FOLLOW ON Complete coverage at CTVNews.ca/Coronavirus Receive the most important updates in your inbox Advertisement As COVID-19 continues to spread, several more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus are spreading across Canada. There are currently five variants of concern (VOCs) that have been identified and are being tracked by provincial health authorities and the Public Health Agency of Canada. As of February 2, 2022 only British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories are supplying variant data. As of November 30, 2021, CTVNews.ca has begun tracking the Omicron variant of concern, based on CTV News reporting and announcements by provincial health authorities. CTVNews.ca’s variant tracker is keeping a daily count of these VOCs, with a provincial breakdown by variant that you can see in the above tables. Additionally, CTVNews.ca is now tracking ‘screened’ COVID-19 cases, which have been identified as mutations but are yet to be confirmed which variant they belong to. The provinces that have started to identify these screened cases include Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. By adding this screened data, we hope to provide a more accurate estimate of how many VOCs are circulating in Canada. Notably, as of Apr. 8, 2021, Ontario changed its methodology for confirming B.1.1.7 variants. Previously, genome sequencing was required for a sample to be confirmed as the B.1.1.7 variant. Going forward, Public Health Ontario (PHO) will use results from initial screening tests to classify B.1.1.7 variants without waiting for the time-consuming sequencing process. According to PHO media relations, “given the accuracy of the [polymerase chain reaction] variant test and what we now know about the prevalence of B.1.1.7 in Ontario, genome sequencing is no longer required to confirm that a sample positive for the N501Y mutation but negative for the E484K mutation is likely a B.1.1.7 variant.” Outside of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, our tracker shows only lab-confirmed cases of variants of concern, meaning those that have undergone genetic sequencing. Read more about the testing and publishing process here. The virus has spikes on its surface that helps it attach onto human cells. Scientists say that these new variants of the virus have changes in their spikes, which can cause them to interact with the human body differently than the original virus. B.1.1.7 first emerged in the U.K. in September 2020. Doctors say that this variant spreads faster than others, and could be transmitted in less time than the original strain. The B.1.1.7 variant is the most prominent in Canada, with hundreds of cases having been identified. Ontario has seen the most number of cases, where an outbreak involving this variant at a long-term care home has resulted in all residents but one contracting the virus and more than 100 positive cases amongst staff. The B.1.351 variant was first discovered in South Africa in December 2020. Scientists say that this variant is more efficient than others in targeting healthy cells. P.1 was first identified in December 2020 when this variant caused one of the deadliest outbreaks in Manaus, Brazil. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contracting this variant could affect the ability of antibodies developed from previous infections and vaccinations. Canada reported its first case of this variant on Feb. 7. Public Health Ontario issued in their epidemiologic summaries that variant tracking data may change as they continue to analyze cases: Caution should be taken when interpreting [variants of concern] data due to the nature of the screening and confirmation process, including delays between specimen collection and whole genome sequencing. Data corrections or updates can result in case records being removed and/or updated and may result in totals different from past publicly reported case counts. Stephanie Liu contributed to this project Data is collected from official provincial sources, including live press conferences. Not all provinces currently publish updates online. Quebec: Website Ontario: Daily epidemiologic summaries Saskatchewan: Website Alberta: Website British Columbia: Website Manitoba: Website New Brunswick: Website Nova Scotia: Website Prince Edward Island: Website Newfoundland and Labrador: Website

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FOLLOW ON Complete coverage at CTVNews.ca/Coronavirus Receive the most important updates in your inbox Advertisement TORONTO -- Scientists in the U.K. are developing a “potentially significant” treatment for COVID-19 that could be administered to patients in the form of a nasal spray, thanks to the tiny antibodies produced by a llama. According to research from the Rosalind Franklin Institute, which was recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the treatment has the potential to prevent and treat COVID-19. “While vaccines have proven extraordinarily successful, not everyone responds to vaccination and immunity can wane in individuals at different times,” James Naismith, director of the Rosalind Franklin Institute, who helped lead the research, said in a statement. “Having medications that can treat the virus is still going to be very important, particularly as not all of the world is being vaccinated at the same speed and there remains a risk of new variants capable of bypassing vaccine immunity emerging.” To develop the treatment, researchers injected a llama named Fifi with a tiny, non-infectious piece of purified spike protein from the SARS-CoV-2 virus – the virus that causes COVID-19. The scientists chose a llama specifically because of the species’ unique ability to produce tiny single-domain antibodies – or nanobodies – in response to an infection. Other camelids including alpacas and camels, and even sharks, can produce these nanobodies too. Due to their small size, these nanobodies are able to bind more tightly to the SARS-CoV-2 virus than larger antibodies produced by humans. Once the nanobodies have latched on to the invading virus, the body’s immune system flags it for destruction. Steven Kerfoot, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Western University in London, Ont., who was not involved in the research, said the big advantage of these smaller nanobodies is their ability to squeeze into tight spaces on a virus protein. He also said they’re much easier to produce in a lab than human antibodies. “It’s a lot easier to put together, a lot less complicated, and it's smaller, and can really sort of get into that binding spot quite well,” Kerfoot told CTVNews.ca during a telephone interview on Thursday. “So there are some real advantages for this particular approach.” Ray Owens, head of protein production at the Rosalind Franklin Institute and lead author of the research, agreed the nanobodies have a number of advantages over human antibodies. “Nanobodies have a number of advantages over human antibodies,” Ray Owens, head of protein production at the Rosalind Franklin Institute and lead author of the research, said in a statement. “They are cheaper to produce and can be delivered directly to the airways through a nebuliser or nasal spray, so can be self-administered at home rather than needing an injection.” Throughout the pandemic, human antibodies have been used to treat serious cases of COVID-19, but they typically need to be administered by intravenous infusion in the hospital. The nanobodies, on the other hand, could be delivered in the form of a simple nasal spray. “This could have benefits in terms of ease of use by patients but it also gets the treatment directly to the site of infection in the respiratory tract,” Owens added. Returning to Fifi the llama, after the animal was injected with a small piece of the virus’ spike protein, its immune system was triggered to fight off the virus protein by generating nanobodies against it. Following this, the researchers took a sample of Fifi’s blood and purified four nanobodies from it that were capable of binding to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These nanobodies were then engineered in a lab into chains of three to increase their ability