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Kicker Greg Zuerlein set to return for Jets, wide receiver Davante Adams optimistic about playingThe City of Ottawa won't be creating a pot of money to buy at-risk affordable housing any time soon, citing the danger of losing federal and provincial funding by shifting away from construction. College ward Coun. Laine Johnson led the charge for an acquisition fund at Wednesday's planning and housing committee meeting, but failed to convince enough of her colleagues to vote alongside her. "What I've been disappointed with is the idea that we have to put new construction essentially in competition with acquisition," Johnson told CBC after the vote. Her motion would have seen half of any money the city gets from the vacant unit tax — beyond what's forecast in the budget — go toward preserving existing affordable housing stock. It failed by a vote of eight to four, with only councillors Riley Brockington, Ariel Troster and committee chair Jeff Leiper supporting Johnson's bid. City says it can't meet affordable housing targets without more help Councillor pushing for anti-renoviction bylaw in Ottawa What is an acquisitions fund? Debbie Stewart, the city's general manager of strategic initiatives, wrote to the committee ahead of the meeting to lay out her staff's concerns. An acquisition fund is a "dedicated pool of capital" that can either fund a direct purchase, or finance a low-cost loan or grant to housing providers, she wrote. Similar funds exist in Toronto and several provinces. $500M fund to protect, expand affordable housing in B.C. attracts dozens of applications Montreal non-profits are buying up apartments to keep rents low While Stewart said the funds can strengthen the community housing sector, she cautioned that market competition for units in high-demand areas can jack up the purchase price. Older units also come with high repair costs, she said. But the main concern surrounds the structure of Ottawa's housing strategy, which relies on the federal Housing Accelerator Fund and provincial Building Faster Fund. Debbie Stewart, the city's general manager of strategic initiatives, said staff can't support a new fund to buy affordable housing. (Francis Ferland/CBC) Putting funding at risk Both funds require Ottawa to meet ambitious building targets. "We really need to direct city funds into achieving those goals," Stewart told CBC, noting that the funds leave little room for negotiation. Cyril Rogers, the city's chief financial officer, agrees the focus has to be on construction. "I think that's what we should be focused on in the next two or three years. Any nickel or dime that we take away from that process will impact that plan," he told councillors. Ottawa to get $176M from federal housing fund Ottawa gets $37.5M from province's housing fund Waiting would also allow the city to see how the federal government develops its own acquisitions fund. The $1.5-billion Canada Rental Protection Fund would leverage "philanthropic investing" to "help non-profits, co-ops and other community housing providers," the office of the minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities told CBC in a written statement. A spokesperson said there should be more details on the fund's design and rollout "in the coming months." Several councillors worry that relying on outside money is risky, however. "If we're waiting for the federal government, who knows what federal government we will have," said Capital ward Coun. Shawn Menard, who is not on the committee. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has already said he would dissolve the Housing Accelerator Fund if elected prime minister. At least 17 Conservative MPs advocated for money from a housing program Poilievre vows to cut Conservative MPs frustrated after Poilievre bars them from promoting housing fund: sources Concerns over political uncertainty Johnson said the current plans show a "lack of creativity." She likened the city's current housing plans to a "leaky rowboat," where staff focus on years-long construction projects while overlooking the continued loss of affordable units — and she's worried things will get worse. "If we can't afford steel or lumber coming from the [United States] under new tariffs, if we can't afford land around transit ... acquisition becomes even more important," said Johnson. Meg McCallum is the interim executive director of Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa. (Francis Ferland/CBC) Several advocates have attempted to rally councillors around an acquisition fund, including Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa. "When we lose those units, we're not replacing them at a pace that keeps up with what's needed," said Meg McCallum, interim executive director of the non-profit coalition. "Let's just not lose what we already have." Pilots ongoing Stewart said Wednesday's decision doesn't mean the city will never create an acquisitions fund, nor that non-profits with plans to purchase a property can't get help now. She pointed to the Ottawa Community Land Trust (OCLT), which advocated for the fund. The Ottawa Community Land Trust purchased this Kirkwood Avenue building in late 2023 and has been paying off the $1.7-million cost through a variety of sources. (Mathieu Deroy/CBC) It has so far purchased two properties by leveraging donations, bonds and municipal funding, and told councillors earlier this month that it was already looking for its third and fourth properties. "We do believe this represents a new way of working," said Mike Bulthuis, the group's executive director. "Our hope ... is that public funds might support a diversity of approaches." Staff are still "monitoring the viability" of the model, Stewart wrote to councillors, noting that the city filled a "financial shortfall" after revenues failed to meet expectations. That was before OCLT raised $1.7 million through its community bond campaign.esports highest earners 。

