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Belfast Telegraph
21-05-2025
- Business
- Belfast Telegraph
McDonald's opens its 35th restaurant in Northern Ireland after £4m investment
Fast food giant McDonald's has opened its 35th restaurant in Northern Ireland in a £4m investment adding 120 new jobs. McDonald's franchisee Bruce Bailie is the operator of the new 80-seater restaurant in Coleraine, its second in the Co Londonderry town. Each of the 35 McDonald's restaurants in Northern Ireland are owned and managed by eight franchisees, who are all businesspeople from here. Mr Bailie, who owns and operate both units in Coleraine, said he was pleased to build on community links he had developed in the town since first opening 30 years ago. 'McDonald's has been an important part of the local Coleraine community over the last 30 years and the opening of a second restaurant in the town is an indication of our commitment to the communities in which we serve here,' he added. 'Feeding and fostering local communities is at the heart and centre of the McDonald's business operation. 'With a lot of our crew at the restaurant hailing from the local area, we have a team that are passionate and looking forward to continuing our partnerships with neighbouring community groups, sports clubs and businesses.' McDonald's said customers can order their food in store, at the drive-thru or via the MyMcDonald's app. The new restaurant has 39 car parking spaces They will also be able to use McDelivery through McDonald's delivery partners, it added. An economic impact report from McDonald's launched last year said that in 2023, McDonald's supported over 6,600 jobs both directly and indirectly in Northern Ireland. It also said that the company contributed £322m of economic output (GVA) and spent almost £184m with Northern Irish businesses from its supply chain.
Daily Record
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Record
Candidates to lead Labour on Glasgow council revealed as party veteran stands down
Two Labour councillors are in the running to become their party's next leader on Glasgow council. Rashid Hussain and Jill Pidgeon are the contenders to succeed party veteran George Redmond who is standing down. It means the Labour group will elect their first female leader in decades or their first BAME leader. But it is understood there were no nominations for the posts of Chair or Business Manager , landing the victor a potential headache in running the party in the city chambers. Hussain, a Bailie , is a data analyst for an aerospace company and sits on the council's Net Zero and Climate Progress Monitoring committee. Pidgeon, Labour 's education spokesperson on the council, is a company director and works for MP Zubir Ahmed. She would be Labour's first female group leader on the council in Glasgow since Jean McFadden in the 1990s. Two sources told the Record the contest is too close to call. In a statement to colleagues, Redmond revealed he would not stand for re-election: "After a great deal of thought and reflection, I've decided that I will not be seeking nomination for group leader at the forthcoming AGM . "It has been an immense honour to serve as Labour's leader. I want to thank each and every one of you for your support, your trust, and your friendship over the years. We've faced challenges head-on, stood firm in our values, and worked tirelessly for the people we represent. I'm incredibly proud of what we've achieved together. Redmond, who was first elected in 1999, was a key player in exposing the scandal of golden goodbyes to former senior figures at the council. Labour ran Glasgow council for decades before they were toppled by the SNP in 2017. To sign up to the Daily Record Politics newsletter, click here
Winnipeg Free Press
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Final show of WCD 60th anniversary season explores power dynamics
When Montreal choreographer Lina Cruz saw the artist call from Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers soliciting pieces for the final show of the company's 60th season, she wasn't convinced she would make the cut. The WCD was looking for pieces about the future. 'I am 68 years old so I thought, well, I don't think I'm the future,' the Colombian-born artist says with a hearty laugh. 'I mean, I would like for people to consider older people as part of the future. EMILIE BLAND PHOTO by means of each other Vancouver dancers/choreographers Sarah Hutton and Aiden Cass, a.k.a. Generous Mess 'So, when I got the news, I was really very happy.' Cruz's Tomato Blues is one of two works that will be performed at the Rachel Browne Theatre this weekend, selected from a pool of 30 applicants by a panel that included choreographer/dancer Jera Wolfe, past WCD guest artist in residence Ralph Escamillan and company artistic director Jolene Bailie. If you ask Bailie, 68-year-old women and their work are certainly part of the future. 'Lina's work is really super interesting — it's kind of a juggernaut, because it's about power,' Bailie says. In particular, it's about the shifting dynamics of power and 'how easily we can shift from one side to the other depending on how much power we have,' per the artist's statement. The power dynamic Cruz explores in this cabaret-flavoured work is between a human character and a tomato. A tomato, after all, is ripe with imagery. 'The tomato begins as the vulnerable, the tender, the simple, the authentic. The human character is an explorer that feels superior to the tomato. And then they just start exchanging points of view,' Cruz says. 