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Timeline of events surrounding failed talk leading to the B.C. port strike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

The union representing about 7,400 port workers in British Columbia has issued a new 72-hour strike notice that could shut down cargo movements across the province again on Saturday.Here is a timeline surrounding the events.2022Nov. 30: The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association provides notice to commence collective bargaining to the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada.2023Feb. 16: Negotiations begin.March 20: The ILWU serves a notice of dispute to the federal government, signalling an impasse, and requests the appointment of a conciliation officer.March 29: Talks enter a 60-day conciliation period.March 31: The existing collective agreement between the BCMEA and the ILWU expires.May 30: Conciliation ends. Talks enter a cooling-off period of 21 days.June 5: The ILWU’s negotiating committee authorizes a strike vote to be conducted on June 9 and 10.June 12: The ILWU says members voted 99.24 per cent in favour of supporting strike action if necessary.June...

Biden administration tells judge that its new asylum rule is not a reboot of Trump’s efforts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration argued Wednesday that its new asylum rule is different from versions put forward under President Donald Trump in a court hearing before a judge who threw out Trump’s attempts to limit asylum on the U.S.-Mexico border.“2023 is not 2019,” said Erez Reuveni, the Department of Justice lawyer who argued the case.The rule makes it extremely difficult for migrants who come directly to the southern border to get asylum unless they use a government app to make an appointment or they have already tried to seek protection in a country they passed through on their way to the U.S.Opponents say it’s essentially a rehash of Trump efforts — a question that gave the online hearing Wednesday a sense of deja vu. The San Francisco-based federal judge who will decide the case, Jon S. Tigar, ruled against the Trump administration’s two attempts to limit asylum. President Joe Biden’s administration instituted its rule on May 11 with the ex...

Skilling: Cloudy with possible showers Thursday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

Chicago's weather remained comfortable today even as much of the country to the south—all the way from California to Florida---baked. There have been 860 record high temps broken in the past 7 days nationally.  Extreme heat is making news on three continents in the northern hemisphere, taxing electrical grids given the demand for fans and air conditioners.  Meantime, a combination of heat and drought in Canada has nearly 900 fires still burning in that country's worst fire season on record.  Two-thirds of those fires are out of control. Exhausted firefighters who have never had to fight so many fires so early in a fire season are being supplemented by 1,000 Canadian military personnel.  Every time steering winds shift into the Lower 48 from Canada,  a veil of smoke sweeps into Chicago's airspace.Air quality has actually improved a bit today coming in at the low end of the "MODERATE" range on EPA's 6 tier air quality scale.Chicago logged its 4th con...

Where baseball fans can get free hot dogs in July

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

CHICAGO — Wednesday is National Hot Dog Day, and it's the first time that baseball fans enjoy one of Chicago's favorite foods for free as part of a contest at local baseball venues.That's through a promotion between Miller Lite and Chicago-based Vienna Beef, who are hosting tailgates at three different ballparks in July as part of a contest to find the "Hot Dog Champ of Chicago."There is also a chance that you can name your own hot dog that will be served at one of the ballparks in town. Starting on Wednesday and continuing through the end of the month, fans will have the opportunity to taste a sample of a hot dog from each restaurant and then vote on which one is best.Those up for consideration include Lola's Coney Island, Flub a Dub Chub's, Cozzi Corner Hot Dogs & Beer, and George's Hot Dogs - all of which are based in the Chicago area.Here are the three tailgates being hosted by Miller Lite and Vienna Beef.Wednesday, July 19 - Wrigleyville (Event 21 & Over)Rizzo's Bar &am...

Tupac search involves documents at Las Vegas home of murder witness: sources

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The Las Vegas Metro police search at a Henderson home involves documents and personal items belonging to Duane "Keffe D" Davis who publicly said he was in the car with the gunman who killed Tupac Shakur in 1996, sources told Nexstar's KLAS.In his book and in several interviews, Davis, 60, has said he was in the car with a person who fired into the BMW carrying Shakur and record executive Suge Knight. Shakur died six days later from his injuries.Davis said the car pulled up side-by-side to the BMW at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane before someone in the backseat fired a gun."When we pulled up, I was in the front seat," Davis said in a 2018 BET interview. "Happen to see my friend, Suge." Alabama woman had ‘highly unusual’ search history before her disappearance, police say "You said the shots came from the back," the interviewer said to Davis in the BET video. "Who shot Tupac?""Going to keep it for the code of the streets," Davis said. "It just c...