to bind to the virus. The team found that three of the chains were able to neutralize the original variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Alpha variant, while a fourth chain was effective in neutralizing the Beta variant. When one of the chains of nanobodies was tested in hamsters infected with COVID-19, the rodents showed a “marked reduction” in disease, lost far less weight than those that weren’t treated, and a had a lower viral load in their lungs and airways after seven days compared to those left untreated. While the treatment has only been tested in animals, Public Health England said it was among the “most effective” SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing treatments they have ever tested. “Although this research is still at an early stage, it opens up significant possibilities for the use of effective nanobody treatments for COVID-19,” Miles Carroll, Deputy Director of the National Infection Service, Public Health England (PHE), said. Kerfoot said the idea of using antibodies from llamas and other animals in the camelid family is not new and has been in development for some time, but he’s not aware of its use in human treatment yet. He said the pandemic might provide the right impetus to further the research along, as it was for the mRNA technology now used in COVID-19 vaccines. “If this becomes an approach that we can use to try and lessen the severity of respiratory viruses, there could be a lot of benefit to that. It's just not something that has made the leap to human treatment yet and this may be the push that sort of pushes it over that edge,” he said. As for next steps, the team of researchers, which included scientists from the University of Liverpool, University of Oxford and PHE, are hoping to obtain funding in order to conduct clinical studies in humans. They also hope their nanobody technology might one day be used as a “platform technology” to fight off other diseases. “When a new virus emerges in the future, the generic technology we have developed could respond to that, which would be important in terms of producing new treatments as quickly as possible,” Owens said. Kerfoot agreed that there is a lot of potential to use this approach as a standard treatment for other airway diseases. “There’s nothing special about SARS-CoV-2 that this approach wouldn't work for many of the other airway viruses,” he said. “I think there's certainly promise and the next step will have to be moving into human trials.”

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FOLLOW ON SAINT-SAUVEUR, QUEBEC -- A breathless account of Chrystia Freeland’s heroics in Ukraine published over the weekend must’ve put a smile on the face of our Deputy Prime Minister. According to the American university professor who wrote the glowing article, she was so darn good at what she did that she had the grudging admiration of the KGB, that couldn’t keep up with her! The stuff of real-life Marvel heroes… Let’s face it, Chrystia Freeland is positioning herself to take over as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and this type of publicity is tailor-made to help her achieve that ambition. Much like Michael Ignatieff, Chrystia Freeland became almost famous south of the border with her writings and media savvy. Unlike Ignatieff, she’s actually got some experience in government having ably run key ministries and, most admirably, outfoxed Donald Trump during the renegotiation of NAFTA. If she succeeds, she’ll be taking over from one of the world’s major media figures, Justin Trudeau. A little bit of profile doesn’t hurt. Trudeau’s inexplicable decision to disappear for a vacation on the very day he’d set aside to commemorate truth and reconciliation was more than just a heartless move. It was so hurtful to his brand that many are wondering if it isn’t also a sign that he's had the biscuit. We’ll no doubt have an avalanche of “progressive” promises as Trudeau swears in his new Cabinet and hands out mandate letters to the chosen few. It won’t really matter. Canadians have seen and heard enough. From purchasing a pipeline, to continuing to subsidize oil and gas companies, to skipping out of town on a new national holiday, to complacency with sexual misconduct in the military, the lecturing and moralizing tone of Trudeau simply doesn’t carry much weight anymore. Key progressive issues such as climate change, reconciliation and women’s rights will need a new champion, one without the credibility issues that Trudeau now drags with him. In fact, it’s Freeland’s presence during the worst of Trudeau, like the sacking of Jody Wilson-Raybould, that risks holding her back. She wasn’t content to just back Trudeau. When Wilson-Raybould resisted PMO interference in the prosecution of SNC Lavalin, Freeland attacked her for not being a team player! Freeland won’t get the top job without an examination of her role as Trudeau’s proxy and without a fight. There will be other contenders. The most obvious one is the genial and exceptionally accomplished Mark Carney. Earlier this year at an event at l’Université de Montréal, where I teach, he was brilliant, generous with his time, and able to do the entire gig in French. I was impressed that he’d somehow managed to keep up his knowledge of the language of Molière during his lengthy stint in London as Governor of the Bank of England. This guy’s got game. Carney recently published a work on values (very progressive) and is a world leader on the issue of climate change and economic transition. He is currently working at the highest level of the United Nations, deepening his contacts and developing experience and expertise in areas outside of central banking. This promises to be one heck of a battle. Freeland’s Russophobe bent may get her some good academic coverage but on the world stage it’s a problem. Minority rights, language rights and the fallout from secession are very real issues in the smouldering conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Canada could be playing a positive role with its own, admittedly much easier, experience with some of these issues. We are indeed due for an adult conversation about the reality in Crimea, which is not about to change. Freeland would have a great deal of difficulty ever playing that type of positive role, so convinced is she that Russia is the bad actor in every scene of this play. Canada has always prided itself on being able to punch above our weight. A middle power with good P.R. and lots of friends. We have tragically squandered our previously good relationship with China during the Meng/Trump debacle. Do we want to have another enduring enmity with a world power based on grievances of the past or are we capable of being part of the solution? Freeland is a cold warrior without the Cold War. Highly capable, she still carries with her the baggage of six years of Trudeau’s broken promises and lack of accomplishment. Carney is a respected player on the world economic stage with a sterling track record. He resisted the strong call to be part of Team Trudeau in last month’s election and would come at this with a skill set absolutely needed as we exit the pandemic. Not hobbled by any attachment to Trudeau’s paucity of concrete results, Carney could have the inside track. At the same time, his lack of experience in elected politics could prove decisive. Freeland is a battler who enjoys the cut and thrust of electoral politics. Carney is used to getting named to the top job. In politics, you have to fight hard to become a party leader. That difference will play out in their campaigns. Of the five political parties with MPs in the House, only the Liberals have never had a woman as leader. Trudeau will be doing everything he can to help Freeland get his job if and when he decides to pack it in. Last week she attended a press conference with Trudeau on vaccinations for civil servants even though it has nothing to do with her job as finance minister. He may have failed on key feminist promises but he’s going to try to leave Freeland’s leadership as part of his succession. Tom Mulcair was the former leader of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada between 2012 and 2017.

