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CALGARY – A former Calgary police officer has been accused of using the force’s database to strike up personal relationships with women he met during service calls and other police-related matters. “I would say a bit of shock, strong disappointment as ... this is not behaviour that is consistent with the values of our service,” police Chief Mark Neufeld said Wednesday, when asked for his response to the charges. “You gotta be able to trust the police and, especially in your moment of need or vulnerability, if you can’t trust a police officer, we’re all in trouble.” The 16-year member of the service, who has since resigned, has been charged with one count of breach of trust and one count of misuse of a computer system. A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for the arrest of Brett Singer, 51. But police say it’s believed he’s no longer in the country. It’s alleged that between 2008 and 2023, the officer engaged in relationships with many women and used police databases to find and contact them outside of his policing duties. A16-month investigation began in July 2023. Katherine Murphy, executive director of the police service’s legal and regulatory services division, said four women came forward that summer and more later reported “similar inappropriate contact from this police officer.” Murphy commended the women for coming forward. “That takes a significant amount of courage. Because we recognize when our members respond to any call for service, they are in a position of power and authority over everyone they’re interacting with.” Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Singer was suspended with pay in January. His duty status was assessed as the investigation progressed. He was suspended without pay in September. Shortly after, he resigned, and it’s believed he left Canada. “We have information about where he may be. But because we don’t have independent confirmation of that, I don’t see any value in speculating on where he is,” said Neufeld. “The individual does have significant ties back to Canada and, if he returns to Canada, he will immediately be arrested.” This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2024. Advertisement AdvertisementA large area of land of Bharani canal has allegedly been grabbed illegally in front of the Begum Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mahila Kamil Madrasa in Mirukhali union under Pirojpur's Mathbaria upazila for setting up a market. Locals alleged that Abul Kalam Sharif, former principal of the madrasa, is behind the land grabbing. Kalam also allegedly constructed a permanent road and iron bridge in front of the madrasa and another concrete bridge nearby. He has been encroaching on the canal since 2010, after a cross dam was constructed on the canal around 20 years back by Mosharraf Hossain Akan, former chairman of Dhanisafa union parishad, to connect the Phuljhuri and Patakata villages. Later, Local Government Engineering Department constructed a paved road on the embankment, and another by Roads and Highways Department. A total of four such cross dams have been constructed on the Bharani canal, and several more dams on other connecting canals, which have been hindering flow of water through the canals and thereby causing shortage of water for irrigating the Aman paddy fields there. Despite protests from local farmers, local authorities went on with constructing the dams over the years. The local farmers have since then been facing untold sufferings with their paddy cultivation. "The dams remain closed all year round. During dry season, we don't get any water in the canal, while in monsoon, the dams cause waterlogging in the adjacent croplands. As such, we face difficulties to cultivate paddy on our lands," said Shahid Farazi, a local farmer. According to locals, Kalam was among those on the forefront demanding construction of the dams. He did so in a planned move to eventually grab the canal's land, they alleged. Mahbubur Rahman, another local, alleged that Kalam used his political influence during the then Awami League government to get the dam constructed with a motive to grab the canal's land. "After the dam's construction, Kalam began grabbing land on the embankment by planting betel nut and timber trees. Now he has taken hold of a good chunk of land to set up a market," he also alleged. Omar Faruq, another local, echoed him. Kalam, who had previously claimed his madrasa will sustain damages due to erosion unless the dams are constructed, later changed his tone after the fall of the AL government. Acknowledging the fact that many people are facing trouble for the dam, he said, "I have requested Mathbaria's upazila nirbahi officer for constructing a box-culvert in place of the dam." Kalam, however, denied grabbing the canal's land, adding that he earlier planted trees to protect the embankment from erosion. Contacted, Abdul Kaium, UNO of Mathbaria, said he was aware of the issue. "We are planning to construct a bridge on the canal to replace the dam. This will keep the connectivity unaffected while mitigate the adverse impact of the dam on agriculture. Higher authorities of LGED and RHD have been informed in this regard," he said. The UNO, however, could not confirm when the plan will be implemented.

