OTTAWA – Baseball Canada is thrilled to share the news that the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is awarding hosting rights to Thunder Bay, Ontario for the final stage of the IX Women's Baseball World Cup. Baseball Canada and the Thunder Bay International Baseball Association (TBIBA) will run the Local Organising Committee (LOC). The first stage of the IX Women's Baseball World Cup will involve 12 National Teams competing in two groups. Japan has won the last six editions of the Women's Baseball World Cup with the most recent event taking place in 2018 while the United States are the only other Women's Baseball World Champions (2006). The very first Women’s Baseball World Cup was held in Edmonton in 2004 and returned to the city again in 2012.

'No point putting more money into a broken system': Trudeau on health-care fundingDuration: 01:31In a year-end interview with CBC News chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says any increase in federal health-care funding to the provinces has to come with strings attached to ensure the additional dollars go toward measurable, improved outcomes for Canadians.

Province comes under fire for snow removalDuration: 02:00Critics are raising questions about snow removal on provincially maintained highways in the Lower Mainland. This comes after the region saw another big snowfall on Sunday, and left many asking Monday morning who is responsible for clearing the main roadways. Richard Zussman has more.

Manufacturing, importing straws and other single-use plastics now bannedOTTAWA — Canada's ban on the manufacture and import for sale of some plastic items, including grocery bags and straws, has taken effect. As of today, companies can no longer produce or bring into Canada plastic checkout bags, cutlery, stir sticks, straws and takeout containers — and in a year, it will also be illegal to sell them. The manufacturing and import ban will extend to the plastic rings used to package six-packs of canned drinks next June and their sale will be prohibited a year after that. The federal government estimates that getting rid of the single-use plastics will eliminate 1.3 million tonnes of difficult-to-recycle plastic waste and a million garbage bags' worth of pollution. Statistics published last month suggested that Canadians were already cutting back on using items such as straws and plastic bags ahead of the national ban.

In Ottawa, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was sleeping when he was woken up to take a call from U.S. President George H.W. “I hate to send in kids to fight,” Bush, who himself saw action when he was in his late teens, told Mulroney. ““We wish you well,” Mulroney told Bush. “We will be in the House of Commons tomorrow morning to answer questions and we will explain things to the Canadian people.”Thanks to the hard-working staff at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas, you can read a transcript of the entire discussion between the two leaders at this link.

Cybeats is also pleased to announce its designation as the 'Official SBOM Management Provider' of Project Arrow and the APMA. [4]"Cybeats' technology is enabling the world's first automobile with complete software supply chain transparency. A software supply chain is composed of the components, libraries, tools, and processes used to develop, build, and publish a software artifact[11]. A "software bill of materials" (SBOM) has emerged as a key building block in software security and software supply chain risk management. [12]About Project ArrowAPMA of Canada launched the first original, full-build, zero-emission concept vehicle named "Project Arrow."

Since 2010, the organization has awarded individual annual grants of up to $50,000 through its Grains Innovation Fund. It’s all in a bid to expand consumption of Ontario corn, soybeans, barley, oats and wheat. Recent awardeesOntario Corn Fed Beef — export marketingLivestock production is the number one user of Ontario corn, and the Ontario Cattle Feeders Associations’ Corn Fed Beef initiative takes that to the next level. GFO’s Grain Innovations Fund helped these producers promote their product overseas in 2019. In 2020, the GFO Fund helped a Mount Forest-based company, The Straw Boss, which makes and sells a pelleted wheat straw.

The condo board at the Vaughan highrise had filed a restraining order against Villi’s “allegedly threatening, abusive, intimidating and harassing behaviour,” according to court documents. In September, a judge dismissed his claims against three condo board members and three others as “frivolous and/or vexatious.”Where did the gun come from? Villi was subject to a restraining order application related to the condo board. Police have said three of the five deceased are condo board members. It is not clear if the three are current or former condo board members.

A "significant weather storm" is expected to hit Toronto late this week ahead of the Christmas weekend, Environment Canada warns. The storm could bring rain, snow, winds and potentially a flash freeze to the city. Toronto could see rain or snow late Thursday and that precipitation might turn into rain in many areas early Friday, Environment Canada said. Power outages are possible, and temperatures on Friday night into the weekend could be the coldest that Toronto has seen so far this winter, Environment Canada said. As for areas east of the Great Lakes, a "multi-day lake effect snow event" is expected into the weekend in the wake of the system, Environment Canada said.

A winter storm could bring snow to southwestern Ontario later this week. (CBC / Radio-Canada - image credit)A significant winter storm could impact holiday travel plans for southwestern Ontario ahead of the weekend. "I'm nervous about this storm because I know that everybody wants to travel, especially this time of year," said Gerald Cheng, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada. Cheng recommends getting ahead on any last-minute errands ahead of the weekend to avoid having to travel. Lake effect snow is expected to continue through the region into next week.

ReutersThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision ends a year-long halt on future studies and a pause in enrollment for ongoing studies of lovo-cel after one case of persistent anemia in a patient. The move also signals a more favorable regulatory environment for cell and gene therapies after a spate of clinical holds by the regulator in the last few years, said SVB Securities analyst Mani Foroohar. Bluebird said its investigation showed that patients with persistent anemia had a genetic trait called the alpha-thalassemia trait.

Week 16 Fantasy Football Running Back & Wide Receiver Waiver Wire Pickups: Tyler Allgeier Is Beasting It Up! Let's dive in on the best waiver wire pickups availble at the running back and wide receiver position as we gear up for the semi-finals of the fantasy football season. Week 16 Running Backs To AddRB Tyler Allgeier, Atlanta Falcons (43.28% Owned)Tyler Allgeier has had a fantastic season for the Falcons despite starting the season as a backup to . Allgeier has amassed 743 rushing yards, 84 receiving yards, and three total touchdowns as a fifth-round rookie out of BYU. In 2022, the 32-year-old veteran has tallied 27 catches for 387 receiving yards and four touchdowns.

CBC News published this video item, entitled “The Netherlands offers formal apology for role in slavery” – below is their description. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has apologized on behalf of his government for the historical role of the Netherlands in slavery and the slave trade. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news CBC News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.

Caring for sick children has become extra stressful recently for many U.S. parents due to shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other medicines. They also say parents have alternatives if they encounter empty store shelves. “There are more sick kids at this time of year than we have seen in the past couple years,” said Dr. Shannon Dillon, a pediatrician at Riley Children’s Health in Indianapolis. Walgreens is limiting customers online to six purchases of children’s over-the-counter fever reducing products. Doctors say parents or caregivers should not try this on their own, because determining proper doses for children can be tricky.

As elsewhere, experts believed Canadian rate hikes would happen in 2022, moving the overnight interest rate (OIR) from the then-current 0.25% to end the year at 1.5%. By month-end, markets expected the overnight rate to end the year near 2.25%. AugustNew OECD projections to 2031-32 supported suspicions that crop prices had peaked in the 2021-22 MY. Statistics Canada production estimates showed that the corn crop would be the largest in history. France’s drought-reduced 32-year low in corn production was worsened by newly downward-revised expectations for Ukraine’s corn production.