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FOLLOW ON SAINT-SAUVEUR, QUEBEC -- In the waning days of the campaign, Trudeau went all out to convince voters in the Greater Toronto Area that he was a “progressive,” a term that he hardly ever used to describe himself before. It was a word intentionally chosen to hive off as many NDP votes as possible especially in Canada’s largest cities. It worked. Trudeau ran the table in the GTA. Now, it’s put up or shut up time in several key files that help define progressive politics in Canada: women’s rights, climate, justice and minority rights. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has been an abject failure in dealing with the issue of sexual misconduct in the military. Women who have courageously come forward have felt betrayed. Senior military officers, some swept up by a broom intended for others, have felt a dispiriting lack of respect from their civilian bosses. Morale is at an all-time low and there is now no excuse for continued failure. Trudeau has always talked a good game when it came to his “gender balanced” cabinet but, as journalist Elizabeth Thompson pointed out soon after the swearing in of his first government, women were actually paid on average less than men because they’d been confined to more junior roles that paid less. Trudeau’s fix was to give everyone the same pay but that couldn’t hide that fact that women had been kept on the lower rungs of the power ladder in his cabinet. This is the right time to name a competent, independent woman to the job as defence minister. With Trudeau, “competent” is less of a problem than “independent.” Ask Jody Wilson-Raybould. Tough luck. Trudeau and his inner circle are going to have to learn that his PMO cannot continue to try to control everything, then duck, as they did on the sexual misconduct file, the minute the going gets tough. It’s a tall order but the talent is there. It will be a welcome, bold move. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson embarrassed himself by parroting the absurd line prepared by the Trudeau campaign, claiming that they had to buy an oil pipeline because (wait for it…) that way they could have the money to fight climate change! It was an insult to the intelligence of Canadians who care about climate change and who know that it’s been one of Trudeau’s biggest failures. There is one person in Trudeau’s cabinet who could give him instant credibility on climate change: Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault. Guilbeault has a sterling reputation as an environmentalist who knows the file, knows the players, knows what has to be done and can’t be bought. His appointment would cause some ripples in the oil patch, no question about it. But, hey, even the Conservatives ran on a platform that endorsed the need to reduce greenhouse gases and achieve results to fight climate change. Six years on, Trudeau has the worst record in the G7 and we’ve seen greenhouse gases increase every year he’s been there. As former Environment and Sustainable Development Commissioner Julie Gelfand underscored, there was no plan to meet our Paris obligations. The time for bluffing and emoting is over. Canada has to get serious, Trudeau has to get serious. He has the makings of a marvellous plan, he just has to start enforcing it. Guilbeault will get the job done but won’t accept to be a potted plant, no matter how green. Minority rights are under attack in Canada and we all remember strong justice ministers like Irwin Cotler for whom ensuring respect for human rights was a lifelong vocation. When Wilson-Raybould stood strong against Trudeau for alleged interference in the prosecution process and eventually quit, a “call for tenders” must’ve gone out from the PMO: to find a lawyer who will do what we tell him to do. David Lametti found his way into cabinet. By all appearances, he has always toed the PMO’s political decisions on cases involving Charter rights in Quebec. When Muslim women had to go to court to fight Quebec’s Bill 21 and obtain the right to become teachers even if they wear a hijab, they were left to fend for themselves. In the past, Canada's justice minister, in his or her role as Attorney General, would be there to fight for and defend rights in these defining cases. Not Lametti. He’s stood on the sidelines and it’s been painful to watch. Another Québec law, Bill 96, is currently being studied in Québec City. Lametti claims to have a legal opinion backing the right of Québec to unilaterally amend the B.N.A. Act to remove the equality of English and French in legislation and before the courts in Québec. He refuses to release it and I don’t believe it exists. As one senior Trudeau cabinet minister confided to me, they know the Bill is manifestly unconstitutional but are afraid to fight Quebec Premier Francois Legault. That Trudeau would continue to abandon rights flies in the face of the Liberals’ avowed attachment to the Charter. Trudeau has a spotty track record on progressive issues. He got re-elected on a promise of actually being a progressive. Forming his new cabinet will be his first real test. Tom Mulcair was the former leader of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada between 2012 and 2017.

