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CTV News
5 days ago
- General
- CTV News
D-Day anniversary: Londoners, French students unite in remembrance
Joe Murray, a retired LCol with the regiment, was joined by French students Inès Girard and Clement Hulley on May 30, 2025, ahead of the 81st anniversary of D-Day, which will be honoured this weekend. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London) The 81st anniversary of the D-Day invasion will be marked this weekend by a London regiment with ties to the battle. The 1st Hussars Regiment Association will hold a public memorial at 10:30 a.m. next to the Holy Roller tank in Victoria Park. Two students from France, who've studied the sacrifices of local Canadian soldiers and the significance of the Holy Roller, will join them. 'This tank liberated Normandy, France, and the Netherlands, and it came home,' Joe Murray, a retired LCol with the regiment, told the students. Both Inès Girard and Clement Hulley reside near Juno Beach, where Canadian soldiers and the Holy Roller tank came ashore on June 6,1944. For the pair, traveling to the Forest City is a pilgrimage. 'I think you need to investigate the duty of remembrance,' pledged Girard. The 1st Hussars Regiment Association sponsored the student's trip to Canada and the visit of two of their own overseas. 'We send two young soldiers, usually in their early 20s, over to France to celebrate and commemorate D-Day,' explained Murray. As area veterans of the invasion have passed, Murray contends it is vital for students and young soldiers on both sides of the Atlantic to learn of their sacrifice. 'Well, I think we always must talk about it, because if we don't talk about it and we don't say the names of the people who sacrificed for us, we will forget. If we speak the names, like we will on Sunday, they will be remembered forever,' said Murray. The students agreed, with Girard adding, 'If you remember what the soldiers in the past did, we can be vigilant for the future.' Albeit an increasingly uncertain future. Which is why Murray stated it remains important to focus on what the Holy Roller represents. 'I always think of the Holy Rollers as the last veteran, and that it symbolizes freedom. People don't realize when they speak their mind that the Holy Roller has their backs. And symbolically, the veterans who won that freedom, well, they're looking down upon them,' said Murray.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
NextEra Energy to meet with investors at the end of May and throughout June
JUNO BEACH, Fla., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) today announced that members of the senior management team will participate in various investor meetings at the end of May and throughout June to discuss, among other things, long-term growth-rate expectations. Investors and other interested parties can access a copy of the most recent presentation materials at NextEra Energy, Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is one of the largest electric power and energy infrastructure companies in North America and is a leading provider of electricity to American homes and businesses. Headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, NextEra Energy is a Fortune 200 company that owns Florida Power & Light Company, America's largest electric utility, which provides reliable electricity to approximately 12 million people across Florida. NextEra Energy also owns one of the largest energy infrastructure development companies in the U.S., NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. NextEra Energy and its affiliated entities are meeting America's growing energy needs with a diverse mix of energy sources, including natural gas, nuclear, renewable energy and battery storage. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: . Cautionary Statements and Risk Factors That May Affect Future Results This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not statements of historical facts, but instead represent the current expectations of NextEra Energy, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy) regarding future operating results and other future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of NextEra Energy's control Forward-looking statements in this news release include, among others, statements concerning long-term growth-rate expectations. 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These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this news release and the following: effects of extensive regulation of NextEra Energy's business operations; inability of NextEra Energy to recover in a timely manner any significant amount of costs, a return on certain assets or a reasonable return on invested capital through base rates, cost recovery clauses, other regulatory mechanisms or otherwise; impact of political, regulatory, operational and economic factors on regulatory decisions important to NextEra Energy; effect of any reductions or modifications to, or elimination of, governmental incentives or policies that support clean energy projects or the imposition of additional tax laws, tariffs, duties, policies or other costs or assessments on clean energy or equipment necessary to generate, store or deliver it; impact of new or revised laws, regulations, executive orders, interpretations or constitutional ballot and regulatory initiatives on NextEra Energy; 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Globe and Mail
28-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Throne Speech from King Charles becomes a rallying cry for Carney's Liberals
If you thought the moment of crisis had subsided, the King was here to tell you it is still on. The Carney government's Speech from the Throne wasn't mainly about outlining a governing agenda. It was about pointing to a moment of danger and transformation. It wasn't just a bunch of symbols to tell Donald Trump that Canada is taken. The King read a speech about the dangerous moment Canada faces in the world and how it now will undergo its greatest economic transformation since the Second World War. Opinion polls suggest the feeling of crisis that propelled Mark Carney to election victory a month ago is already subsiding. Perhaps U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of trade war, and his desire to make Canada the 51st state, are now seen as less of an immediate danger. But the Prime Minister needs to muster a sense of national purpose to do all the big things he says he plans to do. All of the imagery of the Throne Speech, starting with King Charles III reading it, was mustered to underline the moment. The King was clearly invited as a statement that Canada is not the U.S., a message both for Mr. Trump and Canadians – evoking images of wartime sacrifice at Juno Beach and Vimy Ridge, and Canada's British, French and Indigenous roots. And repeatedly asserting Canada's sovereignty. The fact the King was in Canada to do that was a sign of unusual times. Much of the speech was about Canada facing a watershed moment. He remarked that when his mother, Queen Elizabeth, first opened a session of Canada's Parliament in 1957, 'the Second World War remained a fresh, painful memory' and 'the Cold War was intensifying.' And 'today, Canada faces another critical moment.' Throne Speech from King Charles asserts Canada's sovereignty, vows major transformation in economy Throne Speech pledge to find public-service savings alarms