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Navratna railway stock secures BIG order from EPFO – It’s not IRCTC or IRFC - ET NowMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mike McDaniel has seen a change in quarterback Tua Tagovailoa over the past month. “He's found a way to improve the way he plays the position throughout the game,” the Dolphins coach said Sunday, after Tagovailoa threw for four touchdowns in a dominant 34-15 win over the New England Patriots. “The most monumental thing that you have to overcome as a quarterback is playing the position regardless of the ebbs and flows," McDaniel added, "so not changing how you play based upon positive or negative results and letting every play stand on its own.” Tagovailoa has mastered that ability to remain even-keeled during Miami's three-game winning streak, McDaniel noted, highlighted by his 317-yard passing performance on Sunday. The Dolphins (5-6) have a thin margin for error the rest of the season but have kept themselves afloat with a strong stretch that includes two-straight 30-point games. With their win at New England (3-9) in Week 5, the Dolphins have swept their division rivals in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1999-2000. Tagovailoa, who moved to 7-0 in his career against New England, entered the game with a league-high 73.4% completion rate and went 29 for 40. He has 11 passing touchdowns and just one interception since returning from injured reserve in Week 8. “We’re still below the .500 threshold, and it’s a long way to where we want to get to," Tagovailoa said. “We’ll enjoy this win, but this next one is going to be big for us.” The Dolphins have a short turnaround with a game at Green Bay on Thursday. Backup Skylar Thompson replaced Tagovailoa with about 11 minutes left in what was already a blowout, but a bad handoff on his first play resulted in a fumble that was recovered by cornerback Christian Gonzalez and returned 63 yards for a touchdown. It cut New England's deficit to 31-15, and Tagovailoa returned the next drive. Miami's defense held the rest of the way. Linebacker Tyrel Dodson intercepted rookie quarterback Drake Maye on New England's penultimate drive, then Miami stopped the Patriots on fourth down on the next. Jaylen Waddle caught eight passes for a season-high 144 yards and a 23-yard touchdown that stretched Miami's lead to 31-0 entering the fourth. Running back De'Von Achane scored on a 9-yard screen pass and then walked into the end zone for an 11-yard TD in the first half. Jonnu Smith finished with 87 yards on nine catches to continue his strong first season as a Dolphin. One week after catching two touchdowns with a career-high 101 yards receiving, Smith found the end zone for a 7-yard TD catch on the Dolphins' second drive. New England was shut out until tight end Austin Hooper got behind the Dolphins defense for a wide-open 38-yard touchdown catch from Maye to make it 31-7 with 13:43 left. Maye completed 22 of 37 passes for 221 yards with 26 yards rushing. But he couldn't overcome an overall sloppy performance by the Patriots in which they got nothing going offensively until the final quarter and had 10 penalties accepted against them. “I always say I hate losing more than I like to win," Maye said. "We got our butts whipped today, and it’s only up from here. We’ve got a bright future and the right players in there for the Patriots.” New England's best drive of the first half lasted 12 plays and covered 80 yards but included three accepted offensive penalties and ended in a missed 45-yard field goal by Joey Slye. The Patriots forced a Dolphins punt and moved down the field again on the opening drive of the second half, with Maye completing an improvised 10-yard throw on third down to receiver Kendrick Bourne. New England then tried a double pass with Bourne, whose cross-field throw fell short of Rhamondre Stevenson on 3rd-and-17. DeMario Douglas led the Patriots with 61 yards receiving. Antonio Gibson had six rushes for 30 yards. With the loss, the Patriots will finish their third straight season below .500. Its the first time since 1991-93 New England has had three straight losing seasons. “Once those guys cross the white lines, there’s nothing I can do for them,” coach Jerod Mayo said. "There’s nothing any coach can do for them. It’s my job to continue to prepare not only them, but our coaches as well.” Dolphins: LB Anthony Walker Jr. sustained a noncontact hamstring injury in the second quarter. He was helped slowly off the field by trainers and did not return. Patriots: Host Indianapolis next Sunday. Dolphins: At Green Bay on Thursday. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
