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Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Injury forces Canadian bantamweight Charles (Air) Jourdain off UFC card in Atlanta
An injury has forced Canadian bantamweight Charles (Air) Jourdain off Saturday's UFC Fight Night card in Atlanta. The 29-year-old from Montreal was slated to face Ricky Simon, who will now take on fellow American Cameron (The Baby-Faced Killer) Smotherman at State Farm Arena. 'It is with deep sorrow that I announce my first withdrawal from my fight in 15 UFC appearances,' Jourdain said in a social media post. 'Unfortunately, I was not medically cleared due to a condition requiring surgical intervention. I trust this is part of a greater plan and I'm committed to returning stronger.' Saturday's main event pits former welterweight champion Kamaru (The Nigerian Nightmare) Usman, a Nigerian-born American currently ranked fifth among 170-pound contenders, against No. 7 Joaquin (New Mansa) Buckley of the United States. Jourdain (16-8-1) snapped a two-fight losing streak with a submission win over Victor (La Mangosta) Henry in November in Edmonton. He is 7-7-1 in the UFC since making his debut in the promotion in May 2109. Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth (7-2-0) takes on American Vanessa (Lil Monster) Demopoulos on the Atlanta undercard. The 35-year-old from Squamish, B.C., is coming off a December loss to No. 11 Miranda (Fear The) Maverick, who fights former strawweight champion Rose (Thug) Namajunas in Saturday's all-American co-main event. — This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2025.
CBS News
21-03-2025
- CBS News
20 years after Minnesota's deadliest school shooting, survivors seek to keep victims' memories alive
A community is still healing, 20 years after it experienced the deadliest school shooting in Minnesota history . It was March 21, 2005, on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. A 16-year-old gunman killed seven people and wounded nine others before dying by suicide. Two survivors from that day are looking to help the community heal and remember those who were lost. "Sometimes we feel like we've been forgotten," Missy Dodds, a former Red Lake High School teacher and survivor of the shooting, said. Dodds believes many have forgotten the horror her community experienced 20 years ago. But for those who lived through it, the memories still haunt them. "Twenty years ago when the shooting occurred, I had to take time off. I have not gone back to the classroom," Dodds said. "I spent probably 10 years healing myself, working on myself, working through the trauma of that day, the survivor's guilt. And then I became a survivor, which is different than a victim. A victim is you are not able to use your voice, you are not able to talk, but once you become a survivor you can speak your truth." And that truth is helping Dodds and her former student, Starr Jourdain, who was just 15 years old when tragedy struck, find their voice and work to bring their community together to heal. Jourdain now teaches in the same school where she witnessed the killing of her classmates. "Some of the kids that I work with, their moms and their dads were there that day so you can see the generational trauma there," Jourdain said. "They do bring it up, but it's kind of hard to talk about." Hard to speak about the horror she saw that day. What she can talk about is the movement to build a permanent memorial to Red Lake so that day is never forgotten. "Throughout the years, everyone just kind of drifted apart like that and just went their own ways of healing. And now that we've come back into it, we've kind of brought everyone back together," Jourdain said. Jourdain says her former classmates and the tribal community have been sponsoring events to raise money for a memorial. The plan is to have it along the bank of Red Lake. "A memorial means that you are not forgotten. A memorial is a place, though, to also go and honor, it's a place to honor those lives who were lost that day," Dodds said. "This feeling in your heart, you are with people that know your worst day. They were there, they sat right beside you, they've been on this journey with you and so it's a feeling of peace." There is a fund set up to help make sure the Red Lake memorial becomes a reality. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is rolling out its statewide Targeted Violence Prevention Strategy to honor 20 years since the Red Lake School Shooting. A team will give communities the tools to see warning signs in people before they resort to violence. "What we've learned by studying school shooting events, places of worship or mass violence events, that there is often an escalation in the behavior from individuals, that if there is intervention ahead of time that you can actually prevent some of these mass violence events from occurring," BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said. The BCA will set up local teams around the state. Those teams will be given resources to provide social services and mental health help to those in need.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Yahoo
