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Toronto Sun
2 days ago
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
French Open: Jannik Sinner drops just 3 games to extend Grand Slam unbeaten run
Published May 31, 2025 • 3 minute read Italy's Jannik Sinner reaches for the ball as he plays Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic during their third-round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Saturday, May 31, 2025. Photo by Thibault Camus / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — When Jannik Sinner's opponent in the French Open's third round finally won a single game Saturday, the Court Suzanne-Lenglen crowd responded with a standing ovation. Sinner was simply too good on this day, extending his Grand Slam winning streak to 17 matches and looking very much like the No. 1-ranked man. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Sinner dominated Jiri Lehecka 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 in just 1 hour, 34 minutes, the quickest men's match at Roland-Garros this year and, measured by games lost, the most lopsided victory at a major tournament of Sinner's career. 'We try to improve,' Sinner said. 'Today, I don't think there are many things I can improve.' Can say that again. Check out some of the numbers: Sinner delivered 31 winners and made only nine unforced errors. He accumulated 18 break points, converting seven, and faced just one, which he saved. The first 11 games went Sinner's way. When Sinner missed a return wide, making the score 6-0, 5-1 after 55 minutes of action, Lehecka raised his arm and pumped his fist in a bit of sarcastic celebration. The fans went wild, rising out of their seats and clapping and shouting, eliciting a smile from Lehecka. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Make no mistake, though. Lehecka is no also-ran. The 23-year-old from the Czech Republic is ranked 34th and has been a Grand Slam quarterfinalist. But he was completely overmatched by Sinner, who has won the past two major championships — at the U.S. Open in September and the Australian Open in January — and is now the owner of an unbeaten run at the sport's most important tournaments that's been surpassed this century only by a trio of guys by the names of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Sinner's bid for a first French Open title, and fourth Slam trophy overall, will continue Monday, when he'll face No. 17 Andrey Rublev for a quarterfinal berth. Rublev advanced when his opponent, No. 14 Arthur Fils, withdrew from the tournament because a stress fracture in his lower back. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Novak Djokovic got back to the fourth round at Roland-Garros for the 16th year in a row with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over qualifier Filip Misolic on Saturday night. A year ago, Djokovic tore the meniscus in his right knee during his fourth-round win and pulled out of the tournament before the quarterfinals. Djokovic's match Saturday was played at the same time as French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain — whose stadium is a few blocks from Roland-Garros _ was beating Inter Milan 5-0 to win the Champions League final in Munich, Germany. What else happened at the French Open on Saturday? Jessica Pegula, the No. 3-seeded American who was the runner-up at the U.S. Open, came back to eliminate 2019 French Open finalist and 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 and reach the fourth round. Another American, 70th-ranked Hailey Baptiste, made it into Week 2 at a major for the first time by beating Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 7-6 (4), 6-1 and will play Madison Keys or Sofia Kenin next. No. 6 Mirra Andreeva, an 18-year-old Russian who reached the semifinals a year ago, advanced to a fourth-round showdown against No. 17 Daria Kasatkina. American qualifier Ethan Quinn, the 2023 NCAA champion for the University of Georgia, played his second consecutive five-setter and was beaten by Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4. Griekspoor came into the day 0-4 in third-round matches at majors. Griekspoor next meets 2024 runner-up Alexander Zverev, while No. 5 Jack Draper takes on Alexander Bublik. Draper defeated 18-year-old Brazilian João Fonseca 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Who is on the schedule at Roland-Garros on Sunday? No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka and the two defending champions, Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz, are all scheduled to appear in the fourth round Sunday. There are three American men in Week 2 in Paris for the first time since 1995, and all are in action: No. 12 Tommy Paul, No. 13 Ben Shelton and No. 15 Frances Tiafoe. Shelton faces Alcaraz, Paul goes up against No. 25 Alexei Popyrin and Tiafoe meets Daniel Altmaier. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Check out our sports section for the latest news and analysis. 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Toronto Sun
2 days ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
California track-and-field championships draw limited protest over trans student's participation