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FRANKFORT — West Shore Bank’s Frankfort office is pleased to welcome a new art exhibit from “Take Action Photos” beginning Oct.12. A “Meet the Artist” reception is planned from 3-5 p.m. on Oct.12, and the community is invited to meet the photographers and view their collection of photography. Jessica Rastelli has had a passion for photography since childhood. She majored in photography in college and continues to attend photography seminars. Along with her mother, Susan, together they have had a long and varied career in photography which began 19 years ago with their sports action photography business, Take Action Photos, and have expanded to include fine art photography, portraits, weddings and events. They were one of the first women sports action photographers in Northwest Michigan. During recent summer months they have participated in area juried Art Shows, displaying their fine art photography. They have been featured in a variety of publications including Traverse City Record Eagle, Benzie County Record Patriot, Pure Michigan, Life Style Magazine, “Traverse City Football: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” and light post banners in downtown Frankfort. Some of their favorite events include the WWII Memorial Dedication, Traverse City Film Festival (11 years), Carter Osterhouse Foundation Playground dedications in Traverse City and Frankfort, Pop Warner Youth Football (16 years), Red Wings Training Camp, Special Olympics fundraising events, Tour of Interesting Places, BACN and Panther Parents. The public is invited to view this special exhibit at West Shore Bank’s Frankfort office located at 501 Main St., during normal banking hours. The “Take Action Photos” exhibit will be displayed from Oct. 12, through Feb.13, 2019. The exhibit is free of charge. For additional information, call (231) 352-9655.

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Facing a three-goal deficit at halftime Wednesday in their Champions League semifinal, Tottenham’s players had to think back only 24 hours or so to find a source of inspiration. “We saw Liverpool last night — it goes to show it’s not over until it is over,” Tottenham fullback Danny Rose said. A day after Liverpool’s stunning win over Barcelona, Tottenham pulled off another epic comeback in Amsterdam. Lucas Moura completed a hat trick in the sixth minute of injury time as Tottenham rallied to beat Ajax 3-2 and reach its first Champions League final, going through 3-3 on aggregate thanks to the away-goals rule. ELSEWHERE Nocetti named CIF executive director Ron Nocetti, a 1986 Sacred Heart graduate, has landed at the top of the state’s high school sports governing body after being promoted to executive director of the California Interscholastic Federation. Nocetti, 51, replaces Roger Blake, who announced his retirement in March. Nocetti had been second in command as CIF’s associate executive director since 2012. “It’s an honor to be selected,” he said. “I'm excited to continue serving side by side with the entire CIF family who works so relentlessly to provide opportunities for our students to participate in education-based athletics.” — Mitch Stephens College golf: Stanford and San Jose State advanced to the NCAA women’s championships May 17-22 in Fayetteville, Ark. The Cardinal finished fourth in the East Lansing, Mich., regional. The Spartans were fifth in the Cle Elum, Wash., regional. Cal finished 12th in the Auburn regional and did not advance. — Ron Kroichick SEMIFINALS Tuesday: Liverpool defeats Barcelona 4-0, wins aggregate 4-3. Wednesday: Tottenham defeats Ajax Amsterdam 3-2, wins aggregate 3-3 on away goals. FINAL June 1: Liverpool vs. Tottenham in Madrid College basketball: Washington State added graduate transfer Deion James (Colorado State) and incoming freshman Noah Williams, a 6-foot-5 guard who is the son of WSU alum Guy Williams, to its team for next season under new head coach Kyle Smith, who left USF to take the Cougars’ job. Guy Williams went to Bishop O’Dowd-Oakland and USF before transferring to WSU. He played five game for the Warriors in the 1985-86 season. NFL: The Seattle Seahawks reportedly have agreed to a one-year deal with former Pro Bowl defensive end Ezekiel Ansah, who spent the past six seasons with Detroit. Tennis: Rafael Nadal, recovering from a stomach virus, cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win over teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the third round of the Madrid Open. On the women’s side, top-ranked Naomi Osaka reached the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and defending champion Petra Kvitova defeated Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-3;.

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Faculty group censures Harreld over ethics A faculty assembly at the University of Iowa's largest college has approved a motion of censure against the incoming UI president for including inaccuracies on his resume during the recent search process. Several faculty, student and staff groups on campus have issued "no confidence" votes or other complaints about the recent presidential search process overseen by the Iowa Board of Regents. Those censures, however, have stopped short of directly criticizing Bruce Harreld, who was selected unanimously by the regents Sept. 3 as UI's 21st president. After meeting in closed session Wednesday afternoon, the Faculty Assembly of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences unanimously approved the motion against Harreld for failing to uphold "the highest ethical standards" and violating professional ethics by misrepresenting his recent work experience and publication history. "I think the message is that values and ethics matter," said Bob McMurray, a professor of psychology and a member of the assembly that represents 700 faculty members in the college. "This is not a call for any action. This is not saying that we will not support President Harreld. ... But it is a statement that we expect people to behave with intellectual honesty." Resume discrepancies The two discrepancies listed by the censure motion concern how Harreld described his recent work experience and publication history. On his resume, Harreld listed his most recent employment as managing principal of Executing Strategy LLC in Avon, Colo. During his Sept. 1 public forum, Harreld noted the listing had been a mistake. He used the name of a limited liability company that he had been using in Massachusetts but no longer needed now that his clients wanted him to assume liability directly. He allowed that company to lapse. “So that’s ‘Shame on me.' I too quickly pulled it out of my head and put it on the resume," he said. "There's