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Feds reward failure with taxpayer-funded bonuses

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

Bonuses are for people who exceed in their job, not for people who fail at their job. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland needs to remember that. The Bank of Canada handed out $20 million in bonuses in 2022 while the Crown corporation hiked interest rates seven times and inflation reached a 40-year high. The central bank’s overarching objective is to keep inflation around “two per cent inside a control range of one to three per cent.” Despite inflation reaching 4.8 percentage points above its target, the Bank of Canada gave 80 per cent of its workforce a bonus – an average of $11,200. The Bank of Canada also failed to meet its inflation target in 2021, when it handed out $18 million in bonuses. That came on the heels of $16 million in bonuses in 2020. While prices went up around the world, Canada’s 2021 inflation rate was “among the very highest of any industrialized country,” according to a report from the Fraser Institute published January 2022. At 6.8 per cent inflation, Canada’s ...

Village of Barons celebrates 45 years since release of Superman

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

By Erika MathieuSunny South NewsThe Village of Barons is celebrating 45 years since the release of the 1978 blockbuster hit, Superman.Various locations in southern Alberta, including the Barons school, transformed into Smallville for several weeks during the summer of 1977. Because of the number of local extras, and the sheer scope and budget of the film for its day, the film is of particular interest and importance for many people in the area, including the Barons Historical Society, which currently has a myriad of original photos, articles and memorabilia on display at the local History Centre.The History Centre has in its possession original newspaper clippings from local and national media, original photos of locals taken on set, and tons of trivia, and other little-known anecdotes of the making of one of the highest-grossing films of its time.Produced by the Salkinds, a father-son production duo, the decision was made to shoot Superman and its sequel Superman II simultaneously ...

Coaldale Summer Fest to take place August 11-12

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

By Erika MathieuSunny South NewsThe countdown to Coaldale’s second annual Summer Fest event is on, with a packed itinerary for the Town’s two-day event.With the grand opening of Coaldale’s new Civic Square earlier this year, Summer Fest 2023 will be the first large-scale community event to utilize the new infrastructure.Known as “Settler Days,” prior to 2022, Coaldale’s main summer event underwent a wildly successful rebrand. The name change reflected concerns from some over whether connotations of colonialism should be revised as a gesture of reconciliation. Additionally, Town staff and council opted to approve the rebranding in late 2021 on the basis that the new dates of the Town’s summer event would reduce scheduling conflicts for popular programming such as the Coaldale Custom Cruisers Show and Shine.Summer Fest 2023 will also feature regional musicians throwing down on stage as they compete in the Battle of the Bands contest on the ATCO stage. While this is sure to please musi...

St. Louis Cardinals mega-fan charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint and Trump hat

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

A St. Louis Cardinals mega-fan known as “Rally Runner” was arrested Wednesday on charges that he joined a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and used a stolen shield to help other rioters attack police officers, court records show. Daniel Donnelly Jr., 43, was wearing red paint on his face and a red “Keep America Great” hat when he stormed the Capitol, the FBI said in a court filing.Donnelly is known in St. Louis for running around the Cardinals' stadium during baseball games while wearing red clothes and red face paint. Donnelly apparently changed his legal name to Rally Runner, according to the FBI.Tucker Carlson featured Donnelly on a December 2021 segment of his now-canceled Fox News show. Carlson showed an image of Donnelly outside the Capitol as he promoted conspiracy theories that uncharged “agent provocateurs” had infiltrated the mob, HuffPost reported.“Who is this person? Why hasn’t he been charged? That’s a very simple ask,” Carlson told his viewers.The FBI ...

FOX 2 Cardinals podcast: Trade deadline ends... Now what?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It was an eventful trade deadline for the St. Louis Cardinals, but quite different from the usual. For the first time in decades, the Cardinals explored the seller's market and moved a handful of players for prospects. Out goes Jack Flaherty, Paul DeJong and Jordan Hicks, three guys who had at least five years of big-league experience with the Cardinals at the big-league level. Jordan Montgomery and Chris Stratton, two pending free agents who the Cardinals acquired at last year's deadline, were also on the move once again. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Cardinals (Seasonal) SIGN UP NOW Cardinals lead executive John Mozeliak hopes the deals will help the Cardinals compete again in 2024 and beyond. This year's deadline day proved emotional for manage...