'Both the tomato and the human character can each become the abuser and the abused.' Cruz originally choreographed Tomato Blues on dancer Geneviève Robitaille in 2018, who has performed it several times. But when Cruz had the chance to participate in Older and Reckless, a Toronto showcase for artists who are 45-plus, last year, she decided to perform it herself. 'I had to train a lot,' she says. But she's patient, a quality she brings to her choreography. 'I'm more patient than they are,' she says of the dancers she works on. 'I know things will come. I'm very confident and patient. So I did the same thing with myself.' And sure enough, it came. 'I'm lucky I can still, more or less, move in all directions,' she says with another big laugh. 'But it's exciting. It's really exciting because it's still rare. I mean, there's more and more older performers, yes, but it's still very rare.' The other show on this double bill is by means of each other, from Vancouver dancers/choreographers (and couple) Sarah Hutton and Aiden Cass, a.k.a. Generous Mess. SUPPLIED Lina Cruz in Tomato Blues 'I was really excited about this one because they had this little bit of text about how, in their personal relationships, they're often being challenged and drawn away from personal connections and into technology,' Bailie says. Hutton, 30, and Cass, 27, were excited about the opportunity to perform in Winnipeg. 'We're emerging creators right now, so open calls are pretty rare, actually,' Hutton says. Not only that, but the pair has been trying to première this duet since 2020. The piece pulls from their own lives as romantic and creative partners, exploring communication, coexistence and, like Cruz's work, conflict. The opening scene of by means of each other deals with shorthand all couples use and how easily communication breakdowns can occur. 'It's a mundane task that we're doing, where it's like talking about picking up the groceries. Did you drop off this? Or did my mom call? And because we're using these shorthand abbreviations, like how you would like through text, we do not communicate anything effectively to each other,' Cass says. During Elections Get campaign news, insight, analysis and commentary delivered to your inbox during Canada's 2025 election. 'It's funny because as a couple who makes dance together, there's this weird thing that happens where I often feel like creating dance together actually really grounds our relationship. Like performing on stage and being together in the studio, you have to be really present,' Hutton says. It's the other tech-based parts of their work — the social media, the promotion, the emails and filling out applications — that cause static. 'You're trying to do this good work together, whether it's creatively or inside of your relationship, and then the technology or the admin kind of gets in the way of that again,' Hutton says. 'As we've worked on the piece, we're just trying to let that in, because that's what it's about.' Jen ZorattiColumnist Jen Zoratti is a columnist and feature writer working in the Arts & Life department, as well as the author of the weekly newsletter NEXT. A National Newspaper Award finalist for arts and entertainment writing, Jen is a graduate of the Creative Communications program at RRC Polytech and was a music writer before joining the Free Press in 2013. Read more about Jen. Every piece of reporting Jen produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print – part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. 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BBC News
28-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Cliftonville 'fully deserved' Irish Cup win
Ards manager John Bailie said that holders Cliftonville "fully deserved" their 3-0 Irish Cup semi-final win at Windsor Gormley opened the scoring for the Reds before substitutes Alex Parsons and Ryan Corrigan added goals in the second Bailie believes his Championship side were beaten by a superior team as the Reds reached a second successive Irish Cup final."It's been a really tough night, we knew it would be tough, Cliftonville are a quality side, and they played some quality stuff tonight," he told BBC Sport NI."They fully deserved their win, they played really well and did a good number on us."Bailie bemoaned Ards' misfortune with the few chances they created when the game was still in the balance as well as their naivety in being caught on the counter-attack by Cliftonville."We struggled for large parts tonight with their movement, but to be fair to our lads we stayed in the game for a long time," he added."At 1-0 we had a few half chances, and you need those to go in and at 2-0 we had the one [from Darius Roohi] that just goes over the crossbar. "If we had a bit more quality it might have been a different game, but the last 10-15 minutes you could see the legs were gone and every time Cliftonville broke they looked as though they could score."The Ards boss admitted the defeat would hurt for a while but he praised his players for making it to the last four, knocking out Premiership sides Ballymena United and Loughgall in the process."There will be disappointment, but they just have to suck that up and learn from the occasion, we can't dwell on it."We got beat by a team that can beat any team in the league. It is not a disgrace, we are not ashamed, I told the players to be proud of our cup run and their efforts."Tonight, we fell short, but we have to accept that."