The metallic screech of a train rolling by. The constant hum of traffic on the nearby Trans-Canada Highway. These are the sounds of the Brunette River in the fall, as it cuts through Burnaby, B.C. — and rising above the din of Metro Vancouver, the splashing of chum salmon as they push upstream to spawn. The salmon in the river are looking haggard by mid-November, their skin patchy and worn as they near the end of their lives. But they continue the timeless cycle to produce the next generation of their keystone species. First Nations harness power of AI to monitor wild salmon stocks in B.C. Jason Hwang, vice-president of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, recalled growing up in Delta, south of Vancouver, and thinking "salmon were something that came into the Fraser River but swam on by the Lower Mainland to better habitat" farther inland. Then, as a child, Hwang saw salmon spawning in Surrey's Bear Creek. "I couldn't believe it," he said. "You might look out at the city and Vancouver and say, 'Well, it's a big city now and maybe the time to have salmon in our proximity is long passed.' But that's not true." Efforts to rehabilitate urban waterways have helped bring spawning salmon back to parts of Metro Vancouver, including unlikely-looking streams surrounded by industrial and residential development. Salmon are seen spawning in Stoney Creek in Burnaby, B.C., in this undated photo. (UBC) While it's doubtful that city salmon will recover to their original numbers, those involved in restoration work say it has a host of side benefits, from boosting resilience to flooding to inspiring community connection and stewardship. Hwang said "an amazing thing happens" when people realize there are important natural assets in their communities, including spawning salmon. "There's a pride of stewardship that exists that you see all over the Lower Mainland ... in the communities that are aware they've got salmon in their neighbourhoods." Discover where ancient rivers flow under Canadian cities Salmon are a keystone species, supporting the broader ecosystem, and they serve as a barometer for the state of their environment, Hwang said. "If you look at salmon, it's one way to get a pretty good picture, and they're showing us that we can do better, and we need to do better." Creek restoration Francisca Olaya Nieto, a biologist with the Vancouver Park Board, said a century of urban development had altered the landscape to the point that aiming for healthy, sustainable salmon populations across the city is probably not realistic. About 100 kilometres of stream were covered up as Vancouver grew, she said, and just a handful of salmon-bearing waterways continue to flow naturally. Some of those original streams were diverted into pipes and connected to the city's water system, while others were filled in, buried and paved over. B.C. creek buried by construction in the 60s restored Nieto said salmon in urban waterways must contend with pollution, sediment, warming waters and infrastructure blocking their passage. Still, they have been returning to streams where the City of Vancouver and its park board have undertaken restoration work, said Nieto, who has been involved in efforts to recover or "daylight" sections of once-buried or degraded waterways. WATCH | BCIT restores creek buried under campus: B.C. college restores creek that was buried under campus 2 months ago Duration 1:01 As part of ongoing restoration efforts, the B.C. Institute of Technology has brought part of buried Guichon Creek back to the surface in Burnaby. "The main goal is to find those opportunities where we can improve the water quality, and if salmon can return, that will be a win, but also we can benefit many other species," she said. "We're working more toward creating healthy habitat across the city, working toward connectivity and improving our biodiversity." Amir Taleghani, a senior engineer with the City of Vancouver, said restoring salmon habitat may have started with naturalization and beautification in mind, but the work also provided an opportunity to tap into the broader benefits of natural assets. Hoy Creek Hatchery in Coquitlam, B.C., pictured in November 2021. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC) He pointed to Still Creek, which flows from East Vancouver into Burnaby. The creek has been the site of restoration efforts over several decades, and Taleghani recently captured a video showing salmon spawning in the stream surrounded by parking lots, train tracks, big-box stores and industrial buildings. But Still Creek plays a role beyond providing salmon habitat, said Taleghani, whose work is focused on floodplains and watercourses in Vancouver. "Increasingly, we're seeing the creek as a natural drainage asset, important to ... adapting to climate change and managing flood risk," he said. "You need room for water to safely be stored in a flood. So, by widening the creek and lowering the surface where we can, we provide the space that in an extreme rainfall event can be flooded in a safe way, but the rest of the year, it can be habitat." Taleghani said the city was incorporating Still Creek in its draft land-use plan for the area, which includes two SkyTrain stations, and looking at