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Canada Standard
6 days ago
- Politics
- Canada Standard
Canadian Forces Provost Marshal response to Military Police Complaints Commission Public Interest Hearing
Canada News Centre 29 May 2025, 00:35 GMT+10 May 28, 2025 - Ottawa, ON - National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces The Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) plays a vital role in investigating Military Police (MP) interference complaints, reviewing closed and concluded public complaints led by the Military Police at the request of complainants, and leading public interest investigations and hearings. The Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CFPM) is fully committed to, and supportive of the MPCC's mandate, within the legislative framework afforded under Part IV of the National Defence Act . A public complaint was received by the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's Office of Professional Standards related the MP response to Master Corporal Orton's death. It was subsequently determined that the complaint was one that could be more appropriately dealt with through a criminal investigation. This is one of several reasons, laid out in the National Defence Act (NDA) s.250.27(4), regarding why a conduct complaint may not require an NDA Part IV conduct investigation by the Office of Professional Standards to appropriately address the matter. The criminal investigation concluded on March 18, 2025. No criminal or code of service discipline charges were laid. However, a Military Police Professional Code of Conduct (MPPCC) investigation was initiated on March 18, 2025, and remains ongoing. The MPPCC is how the CFPM exercises their authority to determine whether administrative action is taken against members of the MP, which could include revocation of MP credentials. During and following the closure of the criminal investigation and the subsequent decision to call a Public Interest Hearing (PIH), the Office of the CFPM has corresponded with the MPCC regarding their request for disclosure of relevant information to support their existing review and in light of the decision to declare a PIH into the same matter. The Office of the CFPM will continue to support the MPCC during the course of the PIH, while ensuring that the integrity of the ongoing MPPCC investigation into this matter is maintained.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Emil Capital Partners Rebrands as ECP Growth and Announces Close of Fund IV
New Identity Signals Strategic Shift to Focus on Growth Stage Businesses Across Consumer Value-Chain Closes Fund IV with $100 Million in Committed Capital to Partner with Entrepreneurs and the Next Generation of B2B and B2C Companies GREENWICH, Conn., May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Emil Capital Partners today announced it has rebranded as ECP Growth ("ECP") concurrent with the close of its Fund IV with $100 million in committed capital. The firm's new identity signals a strategic shift to focus on investing in growth-stage entrepreneurial businesses creating products, solutions, and technologies across the consumer value-chain in North America. ECP Growth takes a thematic approach to investing in companies that sit within resilient categories and have attractive growth fundamentals. Fund IV will target high-potential companies at the intersection of major market transformations and evolving consumer needs. The fund will focus on investing in solutions that enhance human mobility across life stages, deliver personalized health and wellness experiences, and optimize resource efficiency in daily living—supported by the firm's deep expertise in consumer behavior, emotional purchasing drivers, and changing living dynamics. With Fund IV, ECP expects to partner primarily with companies generating greater than $10 million in revenue through targeted investments between $5 million and $20 million, emphasizing businesses demonstrating a clear path to profitability within 18 months. This disciplined approach identifies ventures with both immediate growth potential and sustainable long-term value. ECP Growth partners with founders and entrepreneurs to provide capital and operational support through a tailored, hands-on approach to meet each portfolio company's unique needs. The ECP team comprises seasoned investment professionals with experience investing in and growing companies across a range of industries, including consumer packaged goods, e-commerce, consumer tech, supply chain, SaaS, healthcare, and more. "We're pleased to announce the launch of ECP Growth, which reflects our investment strategy for our new fund and beyond," said Marcel Bens, CEO of ECP Growth. "Since our founding in 2011, ECP has built a successful track record of partnering with early-stage consumer businesses in North America. This next phase is a natural evolution for our firm, as we look to partner with growth-stage companies at every step of the consumer value-chain, while also refining our focus on specific resilient categories and attractive growth segments. Today, the ECP team has the wide-ranging expertise and capabilities necessary to help founders and entrepreneurs across a variety of sectors navigate complex growth challenges, and we look forward to forging new partnerships as we begin to deploy Fund IV under our new brand and refocused strategy." "For nearly 15 