016, Obama's last year in office. The low unemployment rates refer to a pre-pandemic economy that is no more. The pandemic has cost the U.S. economy 10 million jobs and has made Trump the first president since Herbert Hoover to oversee a net loss of jobs. The U.S. has about 2.8 million fewer jobs now than when Trump was inaugurated, and lost 140,000 just in December. And the job losses have fallen disproportionately on Black Americans, Hispanics and women. ___ TRUMP: "We rebuilt the American manufacturing base, opened up thousands of new factories, and brought back the beautiful phrase Made in the USA." THE FACTS: That's a stretch. There are now 60,000 fewer manufacturing jobs in the U.S. than when Trump took office. Despite gains before the pandemic, the manufacturing base had not exactly been "rebuilt." Before the coronavirus, nearly 500,000 manufacturing jobs were added under Trump, somewhat better than the nearly 400,000 gained during Obama's second term. Still, even before the pandemic, the U.S. had 4.3 million fewer factory jobs than it did in 2001, the year China joined the World Trade Organization and a flood of cheaper imports from that country entered the U.S. ___ CAPITOL INSURRECTION TRUMP: "All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans. It can never be tolerated." THE FACTS: That may sum up the reaction of most Americans but it ignores his own part in stirring the anger of his supporters before they staged the violent melee. For months, Trump falsely claimed the November election was stolen, then invited supporters to Washington and sent them off to the Capitol with the exhortation to "fight like hell." With the uprising still under way and the velocity of the attack apparent from video and reports from the scene, Trump released a video telling them "to go home now" while repeating "this was a fraudulent election" and adding: "We love you. You're very special." The House impeached Trump, accusing him of inciting an insurrection. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a Trump political ally for four years, said Tuesday the Trump supporters were "fed lies" and "provoked by the president and other powerful people." ___ CHINA TRUMP: "We imposed historic and monumental tariffs on China. ... Our trade relationship was rapidly changing, billions and billions of dollars were pouring into the U.S., but the virus forced us to go in a different direction." THE FACTS: That's a familiar assertion, false to the core. It's false to suggest the U.S. never collected tariffs on Chinese goods before he took action. Tariffs on Chinese goods are simply higher in some cases than they were before. It's also wrong to suggest that the tariffs are being paid by China. Tariff money coming into the government's coffers is mainly from U.S. businesses and consumers, not from China. Tariffs are primarily if not entirely a tax paid domestically. ___ ISLAMIC STATE TRUMP: "We obliterated the ISIS caliphate." THE FACTS: His suggestion of a 100% defeat is misleading as the Islamic State group still poses a threat. IS was defeated in Iraq in 2017, then lost the last of its land holdings in Syria in March 2019, marking the end of the extremists' self-declared caliphate. Still, extremist sleeper cells have continued to launch attacks in Iraq and Syria in recent weeks and are believed to be responsible for targeted killings against local officials and members of the Syrian Democratic Forces. The continued attacks are a sign that the militant group is taking advantage of governments otherwise focused on the pandemic and the ensuing slide into economic chaos. The virus is compounding longtime concerns among security and U.N. experts that the group will stage a comeback. ___ Associated Press writers Josh Boak, Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor contributed to this report. ___ EDITOR'S NOTE — A look at the veracity of claims by political figures. ___ Find AP Fact Checks at http://apnews.com/APFactCheck Follow @APFactCheck on Twitter: https://twitter.com/APFactCheck Hope Yen, Christopher Rugaber And Calvin Woodward, The Associated Press
Ontario COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Task Force member resigns over travel
TORONTO — Another Ontario COVID-19 official has resigned over foreign travel. Premier Doug Ford's office says he has accepted the resignation of Linda Hasenfratz as a member of Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution Task Force.Ford's office says she stepped down after it was brought to his attention that she travelled outside the country in December.No other details were released other than that she has apologized.Earlier this month, Dr. Tom Stewart resigned from a group of experts that help guide the provincial government's response to COVID-19 after travelling to the Dominican Republic over the holidays.At the time, Stewart said he regretted the non-essential travel and recognized that everyone should be avoiding non-essential trips.Stewart later stepped down as chief executive officer of the Niagara Health System and the St. Joseph's Health System.Ford's office gave a brief statement Tuesday about Hasenfratz's resignation."Thanks to the efforts of all Ontarians, we are starting to see early signs of progress in bending the curve," reads the statement. "Now is not the time to let up. We continue to urge everyone to stay home." Last week, Dr. Paul Woods, the CEO of a hospital network in London, Ont., was ousted from his post after concerns were raised about his international travel during the pandemic.Woods travelled to the U.S. five times since March, including during the December holidays, the London Health Sciences Centre said.Last month, Rod Phillips, Ontario's former finance minister, resigned from his post after it was revealed he travelled to St. Barts for a December vacation. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 19, 2021 The Canadian Press
Trial begins for woman charged with careless driving in death of senior