how the waterway can help manage run-off and flood risk as more housing and infrastructure is built. Chum salmon in Burnaby's Guichon Creek, pictured in October 2020. (Mark Angelo) Hwang, too, said it was crucial to include natural assets in city and regional planning given the population increases expected for the Lower Mainland. "As a salmon biologist, I would advocate for all of the reasons that [restoration] can be helpful for salmon, but it's also helpful for your community," he said, pointing to flood mitigation as well as recreational opportunities in naturalized areas. Salmon populations in decline across B.C. and Yukon: report Hwang said the target should be to restore as much habitat as possible. He recalled attending the British Columbia Institute of Technology as a post-secondary student, where there is an ongoing effort to restore Guichon Creek, which runs through the Burnaby campus and into Still Creek. "Maybe Guichon Creek used to produce thousands of salmon, and now it produces a couple of dozen ... but isn't that still awesome? Isn't it awesome that in the [school's] parking lot area, you can make salmon, still, in a stream?" Last year, BCIT installed a fishway along Guichon Creek to allow salmon to migrate through the river. (Brett Hitchins)
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After half a decade of testing and an investment of nearly $300 million, the federal government is still years away from fully implementing its next-generation pay and human resource cloud platform to replace the problem-plagued Phoenix payroll system. Moving more than 360,000 federal workers onto a cloud-based system will require hiring more contractors and re-opening union agreements to streamline pay categories. The government is also considering building a new data hub to clean and standardize employment information from departments before it's transferred to the new Dayforce platform. Alex Benay, the associate deputy minister at Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) acknowledged to CTV News that the government may have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on building its NextGen-PayHR platform before it even starts operating. PSPC says it will outline its implementation strategy and provide a final cost estimate by 2026. The Government of Canada’s commitment to increasing accessibility in the public service and its selection of a third-place vendor may also be contributing to prolonged timelines and escalating costs. Alex Benay, associate deputy minister of Public Service and Procurement Canada. Benay stands in front of the inspiration wall with words written by his pay transformation team. Why did Canada choose a third-place bid? Dayforce’s software needs to be redesigned and re-tooled to meet the complex requirements of the federal government. The Toronto-based company, formally known as Ceridian, has dedicated 250 employees to the NextGen project. They work in collaboration with a team of 126 federal public servants. The number of people on the project is expected to grow over the next two-and-a-half years. CTV News has learned that Dayforce had placed last out of three competing vendors when it was awarded the NextGen-PayHR contract in 2021. The top bid was SAP, followed by Workday, then Dayforce. Benay says the contract was awarded before he took over responsibility for NextGen PayHR, but says it’s his understanding that government selected Dayforce because it was “the most flexible.” “After the RFP, what happened is we started throwing more things at all three of the companies (like) accessibility legislation, official languages legislation - and (Dayforce) was most willing to play,” said Benay in an interview with CTV National News. Just over six per cent of federal public servants have disabilities, which is lower than the national average of 9.1 per cent. The government’s accessibility strategy aims to increase the number of employees with disabilities to 5,000 people by 2025. “Accessibility is a core principle of our country. It's based in law and so is official languages. We think it’s extremely serious that suppliers that come and bid on projects for the Government of Canada can meet our basic national values. So, for us, that’s not a negotiation point,” said Benay. Accessibility criteria SAP was the frontrunner to win the bid because it had previously been awarded the 2019 NextGen pilot project. According to four separate government and private sector sources, SAP withdrew in the summer of 2021 after being selected for the massive project. Sources say federal officials made additional accessibility and language demands that were not specified in the government’s original request for proposal (RFP). In an email to CTV News, SAP said it met all the requirements of the RFP and resulting contract, and that its software and web-applications are tested against the European Union EN301 549 standard as well as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Level 