Activists plan to mark the anniversary in Minneapolis with a candlelight vigil Thursday night at George Floyd Square, the corner where Floyd died. Around the world, protests against racial violence and police brutality erupted after Floyd’s murder, reigniting the Black Lives Matter movement. In 2020, the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, a piece of federal legislation, showed some signs of promise. Over the last three years, George Floyd’s family members have appeared at rallies and spoken out against police violence. While relatives and reform advocates urged for legislation changes, George Floyd’s youngest daughter, Gianna Floyd, met Biden at the White House in 2021.

At the same time, Metrolinx has cancelled buses because downtown traffic is so bad they can’t get to Union Station. We should modernize this old car-based infrastructure to be as useful as possible in the 21st century by building a dedicated busway on the Gardiner. A highway lane can carry 2,000 vehicles an hour (moving about 2,300 people in the GTA). A busway lane can carry 20,000 people an hour. Building a busway lane on the Gardiner would also be cheap and fast as a busway isn’t structurally that different than a road lane.

Ron DeSantis will have to live by after the epic launch of his campaign for the White House in 2024. The retailer’s decision follows controversy about a Bud Light beer commercial featuring a transgender female influencer Dylan Mulvaney that sparked a boycott. DeSantis’s pitch to Republican voters who might be weighing him against Trump is that he is capable of delivering the victory that eluded Trump in 2020. Trump himself clings to the falsehood that the presidency was based on fraudulent results and thus stolen from him. While many other Republicans share that view, DeSantis clearly called it as a loss — something that draws a line in the Republican sand.

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The NHL Department of Player Safety announced Wednesday morning that Dallas Stars forward Max Domi was fined $5,000 for slashing against Vegas’ Mark Stone in Game 3 Tuesday night. Domi was not penalized for the play that occurred at the 18:09 mark of the third period when the Stars trailed the Golden Knights, 4-0. Domi, who was trade from the Blackhawks in March, spoke on the matter after hearing the news. “I’m not really surprised by anything at this point with this league, but it is what it is,” Domi said Wednesday. Email Address By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy SUBMITDallas’ Max Domi has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Slashing against Vegas’ Mark Stone.

TORONTO - Italian star Federico Bernardeschi’s emotional outburst after Toronto FC’s weekend 1-0 loss in Austin was “out of line,” says coach Bob Bradley. “It was a tough loss, a late goal after we had defended in a really good way. Toronto’s last goal came April 29, from CJ Sapong in a 1-0 win over visiting New York City FC. Asked if it has been more difficult than expected in embedding the two Italians in the team, Bradley pointed at himself. “Lorenzo’s frustrated — with injuries and with still the work that’s being done to build our team,” said Bradley.

filmmaker explores the truth of Chinese immigrants in the Moose Jaw tunnelsA still from Weiye Su's documentary A Passage Beyond Fortune, which looks at Chinese immigrants and the truth behind the stories told about the Moose Jaw tunnels. Su joined Stefani Langenegger on CBC Radio's The Morning Edition to discuss the film, which is screening in Moose Jaw Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. CST. He said they talked about not being properly recognized for the contributions they made to building the city of Moose Jaw. Su hopes his documentary informs future generations about what Chinese immigrants experienced. CBC reached out to Tunnels of Moose Jaw for comment.

Inclusive books build allyship by expanding people’s views and more allies means more support to the 2SLGBTQ* community, Mizzi says. “When you have an LGBTQ youth reading those books, and they see themselves reflected in the content of the book…they say, ‘Hey, that’s me and that’s something I’m going through. That’s my family.’ And when they see that, they feel validated…and it raises awareness to understanding,” Mizzi told the CBC. Community members can learn more about these items and more, including scholarships, by visiting UM’s new 2SLGBTQ* website. UM encourages all who are able to join upcoming Pride events during Pride week 2023.

