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High court upholds extradition for B.C. men accused of smuggling pot in hollow logs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

OTTAWA — Three British Columbia men who allegedly tried to smuggle marijuana into the United States in hollowed-out logs almost 20 years ago are facing extradition again, and Canada’s highest court will not intervene.The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear appeal applications from Todd Ferguson, Daniel Joinson and Shane Fraser.They are accused of shipping pot-packed logs from B.C.’s Okanagan and Shuswap regions to California in 2006 to supply a log home manufacturing business that California officials claim was actually a drug distribution hub. The men argued their charter rights were breached when certain wiretap evidence was allowed at trial, but the B.C. Court of Appeal rejected that defence in 2021 and ordered Ferguson, Joinson and Fraser extradited.Similar arguments in the same case were made to Canada’s highest court six years ago but it refused an application from U.S. officials who hoped to appeal a B.C. ruling that overturned the men’s 2015 e...

Lightspeed Commerce reports Q2 revenue up 25% from year ago

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

MONTREAL — Lightspeed Commerce Inc. reported a smaller loss in its second quarter compared with a year ago as its revenue rose 25 per cent.The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says it lost US$42.5 million or 28 cents per share for the quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with a loss of US$79.9 million or 53 cents per share a year earlier.Revenue totalled US$230.3 million, up from US$183.7 million in the same quarter last year.On an adjusted basis, Lightspeed says it earned four cents per share in its latest quarter compared with an adjusted loss of five cents per share in the same quarter last year.In its outlook for its third quarter, Lightspeed says it expects revenue between US$232 million and US$237 million and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of about US$2 million.Lightspeed also says it expects revenue for its 2024 financial year to come in between US$890 million and $905 million and adjusted EBITDA to be break even or better.Th...

Hyundai anti-theft software installations available this weekend at Sox Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

CHICAGO —Hyundai car owners can get free anti-theft software installed in their vehicle's this weekend.Chicago police, the Cook County Sheriff's Office and Hyundai will host three mobile clinics at White Sox Park beginning Friday.Service technicians will install the software upgrade, which should take about 30 minutes.Thefts of certain Kia and Hyundai models sky rocketed after social media videos showing how to steal them went viral. Chicago files lawsuit against Kia, Hyundai over rise in car thefts In August, Chicago filed a civil lawsuit against the car makers, accusing them of negligence that resulted in increased auto thefts across the city. Full details of the clinics below. And more information here Friday, Nov. 3, Saturday, Nov. 4 and Sunday, Nov. 6Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pmLocation: Guaranteed Rate Field (Chicago White Sox Park lot G) Address: 3423 S. Normal Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 

Condé Nast slashing more than 250 jobs 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

(The Hill) -- Condé Nast, the media conglomerate that owns and operates Vogue, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, along with a number of other properties, has plans to cut hundreds of jobs before the end of the year. The coming layoffs will affect some 270 employees, the New York Times reported, citing a note to employees from Roger Lynch, the company's chief executive. In his note, Lynch said the job reductions are necessary given recent digital advertising pressures, a decline in social media traffic across the industry and other factors. “While we can’t control platform algorithms or how A.I. may change search traffic,” Lynch wrote, according to the Times, “we believe our long-term success will be determined by growing the many areas that we can control, including subscriptions and e-commerce, where we directly own the relationship with our audience.” Fed holds off on rate hike for second straight meeting In a subsequent interview with the Times, Lynch said the company has been ...

Tennessee bride surprises groom with Waffle House reception

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

(NewsNation) — One Tennessee couple had the wedding reception of a lifetime at their local Waffle House.For Eli Holbrook, Waffle House means more than just an all-star breakfast. The Lebanon, Tennessee, native grew up going to the diner on South Cumberland Street.Newlyweds Mary Cate and Eli Holbrook hold their wedding reception at a Waffle House in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo credit: Jessica Hamblen with Life Through a Lens provided to NewsNation.)Eli joined the Marines after graduating high school and was stationed in Japan. For every homecoming, his family made a point to treat him to a warm Waffle House meal.As his bride Mary Cate Holbrook puts it, it’s Eli’s favorite place to be. She knew she wanted to incorporate the restaurant into their wedding plans somehow.Since the beginning of their relationship, she said Eli would periodically tease her by asking if they could have Waffle House cater their wedding one day. Matthew Perry cause of death report could take weeks “If you ask...