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When Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia assumed the role of mayor of Cebu City, he anticipated backlash and potential legal cases against him, despite his succession being based on the rule of law. His predecessor, Michael Rama, was dismissed from office by the Ombudsman for nepotism after appointing his two brothers-in-law to positions at City Hall. Indeed, the expected cases against Mayor Garcia have begun to surface. An anonymous complaint was filed with the Ombudsman accusing him of nepotism for allegedly appointing his wife, Kate, to a position in City Hall. Most recently, Atty. Mikel Rama, son of the dismissed mayor, filed a complaint against Garcia for grave misconduct, dishonesty, other frauds, refusal to discharge elective office, abandonment of office or position and falsification of public documents before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. A parallel complaint was also lodged by Mikel against Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) 7 Director Leocadio Trovela for grave misconduct, dishonesty, and falsification of public documents related to his role in administering Garcia’s oath as the new mayor of Cebu City. Mikel requested that the anti-graft office issue a cease and desist order against Garcia and sought preventive suspension for the respondents to prevent tampering with documents, influencing potential witnesses and obstructing the Ombudsman’s investigation. The Ombudsman’s decision that gained widespread attention online on Oct. 3 ordered Rama’s dismissal after he was found guilty of nepotism for hiring his two brothers-in-law as employees at City Hall. However, before Rama’s six-month preventive suspension from May 8 could conclude on Nov. 8, his dismissal was executed by DILG 7. Despite facing these legal challenges, Garcia continues to extend civility towards the dismissed mayor. He maintains that he is not responsible for Rama’s current situation and describes himself as an “innocent bystander.” “Anak man sad ko’g mayor sa una, unya og naay mga negatibo nga mahitabo sa akong amahan utro man sad tang masakitan (I was also the son of a mayor in the past, and whenever negative things happened to my father I would also get hurt). We are only human beings here, masakitan man sad ta (we also get hurt). And that’s why I understand where Atty. Mikel Rama is coming from. Nasakitan siya sa nahitabo sa iyang amahan (He was hurt by what happened to his father),” Garcia said. He expressed empathy towards Atty. Mikel Rama’s feelings regarding his father’s predicament. With the ongoing cases against him, some argue that Mayor Garcia should cease being overly accommodating to Rama while still maintaining a civil demeanor towards all political opponents in the mayoralty race. In a related development, dismissed mayor Rama’s camp, through lawyer Atty. Luis Vera Cruz Jr., sent a letter demanding that the mayor’s office be unlocked within 24 hours. A separate letter was addressed to the Sangguniang Panlungsod concerning Rama’s intention to return to office after his suspension ended on November 8. Rama’s legal counsel accused Garcia of “deliberate, willful and felonious” actions in padlocking the mayor’s office. The lawyer claims this action was intended to deprive Rama of access to his personal belongings and obstruct his official duties to the detriment of public service. The letter emphasized that the 180-day preventive suspension imposed by the Ombudsman on Rama had already lapsed on Nov. 6. If Garcia does not respond soon, this could serve as grounds for additional charges against him before the Ombudsman. We await Garcia’s response or that of City Hall regarding Rama’s demand.Canada 'Freedom Convoy' leader found guilty over trucker protest roleHyderabad: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday sent a legal notice to the Andhrajyothy publication demanding an unconditional apology. The notice says that the publication spread defamatory, false, and scandalous reports about him in connection with the legal proceedings initiated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning the Adani Group. The notice firmly rejected these claims as false and accused the newspaper of circulating malicious and misleading information about the YSRCP President. “The insinuation and further allegations purported to be sourced from the judicial proceedings in the US are clearly aimed at causing severe damage to my client’s reputation as an individual and as a head of the political party being YSRCP, and also to malign my client’s functioning as the chief minister of the state between 2019 to 2024,” the notice served by Jagan’s advocate read. It has slammed the publication for carrying “untruthful material with intent and prior knowledge that it would cause harm to my client’s reputation seeking to allude to bribes purported to have been paid for securing such agreements and the alleged role of state government securing such contract”. In fact, the notice has come in response to the report saying that the state officials were allegedly paid bribes for solar power purchases during Jagan’s YSR Congress was in power. Rebutting the reports carried by the media organisation, the notice has shared the details of the power purchase agreement, saying it was an agreement amongst governments and no third party was involved in it. It explains: “The subject matter relates to the agreements amongst that parties, the Government of Andhra Pradesh and DISCOMs of Andhra Pradesh and Solar Energy Corporation of India in pursuance of the initiative by the Government of India commencing from its first communication dated 15/09/2021. “It was SECI, an instrumentality of the government of India, that had made the phenomenally beneficial offer to the government of Andhra Pradesh. The main advantages to the state owing to the offer from SECI are — it proposes an arrangement between as