Upper Deck Golf returns to Busch Stadium in November

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A site well known for some legendary baseball swings will soon host fans looking to showcase their best golf swings. Upper Deck Golf, a rare opportunity to play a round of golf at a MLB venue, is returning to Busch Stadium this fall. From Nov. 10-12, fans will have the opportunity to golf at the home of the St. Louis Cardinals. Fans can start booking tee times in September, but early access registration is open now. ‘Life Goes On, Man’ : Cardinals look ahead to future after deadline deals “Upper Deck Golf is a truly unique golfing experience inside the most legendary stadiums and ballparks across the country,” said Brian Graham, Upper Deck Golf Co-Founder.  “Fans will have a chance to hit tee shots throughout Busch Stadium down to custom greens on the field below while enjoying great music, cold beers, food and multiple golfing challenges at a clubhouse festival inside the ballpark.”“We are excited to once again partner with Upper Deck Golf to bring this great event b...

Florissant man convicted of 2022 theft, shooting

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A St. Louis County jury convicted a Florissant man Wednesday for stealing money from a woman in a parked car and later shooting at the victim’s vehicle.The crime happened on June 18, 2022, near a park in Hazelwood.Prosecutors said Quintin Warren approached a woman sitting in her vehicle and took money from her.When the woman and another passenger attempted to follow Warren’s car, police and prosecutors said Warren got out of his car and began shooting at them. No one was injured in the shooting. Cardinals superfan charged with joining Capitol riot in red face paint, Trump hat Warren’s vehicle was curbed a short time later, and Hazelwood police found a 9 mm Ruger in his car.Prosecutors and police pointed to witness identification and doorbell camera video as helpful in the investigation and case.Warren was convicted of stealing from a person, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon – shooting at a motor vehicle, and unlawful possession of a firearm. ...

Larimer County Coroner identifies man killed in fatal Fort Collins stabbing

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

The Larimer County Coroner’s Office identified 40-year-old Duane Roger Brown as the man killed in a fatal Fort Collins stabbing at the end of July.The office ruled that Brown died by homicide from stab wounds; a news release added he was a South Dakota resident and enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.Fort Collins police were called to 318 N. College Ave. at 10:09 p.m. July 21 on a report of a potential stabbing, according to previously released information. Officers found a man on the northeast side of College Avenue and Willow Street with multiple stab wounds.The officers provided medical care until an ambulance arrived and medics rushed him to the hospital in critical condition, the release stated. A short time later, the man was pronounced dead at the hospital.At 10:15 a.m. July 22, they arrested a 36-year-old man near Third Street and Buckingham Street in Fort Collins, and booked him into the Larimer County Jail on two felony charges — second-degree murder and...

The heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in the Peruvian desert

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

NEW YORK — There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today’s blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.Researchers described the new species — named Perucetus colossus, or “the colossal whale from Peru” — in the journal Nature on Wednesday. Each vertebra weighs over 220 pounds (100 kilograms) and its ribs measure nearly 5 feet (1.4 meters) long.“It’s just exciting to see such a giant animal that’s so different from anything we know,” said Hans Thewissen, a paleontologist at Northeast Ohio Medical University who had no role in the research.The bones were first discovered more than a decade ago by Mario Urbina from the University of San Marcos’ Natural History Museum in Lima. An international team spent years digging them out from the side of a steep, rocky slope in the Ica desert, a region in Peru that was once underwater and is known for its rich marine fossi...

Broncos rookie CB Riley Moss to miss about four weeks with core muscle injury

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 22:02:08 GMT

Broncos rookie defensive back Riley Moss had surgery Tuesday in Philadelphia to address a core muscle injury and is expected to be sidelined approximately four weeks, head coach Sean Payton said.Moss had missed the past three days of practice and now appears likely to miss all three of Denver’s preseason games.“Kind of a sports hernia, not too uncommon, so he did that yesterday. It went well and he’ll be back here this week,” Payton said.Over the opening part of training camp, the third-round pick worked in with the reserves and on several special teams units.Moreau brings veteran presence. Payton on Wednesday acknowledged that signing veteran cornerback Fabian Moreau to a one-year deal was at least in part because of Moss’ injury.The coach also said, however, that Denver had considered itself in the market for experience in a talented but overall young position group.“All along we were looking for a little bit more of a veteran corner. We’d talked about that coming out of our meeti...