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Wales Online
07-07-2025
- Wales Online
Man told councillors to 'burn in hell' during 'six-year campaign of abuse'
Man told councillors to 'burn in hell' during 'six-year campaign of abuse' One of the victims said she was so scared she locked her letterbox every night Rhondda Cynon Taf Council leader Andrew Morgan OBE (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency ) A man who subjected the leader of a Welsh council to a campaign of harassment spanning more than five years has been spared jail. David Dade, of Cwmaman near Aberdare, was found guilty of two counts of harassment against Rhondda Cynon Taf council leader Andrew Morgan OBE and Aberaman councillor Tina Williams and appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Friday, July 4. Mr Morgan said he was subjected to a "six year campaign of abuse and threats", including "over 200 emails, 90 E-forms and dozens of Facebook posts)" from Dade. Both of the victims said their family members were also subject to the harassment and abuse. Mr Morgan said the campaign, which included "suggestions of harm" to him and his family, was "relentless". In a statement released after the sentencing, Ms Williams said that Dade had became "obsessed" and harassed her family for the best part of five years, leaving her so fearful that she locked her letterbox every night "after being told to 'burn in hell'". She said that the charges being brought to court have been "a long time coming". Article continues below Dade, 63, was sentenced to six-months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. Get the latest Rhondda news first by signing up to our newsletter here He was also given a five-year restraining order. After the hearing, Mr Morgan, who became leader of RCT council in 2014, said in a statement: "An individual has been found guilty of two counts of harassment towards myself and a colleague. The person has been sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for 12 months, given a five-year restraining order and ordered to pay £2,000 costs. "A six-year campaign of abuse and threats, with over 200 emails, 90 E-forms and also dozens of Facebook posts. "While I have every sympathy with the person due to the issues they have experienced, it has been made clear by council officers and the Ombudsman three times that legally, it is a civil matter and not one the council can rectify. "Differences in politics with political debate and challenge is legitimate, however a relentless targeted campaign of harassment and suggestions of harm to me and others including family over a six year period crosses the line. I hope with the restraining order and a suspended sentence this episode will now close." Cllr Williams said: "It's been a long time coming, but after spending the last week in court justice has finally been served. "The individual who has been harassing me and my family for the best part of five years was found guilty on two counts of harassment - one against me and the other pertaining to leader of the council, Andrew Morgan. He's been given a six-month suspended sentence, a five-year restraining order and ordered to pay £2,000 in court fees. "Criticism is part of public life, but this became an obsession. No one should have to lock their letterbox every night after being told to burn in hell. I do not deserve that. It's unacceptable for anyone to have to live like that just for doing their job. Article continues below "I want to thank those who've supported me through it - you know who you are. I'm relieved it's over. It's time to draw a line under the last few years. Let's hope this is the end of it, for everyone's sake."
Miami Herald
22-06-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Columbus' Moran and Doral's Viruet are the Miami-Dade Overall Coaches of the Year
Both the Columbus boys' basketball team and the Doral Academy softball team shone brightly at a national level seldom, if ever, achieved by a Miami-Dade County team in their respective sports. Columbus' coach Andrew Moran helped build a state championship dynasty, which set a state milestone and achieved something never done in the long and storied history of Dade boys' basketball when they won a national title. And at Doral, Willie Viruet has built one of the most dominant programs in the sport in recent memory and capped this stellar season with a state championship. Moran and Viruet are the Miami Herald's Miami-Dade County Overall Sports Coaches of the Year for the 2024-25 season. Moran is the Boys' Sports Coach of the Year after leading the Explorers to their fourth consecutive state title and their first national championship. Led by their star twins, Cameron and Cayden Boozer, Columbus became only the second team in Miami-Dade County history, joining Miami Norland, to win four consecutive state titles. They took things up a notch after the season when they became the first Dade team to win the prestigious 16th annual Chipotle Nationals, cementing their No. 1 national ranking. They are the first Dade boys' basketball program to secure a national title. Moran, who joined new University of Miami head coach Jai Lucas' staff after the season, led the Explorers to a 138-32 record during his six seasons at Columbus and 109-13 over the past four seasons. Moran, who has won five state titles overall, was also named the Naismith Boys' Basketball National Coach of the Year. 