Tag: Press
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Thailand’s prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increased crimes. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin wrote on the social media…
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Canada’s Denis Shapovalov bounced in first round of Italian Open – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] ROME – Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was ousted in the first round of the Italian Open on Wednesday, falling 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4) to Luciano Darderi of Italy. The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., struggled with his service game, committing 14 double faults and landing just 55 per cent of his first serves. Darderi…
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Yakta builds up to cut it down – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] It starts with a humble lawn mower. It ends with, one company hopes, upwards of 100 jobs in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands by the year’s end. Engineers started testing their lawn mowing creations in a space near Hwy 6. The company, Yakta, has since spent $15 million on a facility roughly 11 kilometres…
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Vermont scoring leader TJ Long helped off court after right leg injury late in NCAA loss to Duke – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — Vermont guard TJ Long injured his right leg late in the Catamounts’ first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Duke and had to be helped off the court. Long, the team’s leading scorer, grabbed a long pass and was in the clear to go up for an easy layup, but when he…
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Ethnic diversity is still a serious issue at the top level in accounting firms – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Author: Zvi Singer, Associate Professor of Accounting, HEC Montréal In recent years, there has been a growing concern about the lack of diversity in…
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Tories’ austerity-fuelled tunnel vision profoundly expensive for Manitobans – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] Opinion There are many reasons why moving ahead with plans to build a 95-bed personal-care home in Lac du Bonnet will help Manitoba’s beleaguered health-care system. The Kinew government announced plans Thursday to construct the seniors home after the former Progressive Conservative government cancelled the project following the 2016 provincial election. It wasn’t the…
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Ontario extends program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid ER closures – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] TORONTO – Ontario is extending a program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures for another six months. The province established what’s now known as the Temporary Locum Program during the pandemic and has renewed it several times, often at the last minute. It had been set to expire again at…
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Hungary’s Orbán congratulates Putin on widely criticized Russian election win – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his victory in an election that was criticized by most Western leaders. Orbán, widely seen as Putin’s closest ally in the European Union, sent the letter of congratulations to Putin on Thursday after the release of official…
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Lack of buses keeps Los Angeles jail inmates from court appearances and contributes to overcrowding – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage of functioning buses, and county supervisors this week advanced a proposal to try and fix the problem. The LA County Sheriff’s Department currently has only 23 operable buses…
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Controversies off the track follow Formula 1 to Australia for the season’s third Grand Prix – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — For the third Formula 1 Grand Prix in a row, controversies off the track are threatening to overshadow the almost predictable action on it. News this week ahead of the Australian GP that the FIA’s Ethics Committee had cleared its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, from “interference of any kind” at…