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Gov. Kathy Hochul has talked tough in recent weeks about overhauling controversial criminal justice reforms to battle rising crime, but it remains to be seen whether her Tuesday State of the State speech will satisfy critics on either side of the political aisle. “You’ll see a very thoughtful approach unveiled, and we’re looking at all aspects of the crime problem,” Hochul told reporters vaguely last week without offering any specifics. The Democratic governor has suggested she might expand the number of criminal offenses that qualify for cash bail after deflecting calls to do that last year by arguing it was…

While Okanagan, B.C. gas prices are no longer at historic highs, the problem of gas theft has not gone away. A few  North Okanagan motorists have reported gas thefts in recent weeks. Although police are not calling it a trend, they have a few tips to keep your vehicle safe.On Wednesday morning, SilverStar resident Keira Hindle found her truck had been targeted by gas thieves at the ski hill. The truck’s tank was punctured and empty.“There was a fresh drill hole in our gas tank you could see the fresh metal sort of spiraling out and [there] was just gas…

Bus riders in Montreal can no longer rely on getting a bus every 10 minutes. Starting Monday, the transit authority is scrapping its “10 minute max” service guarantee on the remaining eight lines that still offered it this year: 18 Beaubien, 24 Sherbrooke, 33 Langelier, 64 Grenet, 103 Monkland, 106 Newman, 141 Jean-Talon east and 406 Express Newman.Those lines now have a frequency of once every 12 minutes.The STM says the decision was made due to a deficit caused in large part by the decrease in ridership as a result of the COVID pandemic.“Since the pandemic, changes in customer habits…

Michael Hurcomb/Shutterstock Getting candid. Anna Kendrick reflected on a past romance — and revealed the former couple took a serious step before their split. “I was with someone — this was somebody I lived with, for all intents and purposes my husband. We had embryos together, this was my person,’” the actress, 37, explained to Dax Shepard during an episode of his “Armchair Expert” podcast, which was posted on Monday, January 9. Kendrick recalled how “six years” into the relationship, she realized something was wrong. “I remember telling my brother, when things had first kind of gone down, ‘I’m living…

The Big Apple’s food merchants are fed up with the way serial shoplifters treat their stores as a free-for-all buffet. Getting busted on petty larceny charges no longer serves as a deterrent to stealing from supermarkets, fumed Dominick Albergo, who’s in charge of security for the Gristedes grocery chain. “We had one shoplifter arrested three times in one day and he kept returning to the store. They were all desk appearance tickets,” said Albergo, an ex-NYPD cop. Gristedes owner John Catsimatidis — who last year offered a $10,000 reward after one of his stores was robbed at gunpoint — also…

A journey of healing. Kelly Rizzo has been open about the mourning process following the death of her husband, comedian Bob Saget. “My whole heart. Bob was my absolute everything,” the Eat Travel Rock founder said in a statement to Us Weekly in January 2022. “I am so completely shattered and in disbelief. I am so deeply touched by the outpouring of love and tribute from our friends, family, his fans and his peers.” Saget was pronounced dead at the age of 65 after being found unresponsive in his Florida hotel room on January 9. He was laid to rest…

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said Mexico has ‘inalienable’ ownership of its energy resources.The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States are due to hold a summit next week, where a significant bone of contention could be a dispute centring on whether Mexico breached a trade pact by tightening state control of its energy market. Where does the dispute stand? Tensions over Mexico’s nationalist policies boiled over into a formal dispute in July, when the governments in Washington, DC, and Ottawa filed a complaint against Mexico under the countries’ joint trade deal: the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The…

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told reporters Monday night that the handling of the discovery of classified documents by President Joe Biden’s lawyers that were taken from the White House six years ago is a display of a “two-tier” system of justice.On Monday, Fox News confirmed that a batch of records from Biden’s time as vice president, including a “small number of documents with classified markings,” were discovered at the Penn Biden Center by the president’s personal attorneys on Nov. 2, according to Richard Saubel, special counsel to the White House.The attorneys found the documents…

King Charles III, Camilla Queen Consort, Prince William and Catherine Princess of Wales. Paul Grover/WPA/Shutterstock Trying to plan ahead? Both 60 Minutes and Good Morning America revealed that when asked for comment on Prince Harry’s interviews, Buckingham Palace requested the footage before the programs aired. “We reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment,” Anderson Cooper revealed at the end of his interview with the Duke of Sussex, 38 on Sunday, January 7. “Its representatives demanded, before considering responding, 60 Minutes provided them with our report prior to airing it tonight, which is something we never do.” Michael Strahan, who spoke…

Chinese patients suffering from Covid-19 are struggling under mounting medical bills after state-backed health insurance schemes reduced or dropped coverage in response to an unprecedented wave of infections sweeping across the country.At least 14 Chinese cities and provinces have stopped providing free treatment for coronavirus after Beijing abruptly rolled back its zero-Covid strategy last month, according to local government announcements. For three years, Chinese patients had received subsidised care for the virus.Hospitals in Shanghai and Guangzhou are instead charging Covid patients with severe cases up to Rmb20,000 ($3,000) — about five months of income for an average urban resident —…