years, our firm has continuously evolved to better meet the needs of next generation companies, while remaining committed to our partnership-based approach and the deep consumer sector expertise that sets us apart," said Andreas Guldin, Chairman and Co-Founder of ECP Growth. "Building on that solid foundation of experience and innovation, this new fund marks the right path forward for ECP, and we are excited to embark on this next chapter." ECP Growth was founded in close partnership with the Tengelmann Group, a 150-year-old family-owned holding company based on Munich, Germany and an active entrepreneurial investor in Europe and North America with unique heritage operating and growing businesses across the consumer ecosystem. "ECP has proven to be an exceptional resource for the companies in which it invests, and we're excited to support the firm's fourth fund," said Christian Haub, CEO at the Tengelmann Group. "The new ECP Growth brand is indicative of the firm's refined target market, reaching beyond consumer brands to drive growth and long-term value creation at a wider range of companies. We look forward to the firm's continued evolution as a partner-of-choice for B2B and B2C entrepreneurs across the consumer landscape in North America." About ECP Growth ECP Growth is a growth stage investment firm that partners with entrepreneurial businesses creating products, solutions, and technologies across the consumer value-chain. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, ECP Growth takes a thematic approach to investing in companies that sit within resilient categories and have attractive growth fundamentals, with a goal of long-term value creation. ECP Growth was founded in 2011 in partnership with the Tengelmann Group, a 150-year-old family-owned company that today is one of the world's largest private consumer goods holding companies and an experienced growth investor. For more information, please visit ContactsMarissa ForayECP Kate Thompson / Heather Milke Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher212-355-4449 View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE ECP Growth 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
Daily Mirror
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
GTA 4 Remastered could arrive this year according to leaks, and it needs it
Leaks are claiming that a new remaster for GTA 4 could touch down before 2025 is out, and it couldn't be a better time to capitalize on a game that sorely needs a new lick of paint. A new rumour has appeared thanks to one GTA leaker, who claims that GTA 4 Remastered could be on the way before the end of the year. It's hard to deny that GTA is the franchise of the hour – and frankly, the last few decades. When Rockstar Games so much as twitches, it sends shockwaves through the entire gaming industry, which makes the fact that it revealed a major GTA 6 delay and the long-awaited GTA 6 trailer 2 all in the space of a week all the more surprising. The gaming company pulled out all of the stops to ensure that the disappointment of receiving history's most anticipated game was alleviated, and it seems as though they may have just managed it. There's no surprise that the title has so much pressure on it – GTA 6 is the latest instalment of gaming's biggest franchise ever, following on from a lineage of games that seem to transcend iconic. They're a beast of their own, and all eyes are on the new title. But as it seems, players should be keeping an eye on the past. New leaks have appeared from a leaker widely considered to be the closest to Rockstar Games on the internet, and they indicate that Grand Theft Auto's past could be about to get a new lick of paint. Return to Liberty City Even though Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was an unmitigated disaster when it launched, it looks like Rockstar Games is taking up a new opportunity to reboot a game in dire need of some changes, as a GTA leaker has claimed that GTA 4 Remastered could be on the way. Taking to GTAForums, notable leaker Tez2 has responded to a question about the potential of a remake or remaster of Niko Bellic's adventure, and they seem to expect a new port for the game. 'Someone at R* hinted at the IV port, and by now it should've gone up a year in development,' they say. 'We may end up seeing it drop later this year. And it's one more reason, in addition to existing reasons, the LCPP mod was taken down. If they still follow their plan laid out from the pandemic days, they'll do an MP3 port after IV. So that is an opportunity to do a bundle or a Definitive Edition. Max Payne 1 & 2 remakes, and a Max Payne 3 port.' It's a surprising revelation, especially when many players would hope that the entire Rockstar Games workforce would be trying to push GTA 6 over the line, but there's no doubt that GTA 4 is deserving of a new lick of paint. The game's vehicle controls are loose and wobbly, and its visuals are a little overexposed, which suits its art style, but doesn't feel particularly modern. GTA 4 Remastered's arrival by the end of the year would be a treat for many players, especially if it tidies up a number of issues that make the game's brilliant story a little hard to access these days. Take the leaks with a pinch of salt, as even Tez2 could be wrong – but there's little doubt that it's an exciting implication. It looks like we're going to have a very GTA-heavy couple of years.
