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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 10, 2022 3:07 pm Updated December 10, 2022 9:55 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal — Indigenous leaders attending a United Nations conference in Montreal, COP15, say the world won’t succeed in halting biodiversity loss without Indigenous participation. Jennifer Corpuz, an Indigenous lawyer from the Philippines, says Indigenous people have long been the best guardians of nature but have often been excluded and marginalized by conservation efforts.She says it’s crucial that any final agreement negotiated at the conference include acknowledgment of Indigenous rights, recognition of traditional territory in conservation targets…

The annual trip began on November 25 in Dartford, Kent, going on to visit Renfrewshire in Scotland, London, Manchester, Bristol, West Yorkshire, Cardiff, Leeds, Bradford and Coventry The Coca-Cola Christmas truck tour is ready to head to both Baldock and Manchester tomorrow, as the latest two places to be announced on the roadshow are revealed. The festive jaunt will stay at the Trafford Centre in Manchester on Monday, before rolling on to the Co-op at East Leake in Nottinghamshire for a second visit on the same day. The annual trip began on November 25 at Bluewater shopping centre in Dartford,…

The City of Regina warming bus is back in operation as the city continues to look for a temporary shelter for the community’s vulnerable. It runs from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. seven days a week. A transit bus dedicated to serving Regina’s houseless population had shut down services on Dec. 5, less than a month after it first began on Nov. 11. They started the service once again on Dec 8.Days after the service was shut down, temperatures in the city hit all-time lows, dropping below -35 C with the coldest temperatures on Dec. 6 and 7.In a media…

Taylor Fritz claimed victory against defending champion Daniil Medvedev at the 2022 Diriyah Tennis Cup in Saudi Arabia. The 25-year-old won in straight sets, with a 7-6(5) 7-6(3) win in an hour and 52 minutes.Medvedev managed six break points in the first set but was not able to convert any of them.Diriyah Tennis CupMedvedev beats Wawrinka to reach Diriyah Tennis Cup finalYESTERDAY AT 21:29Still, he hit ten aces and overall had a strong showing, but Fritz just had the ability to respond to what was thrown his way, finishing the match with nine aces of his own.’Magnificent rally!’ – Fritz…

A trio of suspects are facing charges after crashing into a police cruiser in Woodstock, Ont., during a reported break-and-enter. Officers say they responded to Bysham Park Drive around 4:30 a.m. Friday.When they arrived, investigators say they spotted three suspects in a stolen Chevy Silverado.Officers say the pick-up truck then drove into a cruiser and the suspects ran away.The officer in the cruiser wasn’t hurt.With the help of the K9 Unit, officers were able to arrest all three suspects. They range in age from 27 to 53 and face a number of charges, including theft and break and enter.Anyone with…

Is anyone perched anxiously on the edge of their seat, waiting with bated breath to see where Odell Beckham Jr. is going to end up? Other than, of course, Odell Beckham Jr.? The talented, lightning-rod receiver has conducted his own personal free-agent tour in the past 10 or so days, visiting three teams that have much more important issues on their respective plates — like making the playoffs and chasing a Super Bowl title. This Beckham tour — a visit with the Giants, his former team; the Cowboys, who’ve been most vocal about their desire to have him; and the…

One of Alvin Bragg’s handpicked top deputies is calling it quits and fleeing the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and its soft-on-crime policies. Joyce Smith, the former acting Nassau County DA whom Bragg recruited as part of his executive team after he took office in January 2022, will be gone by the end of the month. Smith was initially named trial division chief and had been heading a revamped special victims division since June. She submitted her resignation in early November, according to a source. She is going to work for Queens DA Melinda Katz, where she began her career as…

On December 10, the BTC/USD pair continued to consolidate in a narrow range of $16,000 to 17,350. Stronger-than-expected US PPI figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have kept Bitcoin’s uptrend limited.US PPI Accelerated Unexpectedly in NovemberThe producer price index rose 0.3% from October to November, exceeding the 0.2% estimate, while the October figure was revised up to 0.3% from 0.2%. The unstable price of food and energy exacerbated the situation; without those two components, the producer price index’s “core” increased by 0.4%, the most since June.The cryptocurrency market reacted negatively to the report, which was interpreted as making it…

At least 24 people arrested in Iran face execution for their involvement in the anti-government protests that have swept the nation as demonstrators demand women’s rights.Iranian daily news outlet Etemad reportedly posted a list Friday complied by judicial authorities that accused 25 demonstrators of “waging war against God” – a charge that 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari was found guilty of before he was hung Thursday.Shekari’s name was also on the list.  IRAN EXECUTES FIRST PROTESTER SINCE NATIONWIDE WOMEN’S RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS BEGANAuthorities signaled that further executions are to take place, reported local news outlets.The UN condemned the execution of the 23-year-old and…

A group of international astronomers has used data from the James Webb Space Telescope to report the discovery of the earliest galaxies confirmed to date. In work, which NASA noted has not yet been peer-reviewed, the scientists found that the light from these galaxies has taken more than 13.4 billion years to reach Earth because the galaxies date back to fewer than 400 million years after the Big Bang. Previous data from Webb had provided candidates for infant galaxies and the targets have been confirmed by obtaining spectroscopic observations.Those observations revealed characteristic and distinctive patterns in the light emitted from the faint…