The last thing Patricia Wilton says she remembers was hearing a bang, then everything went grey. When she came to her senses, the 63-year-old says she was flat on her back in the parking lot of her mother's Edmonton apartment looking up at the October sky. Wilton says she turned to her left and saw the grill of a black SUV. Realizing she had been hit by a vehicle, Wilton says she then looked to her right. Her 85-year-old mother Doreen French was lying on the concrete completely still, Wilton said. French died 12 days later in hospital. Wilton was the first witness to testify Tuesday in the trial of Marion Rickett-Beebee, who is accused of careless driving under provincial Traffic Safety Act. Rickett-Beebee, 55, admits she was driving the vehicle that collided with French and Wilson on Oct. 18, 2018, outside Heritage Park Towers in south Edmonton, the Crown prosecutor said as the trial began. French died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained during the collision, according to the defence's admissions. Rickett-Beebee is not facing criminal charges. Over the course of the trial, prosecutor Fraser Genuis will attempt to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Rickett-Beebee, a nurse who assisted clients in the apartment complex, was driving without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration of other people using the road. Rickett-Beebee is defended by lawyer Darin Slaferek. The case is being heard by Provincial Court Judge Joyce Lester. 'It's been stuck in my mind for two years' Wilton testified she was walking her mother on the day of the crash to visit a friend in the south tower. The two had a close relationship, Wilton said, taking every chance to hug or hold hands. On the short walk to the adjacent tower, Wilton said they stepped onto the parking lot road to avoid some pipes or a barricade on the sidewalk — that's when they were hit by an SUV. Wilton recalled a woman approached her on the ground. "She was saying, 'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?'," Wilton testified. "She ran over to where my mom was and that's the last I saw of her." As a result of the incident, Wilton said she suffered a number of injuries, including a severed right femur and a fractured vertebrae. Wayne Cherrington, 79, says he witnessed the crash from the deck of his apartment on the fourth storey of the west tower. Testifying Tuesday, he said his wife first noticed the car driving toward the two women. "The lady is going too fast, she's not going to be able to stop," Cherrington recalled his wife saying. "I was hoping to see a brake light. I looked at the back of the Dodge Journey but didn't see any," he said. "It's been stuck in my mind now for two years." The defence also said at the trial's outset that the vehicle had no operational issues that contributed to the collision and the brake lights were operational. Sophie Lee, 89, testified she also saw the incident from her 10th-floor balcony. "I remember thinking that, 'Oh you got to slow down' and before I could finish the thought the car hit the ladies," she said. "It was like rag dolls that were being thrown." The court also heard from an Edmonton police officer who says he took Rickett-Beebee's statement at the scene. She showed no signs of impairment, he said, noting she was concerned about the welfare of French and Wilton. "She spoke with a tremble in her voice and had some trouble making a complete sentence," Const. Michael Pollock told the court. The trial is set to continue for the rest of the week.
Calgary fire chief acknowledges culture of racism, 'fear of retaliation' within fire halls
Calgary fire Chief Steve Dongworth called reports of racism in his fire halls "concerning" and says problem employees are difficult to deal with because they're "very clever" and "very subtle" in how they operate. "We have a culture where people tend not to report things for fear of retaliation," he said in a telephone interview Tuesday afternoon. "That becomes a barrier to us finding out who those laggards are." But Dongworth said "there will be zero tolerance" when the problem employees are identified. The N-word On Monday, CBC News published detailed accounts from seven current and former members of the Calgary Fire Department who confirmed that although it's become less blunt over the years, BIPOC firefighters still experience insidious racism within the city's fire halls. Last summer, several current and retired BIPOC members and their allies sent a letter to the chief demanding change. The group alleges racialized bullying has led to suicides of CFD members. In interviews, several members, who CBC News agreed not to name because of fear of workplace retribution, said even to this day, the N-word is occasionally tossed around casually inside fire stations. Two people said that in fire halls, Black Lives Matter news reports, in particular, seemed to incite microaggressions from some coworkers. Dongworth faced criticism from retired captain Chris Coy, the first Black firefighter with CFD who retired Dec. 1. Coy said the chief has known about the racism within CFD for years and hasn't done nearly enough to change the culture. WATCH | Chris Coy on racism within the Calgary Fire Department: "Have I done enough quickly enough?" asked Dongworth, who was promoted to chief in 2014. "It never feels like that but I will tell you but I know we've steadily moved the needle on this." 'Changing minds takes an awfully long time' There are two prongs to Dongworth's anti-racism strategy. One is to set a hard line of what's considered unacceptable behaviour. "The second part is to start changing people's minds, explaining why racism is wrong, why discrimination is wrong. Changing minds takes an awfully long time." Several active and retired firefighters said their experiences with coworkers inside the fire halls were more traumatizing than the often gruesome scene calls they're dispatched to. "Every time we hear these kinds of accounts, we commit ourselves to double down on that work and make sure we do," said the fire chief. Council motion acknowledges CBC News report On Tuesday evening, the City of Calgary reaffirmed its commitment to anti-racism with a motion including wording specific to the Calgary Fire Department in light of CBC's story. "With respect to concerns related to the Calgary Fire Department, direct administration to specifically include these issues in their continuing work on internal practices and movement toward cultural change," reads the motion. Following a closed door session Tuesday evening, city manager David Duckworth and general manager of community and protective services Katie Black acknowledged the article, which reports a toxic culture suffered by some BIPOC firefighters. A day after calling the racism within CFD "horrifying," Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he'll be pushing the release of information from two workplace reviews done in recent years. Chief 'absolutely committed to this work' Currently, there are no women or BIPOC members serving as deputy chiefs. Both groups account for less than three per cent of the 1,400 firefighters in Calgary. "If you don't have many people in the organization who are female or who are people of colour, Indigenous, Black, it's almost inevitable you're not going to have many in leadership positions," said Dongworth. The chief said his organization is actively trying to recruit visible minorities and women to the department. "I'm absolutely committed to this work," said Dongworth. "This has to be seen as a time where we double down on the work that we do, that we embrace those people that bring diverse cultures, genders, views to the workplace."