Published May 31, 2025 • 4 minute read A banner reading "NO BOYS IN GIRLS' SPORTS!" is flown above Veteran's Memorial Stadium during the California high school track-and-field championships in Clovis, Calif., Friday, May 30, 2025. Photo by Jae C. Hong / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLOVIS, Calif. — A transgender teen will compete in the California high school track-and-field finals on Saturday, one day after advancing in the competition as a protest plane circled above the meet drew national attention, including criticism from President Donald Trump. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account AB Hernandez — a trans student who on Friday advanced in the girls high jump, long jump and triple jump — will be in the finals Saturday, competing under a new rule change that may be the first of its kind nationally by a high school sports governing body. The new California Interscholastic Federation announced the new policy earlier this week in response to Hernandez's success. According to the policy, the CIF will let an additional student compete and medal in the events where Hernandez qualified. The two-day championship kicked off in the sweltering heat at high school near Fresno. The atmosphere was relatively quiet Friday despite critics — including parents, conservative activists and President Donald Trump — calling for Hernandez to be barred from girls competition leading up to the meet. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. There was some pushback Friday. A group of fewer than 10 people gathered outside the stadium ahead of the meet to protest Hernandez's participation. Some of them wore 'Save Girls' Sports' T-shirts. At one point as Hernandez was attempting a high jump, someone in the stands yelled an insult. An aircraft circled above the stadium for more than an hour during the events, carrying a banner that read, 'No Boys in Girls' Sports!' Two groups, the Independent Council on Women's Sports and Women Are Real, that oppose transgender athletes participating in women's sports took credit for flying the banner. Separately, one person was arrested outside the competition on Friday after getting in a confrontation with another protester that turned physical, according to the Clovis Police Department. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The rest of the night ran smoothly for Hernandez, who finished the triple jump with a mark close to 41 feet (13 meters), nearly 10 inches (25 centimeters) ahead of her closest competitor, San Francisco Bay Area junior Kira Gant Hatcher. Hernandez also led in the long jump with a mark close to 20 feet (6 meters) to advance to the final. She advanced in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 5 inches (1.7 meters) with ease. She did not address the press. California at center of national debate The CIF rule change reflects efforts to find a middle ground in the debate over trans girls' participation in youth sports. 'The CIF values all of our student-athletes and we will continue to uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete while complying with California law,' the group said in a statement after announcing its rule change. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A recent AP-NORC poll found that about 7 in 10 U.S. adults think transgender female athletes should not be allowed to participate in girls and women's sports at the high school, college or professional level. That view was shared by about 9 in 10 Republicans and roughly half of Democrats. The federation announced the rule change after Trump threatened this week to pull federal funding from California unless it bars trans female athletes from competing on girls teams. The CIF said it decided on the change before then. The U.S. Department of Justice also said it would investigate the state federation and the district that includes Hernandez's high school to determine whether they violated federal sex discrimination law by allowing trans girls to compete in girls sports. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Some California Republicans also weighed in, with several state lawmakers attending a news conference to criticize the federation for keeping Hernandez in the competition and a Republican gubernatorial candidate planning to attend Saturday's finals. California law allows trans students to compete on sex-segregated sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The federation said the rule would open the field to more 'biological female' athletes. One expert said the change may itself be discriminatory because it creates an extra spot for 'biological female' athletes but not for other trans athletes. The federation did not specify how they define 'biological female' or how they would verify whether a competitor meets that definition. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Hernandez told the publication Capital & Main earlier this month that she couldn't worry about critics. 'I'm still a child, you're an adult, and for you to act like a child shows how you are as a person,' she said. Another student breaks a record California's state championship stands out from that of other states because of the number of competitors athletes are up against to qualify. The state had the second-largest number of students participating in outdoor track and field in the nation during the 2023-2024 school year, behind Texas, according to a survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Olympians Marion Jones and Tara Davis-Woodhall previously set state championship records in the long jump in 1993 and 2017, respectively, both surpassing 22 feet (6.7 meters). The boys 100-meter dash heats were also a highlight Friday. Junior Jaden Jefferson of De La Salle High School in Concord finished in 10.01 seconds, about .2 seconds faster than a meet record set in 2023. Jefferson's time won't count as a record unless he can replicate his results in the final. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Toronto & GTA Toronto & GTA Ontario Sunshine Girls Canada
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Renewed marketing, product development keys to improved pork sales: report