2.2. Those are the same requirements that were outlined in the government’s RFP. Documents seen by CTV News indicate that the federal government then offered the contract to Workday, requesting that the company confirm its willingness to honour its technical and financial bid without “any changes to the terms and conditions stipulated.” Workday responded that it agreed to honour the terms of the original RFP and requested a meeting to discuss new caveats. Federal negotiators responded that Canada was “not in a position to negotiate any terms and conditions.” No meeting was scheduled, and less than a week later, the contract was awarded to Dayforce. Workday is currently providing NextGen HR services to a handful of smaller and highly secure departments such as CSIS, CSE and FINTRAC. In a statement to CTV News, a spokesperson said that this work includes “Workday agreeing to and meeting a set of accessibility and Official Language requirements which we are proud to support in line with our commitment to providing an inclusive single user experience and accessibility in design.” Neither SAP nor Workday filed complaints about the procurement process. Viable but not ready Dayforce’s founder David Ossip is Canadian and its vice president of public sector revenue enablement and strategy, Gianluca Cairo, previously worked for a minister in Justin Trudeau’s government. Cairo was the chief of staff to former innovation minister Navdeep Bains before he was hired by Dayforce in 2019. Of the $289 million dollars the government has invested in the NextGen initiative, the bulk $171 million has been used to pay Dayforce to build a customized platform for the federal government. According to the NextGen HR and Pay Final Findings Report released in February, after two years of analysis, the government of Canada will need to develop “critical” tools and infrastructure and “significant resource investment” before 130 departments can start using Dayforce. According to the report, Dayforce was deemed “viable” but not ready to be rolled out. Its software solution met 85 per cent of the government's 582 requirements. But there were 90 gaps. These technological holes were related to complex scheduling and pay brackets across roles ranging from ships’ officers to nurses to correctional officers. Factors such as 24-hour scheduling and temporary acting roles posed problems for Dayforce. According to the report, 18 of these shortcomings were gaps that Dayforce “cannot meet now... and that planned future product development will not address.” “These gaps exist mainly because of a lack of alignment between unique GC rules and industry best practices for some HR processes, which are critical to producing accurate and timely pay,” the report found. Patching these critical holes will require re-opening nearly 150 labour agreements with 18 unions to simplify pay processes so they can be imputed into Dayforce. Bargaining required Benay says PSPC plans to meet with union representatives next week to explain what’s needed. Some fixes could be as simple as getting every department to agree to start new employees on the same day of the week, but others may involve renegotiating contracts to change terms to align with Dayforce. Jennifer Carr, the president of the Professional Institute of Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), says PIPSC wants the government to pay its workforce on time, but it won’t agree to simplifications which will result in “rollbacks” for its 70,000 scientists, IT workers and professionals. “We’re not interested in losing any of our rights. We have collectively bargained these rights and it is our entitlement,” says Carr. She’s also concerned about escalating costs and stretched timelines. “We could have helped them build something in house and the government chose to go with a contracted-out solution which in our mind is just more costly for taxpayers,” said Carr. Benay says they’re currently at the “design and build stage” and that the Dayforce solution will not go “LIVE” until all the gaps are addressed. The government has put out a request for information from contractors for cost estimates to build a data hub to bridge the transition to the Dayforce solution. The federal government is aiming to roll out Dayforce NextGen in 2027, one department at a time. But before that, it must test every cloud extension and run a parallel pay system to Phoenix for at least six months to ensure there are no glitches. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE), which represents 25,000 public servants, appreciates PSPC’s cautious approach. “This is about restoring trust with Canadian taxpayers that you’re not going to create another boondoggle,” said Nathan Prier, CAPE’s president. Prier says CAPE’s members are still facing financial pressures stemming from the Phoenix debacle which has cost taxpayers $3.5 billion. “We’re glad they’re taking their time to do pilots and implement things slowly here. We need to be at the table discussing every step of the way...We’re still dealing with the Phoenix disaster. 