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Activists take step to recall judge in sex assault case
Activists seeking to recall a judge who sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman say they believe voters will still support the effort even if it appears on the ballot two years after the trial. The case drew national attention when critics decried the sentence as too lenient. The activists, led by Stanford University law professor Michele Dauber, filed paperwork Monday with the Santa Clara County registrar — the first formal step toward winning the removal of Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky.
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Dress Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade JFK on display in rural Saskatchewan
The dress that Marilyn Monroe was famously stitched into before she sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy in 1962 is making what's believed to be its Canadian debut in rural Saskatchewan. The sequined gown will be on display in the community hall in Luseland, about 200 kilometres west of Saskatoon on July 10. The dress was purchased for $4.8 million by Jim Pattison and is being put on public display in his hometown of about 500 residents.
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Judge to decide who gets comic com naming rights
Settlement talks have broken down between the organizers of two pop-culture conventions in California and Utah known for guests' elaborate costumes, Salt Lake Comic Con officials said Tuesday. Both sides are asking a judge to decide the contest over naming rights, said Bryan Brandenburg, co-founder of Salt Lake Comic Con. "They want us to change our name," Brandenburg said.
NewsReutersFacebook hits 2 billion-user mark, doubling in size since 2012
By David Ingram SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that 2 billion people are regularly using its flagship service, marching past another milestone in its growth from a college curiosity in the United States to the world's largest social media network. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg disclosed the number to his followers in a Facebook post. Facebook defines a monthly active user as a registered Facebook user who logged in and visited Facebook through its website or a mobile device, or used its Messenger app, in the past 30 days.
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European boat rental company coming to Rideau Canal
European "self-hire" boat company Le Boat is setting up shop in Smiths Falls, Ont., with a fleet of vessels designed for multi-day outings along the Rideau Canal starting next year. Parks Canada announced the agreement today, saying 16 boats equipped with a kitchen, bathrooms and sleeping quarters would be available for rent from Smiths Falls in 2018. Le Boat lets renters captain their own crafts, as long as they have the right boating licence and take an orientation course.
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Controversial Peel police chief gets 2 more years on the job
Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans will get two more years on the job. The Peel Regional Police Services Board approved a two year contract extension that had been previously requested by Evans. "This was a decision of the Board, and we look forward to working with Chief Evans for the next 2 years as we continue to modernize policing in Peel," board chair Amrik Singh Ahluwalia said in a statement.
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Tennessee man takes Elvis guitar fight to appeals court
A Tennessee man is asking an appeals court to overturn a decision awarding a guitar once owned by Elvis Presley to the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota. The museum bought the guitar from Robert Johnson in 2012 as part of a collection of instruments worth $250,000. It was damaged during a show in St. Petersburg, Florida, where Elvis gave it to a fan.
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Curling Canada 'resolves' sports bar fee increase with Bell Media
Curling Canada officials say they've "managed to resolve things with Bell Media" regarding what would have been hefty cable fee increases in curling clubs across Canada. In an email to CBC Sports, Curling Canada said it "won't get into specifics" regarding the details of the resolution and that they are is still in communication with Rogers Media. "We have had positive discussions with Curling Canada and look forward to resolving this issue in a timely fashion," said Jordan Kerbel, Sportsnet's director of communications.
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University of Saskatchewan passes $16.7M deficit budget
According to president Peter Stoicheff, the University of Saskatchewan is in an unsustainable situation. On Tuesday, the U of S announced its board had approved a $16.7-million deficit budget to deal with a funding shortfall from the provincial government. "Following the substantial cut in our provincial grant, we must make strategic, deliberate decisions that provide sustainable answers to the serious financial challenge we currently face," Stoicheff said in a press release.
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Downtown Ottawa traffic stalls with Wellington Street closure
Closing a portion of Wellington Street a few days early in preparation for this year's Canada Day has snarled traffic in downtown Ottawa during rush hour, as detouring Ottawa and Gatineau buses clogged the downtown. Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill is usually closed the morning of Canada Day, but this year the street closed on Tuesday so that security checkpoints for the Canada 150 celebrations could be set up on the road. Just one block of Wellington was closed — from Bank Street to O'Connor Street — with the westbound lanes opening up in the afternoon.
NewsReutersBlackBerry seeks sales force to match software focus
By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Software maker BlackBerry Ltd's long-running recovery effort has been slowed by a dearth of salespeople to promote its revamped and more complex products, with CEO John Chen pledging to hire more sales specialists to help achieve its growth target. While BlackBerry's traditional customers were security executives in top global companies, its reboot from smartphone maker to seller of everything from automotive software to cyber security consulting and asset tracking for the trucking industry has seemingly moved faster than its sales force can keep up. BlackBerry's revenue started declining in 2013 after Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc wrested control of the smartphone market from the Canadian company.
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Fraser Health gets Health Canada approval to supervise oral and intra-nasal drug use
Fraser Health's two supervised consumption facilities, in Surrey, B.C., will no longer be restricted to injections.
