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Canada hailed for focusing foreign aid on women’s rights amid global backslide

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

OTTAWA — Foreign-aid groups are praising Ottawa for funding initiatives in developing countries that aim to keep women who care for children or elders from being excluded from the economy.“Canada actually showed up really strongly,” said Katharine Im-Jenkins, managing director of the Equality Fund, in a recent interviewfrom Kigali.“It’s a very challenging moment for global development, and for gender equality and women’s rights.”She was speaking from Rwanda’s capital on the sidelines of the Women Deliver conference, a major foreign-aid gathering focused on women’s advancement.The conference takes place every few years, with the last hosted in Vancouver in 2019.At last week’s Kigali conference, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan announced projects to support people working in the paid caring economy and unpaid care roles, with the world set to have much larger proportions of older people and babies in coming years.Fo...

CP NewsAlert: RCMP say body found of one of four people missing in N.S. floods

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

HALIFAX — RCMP in Nova Scotia say they have found the body of one of the people who went missing over the weekend during massive weekend flooding across the province.Police say they recovered the body of a 52-year-old man.They say they also found human remains in a different part of the search area and are working with officials on identification.More coming.The Canadian Press

Showers for much of B.C., but evacuation orders, alerts grow in drought-ridden south

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

VANCOUVER — For the first time in more than a month, showers and cooler weather are reaching parched sections of British Columbia, potentially bringing some respite for crews battling hundreds of wildfires.Environment Canada says about 20 millimetres of rain should dampen Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver.But showers could be spottier around Kamloops, where a fire just south of the city has forced the evacuation of 344 properties.Rancher Doug Haughton told CHNL radio the Ross Moore Lake fire “blew up like a cannon” over the weekend after it started on Friday afternoon.Haughton, who is also director of Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s electoral area L, says he worked all day Sunday to evacuate his animals from the approaching fire, and some neighbours “have been hit very, very hard.”The BC Wildfire Service says the fire now covers 18 square kilometres, prompting the regional district to sharply boost evacuation orders on Sunday.The fire, which has ...

Lawsuits filed by ex-volleyball player and former football player against Northwestern University

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to include a volleyball player who on Monday became the first female athlete to sue the university over allegations she was retaliated against for reporting mistreatment and a new lawsuit by former Northwestern quarterback Lloyd Yates.“This shows that it isn’t just men,” said Parker Stinar, one of her attorneys. “It isn’t just football players.”The private school in Evanston, Illinois, is facing multiple lawsuits, including the one on behalf of Yates, which alleges hazing that includes sexual abuse.“This is the first in a series of lawsuits,” said civil rights attorney Ben Crump, adding he plans on filing more than 30 over the coming weeks.The scandal at the Big Ten school centers on a problem that seems to extend far beyond sports, even if it is sports that often gets the headlines. While major college sports programs have become multimillion-dollar, ritualistic hazing appears to remain a problematic tradition...

Treason, contempt, exposing secrets. Legal challenges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan keep growing

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted bail Monday by the country’s Supreme Court in a case related to a lawyer’s murder while the nation’s election oversight body demanded his arrest in a separate, contempt case in which he failed to show up for questioning. The developments are the latest in unprecedented legal imbroglios surrounding the former premier, now the country’s top opposition leader. Since his ouster from power in a no-confidence vote in the parliament in April last year, Khan has been slapped with more than 150 legal cases, including several on charges of corruption, “terrorism” and inciting people to violence over deadly protests in May that saw his followers attack government and military property across the country.Also last week, the government of Khan’s successor, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, said it would bring charges against Khan for “exposing an official secret document” in an incident last...

