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“Community Champions” is a media campaign led by the South Okanagan-Similkameen Local Migration Partnership and supported by Castanet. We share stories that raise awareness of the contribution immigrants make to the community while showcasing the small businesses of young Canadians. A new immigrant who arrived in the middle of the pandemic found his footing in Penticton. Quoc Dung Pham, also known as Brian, is the owner and operator of EmoChoice – a printing company offering design and printing services in Penticton and the South Okanagan region....

Auf Anfrage von Neos liegen jetzt weitere Details zu den Zahlungen vor: Insgesamt 327 der 1.640 von Neos befragten Organisationen erhielten von 2020 bis 2022 Unterstützung in Höhe von insgesamt mehr als 2,7 Millionen Euro. Der Großteil kam den Vereinen im ÖVP-Umfeld zugute. Hauptsächlich ÖVP-Umfeld 2,5 Millionen Euro gingen laut Neo-Liste an die Verbände der populistischen Parteien, am meisten an den Seniorenbund, vor allem in Oberösterreich (1,9 Millionen Euro). 163....

“I support the decision to euthanize Freya,” Jonas Gahr Støre told public broadcaster NRK on Monday. “It was the right decision. I’m not surprised that this has led to a lot of international backlash. Sometimes we have to make unpopular decisions.” Freya, named after the Norse goddess of beauty and love, had become a popular attraction since arriving on July 17 in the waters off the Norwegian capital, where crowds flocked to watch her sunbathe or sleep on boats....

Data from the BC Center for Disease Control shows 398 people in hospital with COVID-19, down about 3% from the previous week. Twenty-two patients are in intensive care, the lowest number since mid-June and a drop of more than 40 percent since last week, when there were 38 people in ICU. Have a coronavirus question or news tip for CBC News? Email us at [email protected] A total of 28 people died within a month of testing positive for COVID-19 between July 31 and August 6, according to the province, bringing the number of lives lost to 3,995....

Half of the booster, called “Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron,” targets the original strain of the coronavirus while the other half targets Omicron, it said. The UK government said the decision to grant approval for the take was approved by the MHRA, the government’s independent expert scientific advisory body, after it carefully considered the evidence. It was approved following the results of a clinical trial in which Moderna reported that its Omicron-targeted booster showed a stronger immune response against the variant....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said at a press conference last week that there was “no adult in the Republican chamber” to stop members of the party from smearing the FBI and defending defeated former President Donald Trump because he left the Oval Office door with top secret documents. Well, there has to be someone, right? You wouldn’t find many on Sunday shows. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who has rightly criticized his fellow Republicans for rushing to Trump’s defense, strangely insisted on ABC’s “This Week” that the incident is a “victory” for Trump because he is being martyred....

Nach Angaben des Umweltministeriums in MV wurden bis Sonntagnachmittag keine toten Fische in der Ostsee und im Stettiner Haff entdeckt. Warum die Tiere in der Oder sterben, ist noch unklar. Für den Abend ist in Stettin ein Treffen auf höchster Ebene geplant. Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns Umweltminister Till Backhaus (SPD) wartet auf Aufklärung von polnischer Seite. Landesumweltminister Backhaus spekulierte am Samstag, dass in naher Zukunft auch im westpommerschen Teil des Stettiner Haffs Leichen entdeckt werden könnten....

The School District of Philadelphia mandates that students and staff wear masks for the first 10 days of the school year and requires pre-kindergarten students to cover the entire year. Officials from the school district and city made the announcement in a letter to parents Friday, saying that after the first 10 days of the school year, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, most schools will operate with masks. The letter states that when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s level of community transmission of COVID-19 is high, students and staff should wear masks in schools....

Frankreichs Verfassungsrat hat der Abschaffung der Rundfunkgebühren zugestimmt. Sie hat der Regierung jedoch strenge Auflagen auferlegt, um die Unabhängigkeit der Rundfunkveranstalter zu gewährleisten. Von Stefanie Markert, ARD Studio Paris Frankreichs Verfassungsrat, der Conseil Constitutionnel, macht keine Sommerpause – er hat nun nicht nur ein 20-Milliarden-Euro-Kaufkraftpaket, sondern auch den Nachtragshaushalt 2022 in einer Ankündigung gebilligt. Dazu gehört die Abschaffung der Rundfunkgebühren. Jetzt ist es also verfassungsgemäß. Der Rat begründet seine Entscheidung: Der Gesetzestext missachte nicht die Anforderungen des Artikels 11 der Erklärung der Menschen- und Bürgerrechte von 1789....