no Colorado corporation. ... It’s me personally working.” Even if the specific discrepancies on Harreld’s resume might not have raised major concerns in the corporate world, a longtime resume investigator says they still should have been looked into by anyone charged with vetting Harreld’s candidacy. “They might not have sent up a red flag, but they would have sent up yellow or orange-y ones,” said Christopher Marquet, CEO of the Boston-based consultant firm Marquet International. “It’s easily explainable ... but these things should have been clarified before the university (and the regents) put it all out there.” RELATED COVERAGE - HARRELD: Who he is | UI announces choice - CONTRACT: What the UI is offering - DISSENT: Graduate student union rips decision - REACTION: Students want connection | Community leaders want unity - VIDEO: Harreld's first steps in improving UI | Harreld on the importance of collegiate athletics - GALLERY: Harreld appointed as new UI president To Harreld's detractors, it looks as if the incoming president was trying to cover up a lack of employment since he ended his job last year as a lecturer in the Harvard Business School. But Harreld’s confusion over his current work history is something that Marquet said he encounters fairly regularly when he is asked to investigate a resume. The situation would warrant a call to the applicant – as well as bringing the discrepancy to the attention of the company – but Marquet said it wouldn’t disqualify someone automatically. Regent officials had no comment on Wednesday's censure vote, but said any questions about Harreld's recent work history were answered during the public forum that took place two days before Harreld's hiring. "We're not concerned about the resume," said Josh Lehman, regents spokesman. Neither Harreld nor the regents have said anything regarding the faculty assembly's second charge: that Harreld failed to note on his resume that most of the 12 papers listed under publications were co-authored. Such a failure amounts to claiming sole credit for work this is not yours alone, said Russ Ganim, chairman of the faculty assembly, and is in violation of the UI Operations Manual. Marquet said that, although his experience is primarily in the corporate world, he can understand why the publication history would be of such concern in the academic world “where publication is king and you need to credit all your co-authors.” He also agrees that Harreld's resume, as written, was "a little bit misleading and should have been said better." But the concerns over Harreld’s publication history, Marquet said, could have been easily avoided if Harreld had followed the corporate norm of adding a disclaimer that described himself as "the author or co-author of the following papers.” Due diligence Marquet said the sparseness of Harreld's resume was not out of keeping with those of other corporate executive bios, but it definitely would have looked very different than the lengthy academic CVs of the three other finalists for UI president – a college president and two university provosts. Harreld was one of four finalists to replace Sally Mason, who retired this summer after eight years as UI president. An online survey conducted by the UI chapter of the American Association of University Professors found that fewer than 3 percent of the participants considered Harreld qualified for the job. The three other candidates received percentage levels in the 90s. Critics of Harreld's hiring have accused the regents and the leadership of the UI Presidential Search and Screen Committee of showing him favorable treatment as a candidate in the final two months of the search. Many viewed the non-academic character of Harreld's resume as a sign that he was the candidate already preferred by the regents and, thus, didn't even have to try to impress the UI community. Others suggest that the discrepancies on Harreld's resume demonstrate that Parker Executive Search, the Atlanta-based consultant group hired by the regents, failed to do its due diligence in vetting Harreld's candidate materials. They worry what other discrepancies might have been missed. "The other three candidates presented materials that conformed to professional norms," Ganim said. “As to the cultural differences (between the corporate and academic world), at the very least, the search firm should have worked with him to make sure that the CV was up to the University of Iowa’s professional standards.” Reach Jeff Charis-Carlson at 319-887-5435 or jcharisc@press-citizen.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jeffcharis.

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Falkirk romped to their biggest win of the season as they boosted their bid for a place in the Premiership play-offs. The Bairns ended a run of four games without a win as they avenged the Rovers’ 4-2 victory at Westfield in October. Raith were made to pay for a dismal defensive display at Stark’s Park as they missed out on the chance to leapfrog their rivals and go fourth in the Championship. They are now without a win in their last eight league fixtures and to cap a day to forget, new signing Ryan Stevenson was forced off after 20 minutes after suffering a blow to the head. The former Hearts frontman had helped put the Rovers in front when he slipped in Chris Johnston for the opener on nine minutes, but it was all one way traffic thereafter. Myles Hippolyte curled a fabulous free-kick equaliser on 16 minutes before Kirkcaldy keeper Kevin Cuthbert conceded two goals he would rather forget. First, he failed to prevent a tame drive from Bob McHugh midway though the first half from nestling in his net before allowing a run of the mill 25 yard effort from Craig Sibbald to squirm through his legs seven minutes from the interval. The game was over as a contest within three minutes of the re-start when Sibbald scored his second from a Tony Gallacher cutback, although this time Cuthbert was helpless as a wicked deflection off Kyle Benedictus left him flat-footed. Three Things We Learned Season of goodwill continues ... Falkirk prospered from an extension to the festive season as Raith gifted them goals. The Bairns promotion charge is on but without a win in eight, Raith are toiling. Ryan can get Raith flyin' ... There remains a glimmer of hope in Kirkcaldy, however. Even in a 20 minutes, Ryan Stevenson showed he will bring much needed strength and physicality in the final third, but Gary Locke’s defence must sharpen up fast. Myles ahead of the rest ... Is there a more naturally gifted player in the Championship than Myles Hippolyte? He scored a brilliant equaliser and assisted at the fourth. Surely only issues with attitude and application are costing him a game at a higher level.