Cision Canada
06-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
PADLOCK FUNDS ANNOUNCE RECEIPT OF EXEMPTIVE RELIEF RELATING TO SPECIAL MEETINGS; WAIVER OF PROXY DEPOSIT DEADLINE
TORONTO, May 6, 2025 /CNW/ - Padlock Euro Storage Fund I (" Euro Fund") and Padlock Partners UK Fund IV (" Fund IV" and together with Euro Fund, the "Padlock Funds") today announced that further to the announcement on April 7, 2025 of the Padlock Funds relating to the proposed consolidation of the assets of the Padlock Funds through an acquisition of Fund IV by Euro Fund (the " Merged Fund") by way of a plan of arrangement (the " Arrangement"), the Padlock Funds have received discretionary exemptions from the Ontario Securities Commission (the " OSC") from certain requirements of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 — Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (" MI 61-101") which would allow the Padlock Funds to conduct a single vote of each Padlock Fund with unitholders voting together as a single series and class (in the case of Euro Fund) and a single class (in the case of Fund IV) in connection with the previously announced security holder meetings to approve the Arrangement. MI 61-101 requires approval of the Arrangement to be received from a majority of the votes attached to the existing units of each of the Padlock Funds (the " Units") voted by disinterested unitholders voting separately on a class-by-class or series-by-series (and/or class of a series by class of a series) basis at each Padlock Fund's respective meeting. The OSC has granted exemptive relief from this requirement and a copy of the decision document will be available on SEDAR+. As a result of the exemptive relief, unitholders of each Padlock Fund will vote as a single class, on the basis that, among other reasons (i) each Padlock Fund's governing declaration of trust provides that unitholders vote as a single class unless the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting affects holders of one class or series of units in a manner materially different from its effect on holders of another class or series of units, and each Padlock Fund, the asset managers of the Padlock Funds and the independent trustees of each Padlock Fund have determined that the Arrangement does not affect holders of one class or series of Units in a manner materially different from its effect on holders of another class or series of Units of that Padlock Fund; (ii) as the relative returns (and, accordingly, the number of units of the Merged Fund to be received on exchange of Units of each class of Fund IV) are to be determined in accordance with the terms established in the governing declaration of trust of each Padlock Fund that were set, in the case of Euro Fund, at the time of the arrangement completed in 2024 which formed Euro Fund from the merger of Padlock Partners UK Fund I, Padlock Partners UK Fund II and Padlock Partners UK Fund III, and, in the case of Fund IV, at the time of its initial public offering when investors selected their preferred class and purchased their Units, the interests of the holders of each class of Units of each Padlock Fund are aligned in respect of the Arrangement, (iii) as contemplated in the Companion Policy to MI 61-101, separate minority approval could result in unfairness to unitholders who are not interested parties by giving holders of a minimal minority position an effective veto over the transaction, and (iv) the Arrangement is subject to a number of procedural mechanisms to ensure the collective interests of each Padlock Fund's unitholders were protected, including, but not limited to, that (a) negotiation of the Arrangement was overseen by the independent trustees of each Padlock Fund, (b) both the independent trustees of each Padlock Fund and the board of trustees of each Padlock Fund have received a fairness opinion, (c) the independent trustees of each Padlock Fund determined that the net asset value attributable to each Padlock Fund, respectively, and the exchange ratio at which holders of Fund IV units would receive units of the Merged Fund, were reasonable, (d) each Padlock Fund will hold its respective meeting to allow unitholders to consider and, if deemed advisable, approve the Arrangement, and (e) the Padlock Funds have prepared and delivered to its respective unitholders an information circular dated April 10, 2025 (the " Information Circular") which describes the Arrangement. As of the date hereof and to the knowledge of each of the Padlock Funds, pursuant to MI 61-101, no Units are held by existing Padlock Fund unitholders that would not be "disinterested unitholders" within the meaning of MI 61-101. The Padlock Funds have also each announced today that they have each waived the respective proxy deposit deadline in advance of their respective meetings, and proxies can be deposited up to the meeting time of 10:00 a.m. on May 9, 2025. Unitholders are strongly encouraged to