Today on TechMuze we discuss the importance of developing and nurturing relationships. D Grant Smith is a self proclaimed Growth Farmer who has become an expert at audience growth through relationship building. We get into some serious subjects in the interview and it's one of the best recorded conversations I've had.


Recently, when I went to the grocery store I spotted a package of super cute baby bok choy in the produce department.
The price was right so I bought it and the first thing I just had to make was a stir fry.
I used whole wheat spaghetti in this recipe which compliments the veggies and chicken.
The marinade is easy to make and includes a Serrano pepper and garlic which gives the entire dish such a great taste.
This stir fry is so delicious and it's also quick, easy and healthy!
Feel free to substitute the veggies and meat for others that you may like. It's a great way to use up extra vegetables in your refrigerator too!
In a medium size bowl, add the soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce and garlic.
Dice the Serrano pepper (if you prefer less heat, remove the seeds).
Add the Serrano pepper to the marinade. Set aside.
Cut the chicken breasts into thin slices.
Let the chicken marinate for at least 30 minutes if you have the time.
Chop the baby bok choy into fairly large pieces.
Cut the tips off of each end of the Chinese pea pods.
Slice the carrots with a diagonal cut (about ½ inch thick).
Cut the green onions into large pieces making about 5 or 6 cuts on each green onion (include the green sections as well).
Cut the red bell pepper into very thin strips.
Set aside the vegetables for just a moment while you boil water for the pasta.
While the pasta is cooking, heat a large skillet on medium heat and add the olive oil.
Add the carrots, green onions, and red bell pepper to the skillet and stir them into the olive oil.
Next, add the chicken and all of the marinade to the skillet with the veggies.
Stir the veggies and chicken together.
Add the bok choy and Chinese pea pods.
Continue stirring until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.
About the same time that the chicken stir fry is done cooking, the pasta should be ready.
Drain the pasta and serve with the stir fry ingredients.
Top with the cashews and cilantro. Add a couple dashes of soy sauce if you like.
A wonderful combination of flavors and textures.
In a medium size bowl, add soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, garlic and serrano pepper. Stir together.
To the marinade, add the chicken. Let the chicken marinate for at least 30 minutes if you have the time.
To a medium size saucepan, add water and salt. Bring the water to a boil and add the pasta. Stir.
Let cook while stirring occasionally until the pasta is al dente (according to package instructions).
Then drain the pasta (don't rinse).
To the pan, add carrots, green onions, and red bell pepper. Stir.
To the pan, add the chicken and all of the marinade. Stir the veggies and chicken together.
Add the bok choy and Chinese pea pods. Continue stirring until the chicken is thoroughly cooked (about 8 to 10 minutes).
About the same time that the pasta is done cooking, the stir-fry should be about done cooking.
To the serving plates, add warm pasta and top with the warm stir-fry.
Add a couple dashes of soy sauce if you like and serve while warm.


