Day: February 20, 2017

B.C. unveils three-year mental health plan

The B.C. government has committed $140 million in its pre-election budget to increase mental health services for young people, to deal with an increase in cases. The three-year budget is to hire 120 mental health practitioners to work with young people, create “up to 28” specialized substance-use care beds for young people and provide an online counselling service for “youth who are struggling with mild to moderate mental health or substance abuse challenges,” according to a statement from the health and children and family development ministries.

Vitaly Churkin, Russian diplomat

In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin listen during a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Russian officials said Churkin died suddenly in New York City on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.

Wynyard perform escape act

Ladder leaders Wynyard have survived a major scare from bottom side Latrobe in Sunday’s round of Cricket North West women’s games. Ladder leaders Wynyard have survived a major scare from bottom side Latrobe in Sunday’s round of Cricket North West women’s games.

Chelsea are Premier League champions – Mourinho

Chelsea can focus on the FA Cup as they are “already Premier League champions”, says Jose Mourinho, manager of quarter-final opponents Manchester United. Antonio Conte’s side, who will host cup holders United in the last eight in March, hold an eight-point lead in the title race with 13 games to play.

Runner loses group in the national park

A man needed help from Blue Mountains Police Rescue when he became lost and dehydrated during a run at noon on Saturday February 18. A man needed help from Blue Mountains Police Rescue when he became lost and dehydrated during a run at noon on Saturday, February 18. The 45-year-old runner from Chiswick in Sydney, was running between the old Queen Victoria Hospital in Wentworth Falls and Scenic World, Katoomba, when he took a wrong turn and became separated from his running group. He contacted emergency services and provided his location co-ordinates.

Community groups cheer funding gift

Bombala Rotary and the Delegate Progress Association are among the big winners in the latest community grants, each receiving $40,000-plus. The Delegate Progress Association receives Stronger Community Funding in round one late in 2016.

David Spaven: Get freight on track for a better future

When the Scottish Parliament unanimously backed the Climate Change Act in 2009, much was made of this being the most ambitious climate change legislation anywhere in the world. In the intervening years, good progress on emissions has been made in a number of sectors – but the glaring exception has been transport.

Istanbul-Phuket en route to open

Turkish Airlines will make Phuket its second port of call in Thailand with the launch of regular flights starting in July. The airline is to operate four non-stop flights a week between Istanbul and Phuket beginning July 17 with A330-300 wide-body jets, according to insiders.

Man accused of making sales, pocketing the proceeds

A St Georges Basin man has pleaded not guilty to allegedly selling five boats and trailers for more than $230,000 and not passing on the proceeds of the sale to the owners. George Klapsis, 42, faced five charges of larceny as a bailee before registrar Craig Cockburn in Nowra Local Court on Monday.

The unhealthy season

People pushed the panic button when they heard Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha warned two weeks ago that the spread of the influenza virus this year would be greater than the last. The virus forced two Bangkok schools, Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Elementary School and St Joseph Convent School, to close some parts of the premises for inspection and cleaning after students were found to have been infected.

Ministry seeks to court more Japanese women

The Tourism and Sports Ministry aims to attract more female Japanese tourists to Thailand because they spend more than men. The ministry will promote activities to make Thailand more attractive to Japanese women, such as muay Thai, meditation, shopping, cookery, textile weaving and organic gardening, Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul said at a luncheon talk entitled, “Empowering Women Leadership in Business and Society”, held by Assumption University.

Plan B for South power

Protesters of a coal-fired power plant for Krabi sit outside Government House. They dispersed on Sunday after the government agreed to delay the project again and do a new environmental and health assessment study.

Why is China keeping mum about Kim Jong Nam’s murder?

Kim Jong Nam, left, half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, in Narita, Japan, on May 4, 2001, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Source: AP Photos/Shizuo Kambayashi, Wong Maye-E BEIJING’s terse response last week that China has been closely monitoring developments in the Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-un’ estranged half brother will likely be the extent of its response to the matter.

$2.33 million deal: Bolters making IPL fortunes

Approximately $A17.722 million was spent at Monday’s auction in Bengaluru, and although Ben Stokes’ $2.82 million contract was the biggest of the day it arguably was not the most eye-catching deal. In 2015, Tymal Mills was not sure he would ever play cricket again.

PM steps up Brexit Bill pressure as she sits in on peers’ debate

Prime Minister Theresa May sits behind the Speaker, back row, as Baroness Smith of Basildon speaks in the House of Lords The House of Lords will conclude the first stage of a crucial Brexit debate after Theresa May and Boris Johnson ramped up pressure on them not to block or delay Britain’s exit from the European Union. In a highly unusual move on Monday, the Prime Minister sat on the steps in front of the Royal Throne in the Upper Chamber as Lords Leader Baroness Evans of Bowes urged peers not to frustrate the passage of the Brexit Bill.