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Did Ed Martin see report detailing Muskrat Falls risks? Premier says yes, he says no
There are disputed claims over whether former Nalcor CEO Ed Martin saw a report in 2013 detailing potential cost overruns and delays to the project, warnings that proved to be accurate. In a written statement Monday Martin insisted he never saw the report, but premier Dwight Ball says SNC-Lavalin, which produced the report, has a very different story. "There was a meeting, and the CEO was in the room when this report was discussed," Ball told reporters Tuesday.
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Fatberg hunters: Turning fat from the sewer into fuel
How one company is turning sewer fat into biodiesel
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Fourth of July fireworks discouraged for sake of bald eagles
Independence Day traditions in one small Connecticut town are clashing with an effort to protect an iconic symbol of the United States. Authorities in Columbia are asking residents this year to forgo shooting off fireworks for the sake of a family of bald eagles. The bird is not yet old enough to fly and Brian Hess, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said there is a real concern that the noise of fireworks could be enough to scare the eaglet out of the nest before it is ready.
NewsReutersSpaceX plans expansion of rocket refurbishing facilities in Florida
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - SpaceX wants to expand facilities in Florida to refurbish and store its reusable rocket boosters as it increases the pace of launches, documents filed with authorities show. The privately owned rocket company, operated by entrepreneur Elon Musk, proposes building a 67,222-square-foot (6,245-square meter) hangar just south of its Cape Canaveral launch sites to prepare recovered Falcon boosters for reflight, according to the documents. The Port Canaveral Board of Commissioners is scheduled to consider SpaceX's proposed lease on Wednesday.
NewsReutersMaersk says global IT breakdown caused by cyber attack
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk , which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said the Petya cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems across the world on Tuesday. The attack came as computer servers across Europe and in India were hit by a major ransomware attack. "Global cyber-attack Petya is affecting multiple businesses," Maersk said on Twitter.
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1 year later Mississauga blast site sold, but some 25 families still displaced
The site of Mississauga home explosion that rocked a quiet neighbourhood has been sold, officials said one year after the blast that's left some 25 families still displaced.
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Early praise for Essex County's first pedestrian crossover
Kirk and Charmaine Godard were some of the first people to try out Essex County's first pedestrian crossover, a new crosswalk design that aims to make roadways safer. The crosswalk on Walker Road — between Highway 3 and South Talbot Road — was officially opened with speeches from Essex County Warden Tom Bains and Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara. Tom Bateman, director of transportation services for the County of Essex said the county is willing to install more crossovers, if the locations call for it.
NewsAgence France-PresseDali's 'daughter' says she wants her identity
Pilar Abel, the woman claiming to be Salvador Dali's daughter, said Tuesday she wanted to recover her identity more than anything else, a day after the artist's exhumation was ordered. For a decade, the 62-year-old who long worked as a psychic in the northeastern region of Catalonia where Dali was born, has tried to prove she is the painter's child. Abel told AFP a judge's decision on Monday to exhume Dali's remains was "a big victory" though she acknowledged there was still a long way to go.
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Council green lights 'Yaletown of Surrey' project
The first phase of a developer's plan to transform one of Surrey's most notorious corners into the so-called "Yaletown of Surrey" now has the green light from council. Over the next decade, Charan Sethi plans to replace those buildings with condo towers, shops and restaurants. "I'll be glad to see some of [those old businesses] gone," Mayor Linda Hepner said Monday night before she voted in favour of Sethi's proposal.
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Famed lawyer F. Lee Bailey files again for bankruptcy
Famed defence lawyer F. Lee Bailey has filed for bankruptcy again to tie up loose ends following his bankruptcy filing last year. The attorney, whose high-profile clients have included O.J. Simpson, discharged more than $4 million in debt to the Internal Revenue Service in the previous case, Bailey's attorney, John Molleur, said Tuesday. The new filing aims to resolve IRS liens on Bailey's Maine home, personal property, pensions and book royalties and to set up a payment plan, Molleur said.
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'He really took the time to listen,' grieving mom says of youth mental health expert
A grieving couple in North Sydney, N.S., is grateful for the support of the community and from an expert in adolescent mental health the province sent to Cape Breton in the wake of their child's suicide. Madison Wilson, 13, took her own life earlier this month. Her father, Chris Royal, said she was bullied in school and on the social media site Snapchat. Her mother, Amylynn Wilson, said she's still "trying to process" everything that's happened. Two other middle-school children in Sydney also took their own lives in the last six months.
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Botched eyelash extensions leave Alberta teen's eyes swollen, burned
A Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., teenager suffered swelling and burn marks around her eyes after a painful allergic reaction to eyelash extensions. Alexis Bizuk had the extensions applied last Friday by a woman who, halfway through the procedure, told her that she was still training to receive her certification. Eyelash extensions are individual lashes made of polyester, silk or even mink fur that are glued to the base of a wearer's natural lashes.
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Worker rescued from top of Toronto cell tower
Tue, Jun 27: With a potential thunderstorm fast approaching, Toronto firefighters had to work quickly to rescue a tower rigger who was trapped over 100 feet on top of a cellphone tower for three and a half hours. Ashley Carter reports on the rescue.