I need other people. I need friends. I need Christian friends. I need to spend time with Christian friends. I need to spend time learning the Bible with Christian friends. I need their help. My life is so much better when I am with people who teach me what they know. I greatly benefit from input and insight from others. I love to hear what has worked and what doesn't work for others.
I want and need advice. I don't want to do life alone. I want to do life together.
Others need me to be their friend. They need to spend time with me. They want to spend time learning the Bible with me. They need my help. Their life is better together also. They don't want to do life alone. They want to do life together.
You need other people. You need friends. You need Christian friends. You need to spend time with Christian friends learning the Bible and how it can help you. Your life is so much better when you learn from others and get their insight. You love to hear what has worked and what doesn't work for others.
Others need you to be their friend. They want to hear about your life and what has worked for you and what has not worked. Their life is better together with you. They don't want to do life alone.
It is important to always have someone in your life who is pouring into you and someone you are pouring into. This is true for all ages. We want every child that attends this church to have someone pouring into their life and we want every child to pour into the lives of others. We have adults at church every Sunday ready to pour into the lives of children. Make sure they are here on Sundays. Someone is here every weekend prepared to reinforce the values you are teaching at home (Maybe the values you struggle to teach at home).
This was core to our vision from the beginning: a community of Jesus followers who were in community and creating community and helping each other.
So we built everything around getting people into groups and equipping people to lead/facilitate groups.
Wanna know why? As Andy Stanley and life has taught me: We drift. We drift away from all things holy and wholesome. If it's good for us, we drift from it: diet, exercise, budgeting, priorities, values, God. The gravitational pull of life is usually in the wrong direction. The current of life rarely takes us in the right direction. We drift. And commitment and conviction are many times not enough to keep us from it. If they were, we would be skinnier and richer. We would have less baggage, fewer regrets, and no secrets.
We are swimming upstream. But it's worth it. But we dare not swim alone.


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Q: React-navigation navigates to the first item in the DrawerNavigator, instead of opening it I am new to react-native , and have some problem with implementation of switch-stack-drawer navigation nesting by react-navigation .
My nesting  navigations looks like this :
export default  SwitchNav =  createSwitchNavigator({
AuthLoading : AuthLoadingScreen  ,
LoginedStack : LoginedNavigator ,
AppStack : AppNavigator
 },
 {
  initialRouteName: 'AuthLoading'
})

export const AppNavigator =  StackNavigator(
{
   Drawer : {
    screen : DrawerNav
  },
  Home: {
      screen:  Home   ,
  },
  Result : {
    screen: SearchResult
  } ,
  MyModal: {
      screen: ModalScreen,
  } ,

});
export const LoginedNavigator = StackNavigator(
{
    Drawer : {
        screen : DrawerNav
    } ,
    LoginedHome  : {
        screen : LoginedHome  ,
    } ,
    Result : {
        screen: SearchResult
      } ,
    MyModal: {
        screen: ModalScreen,
    }
} )

And finally my Drawer navigation with independent routes ( none of them is in any stack navigators ) looks like this :
export default DrawerNav =  createDrawerNavigator({
SimpleScreen: {
    screen : SimpleScreen ,
  } ,
About  : {
    screen : About
}
})

In LoginedHome and other pages I try to open this Drawer by :
navigation.dispatch(DrawerActions.openDrawer());

because of , as I understand in nested navigators navigation.openDrawer() is not accessible .
The problem is , when I try to open Drawer it always navigate to first route in it (SimpleScreen) and opens Drawer in this screen .
What  did I make  wrong?
How do I have to implementing this kind nesting by using Switch and Drawer navigators together ?
I am really have made a lot of research , but cannot fix this or find any example/solution expect githib question which also have not any answer .