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London Another blast of snow is expected to roll through on Thursday Environment Canada has issued a blowing snow advisory for the London region Wednesday, which is expected to be followed with more snow in the forecast on Thursday. Pedestrian struck in northeast London London police say that one person has been transported to hospital with serious injuries as the result of a collision this afternoon. Interest rate cut fuels increase in home sales: London-St. Thomas Association of Realtors “Little bit of pent-up demand. People were waiting to see the sign that the rates were going to stay stable and probably continue to go down a little bit,” said association CEO Bill Madder. 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Commerce Bank boosted its position in shares of Ford Motor ( NYSE:F – Free Report ) by 4.9% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 144,810 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,814 shares during the quarter. Commerce Bank’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $1,529,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 14,373.9% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 8,885,389 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $93,830,000 after purchasing an additional 8,824,000 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 27.4% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 36,190,972 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $453,732,000 after acquiring an additional 7,793,944 shares during the last quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund grew its position in shares of Ford Motor by 456.9% during the 2nd quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 4,000,000 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $50,160,000 after acquiring an additional 3,281,800 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Ford Motor by 103.6% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 4,908,726 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $60,844,000 after acquiring an additional 2,497,695 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Ford Motor by 1,215.6% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 2,693,585 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $28,444,000 after purchasing an additional 2,488,850 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 58.74% of the company’s stock. Ford Motor Price Performance Shares of Ford Motor stock opened at $11.18 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $44.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.34, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.15. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $10.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $11.46. Ford Motor has a one year low of $9.49 and a one year high of $14.85. Ford Motor Announces Dividend The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 7th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 7th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.37%. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 68.18%. Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of research analysts recently issued reports on F shares. StockNews.com upgraded Ford Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $10.00 price objective on shares of Ford Motor in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Ford Motor from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $16.00 to $12.00 in a report on Wednesday, September 25th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Ford Motor from $10.00 to $9.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, September 10th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on Ford Motor from $11.00 to $10.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Ford Motor currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $12.02. Check Out Our Latest Report on F About Ford Motor ( Free Report ) Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through Ford Blue, Ford Model e, and Ford Pro; Ford Next; and Ford Credit segments. 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Author of the article: Staff Reporter Published Nov 23, 2024 • Last updated 16 minutes ago • 1 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account. Alex Ciampaglia was serving up festive drinks at The Thirsty Responder, a popular stop at the Ottawa Christmas Market, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Article content The countdown to Christmas has begun and so has the Ottawa Christmas Market, which opened Friday in Aberdeen Plaza in Lansdowne Park. The market, with its quaint hunts and tinkling lights, runs until Jan. 5 and features more than 50 vendors of crafts and gifts, seasonal food and festive entertainment. With expanded attractions, including workshops, music and a visit from Santa, the market combines the charm of heritage buildings and wooden chalets with a holiday atmosphere for all ages. