Announcing Laurel West Vice-President, Operations & Partnerships
VANCOUVER, BC – January 8, 2024 – The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is pleased to announce that Laurel West will be joining APF Canada as Vice-President, Operations & Partnerships, effective January 8, 2024. Formerly a senior executive with The Economist Group, Ms. West has been based in Asia for the last three and half decades, first in Japan and then in Hong Kong. Most recently, she was Managing Director, Content Solutions, and Managing Director, Economist Events, as well as a member of the Asia Management Committee of The Economist Group Asia-Pacific. “Laurel brings uniquely relevant professional and managerial depth in providing corporate clients with business intelligence and analysis products,” said APF Canada President and CEO Jeff Nankivell. “It is a very exciting time to join the Foundation as Canada seeks to deepen its engagement with the economies and peoples of Asia,” said Ms. West.
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January 08, 2024 18:58 UTC
Hailee Steinfeld felt 'good' about the Buffalo Bills before they clinched the AFC East
Hailee Steinfeld felt 'good' about the Buffalo Bills before they clinched the AFC EastActress Hailee Steinfeld, who is rumored to be dating Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, was asked about the team at the Golden Globes.
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January 08, 2024 18:34 UTC
Toronto police chief apologizes after officers hand coffee to protesters
Toronto's police chief apologized Sunday after a video posted on social media of officers handing coffee to protesters supporting Palestinians was criticized by politicians. Video from the overpass posted on Facebook by Palestine House, a community organization, shows protesters holding Palestinian flags and chanting "Free Palestine." Police deliver box of Tim Hortons coffee to protesters on behalf of those who cannot join the highway overpass. Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw apologized in a statement for the "concern and confusion" caused by "one particular interaction between officers and a person." <a href="https://t.co/zktWgAGofP">pic.twitter.com/zktWgAGofP</a> —@TPSMyronDemkiwDemkiw did not specify what that interaction was, but a police spokesperson confirmed to CBC Toronto that the chief's statement was about the coffee video.
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January 08, 2024 12:02 UTC
23,000 litres of fuel spilled, multiple people taken to hospital after truck and bus collide
A bus carrying workers from the Come By Chance refinery and a fuel truck collided Monday morning, spilling thousands of litres of fuel and sending multiple people to the hospital. (Terry Roberts/CBC - image credit)A bus carrying workers from the Come By Chance refinery and a fuel truck collided Monday morning, spilling thousands of litres of fuel and sending multiple people to the hospital. A bus carrying workers from the Come By Chance refinery and a fuel truck collided Monday morning, spilling thousands of litres of fuel and sending multiple people to the hospital. (Terry Roberts/CBC)A fuel truck and a bus carrying workers from the Come By Chance refinery in eastern Newfoundland collided Monday morning, spilling thousands of litres of fuel and sending multiple people to the hospital. Two of the six people on the bus were taken to hospital with minor injuries, he said.
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January 08, 2024 11:31 UTC
Mom wants me to marry foreigner
My grandfather told my mother that if she wants to go, she can go, but she should leave the baby with them and they would take care of me. He threatened me that if I should say anything to my grandparents, he would kill me, so I never told my grandparents anything. When I was 21 years old I met a man who told me how much he loved me. He wants to come to Jamaica and marry me. Now, your mother has come back into your life and she wants to offer help to you.
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January 08, 2024 10:07 UTC
Meet the professor who studies baseball brawls
CBC News published this video item, entitled “Meet the professor who studies baseball brawls” – below is their description. André Costopoulos, a University of Alberta anthropology professor, has studied all levels of baseball conflicts. He spoke with CBC’s Mark Connolly about how baseball fields are like a laboratory environment to study how culture evolves over time. CBC News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below.
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January 08, 2024 06:15 UTC
Christian Braun hammers it home
The Canadian PressSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — RJ Barrett took some of the talking points from film study and applied them as he continues to adjust and find his way in a new system. Barrett scored a season-high 37 points in his fourth NBA game since being traded to his hometown Toronto, leading the Raptors past the Golden State Warriors 133-118 on Sunday night. “I'm trying to play the right way and help my teammates,” Barrett said. “A lot of learning going on. I'm still learning the defensive system, trying to get bette
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January 08, 2024 03:49 UTC
Donovan Mitchell dials from long distance
ABC NewsSpecial counsel Jack Smith's team has uncovered previously undisclosed details about former President Donald Trump's refusal to help stop the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago as he sat watching TV inside the White House, according to sources familiar with what Smith's team has learned during its Jan. 6 probe. Many of the exclusive details come from the questioning of Trump's former deputy chief of staff, Dan Scavino, who first started working for Trump as a teenager three decades ago and is now a paid senior adviser to Trump's reelection campaign. New details also come from the Smith team's interviews with other White House advisers and top lawyers who -- despite being deposed in the congressional probe -- previously declined to answer questions about Trump's own statements and demeanor on Jan. 6, 2021, according to publicly released transcripts of their interviews in that probe.