Opinion Canadian pork producers are likely to chew slowly as they digest a report released this week by one of the largest agricultural creditors in the U.S. While the paper by CoBank focuses on U.S. pork production and consumption trends, the North American hog and pork industries are highly integrated. Whatever happens in this report's wake, if anything, will spill across the border to influence the Canadian sector. Nearly one-quarter of the pigs born in Canada are sent to the U.S. for feeding and slaughter. Sixty per cent of those live hog exports are weanlings sent to U.S. feeding operations. Canada also exported US$1.7 billion in pork products to the U.S. in 2024, while importing US$850 million back. JOHN LOCHER / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILES Pigs eat from a trough at the Las Vegas Livestock farming operation in Nevada CoBank says the U.S. industry's continued reliance on export sales to places like Mexico, China, South Korea and Canada for nearly a quarter of its production is becoming too risky because of 'new trade policies' creating more volatility in global trade. Even without U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs in the mix, trade with China has fallen sharply since record sales in 2020. That country's domestic production rebounded faster than expected following a devastating outbreak of African swine fever in 2018. Sales to China in 2024 were less than a quarter of the kilograms sold five years ago. Bacon has achieved a cult-like following and sausage products have gained appeal, which has doubled the market prices for the pork bellies and trimmings used to make them. However, the 'muscle cuts,' such as pork loins and hams, are often discounted because they aren't as convenient and consumers often don't know how to cook them. 'Sluggish exports could mean more pork loins in domestic markets, and U.S. consumers have difficulty cooking 'the perfect pork chop,'' the report says. Exports of so-called 'variety meats,' such as livers, hearts, kidneys, tongues, stomachs, snouts, ears, feet and tails, were worth $1.3 billion in 2024, but they aren't popular menu items in North America. 'Any trade barriers in place for countries that purchase variety meats could cause implications for the U.S. pork sector because those products have extremely limited demand in the U.S.,' CoBank says. The industry has launched campaigns focused on convincing consumers they need more pork on their forks, something the Canadian sector has been working on, too. Even though Canadian pork consumption is much lower, at about 16 kg per capita, recent marketing efforts have achieved increases of just under 15 per cent. CoBank warns increasing U.S. consumption, which has remained static at about 22 kg per capita since the 1970s, will be challenging because the parts of the animal the industry currently exports are such a hard to sell to American consumers. 'If the U.S. consumer is to reimagine pork, the pork industry may need to make drastic changes, including recalibrating the genetic hog makeup and showcasing different cuts at retail and through food service.' CoBank cites Kansas State University research that names taste as the primary driver for protein purchases. When it comes to animal protein, the flavour is in the fat. Weekday Evenings Today's must-read stories and a roundup of the day's headlines, delivered every evening. That's a problem for a sector that heeded the low-fat messaging of yesteryear and shifted genetic focus in selecting breeding stock towards lean carcass weights, rapid growth and feeding efficiency. CoBank says the industry needs to rethink that strategy if it wants to convince consumers to eat more pork. It also must put more effort into marketing and new product development focused on eating quality and convenience. 'The lean hog formulation that was adopted by the broad bulk of U.S. producers more than two decades ago has largely influenced the pork that U.S. consumers are offered today,' the report says. 'This has left something to be desired when comparing pork chops to beef steaks, often with an overcooked chop delivering a bad experience.' CoBank is signalling a shift in market direction that has obvious implications for the Canadian sector. When it's time to make a change, the consolidated and vertically integrated industry will be able to pivot relatively quickly. However, with all the moving parts to this equation, now is not the time. Laura Rance is executive editor, production content lead for Glacier FarmMedia. She can be reached at lrance@ Laura RanceColumnist Laura Rance is editorial director at Farm Business Communications. Read full biography Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Toronto Sun
3 days ago
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
McCAUGHEY: New York in danger of being steamrolled by rent-freeze voting bloc
The skyline of midtown Manhattan is shown in New York City on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Photo by Ted Shaffrey / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Left-wing mayoral candidates and a newly launched 'housing justice' group are promising a multi-year rent freeze on New York City's nearly one million rent-regulated units. That's more than half the rental apartments in Gotham. It's a cynical political strategy: Pander to a block of single-issue voters almost too large to resist — and capture the mayoralty. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Implementing that freeze would turn the entire city into a slum, with dilapidated, abandoned buildings and thousands of occupants forced to live in squalor because their apartments are no longer maintained. It could happen. In New York City, occupants of rent-stabilized apartments — about 1.7 million people living in about 980,000 units — outnumber residents of unregulated apartments. If these rent regulation beneficiaries are mobilized as single-issue voters, they can swing an election. Barely a million people voted in the 2021 mayoral primary and just over 1.1 million in the general. Leftist candidates are not leaving it to chance. Zohran Mamdani, Brad Lander and Jessica Ramos have committed to freezing rents if elected. