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Quebec Premier François Legault defends decision to subsidize NHL pre-season games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

RIVIERE-AU-RENARD, Que. — Quebec’s premier is defending his government’s decision to spend up to $7 million on two NHL pre-season games as opposition parties decry what they say is a poor use of public funds amid other economic and fiscal challenges.Quebec plans to spend between $5 million and $7 million to bring the Los Angeles Kings to Quebec City for two pre-season hockey matches against the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers next year. The outcry over the move intensified when the Montreal Canadiens confirmed they would have been willing to play those same games for free. “It’s important to invest in leisure, whether it’s sports or culture,” François Legault told a Friday news conference in Rivière-au-Renard, Que. “I don’t know if you know, but the people of Quebec City would like to have a hockey team.” Legault added he hopes the venture will showcase the arena at Quebec City’s Videotron Centre and inspire the NHL to i...

Police search for teen missing from home in Belmont Cragin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

CHICAGO — Police say a search is underway for a teen boy missing from his home on the city's Northwest Side.According to Chicago police, 15-year-old David Reyes was last seen on Friday at his home in the 2500 block of North Marmora Avenue in Belmont Cragin.Officers say Reyes, who has brown eyes and black hair, stands 5-foot-3 and weighs around 115 pounds. Authorities have not provided a description of what Reyes was wearing at the time of his disappearance. LATEST CASES: Missing people in Chicagoland Police notified the public about the teen's disappearance in a news release sent out on Saturday morning. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of 15-year-old David Reyes is asked to call CPD Area Five Detectives at 312-746-6554.Tips for police can also be filed at CPDtip.com. Tips can be left anonymously.

4 Edgewater businesses targeted in smash & grab

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

CHICAGO — Four businesses in the Edgewater neighborhood were targets of smash and grabs early Saturday morning, according to the Chicago Police Department.Police said an unknown number of thieves smashed the glass to the front entry door of four businesses in the 6000 block of North Broadway Street, where thieves damaged the cash register before fleeing the scene.Patio Beef, one of the four businesses burglarized Saturday morning, told WGN News their workers showed up Saturday morning and found broken windows and doors. Owners said security cameras caught the thieves breaking in, where they took cash registers and broke into store safes. Patio Beef owners and employees said the three other businesses broken into were Edge of Sweetness Bakery, Wing Stop and Everything Dollar, which are all found in the 6000 block of North Broadway Street.Police have no one in custody, as Area Five detectives continue to investigate.If you or someone you know has inform...

Porter scores two touchdowns and Northwestern beats Purdue 23-15

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Cam Porter scored a pair of rushing touchdowns to help Northwestern become bowl-eligible with a 23-15 win over visiting Purdue on Saturday.After starting the season under the cloud of a hazing scandal and subsequent firing of longtime head coach Pat Fitzgerald, the Wildcats (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten) are writing an unlikely but happy ending.David Braun, made interim head coach this summer after Fitzgerald’s dismissal, got his first win as head coach The school promoted him Thursday.Ben Bryant (13-of-24 passing, 230 yards) hit Cam Johnson in stride for a 52-yard touchdown late in the third quarter to retake the momentum after Purdue (3-8, 2-6) scored to cut the lead to 9-6.Porter (17 carries, 95 yards) gave Northwestern the lead for good with a 7-yard touchdown on its first possession and added a 34-yard scamper early in the fourth quarter.The Boilermakers scratched starting quarterback Hudson Card hours before kickoff and rarely caught a break against a Northwestern de...

Musk says anyone advocating for genocide will be removed from X following backlash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

(The Hill) — Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, said anyone advocating for genocide on the platform will be removed from X Friday.“At risk of stating the obvious, anyone advocating the genocide of *any* group will be suspended from this platform,” Musk said in an X post.  Republicans begin posting Jan. 6 footage online Musk’s post comes after another currently garnering controversy, in which he referenced the phrase “from the river to the sea.” Pro-Palestinian groups and individuals have used the phrase, and some see it as calling for the removal of Israel to allow for a Palestinian state.“As I said earlier this week, ‘decolonization’, ‘from the river to the sea’ and similar euphemisms necessarily imply genocide,” Musk said on X.“Clear calls for extreme violence are against our terms of service and will result in suspension,” he continued.Musk’s comments come in the wake of backlash he faced earlier in the week for appearing to agree with an antisemitic post on the ...

