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Empire expands Voilà online grocery home-delivery service into Alberta

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

STELLARTON, N.S. — Empire Co. Ltd. says it’s launching its Voilà online grocery home-delivery service in Calgary, Edmonton and the surrounding areas.The expansion into Alberta by the company that owns Sobeys and Safeway follows the growth of its e-commerce service in Ontario and Quebec.The grocer says it will offer nearly 20,000 products from Safeway, Sobeys, Chalo! FreshCo and more.The products will be sold at regular in-store prices and delivered in convenient one-hour delivery windows.Empire says Alberta customers will be able to order online on the Voilà website or using its mobile app starting Monday.It says it will provide customers in Alberta with the choice between home delivery and curbside pickup, with curbside pickup remaining available at 16 of its 141 stores in the region.This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 19, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:EMP.A)The Canadian Press

Airbus wins mammoth order for 500 jets from India’s IndiGo at Paris Air Show

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

PARIS (AP) — India’s IndiGo airline is buying 500 passenger jets from European planemaker Airbus, the two companies said Monday, in a record-setting order that underscores surging demand for air travel fueled by the country’s economic growth. IndiGo, India’s dominant carrier, is buying the A320 aircraft in what the companies said was the single biggest purchase agreement in commercial aviation history. Executives from both companies announced the deal on the opening day of the Paris Air Show, the world’s largest event focusing on aviation and space industry. They didn’t disclose how much the order was worth, but it would likely amount to tens of billions of dollars. The purchase highlights how the two companies are “democratizing affordable air travel for millions of people in the world’s fastest growing aviation market,” Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer said in a statement. New Delhi-based IndiGo’s order surpasses another mammoth deal ...

UN complains Russia won't let aid workers into area of dam collapse, Moscow says it's unsafe

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin's spokesman said Monday that U.N. aid workers who want to visit areas ravaged by the recent Kakhova dam collapse in southern Ukraine can’t go there because fighting in the war makes it unsafe.The United Nations rebuked Moscow on Sunday for allegedly denying aid workers access to Russia-occupied areas where residents are stranded amid “devastating destruction.”The U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, said in a statement that her staff were engaging with both Kyiv and Moscow, which control different parts of the area, in a bid to reach civilians in need. They face a shortage of drinking water and food and a lack of power.Brown urged Russian authorities “to act in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law” and let them in.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didn’t explicitly admit that Russia had blocked U.N. access, but told a conference call with reporters that Ukrainian attacks made a v...

Tropical Depression 3 forms, will become hurricane in a few days, National Hurricane Center says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - Tropical Depression Three formed midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles Monday, according to an 11 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center.Once the depression strengthens into a tropical storm, it will be called Bret.Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts. The depression is forecast to become a hurricane in a few days, the National Hurricane Center said, and should move across the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane on Thursday and Friday. (National Hurricane Center)The National Hurricane Service says everyone in the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands should closely monitor the system and have a hurricane plan ready.“As it continues to get better organized, the models will get a better handle on the system. However, right now, it is too early to say whether it will move into the Caribbean or re-curve out to sea, but there is plenty of time to watch it," WFLA Meteorologist Amanda Holly said.She added the...

Police arrest man in Ulster County on weapons charges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

LLOYD, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A North Carolina man has been arrested in Ulster County for weapons charges, according to police. Otis Jones, 25, of Salemburg, was taken into custody following a traffic stop. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On June 14 at 4:06 a.m., state police observed a 2019 Nissan Altima traveling on State Route 299 in the town of Lloyd violating New York State vehicle and traffic law. Troopers stopped the car and identified the driver as Jones. While being interviewed, troopers observed a marijuana cigarette next to Jones. Police removed him from the vehicle to conduct a possible driving while ability impaired investigation. Driver charged in Duanesburg trooper-involved shooting Troopers discovered an extended capacity magazine containing 30 rounds of ammunition during the investigation. Jones then informed police there was a gun in the car on the floor of the front passenger seat. A sea...

