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Photo: /Heidi Fedoruk Crowds at the Kelowna airport earlier this week. A recent severe staff shortage that caused hours-long delays to get through security at Vancouver International Airport is on Kelowna International Airport’s radar. On Sunday, travelers at YVR were stuck in huge lines after several employees of the Canadian Air Transport Authority (CATSA) contract company called in sick at the last minute. Some reports suggested it was a “soft strike” by Allied Universal workers....

Rene Hajas of Auction North America is surprised at how many items are involved. “We work directly for the Civil Enforcement Agency,” he said. “We went and removed two households with a large warehouse and we didn’t go out until four in the morning, just because of the sheer volume of stuff.” Hajas says it took hours to arrange everything and then photograph and document it all for the auction....

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, writing on behalf of the four Atlantic premiers, sent a letter to federal Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeau on Thursday asking for the extension. He said he and his counterparts are concerned that increased energy costs through a carbon tax “will reinforce the inflationary pressures now being felt in Atlantic Canada, and we believe that any discussion of carbon pricing should prioritize mitigating those effects”. The Nova Scotia government says the federal carbon tax will add 14 cents to the price of a liter of natural gas in that province starting next year....

Photo: The Canadian Press Singer Avril Lavigne poses with her new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony in her honor Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Los Angeles. Avril Lavigne tapped into her trademark teenage angst on Wednesday as she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Napanee, Ont.-native became the latest entertainment industry figure to receive a star on a section of sidewalk that runs down Hollywood Boulevard....

Ben van Beurden, who has been at the helm of the FTSE 100 company for almost a decade, is preparing to step down next year, Reuters reports. His departure comes hot on the heels of Shell’s relocation of its headquarters from London to the Netherlands and at the height of an energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has fueled record profits for the company. Shell’s board succession committee, led by chairman Andrew Mackenzie, is said to have met several times to draw up a list of potential candidates to succeed Mr van Beurden....

The crash happened in the southbound lanes at 90th Avenue SW around 1:15 p.m. A Calgary EMS spokesperson says STARS Air Ambulance was called to take the patient to hospital, but he was pronounced dead before they could be transported. The victim’s age and gender are not yet known. The crash closed the southbound lanes of the road between 90th Avenue SW and Glenmore Trail SW while police investigated....

It has found evidence among women of forced abortions and forced sterilizations, he added. The OHCHR said it decided to investigate after “serious allegations of human rights violations against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim communities” were brought to its attention in late 2017. Last December, a court found China guilty of genocide against the Uighur people and other minorities in Xinjiang. The UN said its report was “based on a rigorous review of the currently available documentary material”....

Rock purportedly told the crowd he turned it down, along with a Super Bowl commercial. He said the slap from Smith “hurt.” “He’s bigger than me,” Rock said. “The state of Nevada would not sanction a fight between me and Will Smith.” CNN has reached out to Rock’s representative and the Academy for comment. Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and hit the comedian in the face after he made a joke about Smith’s wife’s shaved head....

• À lire aussi : Deux attentats à Sherbrooke par les mêmes personnes ? Les suspects, tous originaires de Sherbrooke, ont entre 18 et 23 ans et n’ont aucun casier judiciaire. Rappelons qu’entre 2 h 30 et 2 h 45 cette nuit-là, trois jeunes hommes qui ont surpris deux des suspects en essayant de forcer des portières de voiture, ont été attaqués sur le toit d’un immeuble de la rue Wellington Nord....

Yorkshire terrier stock image BC’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has dismissed a small claims lawsuit by a man who wanted a refund for a dead puppy he claimed died of a genetic disorder. According to the Aug. 31 ruling, Derek Geary bought the dog from Yorkshire terrier puppy breeder Gail Lewis for $3,500. Winston was the last puppy in his litter on September 9th 2020 and was purchased a few months later on November 7th....

Nachdem AMD gestern Abend um 1 Uhr morgens die AM5-Plattform mit den Ryzen 7000-Prozessoren offiziell vorgestellt hat, folgten kurze Zeit später von G.Skill mit dem Trident Z5 Neo(-RGB) und dem Flare X5 ordentliche DDR5-Speicherankündigungen inklusive EXPO (Extended Profile for Overclocking) Support und zum anderen Corsairs Vengeance(-RGB)- und Dominator-Platinum-Reihe in Form von Pressemitteilungen. Folglich müssen auch die Analyseprogramme angepasst und aktualisiert werden, damit diese Programme mit dem neuen Material etwas anfangen können....

Chryst’s resignation will be effective at the end of the day Wednesday, according to the Tampa Bay Times. In a statement to the Tampa Bay Times, Crist said it was an “honor and a privilege” to represent his constituents in Congress, adding that “these accomplishments begin and end with you, the people — my bosses — who have guided my work at the Congress from day one.” His resignation comes a week after he won Florida’s Democratic primary to face Republican Gov....