A: Okai , after some research I did my solution , below how it was supposed to be :
export default  SwitchNav =  createSwitchNavigator({
  AuthLoading : AuthLoadingScreen  ,
  LoginedStack : DrawerNav,
  AppStack : DrawerNav
},
{
 initialRouteName: 'AuthLoading'
})

export const AppNavigator =  StackNavigator(
{
  Home: {
    screen:  Home   ,
  },
  Result : {
     screen: SearchResult
  } ,
  MyModal: {
     screen: ModalScreen,
  } ,

 });
export const LoginedNavigator = StackNavigator(
{
 LoginedHome  : {
    screen : LoginedHome  ,
 } ,
 Result : {
     screen: SearchResult
  } ,
 MyModal: {
    screen: ModalScreen,
 }
 })

export default DrawerNav =  createDrawerNavigator({
SimpleScreen: {
   screen : SimpleScreen ,
 } ,
 About  : {
    screen : About
 } ,
 Home : {
    screen : LoginedNavigator
 }
})

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You don't even need a thermometer to know when it's done.
Roasting a whole chicken sounds a lot more complicated than it actually is. You don't have to be Ina Garten on a Friday night to make it happen—this easy roast chicken recipe has six ingredients (including salt and pepper), can be prepped in five minutes, and you don't even use a thermometer to check its doneness. Stress-free is somehow an understatement.
First thing's first: preheat your oven to 425°. While it gets toasty, halve a head of garlic crosswise (aka turn it on its side and slice through), do the same to a lemon, and remove the seeds. (I forgot to and it was fine—just make sure to pick them out later.) Put them aside while you tend to your bird.
Do some gynmastics with your bird to season along the backbone!
Guess what? That's the only knife work you need to do until you carve the chicken, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Next you have to generously season the bird with kosher salt and pepper. When we say "generous pinch," we mean "four-fingered pinches of salt." Really go for it. Get into every nook and cranny, including the skin, along the backbone, the cavity, and the part of the leg you just exposed.
Once you're done seasoning, put the chicken breast-side up in a large skillet—anything ovenproof and 12" or bigger works, whether cast iron or stainless steel—and arrange the lemon and garlic cut-side down around the chicken (as artfully as you'd like). Drizzle chicken with 3 Tbsp. melted butter to help encourage browning (but you can also use olive oil) and roast in the center of oven for 45-60 minutes. I roasted sweet potatoes wrapped in foil on my lower rack while the chicken was cooking, but you could also nestle potatoes or other vegetables in the pan for an easy side dish.
Now comes the scary part: testing the chicken to see if it's done. Around the 45-minute mark, take the pan out of the oven and give it a look. Is the skin crispy and brown? Good sign. Now pierce the meat in the leg joint and see if the juices run clear. If they're rosy pink, it needs more time—stick it back in the oven for five minutes and check again (and repeat if necessary). I roasted a 4.5-lb. chicken, so I had to go about an hour and 15 minutes—you can adjust time for larger birds.
If you're like "I don't know what color the juices are?!" there are a few more ways to check. Lightly shred some meat on the thigh (close to the bone) and see if the meat is opaque. The meat should separate easily into shreds. If the fibers of the meat don't come apart easily, put it back in the oven. When you wriggle the chicken leg, it should move around without too much resistance. Still unsure? Try pressing lightly on the chicken breast. If it feels firm, you're probably in the clear.
Now, just be patient and let the chicken rest for 15 minutes before carving so the juices don't run out and leave you with a dry bird. Not really sure how to carve a chicken? Let me show you.
Start carving by removing the leg and thigh. The thigh joint should separate easily from the carcass.
Separate the leg from the thigh joint with a sharp knife.
Follow the breastbone to carve the breast, using the cartilage as a guide for your knife. Cut the wing joint and separate the underside of the breast from the breast plate/ribs.
To finish, remove the wings by first taking off the flat and then removing the drumette. (Perfect for snacking on before you serve).
If you're still confused, here's a video of how to carve a chicken, which is what I watched for a refresher beforehand. Grab a loaf of bread, because you're going to want to soak up all the lemony, garlicky pan juices. Squeeze the halved garlic bulbs into the pan and whisk them in for sweet roasted garlic goodness. You'll never need to buy rotisserie chicken again.
Nothing is as perfect, iconic, and delicious as a beautifully-browned roast chicken surrounded by a puddle of buttery, garlicky pan juices. And if you've ever been hesitant to roast a whole bird at home, this one's for you—it's converted many a nervous meat cooker. We've developed a recipe that eliminates one of the most common complaints about this classic dish: that it's hard to know when they're cooked all the way through. We've made it easier to check for doneness with lots of visual cues that anyone can follow, but if you have an instant-read thermometer, you can feel free to use it; just remove the chicken from the oven when thickest part of thigh hits 160°, and carryover cooking will bring it up to 165°. Consider this chicken, a hunk of good baguette, and a simple green salad your Sunday afternoon plan from now on.