GoI undertaking and state government, the tariff at which the solar power was offered was the cheapest of the rates at which the Andhra Pradesh Distribution utilities were procuring solar power till date, the offer from SECI also emphasises the Ministry of Power, GoI’s special incentive of waiver of Intern-State Transmission Charges on the power purchased from SECI, which translates to an impact of around Rs 2 per unit of power,” states the notice. “Can any state government upon receiving such an offer from the Government of India undertaking, that is extremely beneficial to the interests of the state, ignore or decline such an offer?” asks the notice. According to it, “if any state government were to ignore or decline such an offer, would its action not be subject to severe criticism and would motives not be attributed to such state government?” The notice explains how due and thorough process was gone through before executing the agreement. “After due process, the Council of Ministers approved the proposal on 28/10/2021, the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission conveyed their approval on 11/11/2021, the Ministry of Power, GoI, issued orders to Central Electricity Regulatory Commission on 30th November 2021, granting waiver of ISTS charges to the projects and only subsequently the Power Sale Agreement was executed on 01.12.2021 amongst the parties, the Solar Energy Corporation of India, Distribution Utilities of Andhra Pradesh and Government of Andhra Pradesh,” says the notice, adding: “Apart from these, there are no other parties to the Power Sale Agreement.” The tariff that was offered for supply at Rs 2.49 per unit was the least of the tariffs at which PPAs were ever executed in Andhra Pradesh in the last 25 years for procurement of solar power or wind power, says the notice. The notice says that “without regard to the same and the totality of circumstances, including the best interests of the state which was cornerstone of decision making of my client’s tenure as Chief Minister, and the decision-making by my client as head of Government, you relentlessly continue to publish news articles on Andhrajyothy.com from 21/11/2024, with the narrative that the proceedings in US Courts speak of the payment of receipt of bribe to my client.” The former CM has called upon the media outlet to tender an unconditional apology to him, prominently published on the front page of the newspaper forthwith. –Ducks starting to ‘play with an identity’ ahead of hosting Ottawa

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly said that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory puts Americans in “a very, very dangerous world,” stressing that he plans to spend his final two years in the Senate pushing back against the growing Trump-fueled isolationism within the GOP. The 82-year-old Kentucky Republican, who last month stepped down from his role as the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, has a complicated record with the incoming president . While McConnell has worked to significantly move the country to the right — much of it under the first Trump administration — he is no fan of Trump and his isolationist worldview that’s spreading throughout the Republican Party . “We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before World War II,” McConnell told the Financial Times on Wednesday . “Even the slogan is the same, ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.” He made similar comments before the election, telling Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in April that the world is “more dangerous” than before World War II due to the increase in and evolution of terrorism. The interventionist senator highlighted how Trump and the current GOP are regressing to pre-World War II isolationism — a foreign policy position that opposes American military intervention in other countries’ political affairs, including war. Trump and his allies have called for the U.S. to stop sending money to Ukraine , a country that’s been battling Russia now for more than two years. The former and incoming president has also argued that enemies within the U.S. are more dangerous than Russia and China, a claim McConnell said he vehemently disagrees with. “The cost of deterrence is considerably less than the cost of war,” the senator said to the Times. “To most American voters, I think the simple answer is, ‘Let’s stay out of it.’ That was the argument made in the ’30s and that just won’t work. Thanks to [former President Ronald] Reagan, we know what does work — not just saying peace through strength, but demonstrating it.” In one of many examples of putting the GOP first, McConnell told Welker in April that even though he does not personally like Trump, he would support him as the Republican presidential nominee. The senator told the Times that he voted for him in November but characterized the decision as supporting “the ticket” rather than the candidate. “The election’s over and we’re moving on,” he told the publication when asked if he regrets not doing more to stop Trump from taking office again. “He has an enormous audience, and he just won a national election, so there’s no question he’s the most influential Republican out there.” Trump is no fan of McConnell either, recently calling him a “disgrace” for endorsing him. McConnell, who has had multiple health scares in recent years, was replaced as the GOP’s Senate leader by South Dakota’s John Thune and said that he will not seek reelection after finishing the two remaining years in his current term. Related From Our Partner