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Farewell: The stage is set for my departure As theatre critic, Pat Donnelly was privileged to witness one of the most exciting periods in Quebec theatre history So many plays, so many books, so many circuses. And now, at last, I’m done. It dawned on me long ago that I was working within a changing industry. Reading the newspaper that landed on the doorstep in the morning was once a sacred ritual. Now, with many readers, that has given way to feverish scanning of cell phones and iPads. All must be reinvented, reimagined, repackaged, yet ultimately sold to someone. Therein lies the journalistic challenge for the next generation. After 31 years of writing about the arts, it’s time to kick the daily newspaper writing habit, an addiction that has driven, defined and scheduled my life for far too long. Burnout is for other people; journalists just keep going as long as they can. According to our (incomplete) database, I’ve written 4,200 stories since 1990. My journey with The Gazette began seven years before that, in the spring of 1984, with a review of a silly comedy called the Owl and the Pussycat at La Diligence dinner theatre. I was a freelancer back then, paying the rent by teaching drama at Montreal Children’s Theatre while writing a play with the support of a Canada Council grant. I had already learned that making a decent living in theatre as an actor, director or playwright was incredibly difficult. Poet Ann Diamond had introduced me to recently hired Gazette theatre critic Marianne Ackerman, a fellow single mother who was already feeling the burden of the job and wanted freelance backup. I learned how to review plays, one painful sentence at a time, because it paid well and I had a child to support. To this day, I hate writing, especially on deadline, although I love seeing the finished product in print. In those days, I wrote on a typewriter at home, used liquid whiteout to cover mistakes, and delivered the copy by hand. Someone at the paper transcribed and edited it before typesetters prepared it for print. Four years later, after Ackerman opted for a life as a playwright and novelist, I was hired by arts editor Jim Baine as Gazette theatre critic, a position which I held until 2001. After that, I took on the literary beat as the Gazette’s first full-time book critic for six years. When Matt Radz, who had taken over the theatre beat, retired in 2007, I was asked by arts editor Mark Tremblay to return to the cloistered life of writing during the day and seeing countless plays at night. Looking back, it was all (to borrow a title from the late Eugene O’Neill) a strange interlude, from start to finish. As a theatre critic, I was privileged to witness one of the most exciting periods in Quebec theatre history, when Robert Lepage was first making waves, the Montreal Fringe Festival was born and Montreal’s bilingual Les Misérables won the admiration of the world. Sylvie Drapeau starred in all the best French plays. The Cirque du Soleil went from one triumph to another. Montrealer Richard Monette ruled the Stratford Festival. The biennial Festival TransAmériques, founded by the indomitable Marie-Hélène Falcon, expanded to became an annual hybrid of theatre and dance. And La Licorne, my favourite francophone theatre, began to lead the way with English surtitles. Meanwhile, Montreal’s subscription season theatres (Centaur Theatre, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, the Segal Centre, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, etc.) provided a steady, eclectic selection of works to their loyal customers. Smaller anglophone companies, such as Teesri Duniya, Imago, Infinitheatre, Persephone Productions and Black Theatre Workshop struggled to do more with less. And they continue to do so, often with exciting results. Countless others expired along the way. Last weekend, I took in Robert Lepage’s Jeux de cartes: Coeur, a second time, at our unique circus/theatre venue, Tohu, to scrutinize its progression. It was good to be reminded that among the best francophone theatre artists of Quebec, global awareness and sensitivity to other cultures has been around for decades. And yes, Coeur is now a stronger show, but there’s no time left to say more. Tick tock. As a literary critic, I reviewed many memorable books (such as The Book of Negroes), interviewed some of the world’s top authors (Peter Carey was a riot), and applied my theatre-festival-covering strategies to the fledgling Blue Metropolis Literary Festival. Some things I won’t miss. Like standing on St-Laurent Blvd. corner at midnight searching for a bus or taxi after seeing my fourth Montreal Fringe Festival show of the day. It may take years to re-establish regular eating habits. At press time, I am still partly in denial about leaving. But I’m eager to catch up on movies, books and music and looking forward to spending quality time with my two adorable grandchildren, Lennox and Aimée. Many thanks to editor-in-chief Lucinda Chodan who has allowed me to make a graceful exit before the spring festival rush, and to all of the Gazette staff who have put up with me. Especially the sharp-eyed copy editors who caught my mistakes before the presses rolled, the photographers who made my stories look far more interesting than many of them actually were, and our computer wizards like Rob Ramsey who rescued me so many times from technical glitches. If I don’t do something interesting with the rest of my life, it’s my own damned fault. Farewell, adieu, et bon spectacle! Stay tuned. And do stay in touch.

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Fatal North Shore accident being treated as a criminal investigation Article content An accident that resulted in the death of a 63-year-old Vancouver man on the North Shore Upper Levels Highway on Monday is being treated as a criminal investigation. Advertisement 2 Article content North Vancouver RCMP said Tuesday that the man died after being involved in a four-vehicle collision as he drove southbound at 3:45 p.m. along a portion of Highway 1 known as ‘The Cut.’ tap here to see other videos from our team. Fatal North Shore accident being treated as a criminal investigation Back to video Other drivers and passengers suffered minor injuries. RCMP Cpl. Richard De Jong said the incident is considered a “fatal criminal investigation,” with Port Mann Highway Patrol conducting the investigation. De Jong said the victim’s name hasn’t yet been released. The accident forced the diversion of traffic for several hours to facilitate the gathering of evidence. Police are asking that any witnesses call the Port Mann Highway Patrol at 604-526-9744, and reference File 2017-115. bmorton@postmedia.com CLICK HERE to report a typo. Is there more to this story? We’d like to hear from you about this or any other stories you think we should know about. Email vantips@postmedia.com.

