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Use visit by India trade chief to push forward negotiations, business council says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

OTTAWA — As India’s trade minister visits Ontario this week, corporate Canada is hoping both countries will commit to signing a trade agreement this year after more than a decade of talks.“It just seems to me like a no-brainer,” said Goldy Hyder, head of the Business Council of Canada.“We need to have the capacity to demonstrate that democracies can work for business, because when they work for business, they work for people.”Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal is to meet his Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng, at an event Monday in Ottawa, before plans to join a delegation of large Indian businesses Tuesday in Toronto.In an interview, Hyder said he’s hoping the two agree during the visit to push for some form a trade deal this year, since multiple negotiations have been underway since 2010 and electoral cycles could further prolong these talks.For decades, outsiders have seen India as a poorer country with a protected market that makes it hard for f...

SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 7 dead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

Seven people were killed and up to six were injured Sunday after they were struck by a vehicle while waiting at a city bus stop outside of a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, police said.Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval said the crash happened about 8:30 a.m.Shelter director Victor Maldonado of the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center said he reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video on Sunday morning after receiving a call about the crash.The city bus stop is across the street from the shelter and is not marked. There was no bench, and people waiting there were sitting along the curb, Maldonado said. He said most of the victims were Venezuelan men.“What we see in the video is that this SUV, a Range Rover, just ran the light that was about a hundred feet away and just went through the people who were sitting there in the bus stop,” Maldonado said.The Ozanam shelter is the only overnight shelter in the city of Brownsville and manages the relea...

Former MLB pitcher, Vida Blue, dies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – Former Oakland Athletics pitcher and three-time World Series champion, Vida Blue, passed away on Saturday. He was 73.Blue made his Major League Baseball debut when joined the Oakland A’s organization in 1969. He was an American League MVP and helped the Oakland A's win three consecutive World Series championships from 1972 to 1974. Blue, who wore the number “35”, was also a six-time MLB All-Star.Major League Baseball released the following statement on Blue's passing: "We mourn the passing of Vida Blue, a Cy Young, MVP and three-time World Series winner. He was 73."The Oakland A’s released a statement Sunday morning that read in part: “Vida will always be a franchise legend and friend. We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends during this arduous time.”A cause of death was not listed for the Oakland A's Hall of Famer.Blue was voted the 1971 American League Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player after going 24-8 with a 1.82 ERA and 301 s...

BPD: 7 killed when struck by SUV in front of migrant shelter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) - Brownsville police say seven people were killed Sunday morning and it appears they may have been intentionally run over by a motorist.The FBI has been brought in to help with the investigation.The incident happened at 8:30 a.m. near Minnesota Road and North Bernal Road in front of the Ozanam Center, which is a shelter for migrants and homeless. One of the victims said they were sitting on the curb near a bus stop when a gray colored Range Rover slammed into the group. Luis Herrera said he and his friends were waiting to go to the airport when they were struck."We were going to the airport and it happened unexpectedly because a woman in a car passed by and advised us to separate and moments later the killer was coming in the car gesturing and insulting us," Herrera said.Lt. Martin Sandoval said seven victims died at the scene and another 10 victims were taken to area hospitals.Sandoval said the driver was arrested o...

Serbia's education minister resigns following mass shootings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's education minister submitted his resignation Sunday following two mass shootings, one of them at a primary school, left 17 people dead, while the European country's government urged citizens to turn in all unregistered weapons or run the risk of a prison sentence. Education Minister Branko Ruzic is the first Serbian official to resign over the shootings despite widespread calls for more senior officials to step down in the wake of the back-to-back bloodshed on Wednesday and Thursday. Ruzic cited the “catastrophic tragedy that has engulfed our country” in explaining his decision. Soon after the first attack, at the school in Belgrade, Serbia's capital, Ruzic was quick to blame “the cancerous, pernicious influence of the internet, video games, so-called Western values.” Such criticism is common in the Blakan nation, where pro-Russian and anti-Western sentiment have thrived in recent years.On Sunday, the Interior Ministry said individuals could hand ove...