Argentinian newspaper Clarín reported that a 35-year-old Brazilian was arrested at the scene. The dramatic events at 9pm on Thursday were captured by television cameras watching a vigil outside Kirchner’s home, where supporters had gathered for days to protest corruption charges brought against her in court. The video shows the man shoving supporters, raising a gun in Kirchner’s face and apparently attempting a shot, which appears to not fire. Some reports said the man pointed the gun at Kirchner but did not fire....

Von: Christoph Klaucke Aufteilung Deutschland um DBB-Kapitän Dennis Schröder feiert beim Auftakt der Basketball-Meisterschaft den Sieg gegen Frankreich. © Marius Becker/dpa Zum Auftakt der Basketball-Europameisterschaft schlägt Deutschland Frankreich. Dirk Nowitzki wird vor dem Spiel geehrt. Die EM des DBB-Konzerns startet im Ticker zum Nachlesen. Basketball-Europameisterschaft: Deutschland – Frankreich, Donnerstag, 20:30 Uhr DBB-Elf überrascht die Franzosen: Gastgeber mit starker erster Halbzeit Dirk Nowitzki geehrt: Spezielle Trikot-Promotion vor dem Spiel Deutschland – Frankreich 76:63 00:00: Herunterfahren!...

The Marshal Ustinov, a large cruise missile ship, is one of a group of at least three Russian navy ships that were traveling back across the Mediterranean to their home port in northern Russia. It was one of the ships taking part in planned live-fire exercises in Irish-controlled waters in February. The Ustinov, whose sister ship Moskva was sunk in April, has been operating around the Mediterranean since then, supporting Russia’s war effort in Ukraine....

The princess was just 36 when the limousine carrying her and her lover Dodi al-Fayed crashed into the tunnel under the bridge as she sped away from photographers chasing her on motorbikes. The phone rang around two o’clock in the morning. I was on a family vacation in Ottawa. Our daughter Caitlin was the first to reach it. He was 15 then. “Hello. This is CBC calling from Toronto. Can I speak to Paul, please?...

WordPress-Entwickler kündigen die Veröffentlichung eines wichtigen Sicherheitspatches an. Das Update mit der Build-Nummer 6.0.2 bringt 12 Bugfixes, fünf Keyfixes und schließt drei damit zusammenhängende Sicherheitslücken. Gerade wegen letzterem sollte der Patch schnellstmöglich von WordPress-Admins installiert werden. WordPress bedankt sich bei den Leuten, die die Sicherheitsprobleme gefunden haben, insbesondere im entsprechenden Blogbeitrag – dies sind Fariskhi Vidyan für das Auffinden einer möglichen AQL-Injection in der Link-API, Khalilov Moe für die Identifizierung einer XSS-Schwachstelle und John Blackbourn von ihrem eigenen Team WordPress Security....

Impfstoffe gegen COVID-19 sind hochwirksam und ihr Nutzen überwiegt die potenziellen Risiken bei weitem. Allerdings können Nebenwirkungen wie grippeähnliche Symptome auftreten. Ein erhöhtes Schlaganfallrisiko durch eine Impfung gegen SARS-CoV-2 bestehe jedoch nicht, berichtet die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie e. V. (DGN) in einer aktuellen Veröffentlichung. Neue Studien veröffentlicht Neue Studien, die in den Fachzeitschriften „Neurology“ und „Annals of Internal Medicine“ veröffentlicht wurden, zeigen: Nach einer Impfung gegen SARS-CoV-2 besteht kein erhöhtes Schlaganfallrisiko....

In an SEC filing on Tuesday, Musk said his legal team informed Twitter of “additional grounds” for terminating the deal beyond those listed in the original termination notice issued in July. In a letter to Twitter Inc., which was included in the filing, Musk’s advisers cited the whistleblower report by former executive Peiter Zatko — also known by the hacker handle, “Mudge.” Zatko, who served as Twitter’s chief security officer until he was fired earlier this year, alleged in his complaint to US officials that the company misled regulators about its poor cyber defenses and its negligence in trying to root out fake accounts that spread misinformation....

Warum haben die Behörden das jahrelang nicht bemerkt? In Zürich stehen die quälenden Eltern am Donnerstag vor dem Bezirksgericht: Sie sollen ihre Tochter jahrelang terrorisiert und gefoltert haben. Acht Jahre lang bemerkte niemand die Folter. Warum hat niemand früher eingegriffen? 1/2 Die mutmaßlichen Foltereltern stehen am Donnerstag vor dem Zürcher Bezirksgericht. Was diese Eltern aus dem Kanton Luzern ihrer Tochter (heute 17) über die Jahre angetan haben sollen, kann nur als Folter bezeichnet werden: Leandra* wurde seit der ersten Klasse immer wieder geschlagen, isoliert, gefesselt und gefoltert....