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‘We must be found’: MP urges feds to create ‘Red Dress’ alert system for missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

By: Isaac Nay, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterThe federal government needs to instate a wireless-device alert system for missing Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people, says Winnipeg Centre MP Leah Gazan.Thousands of Indigenous women and girls have gone missing in Canada. In Alberta, a grassroots group created an alert system of its own to help find missing Indigenous people. Now, the NDP MP is urging the federal government to extend its existing alert system to help notify Canadians when Indigenous people go missing nearby.Gazan wants to name the system for the red dresses that have come to symbolize missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.“We have an ongoing crisis, and it requires an urgent response,” Gazan said. “This is one response that is required, in addition to many others, to deal with this ongoing genocide.”Dan Martel is a co-founder of the grassroots organization Aboriginal Alert, which preserves profiles online of Indigenous people who have gone miss...

Nashville private school shooting suspect had maps of building and scouted possible second attack location, police say

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

 (CNN) — A shooter who killed three 9-year-old students and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville Monday had maps of the school, left behind writings and scouted a second possible attack location, police said.Police identified the shooter as Audrey Hale, a 28-year-old former student at the school, and called the attack targeted. Hale was shot and killed by police during the attack, which was the deadliest school shooting in nearly a year.Hale, armed with three firearms, entered the Covenant School by shooting through a side door, Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference.Follow live updatesHale fired multiple shots on the first and second floors of the school, police said. A five-member team of police officers heard the gunfire, went to the second floor and fatally shot the suspect, police spokesperson Don Aaron said earlier Monday.The first call about the shooting came in at 10:13 a.m. and the shooter was dead 14 minut...

Investigation underway after deadly pedestrian crash at Logan Airport terminal

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

Authorities were on scene at Logan Airport Monday after state police said a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Dartmouth Coach bus on the Terminal B lower roadway. Officials said the crash happened around 5 p.m. Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering severe injuries. Officers were seen examining evidence including a silver SUV with visible damage on its driver’s side window as the area remained roped off for hours. Terminal B passengers were redirected to other parts of the airport to get picked up or to catch a bus. Speaking with 7NEWS, passengers in the area said they were sad to hear news of a death. “I feel for their family, my heart goes out to them,” one person said. “I can’t imagine.”The incident remained under investigation as of Monday night. Dartmouth Coach issued a statement after the incident, saying “Our deepest sympathies are with everyone impacted by this evening’s incident at Logan Airport.”“We’re working in ...

Nashville shooter who killed 6 drew maps, surveilled school

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

By JONATHAN MATTISE, TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYER (Associated Press)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former student shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school and killed three children and three adults after elaborately planning the massacre by drawing out a detailed map and conducting surveillance of the building, police said.The massacre at The Covenant School in Nashville was the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country that has grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.The victims included three 9-year-old children, the school’s top administrator, a substitute teacher and a custodian. Amid the chaos a familiar ritual played out: Panicked parents rushed to the school to see if their children were safe and tearfully hugged their kids, and a stunned community planned vigils for the victims. “I was literally moved to tears to see this and the kids as they were being ushered out of the building,” Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief Jo...

Landslide in Ecuador kills at least 16, with dozens missing

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

ALAUSI, Ecuador (AP) — A massive landslide swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, killing at least 16 people and sending rescuers on a frantic search for survivors, authorities said Monday.Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat said more than 30 people were rescued and nearly 50 others remained missing following Sunday’s landslide in Alausí, about 137 miles (220 kilometers) south of the capital, Quito. The agency also reported 23 people were injured when the mountainside collapsed around 10 p.m.“My mother is buried” under the mud, said Luis Ángel González, 58, who also lost other family members Sunday. “I am so sad, devastated. There is nothing here, no houses, no anything. We are homeless (and) without family.” The South American country’s risk management agency estimated that 500 people and 163 homes were affected by the disaster, which also destroyed a portion of the Pan-American Highway.The governor of Chimborazo, Ivan ...