Person dies after train, pedestrian collision in Leander, police confirm

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) – The Leander Police Department said someone has died as a result of a collision between a train and a pedestrian Saturday. The crash occurred at the 400 block of South US 183, which is between Sonny Drive and FM 2243. Leander police said there will be a significant traffic impact as officers investigate the incident. Police recommend avoiding the area until further notice. CapMetro confirmed on X that there have been rail delays due to an incident involving a CapMetro train and an individual. The transportation authority said a bus bridge is in place to help those who need to travel between the Lakeline and Leander stations.

Second cell phone waiting lot open at MSP airport to accommodate Thanksgiving travel

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

A second cell phone waiting lot has opened at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in anticipation of the Thanksgiving travel period this week, which is expected to be the busiest in the past four years.According to the airport’s latest airline booking information, Wednesday will be the busiest departure day with nearly 37,000 passengers expected with another 34,000 expected on Sunday, Nov. 26.  The second lot more than triples the number of spaces where motorists can wait before picking up arriving passengers.The new East Cell Phone Waiting Lot is on the south side of Post Road, about a quarter-mile from the original 40-vehicle waiting area. (Courtesy of the Metropolitan Airports Commission)The new East Cell Phone Waiting Lot is located on the south side of Post Road and has 100 parking spaces. It’s less than a quarter mile from the original West Cell Phone Waiting Lot on Post Road, which has 40 parking spaces. Post Road is between Terminals 1 and 2.“This is a...

Keg and Case Market ownership goes to lender after opening 5 years ago to fanfare

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

Early in a mid-November work week, the noontime crowd at the spacious Keg and Case Market consisted of six coffee drinkers completing crossword puzzles or scrolling through their phones and laptops by Five Watt Coffee, one of the market’s first and sole remaining vendors. Five men played fervent games of pinball in the aisles outside Starcade, a retro-video game arcade.Otherwise, upwards of 22,000 square feet of commercial space that had reopened on St. Paul’s West Seventh Street to much fanfare in September of 2018 had grown silent — a $10 million gamble weighed down by recent loan foreclosures and what critics have dubbed a fundamental mismatch between its food or retail offerings and the surrounding mixed-income neighborhood.Even longstanding customers have been offput by the market’s lack of international cuisine, affordable, grab-and-go foods or casual gathering space. Its signature brewery, Clutch Brewing Co., will close by the end of December.“If...

Gophers AD Mark Coyle stands behind football coach P.J. Fleck

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gophers Athletics Director Mark Coyle knows this year’s football team has “let some (games) get away from us,” but stinging losses to Northwestern, Illinois and Purdue have not changed his overall view of head coach P.J. Fleck.“I’m absolutely convinced P.J. is the right guy,” Coyle said on the KFAN pregame show Saturday. “Nobody wants to win more than he does.”The Gophers’ two straight losses to the Illini and Boilermakers have dropped them to 5-5 overall, 3-4 in Big Ten play, going into a stiff test against No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday.The U went from first place in the Big Ten West in late October to needing one more win in late November to reach bowl eligibility with six victories.But Coyle said he’s seen how Fleck remains in demand in the broader college football landscape. And turnover among college coaches began to heat up last week with a number of firings across the country, headlined Texas A&M paying a $75 million buyout for Jimbo Fisher.“I know p...

Wild see some improvements but suffer shootout loss to Senators in Sweden

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:09:28 GMT

STOCKHOLM — There was plenty of time for extracurriculars earlier in the week — and the Wild took advantage of their time abroad, indulging in Swedish cuisine and soaking up the culture in the days leading up to the weekend.But come Saturday, it was time for work, time for the Wild to show off the tweaks and improvements they had made following a disastrous home game against Dallas last week. In their first game since last Sunday, the Wild responded and did just that. But their efforts weren’t enough, falling 2-1 to the Ottawa Senators in a shootout on Saturday afternoon at Avicii Arena in the first of two NHL Global Series games in Sweden.Senators forward Josh Norris was the only player for either team to convert in the shootout, providing the goal that sent the Wild to their fourth-straight loss and their 10th in their past 13 games. Ottawa improved to 8-7-0 with the victory.“The group, they know they played hard, they played well,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. “We didn’t get the ...