CBC
16-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
A skier's heart
Gary Bailie founded the Kwanlin Koyotes youth ski program in Whitehorse, and over the years he's spent many hours grooming trails and showing young people the joy of staying active outdoors. Gary Bailie out for a ski in Xenos/Radio-Canada Sarah Xenos Translated by Virginie Ann Mar. 16, 2025 Everything is peaceful at the Kwanlin Koyote cabin in Whitehorse. The only thing disturbing the silence is the hoarse call of ravens perched high in the pines. The sun rises slowly from behind the mountains, sending a soft glow over the cross-country ski trails. Then, from afar, a low, distant rumble drifts through the crisp winter air. The rhythmic sound of a motor gets louder until the machine appears. Gary Bailie, founder and head coach of the Kwanlin Koyotes ski program, is standing tall on his snowmobile, pulling a trail groomer through the fresh snow. During winter, the 68-year-old can usually be found either out on his skis, or on his snowmobile making sure the trails, which cut through the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, are always ready to welcome skiers. For Bailie, a citizen of Kwanlin Dün, cross-country skiing has been more than just a sport or a fun way to spend a winter day. It also connects him to the land, and his spirituality 'I see [spirituality] in everything. I see it in the animals, I see it in the land, in all the trees, in all the things that go on amongst them all. And when I'm out there skiing, I feel like I'm part of it — I feel like I'm home. I feel like I belong there.' Skiing has also offered Bailie a way to deal with the pain of loss in his life — first his wife, and then his daughter a few years ago to an overdose. Bailie is well-known around town and easily recognized. People stop him everywhere he goes, for a quick chat or simply to say hello. That's because his contribution to the community is remarkable. Bailie, along with many other Indigenous youth in the Yukon during the 1960s, was introduced to cross-country skiing through the late Father Jean-Marie Mouchet 's Territorial Experimental Ski Training (TEST) program. 'I started skiing when I was eight, nine years old. I was at Takhini Elementary school and Father Mouchet had come to the school,' Bailie recalled. It was a pivotal experience for Bailie, who was soon skiing competitively. But it also seemed to give him a boost in other aspects of his life, too. 'The discipline of skiing actually helped with my schooling as well. It just really elevated me.' images expandEvery winter, Gary Bailie helps maintain a small network of ski trails in Whitehorse for the Kwanlin Koyotes program. Bailie joined the national cross-country ski team at 17 after winning several competitions. He opted out of pursuing his Olympic dream, however, deciding instead to focus on the sport itself rather than competition. 'I got away from the high-level sport because of all the politics and everything,' he said. 'I just really didn't want to lose the joy of skiing … I felt that that was a possibility.' Decades later, he continues to pass on his love for the sport through the Kwanlin Kotoyes, a ski program for youth that was initially inspired by his daughter, Stacity Lauren Bailie. Stacity's legacy The volunteer-run Kwanlin Koyotes program provides young people with an opportunity to build deeper connections with the land, while staying healthy and active. While Bailie acknowledges that his love for skiing comes from the late Father Mouchet, he says his desire to pursue Mouchet's mission and promote a healthy lifestyle 'has everything to do with my daughter.' "She just really inspired me and made my life so much richer,' he said. Bailie described how he used to take Stacity skiing when she was young, and she would often ask to bring some of her friends along. 'And suddenly there were 20 of them!" Bailie said. Indigenous culture is an integral part of the Kwanlin Koyotes program. That starts at the club's front door, with a welcoming sign that depicts a bear walking in the forest. 'We are the traditional host of this area,' Bailie said. 'What that means for me is that we welcome people and we share with them. And I think that is a great part of the healing, that's a part of reconciliation.' Bailie says everyone is encouraged to come and ski with the club. The program has even grown into a partnership with local schools, with students coming to use the trails during school hours. Bailie says he started to buy more children's ski gear and then built the cabin that has become the ski club's den. At first, he says, participants were meeting twice a week, after school, to ski around Kwanlin Dün territory. Bailie says the kids got really into it, 'because it was a healthy thing,' and he just kept going. 'There's been like, hundreds of kids that have come to the program and it made a difference in a lot of people's lives,' he said. The chief of Kwanlin Dün First Nation agrees. Uyenets'echᶖa (Sean) Smith doesn't shy away from praising Bailie and the Kwanlin Koyotes program. 