Global Instrument Transformer Market- Pfiffner, Siemens, Sieyuan, Taikai Instrument, Tbea-Koncar

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McEvoy returns from Australia to join Drogheda

McEvoy, who is awaiting international clearance, started his career with Bohemians in 2009, spending loan spells with Longford Town and Athlone Town along the way, before moving to Bray Wanderers in 2015. McEvoy will be joined at Drogheda by goalkeeper Jamie Hickey, who was previously with the club’s under-19 side.

Amid protests, UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump visit

Thousands of protesters against U.S. President Donald Trump rallied outside Britain’s Parliament on Monday, while lawmakers inside urged the government to rescind its offer to the president of a state visit stamped with pomp, pageantry and royal approval. In a passionate debate that’s unlikely to change the British government’s position, Trump was labeled a misogynist, a bigot and a “petulant child” by opposition legislators.

Grant Elliott six completes thrilling Pakistan Super League win

Grant Elliott has once again proven he’s the man to step up in the most dramatic moments after hitting a six to complete a thrilling one-wicket win in the Pakistan Super League in Sharjah this morning. Elliott’s Lahore Qalandars looked to be cruising, needing 12 runs off the final two overs with four wickets in hand in their chase of Islamabad United’s 145 for eight.

COLUMN: Celebrating our freedom to read

Whether it is a new controversial book or a classic novel that covers topics that were not talked about in depth at the time, schools and public libraries are regularly asked to remove books and magazines from their shelves that are deemed by some to be offensive or inappropriate. Sometimes their efforts are successful, other times they’re not.

8 Rising Stocks That Are Still Undervalued

According to the GuruFocus All-in-One Screener , several gurus are focusing on stocks whose Peter Lynch fair values are far above the current price. The following stocks are trading with wide margins of safety and have positive performances over the past 12 months.

Syrian airstrikes kill at least seven in Damascus

Activists reported a third straight day of escalations by pro-government forces against opposition-held areas in and around the capital. Jets believed to belong to the Russian or Syrian Air Forces pounded the Barzeh and Qaboun neighbourhoods in the northeast corner of the capital, levelling several buildings, and also wounded at least 12 people, the activist-run Barzeh Media Centre and Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Pooler’s history boys have no-one to fear, says Jeffreys

PROUD chief executive Ben Jeffreys has insisted Pontypool “don’t fear anyone”, as they wait with bated breath to discover their opponents in the WRU National Cup quarter-finals. Pooler joined Ebbw Vale, Cross Keys, Pontypridd, Llandovery, Carmarthen Quins, Merthyr and RGC 1404 in the hat for the last eight on Saturday thanks to a famous victory against Cardiff.

Planned Newport council tax increase cut by 0.5 per cent

Proposals to outsource domiciliary care to a private company have also been scrapped under Newport City Council ‘s revised budget for the 2017-2018 financial year, while an extra A 1.1 million will be handed to the city’s cash-strapped schools. The budget was discussed at a meeting of the council’s cabinet yesterday, Monday, where leader Cllr Debbie Wilcox said the two issues had been those raised the most frequently during the consultation period.

A Muslim teacher removed from a plane while on a school trip to the…

Juhel Miah, 25, was travelling to New York with a group from Llangatwg Comprehensive when he was removed from the plane A Muslim teacher who was removed from a US-bound plane by security officials while on a school trip said he was “made to feel like a criminal”. Juhel Miah was travelling with a group from Llangatwg Comprehensive in Port Talbot on a trip to New York when he was removed from the aircraft in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Colombian Police Suspect ELN Rebels Behind Bullring Explosion

Colombian authorities suspect Marxist ELN rebels were behind a bomb attack near Bogota’s bullring on Sunday, leaving dozens of police officers injured as they prepared for anti-bullfighting protests in Colombia’s capital. “It’s a hypothesis we’re investigating,” Bogota police chief General Hoover Penilla told reporters on Monday.

Coast Guard rescues woman in distrtess at sea

U.S. Coast Guard rescued a woman in distress from a cruise ship 86 miles southwest of San Diego Monday morning. The 73-year-old woman had been experiencing persistent severe abdominal pain since Sunday at about 5:15 p.m. A Coast Guard flight surgeon recommended she be medically evacuated from the Star Princess cruise ship that was en route to Ensenada, Mexico, so she could seek emergency medical care on land.

Wigan beat Cronulla

Super League’s maiden World Club Series triumph has strengthened the Rugby Football League’s hand as they step up negotiations for the 2018 event, according to chief executive Nigel Wood. The series, expanded in 2015 from a one-off World Club Challenge into a six-team tournament, was scaled back this year after a lack of interest from NRL clubs and only took place at all because of the support of England and Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett.