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Davis, Lakers lead by 35 at half, beat Pelicans 123-108

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis had 35 points and 17 rebounds, Malik Beasley hit seven 3-pointers in just the first half, and the Los Angeles Lakers took a 36-point, second-quarter lead on their way to a 123-108 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night.Beasley finished with 24 points for the Lakers, who shot 18 of 39 from 3-point range — including 15 of 27 before halftime. D’Angelo Russell added 17 points to help Los Angeles (34-35) move one game ahead of New Orleans (33-36) in the Western Conference standings as both clubs try remain in contention for a spot in the postseason. The teams entered the day in a four-way tie for 10th in the conference.Brandon Ingram returned to New Orleans’ lineup after missing two games with a right ankle injury, but his 22 points were not nearly enough.Herbert Jones and Trey Murphy III each scored 20 for the Pelicans, who trailed 75-40 at halftime and trimmed their deficit to 13 when Ingram’s pull-up jumper made it 107...

Jesperi Kotkaniemi scores 2, leads Hurricanes over Jets 5-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jesperi Kotkaniemi had two goals and an assist, Jack Drury scored his first goal of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Tuesday night.Jaccob Slavin and Brady Skjei, also scored for the Hurricanes, who’ve endured sudden offensive woes and the loss of a star player during the past week. Kotkaniemi’s second goal of the game was an empty-netter with four seconds left. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves.Dylan DeMelo, Nikolaj Ehlers and Nino Niederreiter scored for the Jets. David Rittich made 20 saves.LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 1NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Brandon Hagel had a goal and two assists, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves and Tampa Bay won the opener of a two-game set in New Jersey.Anthony Cirelli, Alex Killorn and Nikita Kucherov also scored for Tampa Bay. The teams will meet again in New Jersey on Thursday night.Damon Severson opened the scoring for the Devils at 5:55 of the first period. Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves for New Jersey.GOLDEN KNIG...

Sochan’s double-double leads Spurs past Magic 132-114

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jeremy Sochan had 29 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs had a franchise-high 22 3-pointers and season-high 39 assists in a 132-114 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night.San Antonio center Zach Collins added 25 points, six rebounds and five assists. The Spurs are 6-27 in 2023, but have now won four of seven.Orlando rookie Paolo Banchero had 27 points and Wendell Carter Jr. added 16 points. The Magic have lost five of their last seven games in their push for a berth in the postseason play-in tournament.Sochan returned from a one-game absence, but the Spurs were without Keldon Johnson, Malaki Branham, Tre Jones, Rome Langford.San Antonio responded with its best shooting game of the season, making 57% of its shots from the field and going 22 fof 41 from 3-point range.Collins was 3 for 3 on 3-pointers as he continues his career rejuvenation after playing just 29 games the previous three seasons. Collins, who had two surgeries on his left foot follow...

Local 99 ONA group rallies for better care, staffing and wages for nurses

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

Nurses, healthcare workers, and allies gathered at hospitals across the province on Feb. 23 to rally for better wages, staffing, and care for nurses. Kingston General Hospital (KGH) was one of these hospitals.Annette Sacoon, bargaining unit president and local coordinator of Local 99 and Region 2 of the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA), was a member of the local group that was rallying.When Ford’s government passed Bill-124 in 2019, the legislation capped wage increases for public sector employees at one percent each year, for three years. As a result, staffing shortages in hospitals across the province have increased. The union is currently in collective bargaining with the hospital, with a 130-page collective agreement document that highlights what the union is bargaining for.CFRC has reached out to Annette Sacoon ask if the rally has had any impacts on nurses since Feb 23.For the full CFRC interview with Annette, listen here:The post Local 99 ONA group rallies for bette...

Martha’s Table purchases additional property to serve more of the community

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

Martha’s Table, one of Kingston’s community centres that provides nutritious meals, has recently purchased the adjacent property of the building it currently resides in for a warming centre.The building is a historical one, meaning several repairs will need to be made for it to be fully functional, but parts of it have been opened to the public as a warming centre that provides coffee and tea.In a press release, Executive Director Ronda Candy said that, “the number of people unhoused in Kingston has tripled since the start of the pandemic, and most people walk to reach our facility, so this is an urgently needed service.”Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Martha’s Table had to reduce their services, but hope to open up soon again to serve three meals a day to those in need as soon as resources allow. Currently, Martha’s Table serves takeout meals from 12-2 p.m., seven days a week.Ronda Candy spoke to the purchasing of the new property, what Martha’s Table hopes to achieve in the nex...

