The Ford government plans to appeal an Ontario court decision striking down a law that limited wage increases for public sector workers, more commonly known as Bill 124. Koehnen added he is "mindful" of an appeal court ruling that "judges ought not to see themselves as finance ministers." Instead, it appears Ontario was reluctant to take that position because it could lead to strikes, the decision said. In a statement following the decision, NDP Leader Peter Tabuns said, "My message to Ford is simple: do not appeal this decision." In September, the Financial Accountability Office said Bill 124 would save the province $9.7 billion in public-sector salaries and wages.

Drivers stranded through the night, thousands still without power after South Coast snowstormMore than 30,000 people on B.C. 's South Coast were without power while a bridge connecting parts of Metro Vancouver was closed Tuesday night as snow continued to hit the region. 's South Coast Tuesday afternoon and, combined with high outflow winds in the forecast, could create hazardous driving conditions across much of southwestern B.C. The Sunshine Coast is looking at 10 to 15 centimetres of snow with winds of up to 80 km/h. Low-lying areas like Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey and Langley can expect 10 to 15 centimetres of snow overnight.

Ukraine says atrocities uncovered as Russian troops withdraw could amount to genocideKYIV, Ukraine — As the Ukrainian army liberates territory from Russian occupation, authorities say they are finding evidence of atrocities and crimes against humanity that could amount to genocide. They are evidence of war crimes, crimes against humanity. And if we take a look overall at Russia's crimes in Ukraine, it can amount even to a genocide." On Sunday, Ukrainian prosecutor general Andriy Kostin told the BBC that Russia's recent strikes against energy infrastructure were the equivalent of genocide. The prosecutor general's office has catalogued 49,471 war crimes and crimes of aggression that it says have been committed since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24.

Dr. Sean Wachtel will be ‘valuable member of public health team’ says health ministerBy Nunatsiaq NewsNunavut has a new chief public health officer. Dr. Sean Wachtel has been named to the post, replacing Dr. Michael Patterson who served four years in that job and led the territory through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Nunavut’s Health Department announced Monday. Wachtel is “well-versed in culturally sensitive and appropriate health services and will be an invaluable member of the Public Health team,” Minister of Health John Main said in a news release. Wachtel was recently senior medical director for Aboriginal health and medical health officer for the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia, according to the release. “Their many contributions have been instrumental in the management and response to public health challenges Nunavut has faced in recent years,” Patterson said in the release.

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was at the White House on this date in 1989 where he gave President George H.W. Bush and senior members of his Administration an in-person briefing about his recently concluded talks with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow. Bush, who would depart for Malta the following day for his first talks with the Soviet leader since becoming President, had requested the briefing from Canada’s Prime Minister. Diplomats from Canada’s Embassy in D.C. later filed a report on the Bush-Mulroney discussions. The Prime Minister appealed strongly to the President, as leader of the Alliance, to be guided by his own gut instinct but to seize the historic moment and extend a hand to President Gorbachev, especially on arms control.”

Week 13 NFL Power Rankings: 49ers & Cowboys Continue To Rise! Week 12 is officially in the books, and we see a ton of changes in the NFL Power Rankings. Week 13 NFL Power Rankings32 Houston Texans (1-9-1)There is no silver lining for this team. They don’t do anything well and don’t look like they’ll even be competitive anytime soon. With Fields, they will likely climb a bit even if they don’t win much.

Check out our best Poland vs. Argentina World Cup picks for the November 30 match. Poland vs. Argentina World Cup picksBest Bet : Argentina over 14.5 shot attempts (-110)Lionel Messi and Co. don’t want to leave anything up to chance and should be peppering Poland with shots throughout this game. Poland allowed 16 shot attempts to Saudi Arabia on Saturday and was decisively out-possessed as well. Argentina dominated play against Saudi Arabia in that game and recorded 15 shot attempts with 69 percent possession in its loss. Saudi Arabia did find the net twice in its match against Argentina but that was somewhat lucky.