'It's definitely one of the highlights during winter for a number of our younger kids … the work that Gary has done in our community over the years, to build up that program, has really shown a testament of his will and his determination,' Smith said. "His whole work has led us to be very, very proud of Gary. He's an inspiration for us all as we grow older.' images expandBailie says everyone is encouraged to come and ski with the Kwanlin Koyotes club. The program has even grown into a partnership with local schools. Bailie says he uses every opportunity he gets to talk to young skiers about mental health and the importance of sport. He says wellness became his personal mantra after Stacity died of an overdose in 2021, just weeks before her 28th birthday. Bailie is now raising Stacity's child, his grandchild, Essence. 'I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly throughout my life and I had to learn to live with the consequences of it. So I just feel it's my responsibility to talk about it and not hide away from it all, even if it's painful,' Bailie said. It's important to Bailie to ensure that cross-country skiing is accessible to as many people as possible. The Kwanlin Koyotes club provides free access to its trails, as well as to any gear. 'I know a lot of people are struggling these days,' Bailie said. 'They can't afford food or gas, let alone buying sports equipment. So if it's all here, and there's no charge … I think it makes a difference for a lot of people," he said. He adds that it's not enough for him to simply encourage others to pursue a health lifestyle — he also wants to 'walk the talk.' So when life gets hard, Bailie takes his skis out and hits the trails. Joseph Graham, one of the program's coaches, says Kwanlin Koyotes is so much more than ski lessons. 'The beauty of the Koyotes is less about developing skills, but more about enjoying nature and being out on the land,' Graham said. Graham adds that Bailie is an essential part of the magic that makes the program truly one of a kind. He says the founder's contagious positivity fosters trust and connection, making it easy to build relationships with young people. 'When you're around Gary, you feel like you are gold — because he makes everybody kind of light up,' Graham said. 'And he always has these words of wisdom and a great sense of humour.' Graham, who's known Bailie for 20 years, says they often joke about how cross-country skiing is the best therapy. 'All the answers and all the solutions just come to us when we are out there,' Graham said. From the ski trails to a festival stage Bailie says some of his best ideas have taken shape on the ski trails, where each gliding stride clears the mind and makes way for inspiration to move as freely as his skis over the snow. One of those ideas led to the creation of the annual Blue Feather Music Festival in Whitehorse, a mainstay of the territory's music scene since 2000. The event is dedicated to inspiring and supporting young people through music and the arts. While the Kwanlin Koyotes program is part of Stacity's legacy, the Blue Feather festival was inspired by Bailie's late partner, Jolie Angelina McNabb who died in 1999. After McNabb's death, Bailie travelled to her Cree community in Saskatchewan and learned her traditional name: Blue Feather Eagle Woman. 'She was such an awesome person, such a gentle, kind soul,' Bailie said. The festival began as a one-time fundraiser, with the goal of raising enough money to build a youth centre. More than two decades later, it's still infused with McNabb's spirit as well as the passion and dedication of Bailie. Bailie says the festival, which has a focus on Indigenous artists, is about bringing different generations of artists together. For some, it's their first chance to perform on stage, and for others it's an opportunity to offer mentorship. 'If we do make profit, we throw it back to our artists,' he said. 'We have a bursary that we give to young artists for recording music, or to go to music school.' images expandThe Blue Feather music festival in Whitehorse has been a mainstay of the territory's music scene since 2000. Winnipeg singer-songwriter Sierra Noble, who played at the festival last November and mentored a younger artist there, said Blue Feather is not a typical festival. "It's funny because I don't think I can even put into words what it is, other than … it's Gary,' Noble said, laughing. 'When I first played at this festival, I was going through a really hard time in my life — and meeting Gary… He's just such a kind, supportive, and wise person. He just leads with love in every single thing he does. He's just such an inspiration to me.' Yukoner William Pacaud, 15, also performed at the festival last November. "I wouldn't be here if [Gary] wouldn't have encouraged me, if he hadn't helped me,' Pacaud said. Bailie says his efforts with the cross-country ski club and the Blue Feather festival are his way of walking the good road — a path shaped by those he has lost and the lessons they left behind. Through the rhythm of skis, and the power of music, Bailie honours their memory, and turns loss into purpose and struggle into inspiration. 'This is my home, this is where I was born and this is where I'll die. And this is where my ashes will go back to the land and I'll just become part of where I came from," Bailie said. 'In the meantime, I've got music festivals to do, and skis to wax, and trails to cut, and moose to hunt — and a granddaughter to raise.' Related Stories Footer Links My Account Profile CBC Gem Newsletters Connect with CBC Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Mobile RSS Podcasts Contact CBC Submit Feedback Help Centre Audience Relations, CBC P.O. 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