labour leaders There were passages about the worries many Canadians feel about the 'drastically changing world around them' and an assertion that the times also provide 'an opportunity for Canada to embark on the largest transformation of its economy since the Second World War.' Wow. If change is unsettling – as His Majesty told us – then the parts of the speech that Mr. Carney's government drafted told us that we should prepare for the country to be unsettled But that potential disruption has been the basis for Mr. Carney's election and his tenure so far. And his whole agenda. The speech promised to break down internal trade barriers to create one Canadian economy, which requires co-operation from provincial governments that might suffer their own political consequences. It promoted the need to build 'projects of national significance,' to approve them quickly, to strip out layers of federal and provincial reviews – something that would require a level of sustained practical federal-provincial co-operation this country has rarely seen. Perhaps it should be no surprise that the most pointed opposition objection to the speech came from Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. He said it represented a massive centralizing agenda, with Mr. Carney acting as the country's chief executive and expecting everyone else to implement his decisions. The Bloc had no interest in a call to unite behind a national purpose. Whether Mr. Carney can get others to respond remains an open question. The hair-on-fire terror about Mr. Trump's trade war appears to be subsiding in Canada. A Nanos Research poll released this week found just 16 per cent rated Mr. Trump and U.S. relations as the top issue of concern – roughly half as many as a month ago. (The poll surveyed 1,088 Canadians in weekly tracking ending May 23.) That's not the same galvanizing force behind Mr. Carney's agenda. And in truth, he has barely set the outlines for that agenda. Tuesday's Throne Speech provided almost no new elements. It's often the details that raise resistance. Mr. Carney has now spent five months trying to build up demand for his agenda. Fulfilling the demand will be harder. There was an assertion that Canada is ready to build a coalition of like-minded countries, helping to unite the leftovers of the free world the U.S. no longer wants to lead. But that's the kind of promise of global leadership that has gone unfulfilled before. For now, Mr. Carney has a window when the feeling of national urgency could give him licence do big things. The King was invited to buttress Canadian sovereignty, but the government's message was about the moment.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat gets an oversize CT scan, with a surprise
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit their equipment. So the veterinary team at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach took her to nearby Jupiter Medical Center, hoping she could get a CT scan on a human machine. She was too big for that, as well. They quickly came up with another plan: taking Pennywise to Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, where the scan was performed on equipment designed for horses. 'And, luckily, the horse-sized machine was big enough to fit this lady through," Heather Barron, the chief science officer and veterinarian at Loggerhead, told The Associated Press. Turns out, they also got a nice surprise: Images showed that Pennywise is carrying eggs. 'We hope we'll be able to get her back out there into the wild as soon as possible so that she can lay those eggs," Barron said. Loggerheads, an endangered species, often lay multiple clutches during a season, she said. Pennywise arrived at the center Monday, after a crew from Inwater Research Group found her floating in the Atlantic with significant blunt force trauma to her shell that had already started to heal. The staff at the Juno Beach turtle center estimated that Pennywise's injuries were about a month old. Barron said the imaging showed some damage to bones that surround the spinal cord. They have the turtle on high-powered antibiotics. "Luckily, right now, her neurologic exam shows that all those nerves are intact. And that is a great sign for her. We're very excited about that and we'll just be rechecking to make sure that we have no progression of the disease, and as soon as we feel like that wound is healed well enough, she can go back out into the wild.' Even so, Barron said, Pennywise's story is a 'textbook case of a turtle returning to the area for mating and nesting season, only to fall victim to an entirely preventable boat-strike injury.' Because nesting season in Florida runs from March 1 to Oct. 31, officials at the sea turtle center are encouraging boaters to slow down and to be especially mindful in what they refer to as the Sea Turtle Protection Zone, which extends a mile (1.6 kilometers) off the coast. ___ Frisaro reported from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cody Jackson And Freida Frisaro, The Associated Press
Associated Press
25-05-2025
- Health
- Associated Press
A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat gets an oversize CT scan, with a surprise
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit their equipment. So the veterinary team at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach took her to nearby Jupiter Medical Center, hoping she could get a CT scan on a human machine. She was too big for that, as well. They quickly came up with another plan: taking Pennywise to Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington, where the scan was performed on equipment designed for horses. 'And, luckily, the horse-sized machine was big enough to fit this lady through,' Heather Barron, the chief science officer and veterinarian at Loggerhead, told The Associated Press. Turns out, they also got a nice surprise: Images showed that Pennywise is carrying eggs. 'We hope we'll be able to get her back out there into the wild as soon as possible so that she can lay those eggs,' Barron said. Loggerheads, an endangered species, often lay multiple clutches during a season, she said. Pennywise arrived at the center Monday, after a crew from Inwater Research Group found her floating in the Atlantic with significant blunt force trauma to her shell that had already started to heal. The staff at the Juno Beach turtle center estimated that Pennywise's injuries were about a month old. Barron said the imaging showed some damage to bones that surround the spinal cord. They have the turtle on high-powered antibiotics. 'Luckily, right now, her neurologic exam shows that all those nerves are intact. And that is a great sign for her. We're very excited about that and we'll just be rechecking to make sure that we have no progression of the disease, and as soon as we feel like that wound is healed well enough, she can go back out into the wild.' Even so, Barron said, Pennywise's story is a 'textbook case of a turtle returning to the area for mating and nesting season, only to fall victim to an entirely preventable boat-strike injury.' Because nesting season in Florida runs from March 1 to Oct. 31, officials at the sea turtle center are encouraging boaters to slow down and to be especially mindful in what they refer to as the Sea Turtle Protection Zone, which extends a mile (1.6 kilometers) off the coast. ___ Frisaro reported from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