Poster of missing Bemidji teen Jeremy Jourdain to be shown on 1,900 gas station TVs
Feb. 13—BEMIDJI — In the hopes of generating fresh leads in the case of missing Bemidji teenager Jeremy Jourdain, his poster will be displayed on the TV screens of 1,900 gas stations throughout the Midwest this March. Jourdain was 17 years old when he went missing from a family member's home in Bemidji on Oct. 31, 2016. "Feb. 2 should have been a joyful milestone for Jeremy: his 26th birthday," a release from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said. "Instead, it was another painful reminder for his mother, Theresa Jourdain, who has spent nearly a decade searching for her son." NCMEC and its partner GSTV, a national digital video network, will display Jourdain's poster on screens at more than 1,900 gas stations across Minnesota and neighboring states including Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin throughout March. This increased exposure aims to renew attention on his case and help bring his family answers. "We will never give up, Jeremy," his mother Theresa said in the release. "We think of you every day and we love and miss you so much." Since July, Jourdain has also been featured on billboards across Minnesota through a campaign by the state's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office. Minnesota's MMIR Office is the first of its kind in the nation, the release said. It is housed in Minnesota's Department of Public Safety's Office of Justice Programs and aims to provide support and resources to Indigenous families and communities impacted by violence. "Our office stresses the need to build strong collaborations between community and organizations like NCMEC and law enforcement partners to support impacted families. We are so much stronger together and our families and relatives deserve a strong show of support," Ana Negrete, interim director of Minnesota's MMIR Office, said in the release. "We hope this latest push reminds the community to stay vigilant, to come forward with information and if nothing else to speak Jeremy's name and keep looking." Jourdain is one of eight missing people highlighted through the billboard initiative. Those who have any information about Jourdain or his disappearance should contact NCMEC at 1(800)843-5678 or the Bemidji Police Department at (218) 333-9111 .
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Yahoo
Poster of missing Minnesota teen Jeremy Jourdain to be shown on 1,900 gas station TVs
Feb. 13—BEMIDJI, Minn. — In the hopes of generating fresh leads in the case of missing Bemidji, Minn., teenager Jeremy Jourdain, his poster will be displayed on the TV screens of 1,900 gas stations throughout the Midwest this March. Jourdain was 17 years old when he went missing from a family member's home in Bemidji on Oct. 31, 2016. "Feb. 2 should have been a joyful milestone for Jeremy: his 26th birthday," a release from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said. "Instead, it was another painful reminder for his mother, Theresa Jourdain, who has spent nearly a decade searching for her son." NCMEC and its partner GSTV, a national digital video network, will display Jourdain's poster on screens at more than 1,900 gas stations across Minnesota and neighboring states including Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin throughout March. This increased exposure aims to renew attention on his case and help bring his family answers. "We will never give up, Jeremy," his mother Theresa said in the release. "We think of you every day and we love and miss you so much." Since July, Jourdain has also been featured on billboards across Minnesota through a campaign by the state's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office. Minnesota's MMIR Office is the first of its kind in the nation, the release said. It is housed in Minnesota's Department of Public Safety's Office of Justice Programs and aims to provide support and resources to Indigenous families and communities impacted by violence. "Our office stresses the need to build strong collaborations between community and organizations like NCMEC and law enforcement partners to support impacted families. We are so much stronger together and our families and relatives deserve a strong show of support," Ana Negrete, interim director of Minnesota's MMIR Office, said in the release. "We hope this latest push reminds the community to stay vigilant, to come forward with information and if nothing else to speak Jeremy's name and keep looking." Jourdain is one of eight missing people highlighted through the billboard initiative. Those who have any information about Jourdain or his disappearance should contact NCMEC at 1(800)843-5678 or the Bemidji Police Department at (218) 333-9111 .