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February 7, 2017 Drag Queen Bingo Raises Funds For Women’s Club By Kate Quesada What could be better than a night of great entertainment for a great cause? The Riverview Women’s Club (RWC) has organized just that with its Drag Queen Bingo event taking place Thursday March 9, at The Regent in Riverview. The evening of fun, which starts when doors open at 5:30 p.m., includes […]

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Fed's positive economic outlook moves S&P/TSX composite higher for third straight day A positive economic and employment outlook by the U.S. Federal Reserve propelled North American stock markets higher for a third straight day and pared losses in the choppy month of September. Stock markets generally do well when the economy is doing well, said Mike Archibald, vice-president and portfolio manager with AGF Investments Inc., even though they were also supported by financial engineering to address the impact of COVID-19 The U.S. central bank supported positive vibes by giving "a fairly bullish outlook" for the economy, hinted that bond purchases will begin to be tapered in November and said rate hikes will begin the end of 2022 and proceed in several stages through 2024. "The Fed's giving you confidence that they believe the economic backdrop is better than perhaps people thought a few days ago or what they thought at their last couple of meetings," he said in an interview. Despite the eventual reduction in stimulus, monetary policy will remain accommodative with rates remaining very low, Archibald said. "That's giving confidence to equity investors to keep money coming into into stocks." In addition, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed an investor worry by saying Thursday that agreement has been reached on a stopgap funding bill that will avert a government shutdown. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 60.44 points to 20,461.93. It's down 0.6 per cent in September and up 17.4 per cent so far in 2021. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 506.50 points at 34,764.82. The S&P 500 index was up 53.34 points at 4,448.98, while the Nasdaq composite was up 155.39 points at 15,052.24. The cyclical sectors of the market performed best with energy, financials and consumer discretionary all rising on the TSX. Energy increased 2.8 per cent on a climb in energy prices in response to the positive economic outlook with crude oil prices rising to their highest level since the end of July. The November crude contract was up US$1.07 at US$73.30 per barrel and the November natural gas contract was up 18.8 cents at US$5.04 per mmBTU. Arc Resources Ltd. increased 5.4 per cent. followed by Vermilion Energy Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc. Tourmaline Oil Corp. shares gained 4.3 per cent after the company announced late Wednesday that it was raising its dividend, paying a special dividend and upgrading its outlook. The Canadian dollar traded for 79.03 cents US compared with 78.39 cents US on Wednesday. The heavyweight financials sector rose one per cent with the country's banks increasing as much as 1.6 per cent on the day. Technology was moved higher by a 10.1 per cent increase in BlackBerry Ltd. in response to its latest quarterly results. And industrials was up slightly even as shares of SNC-Lavalin Inc. dropped 2.3 per cent after the RCMP laid bribery charges against two former executives, the company and a subsidiary. Utilities and materials were the biggest laggards. Materials lost 1.5 per cent on lower metals prices. The December gold contract was down US$29.00 at US$1,749.80 an ounce and the December copper contract was down 2.1 cents at US$4.23 a pound. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 23, 2021.

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Finland joins other Nordic nations in curbing Moderna shots Finland has joined other Nordic countries in suspending or discouraging the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in certain age groups because of an increased risk of heart inflammation, a rare side effect associated with the shot. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare said Thursday that authorities won't give the shot to males under age 30. They will be offered the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine instead. The government agency said it found that young men and boys were at a slightly higher risk of developing myocarditis. The move by Finland followed similar decisions by three neighboring countries on Wednesday. Sweden suspended the use of Moderna for people under 30, Denmark said those under 18 won't be offered the Swiss-made vaccine, and Norway urged those under 30 to get the Pfizer vaccine instead. All four countries based their decision on an unpublished study with Sweden's Public Health Agency saying that it signals "an increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the heart muscle or the pericardium" -- the double-walled sac containing the heart and the roots of the main vessels. It added: "The risk of being affected is very small." The preliminary information from the Nordic study has been sent to the European Medicines Agency's adverse reaction committee to be assessed. MORE HEALTH NEWS COVID-19 COVERAGE CTVNews.ca Top Stories Russia sanctions 61 more Canadians, including top Trudeau staffers, premiers, mayors and journalists Russia has issued a fresh round of sanctions, targeting 61 Canadians including premiers, mayors, journalists, military officials and top staffers in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government. 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Canada Brit stuck in Canada over PR card kerfuffle desperate to see father with terminal illness Shana Olie says she never thought she'd be stuck in Canada, unable to see her gravely ill father in the U.K. -- not because of the pandemic, but due to administrative delays at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Ukrainian Canadian Congress calls on police to investigate Victoria arson attack as hate crime The Ukrainian Canadian Congress says an arson attack on the home of a Ukrainian family in Victoria should be investigated as a hate crime. Canada needs a stronger COVID-19 detection system, experts say Experts say Canada needs to develop a robust system to detect COVID-19 activity in the absence of wide-scale PCR testing. Since the onset of the Omicron variant, provinces and territories have scaled back access to gold-standard PCR testing, citing the lack of capacity to keep up with demand and the need to free up health-care resources. Sharp rise in passport applications fuelling longer wait times: Service Canada A resurging interest in travel has seen the number of Canadian passports issued over the past year more than triple, in some cases resulting in longer wait times, the latest figures from the federal government show. Insignia air fryers, ovens recalled due to potential fire hazard A product recall has been issued for some Insignia brand air fryers and air fryer ovens over concerns that the units can overheat, posing a potential burn and fire hazard. Montrealer who died in Haiti plane crash lost son in Christmas Ferris wheel accident A Montrealer is among the five victims of a deadly plane crash in Haiti, according to Quebec Liberal MNA Paule Robitaille. World Ukraine updates: Western officials say Putin could take Donbas What's happening in Ukraine on Thursday: Western officials say Ukraine will need economic and military support for months to come as the war grinds into a long conflict. U.K. lawmakers OK probe into PM Boris Johnson's alleged lies British lawmakers have ordered a parliamentary investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson for allegedly lying about whether he broke coronavirus restrictions by attending illegal gatherings during the pandemic. Macron vs. Le Pen: The French presidential election runoff explained France's presidential election will be a rematch of the 2017 contest, when the far right's Marine Le Pen faced off against political newcomer Emmanuel Macron. Macron won that race by nearly two votes to one. Gaza violence intensifies as Jerusalem clashes resume Israel's air force and Palestinian militants traded fire across the Gaza frontier early Thursday as clashes erupted again at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, worsening an escalation that has been eerily similar to the lead-up to last year's Israel-Gaza war. 