The former Beatles member took to Twitter on Saturday with a shot for the ages … one that drew somewhat of a mixed reaction online. Frankly, some people were excited by it — but RS didn’t seem to mind. It was a picture of him bare feet, toes open and all with some sandals. It reads, “YES peace and love,” accompanied by a bunch of emojis. It wasn’t just a shoe photo going here — Ringo was trying to plug the Blu-ray release of “Get Back....

Average daily output so far this month has fallen 3 percent compared to July, totaling 1.428 million tonnes, the paper said, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the data. Small oil companies, as well as state-owned major producer Gazprom Neft, accounted for 90% of the decline. Russia’s other major oil producers kept output levels steady. They are expected to boost output as part of the latest OPEC+ deal that increases the oil cartel’s production target by 100,000 barrels a day....

In his final video speech, Zelensky said the long lines of cars crossing the Crimean Bridge leading to the Russian mainland proved the “absolute majority” of Russian citizens had gotten the message. At least 38,000 cars crossed on Tuesday – a record. The mass exodus came after an ammunition dump and an electricity substation near the town of Dzhankoi, a major railway hub, were blown up. Another apparent Ukrainian attack took place outside the regional capital Simferopol, where a Russian air base was destroyed....

Quebec Superior Court Judge Chantal Corriveau ruled that sections of Bill 96 requiring companies to pay a certified translator to produce French versions of legal documents could prevent some English-speaking organizations from accessing justice through the courts. In a written decision released Friday, Corriveau said the rule could cause delays and costs that could particularly hurt small and medium-sized businesses. “In this case, in the court’s opinion, the evidence demonstrates a serious risk that, in these cases, some legal entities will not be able to assert their rights before the courts in a timely manner or will be forced to do so in a language other than official language which they and their lawyers best possess and which they identify as their own,” he wrote....

The 20-year-old was discovered with a head injury at around 1am on Friday August 12 by officers who attended a call on Eglinton Street, Dalry Road in Ardrossan. It came less than 24 hours before a car shooting in the city’s McDowall Avenue before, on Saturday August 13, shots were reported in the Munro Place area of ​​Saltcoats. Investigators now believe all three incidents are connected after an initial investigation....

Dieser Begriff wird inflationär für einen Vollmond in Erdnähe verwendet. Aber Titan ist wirklich super: Er ist größer als der Planet Merkur und eine eigene Welt. Titans Atmosphäre ist eineinhalb Mal so dicht wie unsere und besteht hauptsächlich aus Stickstoff – es gibt Wind, Wolken und Regen. Titan hat Berge und Flusstäler Europas Raumsonde Huygens landete 2005 auf Titan. Auf den ersten Blick sieht es aus wie die Erde: Titan hat Berge, durch die Flusstäler verlaufen....

Peel police and paramedics were called to the Chandni Convention Center just after 2 a.m. on June 19 for reports of a shooting. They arrived to find 28-year-old Kenroy Benjamin and 40-year-old Sheldon Taylor suffering from gunshot wounds. Police said Benjamin died at the scene, while Taylor died of his injuries at the hospital. On Thursday, police announced they had arrested 36-year-old Ezekel Vincent of East Gwillimbury and charged him with second-degree murder in Benjamin’s death....

An orange weather warning for extreme heat is in place until 11.59pm on Sunday for large areas of the south, east, west, Midlands and north of England as temperatures are forecast to reach 32C. The Met Office has put the warning in place saying people could face “adverse health effects” such as sunburn or heat exhaustion and transport delays during the hot weather. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, there is a yellow warning for thunderstorms from 9am....

The five-member delegation, led by Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and attend a dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Joseph Wu during the visit, according to Taiwan’s foreign ministry. . The American Institute in Taiwan said the US politicians will discuss “US-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, climate change and other important issues of mutual concern”. Quick guide China-Taiwan relations projection A short story The Chinese government claims that Taiwan is a province of China and has not ruled out taking it by force....

Tony Okanase, 39, was released from Mountain Institution – a medium-security federal prison in Agassiz – and reported to the halfway house, according to a press release from the Vancouver Police Department. “He then checked out and has not been seen or heard from since,” police said. Okanase is now wanted across Canada, the VPD said, adding that he has a history of violent sex offenses against strangers dating back to 2003 and is considered a “high risk to the public....

The two men, ages 54 and 57, were in uniform and off-duty at the time of the incident, which happened around 5 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Brandon Avenue, the Winnipeg Police Service said Sunday. The location police identified is near the Winnipeg Transit garages in Fort Rouge, off Osborne Street. Police spokesman Const. Claude Chancy said the 54-year-old man was parked in his personal vehicle when a suspect smashed the driver’s side window “in an unprovoked manner....