Canada Post investigating after Toronto man alleges mail carrier forged late mother’s signature

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

A Toronto man alleges a Canada Post employee forged his late mother’s signature to deliver a registered letter.Last week, Jeff Green received a letter in his mailbox addressed to his mother. It was a piece of registered mail meaning the sender paid an extra $9.75 to require a signature and confirmation receipt upon delivery, but Green did not sign for it.When he inquired with Canada Post, he was sent a receipt that appeared to show his mother’s name and signature. The name, however, was misspelled and the signature looked obviously fraudulent to Green.But the most disturbing part for him was that his mother actually passed away last July.“I don’t even know what words to describe,” said Green. “It’s offensive. It’s disappointing, you know. It’s criminal.”It is also not the first time this has happened to him.Nine years ago, Green spoke to CityNews after receiving his passport in the mail without signing for it. The Canada Post record showed an unfamiliar name and signature.At the tim...

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

A pediatric surgeon who left The Covenant School in Nashville moments before a shooter opened fire, killing six people, says she is horrified by the gun violence that has plagued the U.S.Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children at the small religious grade school about Kenya, where she works on missions, when she drove out of the parking lot looking for a Starbucks. Moments later, the shooter entered the school and opened fire, killing three children and three adults.After she received a text alerting her to the attack, Grayson took to Facebook to post about what she experienced, writing, “WHY ARE OUR CHILDREN BEING MASSACRED IN THEIR SCHOOLS?!”If a mass shooting is defined as resulting in the death of four or more people, not including the perpetrator, 175 people have died in 15 such events connected to U.S. schools and colleges since 1999.The horror of what happened had Grayson rattled hours later.“It’s a weird feeling, knowing that just if it had happened just moments ...

U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday.Renewables also surpassed nuclear generation in 2022 after first doing so last year.Growth in wind and solar significantly drove the increase in renewable energy and contributed 14% of the electricity produced domestically in 2022.“I’m happy to see we’ve crossed that threshold, but that is only a step in what has to be a very rapid and much cheaper journey,” said Stephen Porder, a professor of ecology and assistant provost for sustainability at Brown University.California produced 26% of the national utility-scale solar electricity followed by Texas with 16% and North Carolina with 8%.The most wind generation occurred in Texas, which accounted for 26% of the U.S. total followed by Iowa (10%) and Oklahoma (9%).“This booming growth is driven largely by economics,” said Gregory Wetstone, president and CEO of the American...

El Salvador marks its first year under anti-gang crackdown

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Central American nation of El Salvador marked a full year Monday under anti-gang emergency measures that were originally supposed to last only a month. It was the the first anniversary of President Nayib Bukele’s request for special powers to pursue gangs last March 27, following a surge in gang violence in which 62 people were killed in a single day. The country’s legislature has voted every month since then to renew the measures, which suspend some rights. In the year since, a total of 66,417 people have been arrested, and 4,304 have been released. Rights groups say there have been 111 deaths in custody and 5,802 suspected cases of rights violations.The emergency decree has reduced violence and proved popular in a country where streets gangs like MS-13 and Barrio 18 have long killed and extorted money from residents. Jorge Ezequiel Bran, a 25-year-old hotdog vendor in the nation’s capital, said he approved of the crackdown, though he ackn...

Report: Cubs agree to 3-yr, $35 million extension with 2B Nico Hoerner

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:09:36 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have come to an agreement to sign second baseman Nico Hoerner to a 3-year extension.According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the total value of the deal is $35 million over three years, with the deal buying out one year of free agency, but Hoerner will still have the ability to test the market when he is 29. Hoerner will make $7.5 million each of the next two seasons before earning $20 million during his free agency year. Cubs make a trade ahead of Opening Day Hoerner hit .281 with 10 HR's, 55 RBI's and 20 SB's last season with the Cubs and was one of MLB's best when it came to his glove. According to Baseball Savant, Hoerner ranked in the 92nd percentile in sprint speed and 98th percentile in outs above average, a range-based metric that illustrates how many outs a player has saved over the span of an MLB season.The Cubs take the field for Opening Day Thursday at 1:20 p.m. against the Milwaukee Brewers, with Marcus Stroman expected to be on the mound to start.