Things White Celebs Can Get Away With That Black Celebs Can't, 15 Shoes Sneakerheads Loved This Year, Christmas Songs Black People Should Know, Tiger Woods' Son Achieves Viral Accomplishment And MoreIsrael and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire to end nearly 14 months of fighting JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes meanwhile carried out the most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs since the start of the conflict and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah before the ceasefire is set to take hold at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. What to know about ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah A ceasefire deal that could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group won backing from Israeli leaders. The truce that is set to take effect early Wednesday raised hopes and renewed difficult questions in a region gripped by conflict. Hezbollah leaders also signaled tentative backing for the U.S.-brokered deal, which offers both sides an off-ramp from hostilities But the deal does little directly to resolve the much deadlier war that has raged in Gaza since Hamas militants attacked southern Israel last October. Trump vows tariffs over immigration. What the numbers say about border crossings, drugs and crime. 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AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate a wider problem in the armed forces. Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, wasn’t alone. The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page highlighted the same report as evidence that extremists in military communities were “phantoms” created by a “false media narrative.” The X account for Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee posted that the study showed the focus on extremism in the military was a “witch hunt.” But The Associated Press has found that the study relied on old data, misleading analyses and ignored evidence that pointed to the opposite conclusion. How Trump's bet on voters electing him managed to silence some of his legal woes WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith move to abandon two federal cases accusing Trump of endangering American democracy and national security does away with the most serious legal threats Trump was facing as he returns to the White House. It was the culmination of a monthslong defense effort to delay the proceedings at every step and use the criminal allegations to Trump's political advantage, putting the final word in the hands of voters instead of jurors. The move just weeks after Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris underscores the immense personal stake Trump had in the campaign in which he turned his legal woes into a political rallying cry. Walmart's DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump's election victory NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are revaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups in business. The risk associated with some of programs crystalized with the election of former President Donald Trump, whose administration is certain to make dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs a priority. Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report says SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed. Brazil’s Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup. They sent their 884-page report to the Supreme Court, which lifted the seal. Bolsonaro called a meeting in December 2022, during which he presented a draft decree to the commanders of the three divisions of the armed forces, that would have declared the vote fraudulent, to justify a possible military intervention. Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The proposal, which would not be finalized until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, could cost taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade. It would give millions of people access to weekly injectables that have helped people shed pounds so quickly that some people have labeled them miracle drugs. New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV. That's according to a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials. Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies. The new rule takes effect Wednesday. It's expected to shorten the wait for organs for all, regardless of HIV status, by increasing the pool of available organs. The practice is supported by a decade of research, during which 500 transplants of kidneys and livers from HIV-positive donors have been done in the U.S. Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigration President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency’s supervision.