Ottawa reveals conditions for allowing future fossil fuel subsidies

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

MONTREAL — Ottawa is restricting the conditions under which it will allow subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, but is leaving untouched — for now — the industry’s largest source of public financing.On Monday, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault released six rules that are now to shape how Canada supports the industry.“What we’re eliminating are federal supports that are directed to the oil and gas sector, and gives the oil and gas sector an economic advantage,” Guilbeault said in Montreal. Subsidies will be allowed if they support clean energy. Companies that reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions or have a credible plan to achieve net zero by 2030 could also be supported.Subsidies aiding Indigenous involvement in the industry will continue, as will those that support service to a remote community or form part of an emergency response.The federal Liberals will also permit subsidies that align with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which allows countries t...

Spotify joins growing list of services raising subscription prices

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) -- Spotify announced Monday it has increased the cost of its premium music services, becoming the latest streaming service giant to raise subscription prices. The new subscription price will kick in on the next billing date. For single users, the price increases to $10.99 from $9.99. Spotify's group subscriptions, Premium Duo and Premium Family, will also see price hikes to $14.99 and $16.99, respectively. Interactive map shows which US cities will be underwater in 2050 Spotify said the increase in its subscription prices is to help the company continue to innovate and create new offerings and features on the platform for "the best experience" possible. With a Spotify Premium subscription, users can listen to music on demand and stream ad-free tunes. For the additional money, Spotify also provides higher-quality music streaming and offline downloads. The hike in prices makes Spotify the latest streaming service to raise the prices of their subscriptions. Las...

Lollapalooza 2023: What to know before you go

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

CHICAGO — Lollapalooza Festival 2023 will soon be taking over downtown Chicago.The four-day music festival will include a variety of artists from rap to electro pop and indie to pop-punk.But before you head off to this year's festival, here's everything you need to know:When and where is Lollapalooza?The festival takes place every year in Chicago's Grant Park. It will run from Thursday, Aug. 3 to Sunday, Aug. 6. Gates will open at 11 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. each day.The gates are located at the following locations:Main Entrance: Michigan and Ida B. Wells North Entrance: Monroe and Columbus CLICK HERE FOR FULL LOLLAPALOOZA LINEUPWho's headlining?This year's headliners include Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza, Lana Del Rey, Karol G, The 1975 and Tomorrow X Together.Thursday 8/3: Karol G, The Rose, Diplo, Billie Eilish Friday 8/4: The 1975, Knocked Loose, Subtronics, Kendrick LamarSaturday 8/5: Tomorrow X Together, The Garden, Push...

Students from very wealthy families overrepresented in elite colleges: research

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

(The Hill) - Students with parents in the top 1 percent income level are overrepresented in elite colleges, according to a new study released Monday by Opportunity Insights.The study looked at eight Ivy League schools, plus Stanford, M.I.T., Duke and the University of Chicago, to find that after accounting for other application factors such as test scores, wealthier students were still overrepresented at the colleges.The study conducted by Harvard economists showed those in the top 1 percent were 34 percent more likely to get into the college than other applicants while those in the top 0.1 percent were 50 percent more likely to make it in even with the same ACT or SAT scores. The top three reasons researchers found this to be the case is schools’ preferences towards students with family that have gone to the school before, recruited athletes and nonacademic ratings for students from private schools. Nonacademic ratings are based on a student's personality and extracurricu...

Man found in Lady Bird Lake died of accidental drowning, autopsy shows

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:16:17 GMT

Editor's Note: The video above shows KXAN Live’s top headlines for July 24, 2023AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man pulled from Lady Bird Lake near Rainey Street in April died of accidental drowning, according to an autopsy the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office released to KXAN Monday.The autopsy says Jonathan Honey, 33, was drinking at a bar and then "left his friends to find food." Honey was reported missing to the Austin Police Department on March 31, police previously said. His body was later recovered from Lady Bird Lake near 10 Rainey Street, KXAN reported. MAP: Tracking deaths near Lady Bird Lake in Austin Honey's toxicology report showed there was alcohol in his system. He had drugs in his system consistent with over the counter or prescribed medications. Deaths in Lady Bird LakeHoney wasn't the only person to be found dead in Lady Bird Lake this year, prompting calls for better lighting, fencing and more signage near the lake. It also caused some unfounded speculation about the d...