Students rally for Kyra’s Law to share child safety awareness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

On Sunday, students, elected officials, and other community members wanted to honor those who lost a child by supporting Kyra’s Law with a Bereavement Mother’s Day event.Over 100 middle and high school students from around Albany signed up to rally for the immediate passage of Kyra's Law to help end child homicides in custody cases. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! In 2016, Kyra was just 2-years-old when the court granted her father unsupervised visits, despite reports of suicidal and anger issues. During a weekend visit, she was shot and killed by her father while she was sleeping. He then took his own life.Today, Kyra’s mom, Jacqueline Franchetti, wants to make sure these types of incidents never happen again to a child through her non-profit Kyra's Champions in honor of her daughter.“Kyra was a silly, giggling, happy toddler. She was fiercely independent. She loved Elmo. That’s why we have Elmo today here…and Minnie Mouse...

Wrong way driver busted for DUI in Ventura 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

A Ventura man was arrested for DUI and driving the wrong way on a freeway causing injury on Sunday morning. According to a release from CHP, they received calls of a wrong way vehicle traveling northbound on the 101 Freeway in the southbound lanes near Telephone Road just before 2 a.m. Deputies attempted to stop the wrong way vehicle, a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant, but when the patrol car struck the Mitsubishi, it kept going. “As the CHP unit attempted to make a forcible stop on the Mitsubishi, it turned into the center median and the patrol vehicle struck the left side of the Mitsubishi,” CHP said in a statement. “The Mitsubishi [then] continued northbound in the southbound lane.”  UFC fighter Tony Ferguson arrested for DUI in Hollywood after multi-car crash Another car going southbound on the 101 Freeway was forced to swerve off the road to avoid hitting the wrong way driver. That vehicle, a 1998 Toyota Avalon, “traveled off the side of the south road edge at the Telephone ...

Will the Ducks be rewarded in the NHL’s draft lottery after coming close in 2005?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

Brian Burke was general manager in Anaheim the last time the Ducks were seriously in the running for the NHL’s No. 1 overall draft pick.It was back in 2005.Ultimately the Pittsburgh Penguins won the lottery and were able to draft Sidney Crosby, while Anaheim had to settle for the second overall selection and took Bobby Ryan.The Ducks got a productive NHL player in Ryan who went on to play 378 games with them, scoring 289 points. But the Penguins landed a franchise-altering superstar in Crosby, who led them to three Stanley Cup championships and defined the organization for close to two decades.It’s an illustration of the difference between a generational player and a productive NHLer.The Ducks have the best odds (25.5 percent) of winning the draft lottery, which will take place on Monday night. Should they do so, that would give them the right to draft 17-year-old Connor Bedard of the Regina Pats, the most heralded junior prospect since Connor McDavid.“There are several really good ...

East Bay music icon Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records, dies at 91

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

Chris Strachwitz, a nationally renowned musicologist who founded Arhoolie Records in El Cerrito and helped preserve and popularize the work of scores of authentic American roots musicians, died Friday at age 91, his label reported.Reports said Strachwitz died peacefully at his Marin County home surrounded by friends and family. The cause of death was listed as complications due to congestive heart disease, according to NOLA.com, which noted that the famed music historian’s passing came just hours after he was paid special tribute at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the famed annual event that celebrates the music Strachwitz devoted his life to preserving NOLA.com also reported that festival organizers had planned a second line — a traditional New Orleans-style funeral — for Strachwitz on Sunday afternoon.Strachwitz formed Arhoolie Records in 1960, 13 years after emigrating with his family to the U.S. from Germany. He had fallen hard for the raw rhythms...

Man leads police on pursuit in stolen car after attempted robbery in Santa Cruz, Capitola

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:10:08 GMT

(KRON) – A man was arrested after an attempted robbery in a bank parking lot and leading police on a vehicle pursuit in Santa Cruz and Capitola on Saturday.At around 11:30 a.m., Santa Cruz police responded to a report of an armed bank robbery in the 700 block of Ocean Street. As officers arrived to the scene, they were informed the suspect carjacked a blue Toyota Tacoma truck and fled the area, police said.  Former Oakland A’s pitcher, Vida Blue, dies at 73 SCPD relayed information to surrounding agencies to be on the lookout for the truck. The Capitola Police Department notified SCPD that an armed robbery just occurred at a bank in the 1900 block of 41st Avenue in Capitola. Officers with CPD located the truck and engaged in a vehicle pursuit, police said.The suspect crashed the vehicle on northbound Highway 17 near Scotts Valley after failing to yield. The suspect, Adam Roberts, was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, po...