Dean's First Look: The Beatles 'Now And Then' song

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

Dean gave a quick look at the new Beatles song, 'Now and Then' released Thursday. A mini-documentary was also released describing the making of the song.Full song: (6) The Beatles - Now And Then (Official Audio) - YouTube

Australian police accuse lunch host of murdering 3 guests by putting poisonous mushrooms in meal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home was charged with murdering three guests with poisonous mushrooms and attempting to murder a fourth who was left fighting for life, police said on Thursday.Police arrested Erin Patterson, 49, earlier Thursday at her home in Leongatha in Victoria state where her former husband’s parents Gail and Don Patterson, both aged 70, Gail Patterson’s sister Heather Wilkinson, 66, and her husband Ian Wilkinson, 68, were invited for lunch on July 29.All four guests were hospitalized the next day and only Ian Wilkinson survived.Erin Patterson was also charged with three counts of attempting to murder her former husband Simon Patterson, 48, who became ill after eating three meals in 2021 and 2022, a police statement said.He did not attend the July lunch with his parents, who both died. ND woman accused of fatally poisoning boyfriend over $30 million inheritance Erin Patterson will remain in police custody...

Tesla’s economic impact on Central Texas is growing exponentially

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- Tesla Inc.'s economic impact on the Austin area continues to grow as the electric vehicle maker and its partners ramp up production.The at-times elusive company that has called Central Texas its headquarters for almost two years — and now stands as one of the region’s largest employers with a staff of more than 20,000 — offered a unique glimpse into the economic activity generated by the company’s presence in Central Texas. The details were shared during an Oct. 17 meeting with the Travis County Commissioners Court when company representatives also updated county officials on its community benefit donations for the year, which are required under its 10-year property tax abatement agreement.Company representatives shared that Tesla's gigafactory supported more than $2.1 billion in sales activity within Travis County in 2022, including its own operations and its extended supply chain. On its own, Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) generated $1.3 billion in sales ...

Trudy Rubin: The roots and nuances of the Israel-Hamas war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

As I’ve watched the heartbreaking scenes of death and destruction during the last few weeks — of the monstrous attack by Hamas on innocent Israelis, of Gazan civilians desperately seeking water and shelter from Israeli bombs — my mind has often turned to a dear Palestinian friend in Gaza City whom I used to visit decades ago.Mary Khaas ran kindergartens in Gazan refugee camps for the Philadelphia-based American Friends Service Committee. She used to drive her Palestinian teachers from their refugee camp into Israel to visit her Jewish friends at Nahal Oz, a kibbutz that was full of Israeli “peaceniks” who believed in a two-state solution.She also believed in two states, Israeli and Palestinian, together, and wanted each side to stop demonizing the other.That was then.On Oct. 7, Nahal Oz was destroyed by Hamas terrorists, who brutally massacred more than 100 of its residents, burned down its homes and kidnapped scores of men, women and children. One of t...

Court fights to prevent Trump from running again for the White House turn to Minnesota

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:31 GMT

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and NICHOLAS RICCARDIST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Efforts to use the Constitution’s “insurrection” clause to prevent former President Donald Trump from running again for the White House turn to Minnesota on Thursday with oral arguments before the state Supreme Court, a hearing that will unfold as a similar case plays out in Colorado.Those lawsuits are among several filed around the country to bar Trump from state ballots in 2024 over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, an assault intended to halt Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s win. The Colorado and Minnesota cases are furthest along, putting one or both on an expected path to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has never decided the issue.The central argument is the same — that Section Three of the 14th Amendment bars from holding office anyone who previously swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” against it.In the Minnesota case, the plaintiffs are asking the...