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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim announces that his ABC party will no longer seek to dissolve the Park Board and instead field candidates in this year's municipal election

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 3w ago

Since 2008, a company co-owned by American billionaires Bobby Patton Jr. and Mark Walterm co-owners of the L.A. Dodgers, has bought 25 properties in Dunster, an unincorporated community of approximately 240 people located 40 minutes north of Valemount, Spencer Hall reports

The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. billionaires has prompted a small B.C. community to call for restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Canada paid for $6.4-billion Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit planning to recoup costs from tolls, after which proceeds would be shared with Michigan. After Trump threatened to block opening, Canada now sharing 50% proceeds www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Splitting Gordie Howe bridge profits with U.S. ‘good deal’ for both countries, minister says

Business groups say the economic value of the new crossing outweighs Canada’s concession on toll profits

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The remainder of Toronto’s Salsa on St. Clair festival has been cancelled as police continue to investigate a shooting that left two people dead and others injured at the event on Saturday night, Kathryn Mannie reports: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...

Toronto’s Salsa on St. Clair Festival cancelled after deadly shooting on Saturday night

An exchange of gunfire at the event killed two, injured several others

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The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 4w ago

😘🤌

Let’s play time machines. Balogun’s iffy red card stands, as it should have. The U.S. goes out and gets hammered by the same score. What do people say? Tough break. Poor Balogun. They handled it with class. Great tournament though. Terrible government, but maybe we’ve been too hard on the rest of them.

Now what happens? The U.S. goes out, gets hammered and people don’t just resent them, they’re laughing at them. They are a punchline. All the goodwill they’d earned in the first few weeks of this tournament has evaporated. They aren’t just cheaters. They’re bad cheaters.

Meta to build $13-billion AI data centre north of Edmonton, the technology company’s first such facility in Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Meta to spend $13-billion to build AI data centre in Alberta

To meet the facility’s electricity needs, a $4.6-billion natural gas plant will be built in Sturgeon County

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What ultimately happened w/ hotels during World Cup? Lower occupancy than usual but revenue gains from higher room rates Vancouver’s first match day, June 13, revenue per available room ↑31% despite occupancy ↓15%. Toronto, June 12: RevPAR ↑36%, occupancy ↓8% www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Canada’s World Cup games are over. What’s left behind?

Host cities are now beginning the task of measuring the tournament’s economic impact, legacy and ultimate cost

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Andrea Woo@andreawoo.bsky.social · 4w ago

Happy to report the Colombians in Vancouver are okay!

Jeeeez. Switzerland's Vargas with the winning penalty for a 4-3 shootout victory over Colombia, whose supporters make up the overwhelming majority of ppl here at BC Place, who made the stadium the loudest I've heard it all tournament, who are now quiet and filing out.

SO MANY Colombians at BC Place! Colombian journalist just told me 30k following the team from city to city. “In Mexico, even more – 60k.”

News release: "The Province has retained BC- and California-based counsel to explore legal options to hold OpenAI accountable for its failure to notify law enforcement of threats made on its ChatGPT platform prior to the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary school" news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

Exploring legal options related to Tumbler Ridge tragedy

Province retains counsel to pursue legal action against OpenAI

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Canadian Press live stream of Colombia fans meeting at Jonathan Rogers Park before today's match vs Switzerland. They're scheduled to start marching at 9:45; kickoff is at 1 pm www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trr1...

LIVE: Fans gather in Vancouver for Round of 16 Game between Switzerland and Colombia

YouTube video by The Canadian Press

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It’s Monday 😭

Football unites the world (against the US)

Hehehehehe!

FIFA President Gianni Infantino's statement on Balogun situation: Yes, Trump called me but FIFA's judicial bodies are independent

“I have seen the public comments regarding the decision of the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee related to the suspension of Folarin Balogun, and I would like to reiterate a fundamental principle of FIFA’s governance.

“FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent. They operate autonomously, apply the FIFA Disciplinary Code, and decide cases based on the applicable regulations and the specific facts before them. Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.

“Yes, I regularly discuss matters related to the FIFA World Cup with the President of the United States, and on this matter, I did receive a call from President Donald Trump, just as I receive calls from heads of state, government officials, football stakeholders and business executives from around the world on many different issues. During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies. That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold.

“I read the decisions of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee when they are issued. Sometimes I am surprised by them. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I disagree.

“What I always do, however, is respect those decisions and the autonomy of the bodies that make them. Whether we personally like a decision or not is irrelevant. Respect for independent institutions and the rule of law is what protects the integrity of our competitions and the credibility of FIFA at all times.”

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · last mo.

UEFA statement on FIFA's decision to suspend USMNT striker Folarin Balogun's red card: "crossed a red line." "When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined."

Yesterday’s decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the implementation of the one-match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player Folarin Balogun crossed a red line.

Football, like any other sports, relies on rules, which are the basis for fair, honest and transparent competition. Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not. A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted. It is a principle embedded in regulations, which cannot be made subject to exceptions, let alone in the middle of a tournament where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension.

When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined. Equally, such decision creates a precedent in the ongoing tournament, where similar situations will now require an equal treatment, to the detriment of the competition.

Football is the most loved sport in the world because it is a beautiful game and is trusted because it is played everywhere with the same laws. A tournament is never a pure standalone and, if the tournament in question is the World Cup, it has the power to drive positive or negative consequences on the game as a whole.

We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.

MAMA THERE GOES THAT HARD HEADED VIKING

“According to a source familiar with the matter, Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday and asked him to review Balogun’s suspension. FIFA has not said whether the call played any role in the decision.” www.nbcnews.com/sports/socce...

U.S. star Folarin Balogun eligible to play vs. Belgium after FIFA suspends red card ban

Balogun was given a controversial red card during the team’s 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina and was initially not allowed to play in the round of 16.

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A polarizing column on Alphonso Davies' absence by Cathal Kelly! "If you don’t play in an elimination game at the World Cup with your team down by one, after getting a clear MRI, then you didn’t want to." www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/socce...

Alphonso Davies’ confusing absence costs Canada when it mattered most

It’s a commentary on how unseriously soccer is still taken here that nobody seems too upset about it

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