'It's obviously amazing and an incredible feeling,' Columbus coach Andrew Moran said after the Explorers' title-clinching win at Chipotle Nationals. 'It's the cherry on top. These kids won everything they set their minds to win. It was always their mindset and they played their (butts) off. It's an incredible feeling.' Doral Academy had been seeking a similar feeling for years. But despite setbacks at the state final four in recent years, Viruet has kept his team as the best in South Florida and one of the best in the state overall. Viruet is the Coach of the Year for Girls' Sports. This season, the Firebirds finally ended their six-year state title drought, winning their second state title ever and losing only one game all season. Viruet's team, led by University of Texas commit Anabela Abdullah and Clemson signee Sarah Breaux, spent the season ranked among the best in the nation and finished ranked No. 3 in the country by MaxPreps. 'It's been six years since we won a state title. We were long overdue,' Doral coach Willie Viruet said after the state final victory over Santa Rosa Pace. 'The community, the school, well, I think we deserved it.' BOYS' SPORTS FINALISTS ▪ Frankie Ruiz, Belen Jesuit cross-country: The running dynasty for the Wolverines continued to reach new heights as they secured their eighth consecutive state title and once again finished among the top 10 teams in the nation. ▪ Anthony Shahbaz, Riviera Prep basketball: Despite having their top player transfer out in the offseason and having two key players suffer season-ending injuries late in the regular season, Shahbaz steered his team to a historic third consecutive state title in Class 2A. ▪ David Fanshawe, Miami Springs baseball: Fanshawe led the Hawks to a historic first state title for their program and first for their school in any sport since 1988 when they won the Class 3A championship. ▪ Teddy Bridgewater, Northwestern football: Bridgewater returned to his alma mater with a goal of restoring their program to former glory. In one season, the Bulls accomplished their mission winning the Class 3A state championship in dominant fashion. ▪ Katia Garcia, Braddock swimming and diving: Following back-to-back state runner-up finishes, Garcia made sure the Bulldogs didn't settle for anything less than first place, winning their school's first state championship this past fall when they won the Class 4A title. ▪ Brandon Neifeld, Mater Lakes wrestling: After coming close in recent years, Neifeld led the Bears to their first ever state duals title in Class 1A and followed with a dominant performance to capture the 1A title in the individually-bracketed tournament. GIRLS' SPORTS FINALISTS ▪ Gator Rebhan, Somerset Silver Palms softball: Rebhan saw a five-year process culminate with the Stallions first state championship for their program and their school when they secured the Class 3A title. It was Rebhan's third after leading Palmetto to titles in 2000 and 2003. ▪ Julie Doan Kurenuma, Westminster Christian volleyball: After five years of leaving the state tournament with runner-up trophies and medals, Doan Kirenuma and her players finally celebrated a state championship when the Warriors won Class 2A. It was the school's third all-time and first since 2016. ▪ Ochiel Swaby, Miami Country Day basketball: Swaby's Spartans made it a decade of state titles when they won their third in a row and 10th overall, tying them for the most by any South Florida team. ▪ Dylan Hermelee, Carrollton track and field: In a sport often dominated by the larger schools, Hermelee guided the Cyclones to their first state championship. A squad of nine competitors made every point count as they edged Montverde Academy by half a point for the 2A team crown. ▪ Stephasia Doctor, Southridge basketball: Doctor spearheaded one of the most remarkable runs to the state tournament in recent memory by a Dade team when she coached a roster of just seven players within one victory of the school's first state title. ▪ Antonio Boada, Ransom Everglades soccer: After years of contending as one of the county's better programs, Boada's squad took the next step and advanced to the state final four for the first time in program history.