read the Information Circular and submit a proxy in advance of the meetings. Subject to obtaining Court approval and the satisfaction or waiver of all other conditions relating to the Arrangement, if unitholder approvals from each of the Padlock Funds are obtained at each respective meeting, it is anticipated that the Arrangement will be completed in mid-May 2025. About the Padlock Funds Each of the Padlock Funds is an unincorporated investment trusts formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario and was established for the primary purpose of investing in a diversified portfolio of income producing commercial real estate properties in the United Kingdom with a focus on self-storage and mixed-use properties. Currently, the Padlock Funds have acquired self-storage properties in Bicester, Letchworth, Leighton Buzzard, Wimbledon, Chippenham, Enfield, Huntingdon, Brentwood, Newmarket, Houghton Regis, Brighton, Seaford, Watford, Woking, Southend-on-Sea, Sittingbourne, Gillingham, Mitcham, Wisbech, Swindon, Newbury, Sidcup, Edmonton, Haverhill and Chippenham. Forward-Looking Statements This news release includes certain statements which may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws, including, but not limited to, statements or information relating to the successful completion of the Arrangement and timing thereof. Such forward-looking information, in some cases, can be identified by terminology such as "may", "will", "would", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "target", "potential", "continue", or the negative thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities may not be achieved. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Padlock Funds, affect the operations, performance and results of such issuer's and their respective businesses, and could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations of estimated or anticipated events or results. The reader is cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking information as there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking information. These risks include, but are not limited to, the risk of failure to satisfy the conditions to completion of the Arrangement. For more information on risks relating to the Arrangement, read the Information Circular. Information contained in forward-looking statements are based upon certain material assumptions that were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a forecast or projection, as well as other considerations that are believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release and, except as expressly required by law, the Padlock Funds undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. SOURCE Padlock Euro Storage Fund I and Padlock Partners UK Fund IV
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Mayor Cantrell looks to throw out IV Waste emergency contract
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Mayor Latoya Cantrell issued a statement, saying she had submitted a 90-day notice of termination of the emergency sanitation contract between the city and IV Waste made in December of 2024. 'We cleaned up after the tragic event on Bourbon Street, Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, national exposure. People were happy. People are still talking about it. I mean people are very happy with the service we are giving, so why would you switch it when you have something that's working? It doesn't make sense,' IV Waste President Sidney Torres said. If this termination goes through, Henry Consulting, which won the original bid, will assume full services on Aug. 1. 'Our contract is $6 million, their contract is $8.5 to $9 million. It's a huge difference. What's the rush?' Torres said. Governor Landry backs bill to crack down on insurance rates While the decision to issue a termination notice came as a surprise for Torres, it was also a shock for the council, including Councilman Freddie King, who says he was not informed of the decision prior to the announcement. 'It seemed like everything was going well. We just finished French Quarter Fest, we had the Super Bowl. We had Sugar Bowl. We had Mardi Gras. Everything was going well, so to do this with no consultation with the council is a bit puzzling,' King said. While the mayor made her decision, it is not finalized yet. It now goes to appellate court where both Torres and King say they will continue to fight. 'I want to keep things the way it is, and that's with IV doing sanitation pickup in the French Quarter, simply because that's what the residents want,' King Cantrell looks to throw out IV Waste emergency contract Ponchatoula man indicted in Lacombe fatal shooting case Governor Landry backs bill to crack down on insurance rates WATCH: Southeastern baseball coach Bobby Barbier previews series vs. UTRGV Meet the man in charge of the beautiful landscaping at The Windsor Court Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