The Argentina star may have gotten into trouble with the wrong person after moving the Mexican national team jersey with his foot while celebrating his team’s much-needed World Cup win against Mexico on Saturday. The Mexican boxer said on Twitter that Messi “ was cleaning the floor ” with the Mexican shirt. Messi was taking his right shoe off when he — apparently without intention — moved the Mexico shirt which he had exchanged with a Mexican player after Argentina’s 2-0 win. The 35-year-old Messi is trying to win his first World Cup title with Argentina. ___AP World Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/world-cup and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSHARE:

© Colleen Underwood/CBC A Calgary firefighter carries two oxygen tanks outside a building where one body was found in a suite after a fire. One person is dead in what an EMS official said was related to "a fire of sorts" in the 2600 block of 16th Avenue S.E. Firefighters were called to the scene just before 7 a.m. Monday to discover smoke but no fire at an apartment building in Radisson Heights. The EMS official said they had no other information on the victim and no one else was injured in the incident. It is not known whether the person died because of the fire or they died and the fire subsequently happened.

No one size fits all solution to protect farm soil healthGrain farmers know soil health is important. Ottawa—There is no one size fits all approach to protecting soil health that will work on all farms across the country, says Jason Lenz, Chairman of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Crops (CRSC). Farmers know the importance of soil health and have adopted practices and invested in technology to improve it while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Lenz told the Senate agriculture committee. There are many ways to achieve soil health and “certain practices should not be arbitrarily dismissed as inadequate or a specific practice selected as the only solution,” he said. No-till contributes significantly to carbon sequestration and soil health and helps producers’ financial viability and risk management goals.

NHL Best Bets and Player Props (11/28/22): Shea Theodore, Steven Stamkos & More! With that in mind, let's examine the top NHL player props and games to wager on this evening. NHL Props To TargetWhen it comes to player props, I take a cumulative look at individual possession metrics, role, and time on ice, and look for the games that have a good pace to them and ideally an easier matchup. These are the boxes I want to be able to check when betting a player to hit their shot and/or scoring prop. Under 3.5 shots on goal versus VGK -142This one is simple, and it is rare I take unders on these if you have not noticed!

Pediatricians are concerned about possible outbreaks of preventable diseases if too many children were underimmunized or not vaccinated at all while public health clinics focused on COVID-19 vaccines. Younger children missed appointments at doctors’ offices while physicians were seeing patients virtually and public health clinics, which mostly administer routine vaccines for kids outside of the Lower Mainland region of the province, were busy with COVID-19 shots, Naus said. The Public Health Agency of Canada said Canadian studies have found immunization coverage declined during the pandemic for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. Nova Scotia Health said its last report on childhood vaccines was completed three years ago, and numbers have fallen during the pandemic. Canada recently had 84 per cent uptake of the second dose of the measles vaccine.

Laura Fortino and Alex Poznikoff also scored for Team Harvey's, while Megan Keller and Tatum Skaggs replied for Team Scotiabank. Keller put Team Scotiabank on the board 2:32 into the second but Fortino made it a 3-1 contest for Team Harvey's four minutes later. WATCH | Team Adidas scores 2 goals within a minute:Team Harvey's and Team Adidas each earned three points with the regulation victories. Team Scotiabank will face Team Adidas on Dec. 9 in Kemptville, Ont., followed by Team Harvey's vs. Team Harvey's will close out the schedule against Team Scotiabank later that day at the same venue.

Manchester United has joined great rival Liverpool in opening its doors to a potential buyout that could be the biggest in sporting history. Maguire, who is also associate professor of football finance at Liverpool University, believes a figure of $4-4.5 billion would be reasonable for United. The late tycoon Malcolm Glazer bought United in 2005 for 790 million pounds (then about $1.4 billion). Gross debt was 636.1 million pounds in United’s latest financial results published in September. Saudi Arabia Sports minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal said this week that he would welcome bids from the country for United and Liverpool.

PTIToronto, November 27A 20-year-old Indian student was killed after being hit and dragged by a pickup truck while crossing a road on a cycle here, according to a media report. News website cbc.ca, in a report published on Friday, quoted victim’s cousin Parveen Saini as saying that Kartik Saini came to Canada from India in August 2021. Parveen spoke from Karnal, Haryana, the state they belonged to, the report said. Sheridan College confirmed that Kartik was its student, the report said. The cyclist died after being struck and dragged by the pickup truck in midtown.