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Flying to a business meeting across town or a nearby city in a taxi-sized, pilotless drone is no longer just the stuff of futuristic sci-fi movies like Blade Runner. “We’re already seeing people create these systems . . . but obviously not in Canada, because our government would have a heart attack if they found out people were flying in drones from one place to another,” says Trevor Bergmann, chief executive officer of AeroVision Canada. This week, German-based Volocopter proved the Beechville, N.S. commercial drone operator right. On Monday, Volocopter held what is believed to be the first successful public demonstration of an unmanned drone capable of carrying two passengers. Dubai’s crown prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his entourage reportedly looked on approvingly as the bizarre aircraft rose about 200 metres off the ground and flew for about five minutes. It looks like the love child of a helicopter and a commercial drone. There’s no pilot — just a display screen — in the body of the aircraft that looks like a tail-less helicopter lifted into the sky by 18 propellers. Volocopter is marketing its invention as an autonomous urban air taxi and claims it works with a regular smartphone app. Think Uber. “Implementation would see you using your smartphone, having an app, and ordering a Volocopter to the next voloport near you. The volocopter would come and autonomously pick you up and take you to your destination,” said Florian Reuter, Volocopter’s chief executive officer, in a news release. Among the big mysteries yet to be worked out by the air transport industry and governments before business people and others can start flying in drone taxis to their meetings, though, is the entire issue of regulation — where these things will be allowed to fly, take off and land, and under what conditions. Transport Canada officials declined a request for an interview about passenger-carrying drones and did not respond to a request for information by deadline Thursday. But Monette Pasher, executive director of the Atlantic Canada Airports Association, which includes the Halifax Stanfield and J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport in Sydney, said this week these passenger-carrying drones are not even on the radar for airport authorities in Nova Scotia and the rest of the region. “It’s not something we’re even talking about in Canada,” Pasher said in an interview. Wayne Harvey, vice-president of operational, technical and regulatory affairs for the Canadian Airports Council, said in an interview his association, which represents 100 airports in Canada, is aware of these unmanned flying taxis. But so far there has been no discussion between that association and Transport Canada about regulations for them. “At this stage there is nothing in terms of regulations that has been published,” said Harvey. That’s got to change, says Bergmann. “Regional airports really need to start to think of the strategic integration of unmanned aerial vehicles because it’s something that’s going to come even if it is a few years away,” he said. “People have to get over their fear of unmanned aerial vehicles, that they are nefarious, spying devices.” The passenger drone transportation sector is rapidly getting off the ground. In July this year, Volocopter inked a financing deal for more than 25 million Euros with automobile giant Daimler, tech investor Lukasz Gadowski and others to speed up the introduction of these “flying taxis” throughout the world. “The strong financial commitment of our new investors is a signal as well as proof of the growing confidence in the newly-emerging market for electrically-driven, vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts put to use as personal air taxis,” said Reuter in a statement earlier this year. “We deliberately sought a mix of investors with strategic and entrepreneurial backgrounds and were able to implement this perfectly with Daimler and Lukasz Gadowski." Gadowski predicts the next few years will witness a revolution in unmanned aviation as automobile companies enter the field and join forces with tech experts. The first licensed and commercially-available Volocopter is expected to go to market next year. Despite the buzz created by Volocopter’s Dubai demonstration, it is not the only company to have launched a passenger-carrying drone. There are about a half-dozen companies working to develop this technology and launch their own products. Last year, China-based Ehang became the first out of the gate with this technology when it unveiled its Ehang 184, a small, tail-less helicopter with four propellers under it, at the Las Vegas convention centre. Small enough to fit in a standard parking spot, that pilotless passenger drone charges in two hours and can carry up to 220 pounds. It’s made to fly up to 500 metres high and has a top speed of 100 kilometres per hour. “You don’t need a pilot. You don’t need a licence . . . It’s controlled by a computer,” said Yifang Xiong, Ehang’s co-founder, during the unveiling. “We have a command centre behind, making sure this unmanned aerial vehicle is always, you know, at the right time at the right place.” Ride-sharing giant Uber has even proposed that an entire network of passenger drones taking people to and from work is only a decade away. In a discussion paper released last October about its Uber Elevate concept, the company speculated that the development of infrastructure to support an urban vertical takeoff and landing network of passenger drones will cost less than building more roads, railways, bridges and tunnels for cars and trucks. “In the long term, (this) will be an affordable form of daily transportation for the masses, even less expensive than owning a car,” reads the Uber Elevate discussion paper. Maybe so. Many Canadians, though, could have second and even third thoughts about entrusting their lives to pilot-less flying machines. At the Canadian Airports Council, Harvey certainly isn’t lining up to be one of the first to try them out. “We’ll have to see what options are available on them when they come out,” he said. “I’m not sure if I’d use them or not.”

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Football / PATRICK BAMFORD can play the piano, violin and saxophone. He also scores goals like the FA Cup strike that left jet-setting Manchester City out in the cold. Football / PATRICK BAMFORD can play the piano, violin and saxophone. He also scores goals like the FA Cup strike that left jet-setting Manchester City out in the cold. Football / THE Premier League hasn't weakened despite Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City crashing out of Europe. Football / NEWCASTLE can defy the odds and beat Arsenal if they demonstrate the same spirit they showed against Chelsea. Football / GARETH BALE will prove his critics wrong if he stays at Real Madrid come the end of the season. Football / ENGLAND would have gone a lot further at the World Cup had Chelsea skipper John Terry been involved. Football / FORMER Arsenal star Bobby Gould thinks his old club can't be discounted from the title race just yet. Football / BRENDAN RODGERS allowed Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel to go on holiday during his three-match ban for stamping. Football / HULL manager Steve Bruce says his players need only look to Wigan and Blackpool as their motivation for remaining in the Premier League. Football / HARRY KANE has once again shown he can do no wrong by setting a new record on the punch bag in a competition with Sam Warburton and Curtly Ambrose. Football / MIKAEL LUSTIG has been told it could be up to a year before he is back playing pain-free.

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