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• Team Brad Gushue wins historic gold medal at inaugural 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships

  06-11-2022 21:20 via netnewsledger.com
  Brad Gushue has done it all in his storied career. On Sunday morning, he added a new accolade to his resume when he and his team from St. John’s, N.L., won the inaugural men’s Pan Continental Curling Championship.
  Team Gushue added another international gold medal to its mantel after an 11-3 win against South Korea’s Team Byeongjin Jeong in the gold-medal game at Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre.
  The new event determines the nations that will compete at the world men&rsquo
  
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• Curling: Canadian Women’s Loss Means Bronze Medal Game

  06-11-2022 20:25 via netnewsledger.com
  Japan’s Team Satsuki Fujisawa is moving onto the gold-medal game at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships after stealing away a victory from Canada’s Team Kerri Einarson on Saturday afternoon at the WinSport Event Centre.
  Third-seed Japan’s late-game resurgence provided just enough to allow the reigning Olympic silver medallists with a come-from-behind 6-5 victory against second-seed Canada’s team from Gimli, Man.
  Tied at five apiece but without hammer,
  
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• Health must be front and centre in the COP27 climate change negotiations

  06-11-2022 17:17 via netnewsledger.com
  GENEVA, SHARM EL-SHEIKH – On the eve of the pivotal climate talks at COP27, the World Health Organization issues a grim reminder that the climate crisis continues to make people sick and jeopardizes lives and that health must be at the core of these critical negotiations.
  WHO believes the conference must conclude with progress on the four key goals of mitigation, adaptation, financing and collaboration to tackle the climate crisis.
  COP27 will be a crucial opportunity for the world to
  
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• Missing: 31-Year-Old Male Geri Gillies

  06-11-2022 16:28 via netnewsledger.com
  THUNDER BAY – MISSING – Thunder Bay Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance in locating missing person Geri Gillies, a 31-year-old male.
  Geri Gillies was last heard from on Saturday, October 30 at about 1:45 pm. His location at that time was unknown.
  Geri is described as a White male standing approximately 5’6″ with a medium build. He has short blonde hair and blue eyes. Sometimes he has facial hair but is normally shaved.
  At this time clothing descript
  
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• First Nations head to COP27 seeking global leaders' attention for a 'just transition' to greener future

  06-11-2022 16:00 via cbc.ca
  A delegation from some First Nations in northern B.C. will present their plans for a “just transition” towards a greener future at the UN climate conference, COP27, that begins Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
  
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• Federal riding boundary changes criticized at a Thunder Bay hearing - Tbnewswatch.com

  06-11-2022 14:27
  Federal riding boundary changes criticized at a Thunder Bay hearing  Tbnewswatch.com
  
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• Fort Frances: Illegal Hunt Bags $8,500 in Fines

  06-11-2022 13:15 via netnewsledger.com
  FORT FRANCES – Dawson Caul of Devlin pleaded guilty to hunting deer without a licence and careless use of a firearm while hunting.
  Caul was fined $8,500. In addition, he had his hunting licence suspended for three years and is required to retake the hunter education course.Jarred Taylor of Devlin pleaded guilty to trespassing for the purpose of hunting. He was fined $2,500 and received a one-year hunting licence suspension.
  The court heard that on November 7, 2020, conservation officers we
  
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• Semifinal win puts Canada’s Team Gushue into 2022 Pan Continentals gold-medal game

  06-11-2022 13:02 via netnewsledger.com
  The Canadian men’s curling team is one step closer to winning a historic first gold medal at the inaugural 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships.
  Team Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., earned Canada’s spot in the gold-medal game following an 8-2 win against Japan’s Team Riku Yanagisawa on Saturday morning at Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre.
  Canada, the first seed in the playoffs, takes on third-seed South Korea’s Team Byeongjin Jeong in the gold-medal game
  
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• Coroner’s Jury Sets Recommendations in Death or Mamakwa and McKay

  06-11-2022 12:58 via netnewsledger.com
  THUNDER BAY – The inquest into the death of two Indigneous men who died in custody at the Thunder Bay Police Headquarters has seen the four person all caucasian jury determine that the 2014 death of Don Mamakwa was of indetermined cause, and the death of Roland McKay was of natural causes.
  Four weeks of testimony examining the cases of the two Oji-Cree men saw the jury reach those verdicts in Thunder Bay, onFriday.
  The jurors have released 35 recommendations, determined 8 years after Mamak
  
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• PBR Australia Heats Up as Nick Tetz and Brock Radford Head Downunder

  06-11-2022 12:45 via netnewsledger.com
  Australians Qynn Andersen and Jake Curr will travel to Canada, while Canadians Nick Tetz and Brock Radford will compete in Australia
  By Kacie Albert
  PUEBLO, Colo. – SPORTS – PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Australia and Canada today announced the pair of athletes who will compete in the other nation’s year-end Finals event this November as part of a new transcontinental partnership to foster more competitive opportunities for the organization’s competitors.
  Australian youn
  
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• Curling: Team Canada Takes Momentum into Playoffs

  06-11-2022 12:42 via netnewsledger.com
  Team Canada will take some important momentum into the playoffs after winning both of its Friday games at the inaugural Pan Continental Curling Championships.
  All momentum is important, of course, but the fact that Canada’s Kerri Einarson and her team from Gimli, Man., defeated two of the three teams that will join them in the playoffs at the WinSport Event Centre in Calgary would seem to send a message that this team is firing on all cylinders at precisely the right time.
  After beating Ja
  
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• Waste to Energy : The Japanese Recycling Revolution

  06-11-2022 12:38 via netnewsledger.com
  The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC is  taking  place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. According to The 2021 UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report, climate commitments are not on track to meet the Paris Agreement. As most plastics traded are derived from fossil resources, reducing waste generation are important to support Parties in implementing existing and future multilateral environmental agreements. This high-level event will seek to improve awareness of action
  
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