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A heated fight between popular Odia actors Manoj Mishra and Bobby Islam at the DCP office escalated into a dramatic showdown, with videos going viral. Viral Video: Bhubaneswar saw a filmy scene on November 22, when Odia actor Manoj Mishra and director Bobby Islam had a confrontation outside the DCP office. The disagreement between the two stars quickly escalated, requiring police to step in and control the situation. Videos are now going viral. Odia Director Bobby Islam & Actor Manoj Mishra’s physical altercation goes viral On November 23, several videos emerged on social media showing the two actors fighting outside the DCP’s office. In one clip shared by OTV News on X (formerly Twitter), police officers intervene as their argument intensifies. In the video, Odia director Bobby Islam and actor Manoj Mishra are seen attacking each other, along with fellow director Jyoti Das. Bystanders, shocked to witness two film stars fighting in public, gathered around. The footage shows the actors exchanging insults while the police attempt to break up the altercation. The confrontation is said to have started over comments they made regarding a movie title. Both actors had gone to the DCP office to resolve their issues but ended up in a heated confrontation instead. Odia Director Bobby Islam and actor Manoj Mishra fought over the film title A report reveals that the dispute began when Manoj objected to a specific word in the title of an upcoming film. Meanwhile, Bobby accused Manoj of making negative comments about the Odia film industry. "Apparently, the bone of contention is Manoj's opposition to the use of a word in the title of a film that a producer is making. On the other hand, Bobby alleged that Manoj has been casting aspersions on the Odia film industry," explained the officer, as quoted by the news portal. Manoj, however, claimed that Bobby used the first word of the film’s title to insult him when he arrived at the DCP office. "I didn’t attack anybody. Bobby even used the word for me at a show. That’s why I lodged a police complaint," he said. Bobby has yet to respond to the incident. Get Current Updates on India News , Entertainment News along with Latest News and Top Headlines from India and around the world. Published 21:00 IST, November 23rd 2024

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The Colorado Supreme Court signaled last month that it may intervene in a second case questioning whether municipalities can impose harsher sentences than state law does for identical criminal conduct. At least four of the seven justices must agree to hear a case that is appealed directly to the Supreme Court without going to the Court of Appeals first. Colorado's constitution grants home rule municipalities the right to impose penalties for violations of their charters or ordinances. The result, however, has been the potential for substantially greater fines or jail time for defendants charged in municipal court compared with those who happen to be charged in state court for the same offense. Last year, the justices faced a scenario involving a pair of defendants in Rifle. Two people received a summons for a theft charge under the municipal code. The city's maximum jail time for the offense was 18 times longer than if the defendants had been charged under Colorado's theft statute. The defendants asked the Supreme Court to declare Rifle's code unconstitutional to the extent it punished an identical offense more harshly. However, after the justices ordered Rifle to respond, the city council backed down and begrudgingly changed its code. Consequently, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal. Several months later, a woman was charged with theft in Westminster Municipal Court. Compared with the identical state offense, she would face a maximum municipal fine nine times greater and jail time 36 times longer than Colorado law imposed. A judge declined to find the ordinance unconstitutional, believing a locality's sentencing scheme does not have to be consistent with the state's. The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court and in October, the justices ordered Westminster to respond to the petition. The latest appeal out of Aurora raises the same legal questions under largely similar circumstances. John Leyba, special to Colorado Politics A view inside the Aurora Municipal Center. Law enforcement charged Danielle Ashley Simons with trespass and motor vehicle trespass under the city code. Had she been prosecuted in state court and found guilty, the maximum period of incarceration would have been 120 days and a $750 fine for the more serious motor vehicle offense, and a lesser penalty for ordinary trespass. Instead, she faced up to 364 days in jail and $2,650 for both municipal offenses. Simons moved to dismiss the charges, arguing state law preempted Aurora's municipal ordinance and that the disparate treatment violated the constitutional principle of equal protection of the laws. Municipal Court Judge Shelby L. Fyles denied the motion, noting no court had ever invalidated an Aurora ordinance because of disparate sentencing. She also observed state law generally permits municipalities to impose the same fines and jail time Aurora has adopted. "Aurora, as a home-rule municipality, has the right to determine penalties for violations that occur within the city, even for offenses with overlapping state regulation, so long as no conflict exists. A discrepancy in sentencing principles, alone, does not create a conflict requiring preemption," Fyles wrote, adding Simons' argument would require all defendants to be charged in state court even if their alleged offenses also violated city ordinance. Simons appealed directly to the Supreme Court, asking it to address the same issues raised in the Westminster case or, alternatively, to halt her municipal prosecution until it decided the Westminster appeal. On Nov. 25, the court ordered Aurora to respond to Simons' arguments. It also invited the Colorado Attorney General's Office, Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Criminal Defense Bar to submit their thoughts. The case is People v. Simons.Limited again, 49ers QB Brock Purdy still fighting sore shoulder

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