South Colonie adopts resolution to rebrand, phase out "Raiders" nickname

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

SOUTH COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- According to the South Colonie Central School District website, their Board of Education has adopted a resolution to rebrand, phasing out the nickname "Raiders" over two years. The decision comes in light of the New York State Board of Regents’ regulation that bans all names and images of school mascots that currently or were related to Indigenous people prior. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The district established a committee composed of community members, parents, teachers, coaches, students, building leadership, and board of education members, who've worked since late spring, to generate new ideas for a mascot that "embodies the values and spirits of the South Colonie School Community." The rebranding committee has selected potential mascot names, and community members can provide input online.The committee will review all feedback as they look to move forward and present their recommend...

Driver charged in Duanesburg trooper-involved shooting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

DUANESBURG, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- New York State Police have provided an update on the investigation regarding Friday's trooper-involved shooting in Duanesburg. Police have identified the driver as Alicia Eriole, 30, who faces multiple charges. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! In a press conference on Friday afternoon, New York State Police say Trooper Albert observed a silver SUV traveling over 100 miles per hour on I-88. Trooper Albert conducted a traffic stop, and as he approached the driver’s side of the vehicle, the driver, Eriole, put down the window, and the passenger, Nelson Troche, opened fire.Police say both suspects exited the car and attempted to carjack another vehicle during the incident. Eriole was taken into custody shortly after, and police located Troche approximately an hour and a half later in the area of Darby Hill Road in Duanesburg with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at Albany...

Weekend mass shootings leave 6 people dead, dozens injured across the U.S.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

Mass shootings and violence across the U.S. killed at least six people this weekend, including a Pennsylvania state trooper, and wounded dozens of people. Multiple people with guns fired shots at a holiday crowd in Illinois and bullets flew among teenagers partying in Missouri. The shootings follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. They happened in suburban Chicago, Washington state, central Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Southern California and Baltimore.“There’s no question there’s been a spike in violence,” said Daniel Nagin, a professor of public policy and statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. “Some of these cases seem to be just disputes, often among adolescents, and those disputes are played out with firearms, not with fists.”Researchers disagree over the cause of the increase. Theories include the possibility that violence is driven by the prevalence of guns in America, or by less a...

Gun, motorized bikes used in North Hills robberies; 2 in custody: LAPD

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

Police are investigating at least three armed robberies that occurred in North Hills early Monday and two juveniles are in custody. It is unclear, however, if the incidents are related.Around 5:40 a.m., Los Angeles police officers responded to an incident at Noble Avenue and Chase Street.Three males allegedly stole a wallet and $1,800 in cash while at least one was armed with a semiautomatic handgun. They got away on motorized bikes, police said.Another incident occurred at 5:53 a.m. in the 9300 block of Moonbeam Avenue.Three males allegedly brandished a semi automatic weapon and got away on motorized bikes during the attempted robbery, police said. Then, around 5:56 a.m., three males hit a person with a gun at Burnet Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard. They were last seen heading south on Burnet.Los Angeles firefighters responded to the scene to treat a man in his 50s suffering from a head injury, police said.At least two of the incidents were filed under the same report, Officer Madison ...

Meet Transcendent Expressionism Painter Robert Standish

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:00 GMT

Painter Robert Standish practices a transcendent expressionism in which abstractions become occasions for, and locations of, sensations of awe, wonder, and emotional depth. Guided by organic principles of rhythm, motion, sublimated patterns, saturated color, and rich texture, Standish’s gestures in think paint channel, replicate, honor, and expand on the hidden forces that organize the universe. Eschewing a prior photorealist voice in favor of a different way of connecting with life’s events and experiences, Standish plugs directly into the source now rather than recording its effects. Although his vivid style and intuitive process sometimes alight upon moments that evoke the outside world, it’s Standish’s concern to access a meta-language of pure gesture and color that enriches the interior landscape.Robert Standish, Time and Perspective, Acrylic on canvas, 2022, 30 x 40 inchesL.A. WEEKLY: When did you first know you were an artist?ROBERT STANDISH: One day in kindergarten, all the ...