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CTV News
5 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Suspicious material prompts police perimeter in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie
An SPVM police vehicle is seen in Montreal, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi Montreal police (SPVM) set up a large security perimeter in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough Friday after receiving a report that a potentially explosive material had been dropped off at a local business. According to the SPVM, officers received a call around 4 p.m. regarding the incident at a business on des Carrières Street near Christophe-Colomb Avenue. 'Our explosives experts are currently examining the material, but it does not appear to be dangerous,' said an SPVM spokesperson. No evacuations were necessary. Investigators are also working to locate the person who left the material at the scene.
CBS News
6 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
MLB's investment in women's pro softball league is a thrill for UChicago alum commissioner
Major League Baseball is making a major investment in professional women's sports. MLB is partnering with the Athletes Unlimited Softball League — which is made up of the best pro softball players in the United States. Spectators can catch games in the northwest Chicago suburb of Rosemont this summer. Athletes Unlimited has been around since 2020. "It is just so fast-paced. It is action-packed," said Kim Ng, commissioner of the AUSL. "The athletes are incredible." Now, the AUSL is getting a major boost. Major League Baseball announced that it is investigating in the league — broadcasting some of the league's games on its network, helping with marketing, and offering financial support. "It's a day that I personally had been waiting for, for a long time," Ng said. Commissioner is a new title for Ng, but she isn't new to softball. She played in high school, and s she was a Maroon at the University of Chicago — where she played middle infielder while majoring in public policy, the Chicago Maroon recounted. After graduating from UChicago in 1990, Kim started her career in Chicago. "I was an intern for the Chicago White Sox, and then I became full-time," said Ng. "I was there for six years." Ng spent 10 years altogether with MLB. She advanced to assistant director of baseball operations with the White Sox in 1995, and moved to the New York Yankees as assistant general manager under Brian Cashman in 1998. She held executive positions with the Los Angeles Dodgers and in the MLB offices before being named general manager of the Miami Marlins in 2020. Now, she's back to softball. "Our spring training just started yesterday," she said. The AUSL season begins June 7 in Rosemont. Four teams will complete in 24 games over the course of two months — launching pro softball into the limelight. "I think it's such an incredible statement for the sport," said Ng.
CTV News
26-05-2025
- CTV News
SUV set on fire in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie
A surveillance camera is seen beside an SPVM logo on a detention centre in Montreal, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi) An SUV was set on fire in Montreal's Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie borough early Monday morning. Montreal police (SPVM) received a 911 call at 2:10 a.m. about the flames on 1re Avenue near Masson Street. 'When police arrived on the scene, firefighters were already controlling the fire,' said Caroline Chèvrefils, a spokesperson with Montreal police. 'No incendiary objects were found.' There were no reported injuries, and there have been no arrests. The vehicle is considered a total loss. The investigation has been transferred to the Montreal police arson squad.
Reuters
15-05-2025
- Health
- Reuters
FDA plans to review chemicals in US food supply, official says
ROSEMONT, Illinois, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to step up safety reviews on chemicals in foods, including one widely used as a preservative in products containing fats, said Kyle Diamantas, the agency's top food official, on Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose agency oversees the FDA, has pledged to tackle chronic illnesses by overhauling the U.S. diet. He has pushed for bans on synthetic food colors and encouraged fast-food chains to switch to beef tallow instead of seed oils for French fries. The FDA, which has suffered mass layoffs under President Donald Trump, will update a list of chemicals that will be top priorities for reviews, said Diamantas, acting deputy commissioner for human foods. "Historically FDA has been somewhat reactionary when it comes to reviewing chemicals in the food supply," he said at a food safety conference outside Chicago. "The goal is to move to a proactive process to ensure that the chemicals in our food remain safe." The FDA will prioritize reviews of chemicals including butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT); butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA); and azodicarbonamide (ADA), Diamantas said. BHT is one of the most commonly used antioxidants in foods containing fats, according to the health department, opens new tab. The FDA plans to release a scheme for highlighting other chemicals for reviews that will be available for public feedback this month, Diamantas said. Chemicals may be assessed based on consumers' concerns or on other countries' data and regulatory actions, he said. Even as food chemicals and nutrition have received a lot of attention, Diamantas told the conference that the FDA is still committed to microbiological food safety, which is the agency's division with the most employees and funding. Kennedy said on Wednesday that the "central focus" of the FDA and National Institutes of Health will be on studying ultra-processed foods, sugars and food additives. At the CDC, which also operates under Kennedy, an environmental health division endured layoffs and is no longer at the agency, said Megin Nichols, director of CDC's division of foodborne, waterborne, and environmental diseases. The division was critical to food safety and CDC continues to "maintain the spirit of that work," Nichols said in a virtual appearance at the conference.
CBC
11-05-2025
- CBC
Montreal police, SQ team up to locate missing man who could be in Outaouais
Social Sharing Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) are collaborating in a search for a missing 48-year-old man. According to the Service de police de la Ville de Montréa l, Benoit Brouillard was last seen on Friday in Montreal's Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough. Brouillard has emphysema — a long-term lung condition that causes shortness of breath. Police say he was supposed to go hang out with some friends at a cottage in Val-des-Bois — a municipality located in the Outaouais region about 70 kilometres north of Gatineau, Que. The vehicle he was travelling in was found at Papineau-Labelle Park in Val-des-Bois and the SQ has been searching the area as a result. Police describe Brouillard as a white man with blue eyes and brown hair who speaks French. He was last seen wearing a dark blue and grey coat, black pants, a grey hat and beige boots. Anyone with information about Brouillard's whereabouts should either call 911, their local police station or the SPVM's Info-Crime line at 514 393-1133.