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Tenants are a majority and it's time we had a mayor who acted like it,' Mamdani says. He's calculating that this single-issue voting bloc can carry him to victory. New York State Tenant Bloc is making the same calculation statewide. 'There are over nine million tenants in New York,' its website declares. 'There's millions more tenants than there are landlords. We have the power to break the real estate industry's grip on our lives by uniting as a bloc.' The group's battle cry is 'freeze the rent.' Cornell University professor Russell Weaver, who provided the analysis behind the NYS Tenant Bloc's formation, calls tenants the 'sleeping giant' in future elections. Not sleeping for long. Assemblywoman Sarahana Shrestha, a democratic socialist representing the Hudson Valley, credits her win with activating tenant voters. Now she is sponsoring the Rent Emergency Stabilization for Tenants Act, which would permit towns and cities in all parts of the state to impose rent caps. Current law limits rent stabilization to New York City and downstate counties, unless towns in other areas perform vacancy studies. Those requirements have kept Poughkeepsie and Kingston from capping rents. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Shrestha rants that 'tenants are half the state' and should vote as a bloc to stop 'price-gouging landlords.' New Yorkers need to know the brutal consequences of rent regulations and rent freezes before they fall for this demagoguery. In New York City, the Rent Guidelines Board's nine members — all mayoral appointees — set permissible rent hikes once a year. Succumbing to political pressure, the RGB generally sets hikes at about half the inflation rate, meaning building owners, facing rising property taxes and labour, energy and water costs, get shortchanged. Eventually, many let properties fall into disrepair, allow dilapidated units to sit vacant or even abandon their buildings. The Citizens Budget Commission's housing expert Sean Campion testified to the RGB on May 22 that a significant share of buildings are heading into this maintenance 'death spiral.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. That's the damage already caused by rent regulation, even before the threatened freeze. The city's older housing stock is crumbling, and fewer units are available, causing a shortage. Nationwide, for 19 consecutive months, rents have fallen in metro areas … everywhere but in New York City, the city with the fastest-rising rents. Denver, the metro area where rents are falling fastest, has no rent regulation. Colorado state law forbids it. That's what should be done in New York State. What about helping the poor? Rent regulation doesn't accomplish that. There is no means testing to get a rent-regulated apartment. You need luck, sharp elbows and often a wad of cash to buy your way in. Occupants of rent-regulated apartments — call them privileged renters — tend to have somewhat smaller incomes but are also generally adults without young children. Families, who you would think need rent breaks most to shelter their children, are less apt to luck out, according to the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. A fair system would provide assistance based on need and funded by all taxpayers, not shouldered by owners. New York doesn't command certain grocery stores to sell food at below-market prices to the needy. The taxpayer-funded SNAP program is there for that purpose. Rent regulation rewards pandering politicians, not the poor, and survives because of that. The radical calls for rent freezes are a red flag that New Yorkers are in danger of being crushed — steamrolled — by a mobilized bloc of voters looking out for themselves. Betsy McCaughey is a former Lt. Governor of New York State Toronto & GTA World World Columnists Crime
Toronto Sun
23-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
Movie armorer completes prison sentence in fatal 'Rust' set shooting
Published May 23, 2025 • 1 minute read Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the former armorer at the movie "Rust," listens to closing arguments in her trial at district court, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. SANTA FE, N.M. — A movie armorer convicted in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie 'Rust' was released from a New Mexico prison on Friday after completing an 18-month sentence. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Prison records show Hannah Gutierrez-Reed signed out of the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility in Grants to return home to Bullhead City, Arizona, on parole related to her involuntary manslaughter conviction in the death of Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Gutierrez-Reed also is being supervised under terms of probation for a separate conviction on a charge of unlawfully carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment. Baldwin, the lead actor and coproducer for 'Rust,' was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter in March in a trial overseen by Mary Marlowe Sommer, who later sentenced her to the maximum 18-month penalty. Gutierrez-Reed has an appeal of the conviction pending in a higher court. Jurors acquitted her of allegations she tampered with evidence in the 'Rust' investigation. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the set of 'Rust' and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols. Gutierrez-Reed carried a gun into a downtown Santa Fe bar where firearms are prohibited weeks before 'Rust' began filming. An involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin was dismissed at trial last year on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense. The filming of 'Rust' was completed in Montana. The Western was released in theaters this month. Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists World Toronto Maple Leafs Editorial Cartoons