Winnipeg Free Press
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
University of Calgary launches program to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY – The University of Calgary is launching an initiative to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. Researchers at the New North America Initiative, based in the university's School of Public Policy, have been tasked with coming up with a vision of what the continental relationship could become at a time of increasing trade uncertainty and geopolitical turmoil. 'I think it's clear to everyone that we aren't going back to where we were a few years ago, or even during the first Trump administration,' said Carlo Dade, the School of Public Policy's international policy director. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to announce provincial funding to support the initiative later Friday. 'With the crisis in Canada-U.S. relations, it's clear our traditional policies and the ways we engage the Americans and their federal and state governments have not been enough,' Martha Hall Findlay, director of the School of Public Policy, said in a media statement. 'We need new thinking and new ways of engaging, and we need the work behind this to come from new places and new voices on both sides of the border.' Trump's first administration turned into a stress test for the federal government when he hit Canada with steel and aluminum tariffs and tore up the North American Free Trade Agreement. Negotiations on the deal that replaced NAFTA — the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, or CUSMA — were tense and former prime minister Justin Trudeau had a notoriously rocky relationship with Trump. The continental trade pact was still hailed a success. Canadians who expected to see the friendly bilateral relationship with the U.S. restored with the passage of CUSMA were taken aback by the unprecedented tariffs and annexation threats that accompanied Trump's return to the White House. Many were appalled when Canada became an early target of the president's insults — but many never expected Trump to follow through on his tariff threats. Trump hit Canada with economywide duties in March, then partially walked them back a few days later for imports compliant with CUSMA. Canada is also being hit with levies on steel, aluminum and automobiles. 'We have consistently misjudged what a Trump administration will do,' Dade said. Canada can no longer continue 'driving forward by looking in the rear-view mirror instead of looking clearly at what lies ahead and what's coming,' Dade said. Canadians must abandon their nostalgic attachment to the old relationship, Dade said, and imagine what it could become. The university's initiative will have interrelated parts. It will conduct research on immediate challenges facing Albertans due to the deterioration of relations with the U.S. It also will set up collaboration between Albertans and researchers at American universities to help them better understand each other. Dade said the fact that the work will be done outside both Ottawa and Washington will help it break away from traditional thinking and come up with ideas to solve problems facing both countries. 'Through this initiative, the University of Calgary and the School of Public Policy are taking the lead in bringing together the expertise of our researchers and partners to provide evidence-based public policy advice to government at a critical moment in Canada-U.S. relations,' said Ed McCauley, University of Calgary president and vice-chancellor, in a statement. The new Alberta initiative comes after Trump signed an executive order to essentially shut down an influential think tank Canadians have used for many years to get their messages out in Washington, D.C. The March order shuttered nearly all operations at the Wilson Center and terminated its Canada Institute. Christopher Sands, who was the Canada Institute director, said it's essential that Canadians continue to have meaningful conversations with Americans as the relationship between the two countries changes. 'We've come to the end of what we will look back on as being a very special period in the relationship,' said Sands, director of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Canadian Studies. Canadians were 'lulled into a sense of false complacency,' Sands said, but Trump's tariffs have shown the need for urgent action. Canada can no longer assume that everything will go back to normal, he said. 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. Changing American views about Canada and trade show that think tanks also need to adapt, Sands said. The New North America Initiative could meet the moment, he added. Dade said the initiative will listening to voices in what he calls the 'New Right' and 'New Left' to understand what could come after the current Trump administration. 'We need to know who these people are before they suddenly start imposing tariffs,' he said. — By Kelly Geraldine Malone in Washington, D.C. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2025.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
University of Calgary launches program to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY — The University of Calgary is launching an initiative to study how Canada's relationship with the United States is changing with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. Researchers at the New North America Initiative, based in the university's School of Public Policy, have been tasked with coming up with a vision of what the continental relationship could become at a time of increasing trade uncertainty and geopolitical turmoil. "I think it's clear to everyone that we aren't going back to where we were a few years ago, or even during the first Trump administration," said Carlo Dade, the School of Public Policy's international policy director. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to announce provincial funding to support the initiative later Friday. "With the crisis in Canada-U.S. relations, it's clear our traditional policies and the ways we engage the Americans and their federal and state governments have not been enough," Martha Hall Findlay, director of the School of Public Policy, said in a media statement. "We need new thinking and new ways of engaging, and we need the work behind this to come from new places and new voices on both sides of the border." Trump's first administration turned into a stress test for the federal government when he hit Canada with steel and aluminum tariffs and tore up the North American Free Trade Agreement. Negotiations on the deal that replaced NAFTA — the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, or CUSMA — were tense and former prime minister Justin Trudeau had a notoriously rocky relationship with Trump. The continental trade pact was still hailed a success. Canadians who expected to see the friendly bilateral relationship with the U.S. restored with the passage of CUSMA were taken aback by the unprecedented tariffs and annexation