A livestreamer in China lost drinking battles against other streamers and then lost his life after drinking yet more alcohol as a forfeit. He was last seen online in one of his videos the previous night, chugging four bottles of the potent baijiu, a colourless Chinese clear grain liquor with an alcohol content that ranges from 35% to 60%. In a video Zhao shared to mourn Wang, he wished “there would be no (livestream) challenges and baijiu in heaven”. In a previous video, Wang can be heard promising to consume a large amount of baijiu once donations from viewers reached the target he set. In 2021, a Chinese influencer died after being egged on by her viewers to drink pesticide in a livestream.

But federal transportation minister Omar Alghabra says this summer likely won’t see a repeat of the chaos that plagued Canadian airports last year. “I’m confident that we are not going to see the same level of disruptions that we saw last summer. For another, airport authorities across the country are doing a better job of spreading their flight schedules throughout the day, Alghabra said. At Pearson, the number of flights per hour is being capped at 75, down from 90 last summer. Everyone, said Alghabra, has a vested interest in making sure there’s no repeat of last summer.

Dr. Evan FraserDr. Evan Fraser, director of U of G’s Arrell Food Institute, and Dr. Thomas Graham, School of Environmental Sciences, made headlines this week discussing how Canada can begin to rely less on produce imported from areas of the U.S. struggling with drought. Fraser spoke to CBC Radio’s The Current about the drought affecting the Colorado river agricultural area could impact food exports to Canada. “Our entire country depends on a very small geographic area for the parts of our diet that we’re supposed to eat more of,” he said, adding that Canada needs to “take proactive measures to diversify where we get our salad from.”Dr. Thomas GrahamFraser, who helps lead the Food from Thought initiative and is the Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security, expressed similar concerns to the Toronto Star about Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for healthy food, and discussed the role that indoor and vertical farming couple play in reducing that dependency. Dr. Graham, the PhytoGro research chair in controlled environment systems, explained that while vertical farming can produce large amounts of produce all year round, its main drawback it that it uses high amounts of energy.

Earlier this spring, in a patch of woods in one of the parks along the west Don River, Steven Shpak, decked out in camouflage clothing, got down on the ground to capture photos of the big bird at eye level. “I’m just looking at this turkey walking up to me, closer and close, making me nervous, but I had to get those shots,” he said with a laugh. Shpak calls the variety of wildlife he sees in the Don River system “mind-boggling,” but he is concerned about how the animals’ habitat might be threatened by upcoming bridge construction. A chance encounter with a crying woman on a bench early in his exploration of the Don River trails drove him to want to share his work. Shpak also seeks to educate his audience about the importance of respecting any animals they may encounter, urging people not to approach them.

The City of Toronto has taken the extraordinary step of asking residents to turn up the heat on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government as the cash-strapped municipality presses Ottawa for COVID-19 relief. In the early stages of the pandemic, the federal government teamed up with the province to bail the city out. Tory and later McKelvie have been in negotiations with the federal Liberals about further funding since last year. But while he expects Ottawa could be “taken aback” by the city’s “peculiar” tactic, he’s not sure it will be effective. Reach him by email at bspurr@thestar.ca or follow him on Twitter: @BenSpurrMH Mahdis Habibinia is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto.

The Del Mar Wine & Food Festival will host events throughout North County, with the Grand Tasting event happening at Surf Sports Park. The Del Mar Wine & Food Festival will celebrate local tastemakers and the SoCal lifestyle alongside celebrity chefs, athletes and hometown restaurateurs. Former NFL quarterback and San Diego Charger, Drew Brees is throwing a celebrity pickleball tournament to raise funds for Feeding San Diego, the festival’s charitable partner. Del Mar Wine & Food Festival logo. For more information and updates on featured events, visit the Del Mar Wine & Food Festival website.

(AP Photo/Alberto Saiz, File)Repeated racist insults against Brazilian soccer star Vinícius Júnior have unleashed a heated debate in Spain about tolerance for racism in a society that is becoming rapidly more diverse on and off the field. “Racism is normal in LaLiga,” Vinícius said of the top league in Spanish soccer on Instagram and Twitter after he was targeted with monkey chants from Valencia fans at a game on Sunday. “Zero tolerance for racism in soccer,” tweeted Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. “The problem is ... that many people don’t want to recognize the racism that exists in Spain,” he said. Far from support, Vinícius has found himself the object of condemnation from some Spanish soccer authorities.