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Hué 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Author: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Grove Atlantic Press
Nonfiction, Reviews, U.S. History
Black Hawk Down, Che Thi Mung, Frank Doezema, Hué, Tet Offensive, Vietnam War
Mark Bowden, who wrote the phenomenally successful Black Hawk Down (book and movie), has now published the equally commendable Hué 1968, a book that will likely become the standard account of the grisly encounter that began on the first day of Tet (the Lunar New Year), January 31, 1968. For Bowden, the importance of the conflict in Hué can hardly be overstated: it resulted in the American leaders deciding to exit Viet Nam without winning the war and in American citizens coming to mistrust their leaders with rare intensity (until more recent times).
While these effects are of considerable importance, Bowden's book succeeds on several levels for other reasons. He doesn't write from an America-only point of view, he doesn't make the battle's outcomes central to the story he tells, and he tethers most of his stories to those civilians and combatants in the city's contested precincts. Bowden in Hué 1968 gives the reader a 360 degree and an "all ranks" view of the battle.
Bowden begins evocatively by following an eighteen-year-old woman named Che Thi Mung as she rides her bicycle into Hué along the Perfume River to sell woven palm leaf hats to help support her family. She is also a committed Viet Cong operative who daily gathers information about the city's defensive preparations and readiness for war. Up until January 1968, Hué has been spared from the war's destruction, a blessing that is about to be withdrawn. Che gathers and turns over intelligence that will help the combined Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army attack Hué, the most decisive part of the entire Tet Offensive.
After Che's introduction to the reader, Bowden multiplies his perspectives. His kaleidoscope picks up an enlisted Army radio man, Frank Doezema, 19, who found himself in Hué on January 30 with thirty-nine days left until his scheduled return to the States. He had seen plenty of action during his year in the country. Unusually, he had made friends with some Vietnamese during his tour.
From Che and Doezema, Bowden switches lenses to capture a few of those less connected with the reality on the ground. LBJ, a president whose interests were decidedly domestic, now found himself by November 1967 trapped into directing a war that would define his presidency. General William Westmoreland was the US commanding general who believed then and forever that the main show would be/was at Khe Sanh, a conceptual error of cataclysmic proportions.
Additionally, Bowden's graceful prose captures the spirit, commitment, and intelligence of several North Vietnamese and Viet Cong leaders.
Agonizingly, one of the characters in this gritty tragedy is Hué itself. In the view of both North and South Vietnamese, it is the third most important city after the respective capitals of Saigon and Hanoi. It is the ancient religious and cultural capital of Viet Nam. It is home to a highly educated citizenry, many of whom, from the North Vietnamese perspective, need to be re-educated or executed as appropriate. Nearly three thousand Hue citizens will be relegated to unmarked graves. Initially, the American and South Vietnamese armies try to preserve the graceful architecture of the Citadel, Hués hub, but the exigencies of urban warfare will reduce much of it to rubble and leave the remainder punctured by bullets, grenades and rocket fire.
Mark Bowden shows us in graphic detail why the North Vietnamese lost this battle but won the war and how stupid is the old saw: "the victors write history." The Tet Offensive and principally the battle for Hué produced a stalemate that would eventually favor the North Vietnamese; the Americans would go home in 1975 much as did the French twenty years previously. As far as victors writing history—in this war, the war the Vietnamese call the American war—it is obvious that the losers have spilled far more ink writing this history than the winners ever will. – Neal Ferguson
Also available by Mark Bowden: Black Hawk Down; Killing Pablo; Guests of the Ayatollah; The Finish, the Killing of Osama Bin Laden; Worm; Doctor Dealer; Bringing the Heat; Winning Body Language; Road Work; The Best Game Ever; Finders Keepers; The Three Battles of Wanat; Tame the Primitive Brain; Our Finest Day; The Malvern Hills; Defending Scilly; The Stonehenge Landscape; Pitt Rivers; An Archaeology of Town Commons; Furness Iron; In the Company of Heroes, (with Michael Durant and Steven Hartov
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