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Sign In or Create an Account Email Address Continue or View more offers If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Activate your Online Access Now Article content The market is scheduled for Friday-Sun every week until Dec. 22, then again for Dec. 26-31 and Jan. 1-5. On Saturday, Nov. 23, the Ottawa Christmas Market complemented the 613flea in the Horticulture Building and the Lansdowne Farmers’ Market in the Aberdeen Building, offering a mix of local vendors and festive attractions. Photo Gallery Alex Ciampaglia was serving up festive drinks at The Thirsty Responder on Saturday. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA The Ottawa Christmas Market, running until Jan. 5, 2025, on Saturday complemented the 613flea in the Horticulture Building and the Lansdowne Farmers’ Market in the Aberdeen Pavilion. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA The Ottawa Christmas Market complemented the 613flea in the Horticulture Building and the Lansdowne Farmers’ Market in the Aberdeen Pavilion, offering a vibrant mix of local vendors and festive attractions on Nov. 23, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Festive decorations available at the Ottawa Christmas Market at Lansdowne Park. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Ornamental decorations available at one of the vendors at the Ottawa Christmas Market at Lansdowne Park. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA 613flea in the Horticulture Building was a buzz with people checking out the local vendors. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Goods available a The Ottawa Christmas Market, running from Nov. 22, 2024, to Jan. 5, 2025, at Lansdowne Park. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Tammy Louther and Nicole Clarke, who joke they are sisters from another mister, visited the national capital from Sarnia, Ont., and took in the Ottawa Christmas Market at Lansdowne Park. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA The Ottawa Christmas Market, running from Nov. 22, 2024, to Jan. 5, 2025, at Aberdeen Plaza. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Corinne Cote of Alpaca Tracks was selling cozy creations at the Ottawa Christmas Market from her alpaca farm south of Ottawa. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA The Ottawa Christmas Market, running from Nov. 22, 2024, to Jan. 5, 2025, at Aberdeen Plaza, features more than 50 vendors, festive decorations, holiday lights, and a variety of entertainment and local food options. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Andrea Scheer of Ash Posy was set up in the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park with 613 Flea on Saturday, Nov. 23. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA A fresh Christmas tree was spotted on a car parked at Lansdowne Park on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Wood fires were burning throughout the Aberdeen Plaza, creating a nice place to cozy up on Saturday. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA The Ottawa Christmas Market complemented the 613flea in the Horticulture Building and the Lansdowne Farmers’ Market in the Aberdeen Pavilion, offering a vibrant mix of local vendors and festive attractions. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA The Ottawa Christmas Market combines heritage buildings and wooden chalets with a holiday atmosphere. Photo by Ashley Fraser / POSTMEDIA Wood fires were burning throughout the Aberdeen Plaza on Saturday. 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Maybe artists and institutions are responding to the dull, gray surroundings — weather-related and otherwise — or maybe we’re drawn to it at the moment, but our list is filled with multi-hued, multimedia maximalism, ranging from Anne Samat’s grand sculptures incorporating everyday items to the captivating hand-dyed textiles in the group show The Lady and The Unicorn: New Tapestry to the seven stunning abstract paintings at Bienvenu Steinberg & C, to Jerome Baja’s tiny glitter-and nail polish paintings. Big names like Simone Leigh and Bill Viola also offer dazzling visuals in their own distinctive idioms. For a more solemn experience, but one hinting at human presence and connection, check out Tsohil Bhatia’s solo exhibition This Fire That Warms You at the CUE Art Foundation, just extended through December 14. — Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor Abstract Expressions: 7 Paintings by 7 Painters Bienvenu Steinberg & C , 35 Walker Street, Tribeca, Manhattan Through December 14 I love to see galleries offer their spaces to artists who can show us what they got, and this exhibition is a nice celebration of seven painters who feel connected to the