More sentencedIn response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s promotion of annexing Canada as an American state, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted a video on X made by legendary American newsman, Tom Brokaw, who was anchor of NBC Nightly News during the decades when most Americans got their news via their televisions. The video strikes a feel-good friendly tone. It is a genial promotion of Canada to a nation that (as Brokaw assumes, perhaps correctly) rarely thinks much about Canada, and needs to be reminded that it is, for example, a major oil producer, trading partner, indeed a friend, insofar as the superpower can have one. The video seems to play on the same attitude of American indifference to Canada that has inspired Trump’s new gimmick of calling Trudeau the “Governor” of the “51st state.” Some information about Canada for Americans: https://t.co/EnI8CrF4cB This was a joke, according to Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, when it first came up after Trudeau’s recent visit to Trump’s Mar-A-Lago in Florida. But it caught on so well over the holidays, even in international news, that it is now being discussed positively by such Canadian political bold-faced names as Stockwell Day and Kevin O’Leary. As the Canadian government’s only response so far to this ominous gag, Trudeau’s tweet of the Brokaw video shows it’s a short distance from reminding America that Canada exists and is a friend deserving of respect, to reminding America that Canada exists and is a rival, ripe for the plucking. In this case, all it took was the 15 years that have passed since Brokaw made the video. Viewed today, it has the feel of history more than news, and plucks the heartstrings of nostalgia at a time of cross-border tension. It opens with a view of the Peace Arch, with both flags flying, and the inscribed words “CHILDREN OF A COMMON MOTHER.” “This was dedicated in 1921 to commemorate the treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Great Britain,” Brokaw said. “Remember, Canada was a British colony. That was a long time ago, but the inscription on the Arch sums up the relationship: ‘MAY THESE GATES NEVER BE CLOSED.'” Stirring music and images of natural beauty are the backdrop for high-minded mutual praise about the largest trading relationship in the world. Brokaw says Canada and America share a unique quality as immigrant nations, “destinations for people around the world who long for political freedoms, economic opportunity and a long tradition of compassion.” “And we’re so comfortable as neighbours,” he said. “Two hundred million people cross the common border every year.” “Canadians are so generous they share with us their brightest stars in music, comedy, acting, sports and journalism,” he says over a montage of Mike Myers, John Candy, Michael J. Fox, Martin Short, Céline Dion, Seth Rogan, Jim Carrey, Peter Jennings, and most strikingly, given the current news, Wayne Gretzky. Trump recently posted that he favours the Great One as the next “governor” of the “state” of Canada, which given the state of politics right now in Ottawa, goes some way beyond mere candidate endorsement by a foreign leader. “And if you’re in a fight, you want the Canadians on your side,” Brokaw continues. “They were in World War Two before we were. They were there on D-Day, in the air and on the beaches. They’ve been America’s most reliable partners in Afghanistan, and it’s been costly and painful.” The late great diplomat Ken Taylor gets a mention for his bravery during the Iran hostage crisis, as does Operation Yellow Ribbon, Canada’s effort to receive airplanes and shelter passengers after 9/11. “In our darkest hours, Canada has been with us,” Brokaw said. He didn’t say (because he did not yet know) that both those episodes later became popular dramatic productions in America: the movie Argo and the musical Come From Away. “In the long history of sovereign neighbours, there never has been a relationship as close, productive and peaceful as the U.S. and Canada,” Brokaw says. The video returns to glorious flyovers of snowy mountain ranges for a rousing line in the words of John F. Kennedy: “Geography has made us neighbours, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature has so joined together, let no man put asunder.” This is the emotional climax of the video, the schmaltzy comparison of U.S.-Canada relations to a marriage, by a Kennedy no less. It’s only at the end that it is revealed to the modern viewer that Brokaw’s video was first aired during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, which explains why Canada was topical in the first place. Returning to talk of the Games, Brokaw pointed out that Americans rarely need an invitation to unfurl their flag and chant “USA! USA!” but the Canadians are culturally different, less confident about being noticed. “The Canadian prime minister had to go before Parliament yesterday and urge Canadians to engage in what he called an ‘uncharacteristic outburst of patriotism,’” Brokaw said in his concluding comments. “So that’s a big difference.” Brokaw did not actually name Stephen Harper, the prime minister who said in the same speech to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia that Canada would ask the world to “forgive us” for this pride, for waving the Maple Leaf as “a cheerful red and white reminder of a quiet and humble patriotism that, while making no claims on its neighbours, is ever ready to stand on guard for itself.” Perhaps Brokaw assumed his audience already knew Harper’s name, which is curious for a news anchor who has just reminded them of so many other basic facts about Canada. Or maybe he assumed they did not care to know, that to tell them who the Canadian Prime Minister was would be to give too much petty information, like naming the governor of some minor state, whose identity is beside the point of American national politics. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here .

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