threats that accompanied Trump's return to the White House. Many were appalled when Canada became an early target of the president's insults — but many never expected Trump to follow through on his tariff threats. Trump hit Canada with economywide duties in March, then partially walked them back a few days later for imports compliant with CUSMA. Canada is also being hit with levies on steel, aluminum and automobiles. "We have consistently misjudged what a Trump administration will do," Dade said. Canada can no longer continue "driving forward by looking in the rear-view mirror instead of looking clearly at what lies ahead and what's coming," Dade said. Canadians must abandon their nostalgic attachment to the old relationship, Dade said, and imagine what it could become. The university's initiative will have interrelated parts. It will conduct research on immediate challenges facing Albertans due to the deterioration of relations with the U.S. It also will set up collaboration between Albertans and researchers at American universities to help them better understand each other. Dade said the fact that the work will be done outside both Ottawa and Washington will help it break away from traditional thinking and come up with ideas to solve problems facing both countries. "Through this initiative, the University of Calgary and the School of Public Policy are taking the lead in bringing together the expertise of our researchers and partners to provide evidence-based public policy advice to government at a critical moment in Canada-U.S. relations," said Ed McCauley, University of Calgary president and vice-chancellor, in a statement. The new Alberta initiative comes after Trump signed an executive order to essentially shut down an influential think tank Canadians have used for many years to get their messages out in Washington, D.C. The March order shuttered nearly all operations at the Wilson Center and terminated its Canada Institute. Christopher Sands, who was the Canada Institute director, said it's essential that Canadians continue to have meaningful conversations with Americans as the relationship between the two countries changes. "We've come to the end of what we will look back on as being a very special period in the relationship," said Sands, director of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Canadian Studies. Canadians were "lulled into a sense of false complacency," Sands said, but Trump's tariffs have shown the need for urgent action. Canada can no longer assume that everything will go back to normal, he said. Changing American views about Canada and trade show that think tanks also need to adapt, Sands said. The New North America Initiative could meet the moment, he added. Dade said the initiative will listening to voices in what he calls the "New Right" and "New Left" to understand what could come after the current Trump administration. "We need to know who these people are before they suddenly start imposing tariffs," he said. — By Kelly Geraldine Malone in Washington, D.C. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2025. The Canadian Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Calgary Herald
16-05-2025
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Varcoe: Alberta-led initiative to delve into complex cross-border relationship – from a Western Canadian vantage point
Article content The initiative will hold a roundtable meeting Friday with researchers from both sides of the 49th parallel. Experts from Rice University, the University of Colorado, Arizona State University and the University of Nebraska will participate, along with Canadian researchers. Article content 'There is a realization we need something new, and there's a realization that is not coming out of Ottawa,' said Carlo Dade, director of international policy at the U of C's School of Public Policy. Article content 'Why not have it come out of the West? Why does work on North America have to be confined to capitals? Others across the continent deal with the impacts of these changes. Maybe we are in a better position to understand the new U.S., than folks who were so deeply, deeply grounded in the old way of thinking.' Article content Article content The importance of the Canada-U.S. relationship can't be overstated for this country's economy. Last year, about three-quarters of all Canadian exports headed to the United States, while 62 per cent of our imports came from our southern neighbour. Article content Article content Driven by increasing energy exports, Canada's merchandise trade surplus with the U.S. topped $102 billion. Article content The north-south trade links run deep, and access to the massive U.S. markets has previously come at relatively low or no cost for many businesses. Article content In Alberta, 89 per cent of the province's exports last year were destined for American customers, led by $134 billion of energy and minerals trade. Article content More than $9 billion of food and agricultural products, and almost $5 billion of machinery, also moved south. Article content 'Alberta is the economic engine of this country in so many different ways, and we have never really had a dedicated effort in understanding what this relationship has been, what it is now, and what it could be in the future,' said Sawhney, who studied economics at the University of Calgary. Article content 'How can we be more prepared for any other shocks that might be heading our way.' Article content The new initiative will conduct CUSMA analysis and modelling on the impact of tariffs, and work with municipalities to help them better prepare for the fallout of trade uncertainty. Article content Article content Dade said the research will involve students, and there's a realization that Canada needs to start training a new generation of experts on U.S. trade and the complex continental relationships. Article content The group also wants to conduct polling and focus groups with U.S. partners. Article content 'Had (Canada) been prepared for tariffs, we would have done more economic modelling, we'd have systems in place to help the small businesses deal with the tariff shocks. We would have had all of this work done and ready to go,' Dade said. Article content 'It's coast to coast to coast in Canada — no one was really prepared for this, and we can't repeat that mistake going forward.' Article content Following Mark Carney's meeting with Trump in the White House last week, the prime minister talked about Canada's willingness to start a broader discussion on the economic and security relationship between the countries. Article content The two leaders will meet in June at the G7 summit in Kananaskis. Article content Gitane De Silva, who served as Alberta's senior representative to the U.S. during Trump's first term, said the two countries needed to reset the relationship, which she believes began with Carney's trip to Washington. Article content She said the pace at which Trump's administration is moving has caught people by surprise on both sides of the border. Article content