Alabama woman had 'highly unusual' search history before her disappearance, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An Alabama woman who reportedly vanished off the side an interstate is home safe, but the investigation has yielded new pieces of evidence police described as "highly unusual" on Wednesday.Carlee Russell, 25, became the focus of national attention when she called police to report a child walking along I-459 near Hoover, Alabama, on July 13. Police arrived where Russell had reported seeing the child, but found her car empty. She was subsequently declared missing, and a widespread search began. Timeline of Carlee Russell’s disappearance, return and the ongoing investigation into what happened to her On Wednesday, Hoover Police Chief Nicholas Derzis revealed search history that had been taken from Russell's phone before her disappearance. The police chief said the alleged searches included: Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 a.m. – “You have to pay for an Amber alert”Thursday, July 13, 1:03 a.m. – “How to take money from a register without being caught”Thursday, Ju...

3 people shot on Chicago's Near West Side

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

CHICAGO — Three people were shot Wednesday afternoon on the Near West Side of Chicago, according to police.Chicago Police Department officers were called to the shooting around 3:50 p.m. to the 100 block of North Oakley Boulevard. Man shot and killed during robbery in Humboldt Park Two boys, 16 and 17, and a 52-year-old man were all shot and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.No one has been arrested yet.The incident is still under investigation.

'Once in a lifetime' catch: Virginia fisherman reels in rare blue-mouthed mutation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

CAROLINE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- After fishing in the same private pond in Virginia's Caroline County for 20 years, one fisherman reeled in a catch he never would have expected.John Byrd, of Bowling Green, had caught a rare 11-and-a-half-inch blue-mouth chain pickerel. Byrd contacted a Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources regional fisheries biologist and was told that the fish had a “wild genetic pigment mutation” and that the catch "pretty much falls into the one-in-a-lifetime category of catches" but was otherwise normal.Blue-mouth chain pickerel caught by John Byrd (Photo: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources)Blue-mouth chain pickerel caught by John Byrd (Photo: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources)“The coloration expressed by the blue pickerel is extremely rare,” the DWR said. Catch this land-walking fish? Don’t toss it back – do this instead The chain pickerel, which nearly resembles a northern pike, is commonly found in rivers, streams and reservoirs. The fish i...

MedWatch Daily Digest: Cancer ages survivors — and more

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

For Wednesday, July 19, WGN’s Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information, including: More Coverage: WGN's Medical Watch Breast cancer survivors experience a faster rate of biological decline Better treatments have provided the opportunity to live after a breast cancer diagnosis. But women battling cancer do not undergo the same aging process as those never diagnosed. One in eight women will develop breast cancer. According to Moffitt Cancer Center researchers, there is a lasting impact on biological function. Breast cancer survivors have a higher rate of heart disease and a more rapid physical and cognitive decline. The type of breast cancer didn't matter, but treatment played a role. Those who received radiation showed faster biological aging.  There are currently 4 million breast cancer survivors in the US.Suicidality in young people increases during April and OctoberCertain times of the year are more dangerous than others regarding suicide. A study by public health exp...

Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ receives backlash over tip policy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:12:16 GMT

BUDA, Texas (KXAN) -- The popular restaurant in Buda, Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ, is facing some backlash for its employee tip policy. If employees broke certain rules, they'd be at risk of not receiving tips. The owners said the policy has since changed. What was the policy?A woman who said she is a former employee told KXAN tips were taken at their discretion and when they were taken, they'd be taken for the entire week the incident happened. According to a screenshot of the policy circulating on social media, tips could be taken for a number of reasons: An employee was lateNo call, no showWrite-up during a shiftAn employee was fired An employee quit without two weeks' written noticeRestaurant owner, Miguel Vidal, confirmed that was their policy. "That was a screenshot of our handbook that we wrote in 2013 with the policy going in place in 2015 or 2016," Vidal said. But, he said it was never regularly enforced and that it hasn't happened for a few years. Instead, Vidal claimed it was...