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January 08, 2024 03:07 UTC
Add more art to your itinerary: Here are the inspiring venues and exhibitions on our radar
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January 07, 2024 23:53 UTC
1 person dead after head-on collision near Drumheller
RCMP, EMS and local fire departments responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision on Hwy 9 near Range Road 214, west of Drumheller, at approximately 11:45 p.m. Friday. (CBC/Radio-Canada - image credit)One man is dead after a head-on collision west of Drumheller late Friday, according to Drumheller RCMP. In a statement released on Saturday, the RCMP said they, along with EMS and local fire departments, responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision on Hwy 9 near Range Road 214, west of Drumheller, at approximately 11:45 p.m. The driver of the car, a 39-year-old male resident of Drumheller, was pronounced dead at the scene, say police. An RCMP collision re-constructionist attended the scene to assist in the investigation.
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January 07, 2024 23:41 UTC
Neil Peart, Iconic Drummer of Rush, Died Four Years Ago
Neil Peart, arguably the best and most respected Rock drummer in the world with the band Rush, has died on this day in 2020 from a brain tumor. The news was shocking at the time since Peart was private about his illness and even died a few days before it was originally reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Company, the official news source of Canada. His death was confirmed by Meg Symsyk, a media spokesperson for the infamous progressive rock trio comprising Peart, Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson. Nicknamed “The Professor” Peart was not only known as a virtuoso drummer and co-author of some of the greatest albums of all time with Rush, but he was also the bands’ primarily lyricist over most of his career with them, driving the concepts for their many layered releases. Among the countless tribute articles, covers, concerts, tours and posts, Read our tribute from our own scribe emeritus, Mat Davies, he himself passing a few years after penning this Also, jam some Rush today..https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806
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January 07, 2024 21:12 UTC
Begonia To Headline 10th Anniversary OF Roots North Music Festival
JUNO and Polaris Music Prize nominated Begonia joins the 10th Roots North Music at the St Paul’s Centre mainstage, Downtown Orillia. Her critically acclaimed discography includes Lady In Mind EP(2017), Fear (2019) and Powder Blue (2023). The album was named one of CBC Music’s Best Canadian Albums of 2023 (#7) and was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. She is riding a wave of momentum with a record number of people discovering Powder Blue and becoming super-fans. See Begonia and The Redhill Valleys at the 10th anniversary of the Roots North Music Festival from April 18 to April 21, 2024, Downtown Orillia.
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January 07, 2024 17:02 UTC
LPHF : Montréal a couru à sa perte au Minnesota
Mais celle qui a brillé dans ce match opposant Montréal au Minnesota n’était pas celle qu’on attendait. J'étais contente de la première moitié du match, mais nous nous sommes éloignées de notre plan de match par la suite, a indiqué l'entraîneuse-chef Kori Cheverie. Un manque de cohésionComment expliquer qu’une équipe qui a tout misé sur l’attaque n’arrive pas à marquer? Pour une équipe comme Montréal qui prétend préconiser un jeu rapide et qui veut faire bouger la rondelle, un manque de chimie fait mal. J'ai hâte d'être à Montréal avec nos partisans , a reconnu Kori Cheverie.
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January 07, 2024 15:18 UTC
Sask. woman makes 'deeply moving' donation to food bank in memory of daughter killed in 2022
Daniels, from One Arrow First Nation, made the donation in honour of her daughter, Monique Gamble, who was killed in November 2022. Monique Gamble was 24 years old when she was killed on One Arrow First Nation, north of Saskatoon, on Nov. 29, 2022. That inspired her to donate to the Good Neighbours Food Centre in Rosthern, which is near One Arrow First Nation. Listen to the full story on CBC's The Morning Edition:The letter explains how Gamble inspired the donation, Daniels said. Daniels made her donation in memory of Gamble on Friday morning, accompanied by One Arrow First Nation Chief Jeanine Baldhead.
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January 07, 2024 15:09 UTC
Queen's project aims to reduce isolation among the terminally ill
Queen's University doctors are rolling out a program this year that's inspired by their experiences in India and aims to reduce loneliness among terminally ill patients in the Kingston area. (Chris Kreussling - image credit)Queen's University doctors are rolling out a program this year that's inspired by their experiences in India and is intended to reduce loneliness among terminally ill patients in the Kingston, Ont., area. Dr. Jean Mathews, a palliative care physician and assistant professor in Queen's departments of medicine and oncology, is also involved in the project. He is from Kerala and worked with the same local palliative care group Booth was involved with. A chief goal of KINCARES, Mathews said, is to reduce patients' social isolation, which can have an impact on the timing of their trajectory through the medical system.
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January 07, 2024 15:09 UTC