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CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

OTTAWA — Six months after the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Radio-Canada scaled back its use of the social media site X, the public broadcaster says it will mostly remain off the platform formerly known as Twitter because it doesn’t bring in a lot of traffic.Leon Mar, a spokesperson for the public broadcaster, said CBC’s focus is to engage Canadians on other platforms and to continue driving traffic to its websites and streaming services. “The audience and engagement that we get from X is small. Among our social media platforms, X is among the smallest sources of traffic,” he told The Canadian Press when asked why it hasn’t fully returned.Although CBC was unwilling to share its data, Mar pointed to a 2022 Reuters Institute report that shows just 11 per cent of Canadians use X for news. CBC significantly reduced its presence on X in April after the social media company labelled it as “government-funded media.” Similar tags also appeared on ...

Canada ‘confident’ Israel didn’t strike hospital in Gaza

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

Defence Minister Bill Blair said late Saturday evening that Canada has a “high degree of confidence” that Israel did not strike the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday. Blair said in a statement that a military analysis found the strike, which the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry said killed hundreds of people, was more likely caused by an “errant rocket” fired from the Gaza Strip.The pronouncement from Ottawa came days after the United States said its own review found that Israel was not responsible for the hospital blast, which the Gaza Health Ministry said killed hundreds of people.President Joe Biden said during a visit to Israel on Wednesday that he was confident the “other team” bore responsibility.On Thursday, facing pressure to provide Canada’s position on the matter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government was taking “all necessary steps” to form its own understanding of what happened.The Canadia...

1 dead in auto-pedestrian crash at I-35 frontage road, Braker Lane

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person died after a car them early Sunday morning, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. The crash happened around 5 a.m. on the Interstate 35 southbound frontage road at Braker Lane in north Austin. An adult died at the scene, according to EMS.Austin Police said the I-35 southbound frontage road and both directions of Braker Lane are closed as of 6 a.m.

Readers and writers: Find humor in a restaurant memoir and courage in a novel of betrayal

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

A waiter’s valentine to food and his friends at a now-closed Minneapolis restaurant and fiction about a woman who stands up to corporate betrayal give us two good reading options today. “The Last Supper Club: A Waiter’s Requiem”: by Matthew Batt (University of Minnesota Press,.$22.95)I enjoyed teaching very much, but at the end of nearly every day, most of my students regard my classes as — and this is a direct quote from one of my student evaluations — a course that “I thought was going to suck but didn’t.”Restaurants, on the other hand — if they’re good ones — well, we don’t just nourish. We delight. — from “The Last Supper Club”Matthew Batt thought he was going to write a book during his sabbatical from teaching at the University of St. Thomas (he never mentions the name of the college). But he soon found he didn’t have enough money to make it through months outside the clas...

CVPA remembers anniversary of school shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- On Tuesday, it will have been one year since a former student opened fire inside Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, resulting in the deaths of a student and a teacher. As a mark of respect, classes at CVPA and the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, which shares its campus within the St. Louis Public School District, will be canceled on Monday and Tuesday. The community is designating October 24 as a day of remembrance. On that day last year, a 19-year-old gunman killed two individuals and injured seven others at Central Visual Arts and Performing Arts High School. This incident was one of the deadliest school shootings in the U.S. last year. Among the victims were tenth-grader Alexzandria Bell and 61-year-old physical education teacher Jean Kuczka, who tragically lost their lives before police exchanged gunfire with the assailant, former student Orlando Harris. In the wake of the tragedy, trauma and stress continue to affect the school comm...

Wentzville man involved in shooting on Friday, died

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

WENTZVILLE -- A person involved in a fight that escalated into a shooting incident has died According to the Wentzville Police Department, the victim was in an argument with another individual that led to the shooting. The incident occurred on Friday night on Evergreen Court. Law enforcement reports indicate that the victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Officers administered life-saving measures until medical personnel arrived on the scene, but the victim later died in the hospital. Detectives took the suspect into custody on the same night. They are actively working on charges and planning to submit them to the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. If you witnessed this altercation or possess any information relevant to the ongoing investigation, you can contact the Wentzville Police Department at the following number: 636-327-5105.

Cool Sunday, warm start to the week, rainy midweek ahead

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Sunny, cooler, and less windy Sunday behind a cold front that moved through yesterday. Highs will be in the mid- to upper 60s. It’s a one-day cool down. We’ll warm up again Monday and Tuesday, back into the mid- to upper-70s to near 80. It was breezy both days, with sunshine on Monday and increasing clouds on Tuesday.  By Tuesday night and Wednesday, we see an active pattern kick in. Rain showers are likely Wednesday, breezy with highs in the 70s. Rain chances linger Thursday and Friday, which are a bit cooler each day. It will have a chillier feel by next weekend.  

Fredrik Olofsson’s family found stability in Colorado, now he’s living out a dream with the Avalanche

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

Fredrik Olofsson’s family moved around a lot when he was a child, but one four-year stop in San Jose meant going to Sharks games and skating with other youth hockey players during intermissions.Flash forward to last season, Olofsson’s first with some time spent in the NHL, and his long journey to the top of the sport came full circle: There, sitting across from him in the Dallas Stars locker room, was Joe Pavelski, one of the players he watched so intently as an elementary school kid.“It was nuts,” Olofsson said. “What a guy. He’s such a pro, but he also acts like he’s 16 still sometimes. He can talk to anyone, and wears many hats.”Olofsson’s NHL career is only 33 games old, but he’s already lived an eventful hockey life. His family lived in Sweden, Germany, Austria and Northern California before settling in Colorado the summer before he started eighth grade.His older brother, Gustav, has played 62 NHL games, including three last season with the Seattle Kraken. His younger brother, ...

NFL picks: Former ‘Bama teammates Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa square off in primetime showdown

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

Around the AFCKC Runaway?: The Chiefs are out to a 5-1 start and have won five straight. Second-place team in the division? That’s Las Vegas at 3-3. The Chargers (2-3) are typically viewed as the most likely threat to Patrick Mahomes’ divisional dominance, but Kansas City can put them further in the rearview mirror with a win Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.Cleveland’s QB situation: The Browns logged their biggest win of the year Sunday vs. San Francisco with … P.J. Walker at quarterback. DeShaun Watson’s missed time with a shoulder strain and Walker got the nod over Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Pretty good result, beating the best team in football with a backup QB. Watson’s the guy when healthy, but it’s a situation to watch anyway.Patriots (Lost Their) Way: Man, how bad has the situation become in New England? Bill Belichick’s team is 1-5 and only the Giants have a worse point differential than the Patriots’ minus-80. Mac Jones has been benched multiple times and now the team faces Buffa...

Keeping receipts: From “Saturday Night Live” to Will Ferrell and Time magazine, how Deion Sanders transformed CU Buffs football in just seven weeks

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:38 GMT

BOULDER — If you’re wondering just how far this has spread, just how deep it goes, Thanasi “Saki” Mihalakos has a little Buffs story he’d like to share.Saki Mihalakos is a jeweler in north Florida, a former University of South Florida safety-turned-coach and a friend and business associate of the Sanders family. A few days back, he was asked to speak to a group of kids, aged 7-ish to 14-ish, at a local Pop Warner League — impart a little wisdom, talk a little shop.One of the coaches introduced him as the diamond guy. You know? The one who put the bling on all of Shedeur Sanders’ things.Suddenly, all these tiny, skinny left wrists popped up in the air and started flexing, almost in unison. It was as if they were standing in front of an imaginary Arizona State student section at Mountain America Stadium, getting the last word.“They were going crazy, throwing their wrists up,” Mihalakos told The Denver Post earlier this week, chuckling at...