Liquor consumption bylaw amended in Gananoque

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

A bylaw for consumption of liquor in public places has been amended by Gananoque council.Doing so now allows the organizer of any event the ability to determine if they want public alcohol to be allowed or not.On Oct. 18, 2022, council passed a bylaw to allow the consumption of liquor in public places. Joel Stone Park was the only location cited in the bylaw.On Dec. 6, 2022, council defeated a motion to consider a motion to repeal the bylaw. On Jan. 17, 2023, council passed a motion directing staff to bring back a report to amend the consumption of liquor in public places bylaw to exclude scheduled/booked events in Joel Stone Park to allow the organizer of any event the ability to determine if they want public alcohol to be allowed or not.Event organizers who book events in the park with the intention of selling alcohol must still obtain a special occasions permit and fence the licensed area. This will also need to be properly signed and communicated to attendees. They will also nee...

Analysis: How ‘grade obsession’ is detrimental to students and their education

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

By: Nathan Rickey, Queen’s University, Ontario; Andrew Coombs, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Christopher DeLuca, Queen’s University, Ontario, and Danielle LaPointe-McEwan, Queen’s University, OntarioGrading has been central to most education systems for over a century.During the 1800s, students’ achievement in school was communicated to parents through oral progress reports (typically through a visit from teachers to the student’s parents at home). These oral reports were later transformed into written reports and then into grades, first in secondary school, then in the elementary years.Grades were initially seen as an efficient way to communicate student achievement in school to parents. Grades are meant to represent, using letters or numbers, the quality (and at times, the quantity) of student learning in a subject, either on assignments or on report cards.It’s a common perception that students “earn” grades for their achievement at school; in this way, gr...

EU nears deal to restock Ukraine’s diminishing ammo supplies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

BRUSSELS — The EU is finalizing a €2 billion deal to jointly restock Ukraine’s dwindling ammunition supplies while refilling countries’ stocks, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. The plan has two major elements. First, the EU will spend €1 billion to partially reimburse countries that can immediately donate ammunition from their own stockpiles. Secondly, countries will work together to jointly purchase €1 billion in new ammunition — the idea being that together they can negotiate bigger contracts at a lower price-per-shell. EU ambassadors will discuss the proposal — prepared by the EU’s diplomatic wing, the European External Action Service — during a meeting on Wednesday.The scheme — which POLITICO first reported on earlier this month — has come together rapidly in recent weeks in response to Ukraine’s pleas for more ammunition, specifically the 155-millimeter artillery shells it desperately needs to both hold territory a...

Liz Truss is gone. But Tories still dream of tax cuts on budget day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

LONDON — Six months after Liz Truss’ ‘mini-budget’ meltdown, tax cuts remain a highly-prized ideal among U.K. Conservatives. Under the new Tory regime, they look set for short-term disappointment. U.K. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will give his budget speech Wednesday — the first time there’s been a full-fat budget since October 2021, when someone called Rishi Sunak was in charge at the finance ministry. Hunt will ask the country, and his party, to hold tight in the face of a murky outlook for growth in 2023, resisting all calls for major tax cuts. It was reported by the Guardian Tuesday evening that what small fiscal headroom he has available will be spent on increasing free childcare for working families.That policy will be warmly welcomed, given the U.K.’s painfully-high childcare costs, but it’s not the only rabbit his backbenchers had hoped to see plucked from the chancellor’s hat on Wednesday afternoon. After all, it wouldn’t be budget w...

Europe is out of the immediate energy crisis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

Ben McWilliams is a consultant, Simone Tagliapietra is a senior fellow and Georg Zachmann is a senior fellow in the field of energy and climate policy at Bruegel, Brussels.After surviving the most perilous winter on record without any serious interruptions to gas or electricity supply, Europe’s energy crisis is morphing into a new, less acute phase.In fact, the Continent has emerged from this emergency with very healthy volumes of stored gas — a rather remarkable feat that was grounded by the commitment of governments to allow markets to function. Higher prices drew liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes away from Asia and encouraged demand reduction at home.Most significantly, however, Russia has now exhausted its substantial market power over European supply. Over the last 12 months, as Moscow selectively cut exports, intraday price movements were recorded that, in magnitude, exceeded the absolute price pre-invasion. But today, Russian pipeline exports account for around 7 percent of...