legacy of the New York School and its taste for large gestural paintings that are more event than object. Each artist brings their own visual vocabulary to the walls, from Andrea Belag’s luscious translucency to Stephen Pusey’s webs of radiant energy, and they all offer us insight into the artistic gardens they actively cultivate in their studios. You can feel the respect in the room among the artists, all of whom confidently showcase their very individualist styles. A nice tour of some artists who continue to challenge what the legacy of New York abstraction is today. — Hrag Vartanian Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic. Daily Weekly Opportunities Your Patience Is Appreciated: An Inaugural Show Marian Goodman Gallery , 385 Broadway, Tribeca, Manhattan Through December 14 This is your last chance to see the inaugural exhibition at Marian Goodman’s new large three-story gallery space. This is the latest proof that Tribeca has cemented its reputation as the city’s premiere art gallery hub — sorry, Chelsea, but you were always a terrible place to see art. Upon entering you’re greeted by a large cheesy Maurizio Cattelan “I Love NY” artwork, while works by Pierre Huyghe, Julie Mehretu, Nairy Baghramian, Marcel Broodthaers, Steve McQueen, Louise Lawler, Robert Smitson, Danh Vo, Giuseppe Penone, and so, so many others can be found in one of the 16 — if you include the stairwell — spaces. There’s even someone to perform Tino Seghal’s “This Ornation” (2024) for you in a rather nondescript office space on the third floor. — HV Jerome Caja: Ugly Pageant Bortolami Gallery , 39 Walker Street, Tribeca, Manhattan Through December 19 🤩 was the reaction from my nine-year-old niece when I sent her a picture of Jerome Caja’s “Virgin Poop” (1992), an anthropomorphic pile of dung with a beatific gaze. This is not to say that the painting is just for kids who like gross-out jokes. Rather, it points to the star quality that the artist could imbue in the most unlikely subjects. Born in Cleveland in 1958, one of 11 boys in a Catholic family, Caja left Middle America after high school to study ceramics at the San Francisco Art Institute. Between 1985 and ’95, the year he died, he created a presence in San Francisco as a drag performer but he continued to make visual art. The works on view here are primarily small paintings on paper. His materials include glitter, nail polish, collaged fabrics, and white-out. Some pieces are in found frames (including a toilet seat); others take the form of reliquaries. Most are portraits whose subjects range from crusty drag queens holding mixed drinks to amalgams of sexual and religious iconography. A lot of artists have tried in vain to capitalize on kitsch and camp aesthetics. In contrast, Caja plumbed the depths of the grotesque in all its glitter and doom to reflect a world where saints wearing fishnets are born in Cleveland and the Virgin Mary’s grace rings truer when she’s at the bottom of a sewer. — NH Andrea Geyer: Manifest Hales , 547 West 2oth Street, Chelsea, Manhattan Through December 2o I’m usually averse to text-based art because it often tries to tell me what to think and how. I’ll make an exception for Andrea Geyer, whose beautifully sewn banners deliver a piercing manifesto on what today’s deeply flawed art museums can and should be. She wants a museum to “face history without fear”; “be a space to breathe”; and “feel its own floors tremble when others are destroyed.” Amen to all that. — Hakim Bishara Anne Samat: The Origin of Savage Beauty Marc Straus Gallery , 57 Walker Street, Tribeca, Manhattan Through December 21 Born from grief and loss, Malaysian artist Anne Samat’s work looks from afar like pua kumbu textiles , with bright colors and totemic shapes that create an altar to the artist’s lost loved ones. But on closer inspection, the installations are composed of toy army figurines, a bra holder, and a container for a mosquito coil. Each of these objects references memories of individuals, stories that are not readily apparent but that flow easily from the artist’s recollection. For example, “Never Walk in Anyone’s Shadow,” the stunning centerpiece of the show, looks like a three-part altar that folds into the floor. The title comes from a memory of her late elder brother, who encouraged her to build an art career in New York with a style that is distinctly her own. — AX Mina Bill Viola: The Raft James Cohan Gallery , 291 Grand Street, Tribeca, Manhattan Through December 21 This is the first time “The Raft” (2004) has been exhibited in New York City. Commissioned for the 2004 Athens Olympics, the large-scale video work depicts 19 people being bombarded with water in a deluge whose source remains unknown to us. It is surprising how the work seems to portend the immigration crisis that would show up on the shores of Europe over a decade later, as people from across the Global South would brave the Mediterranean to find safety, only to be demonized by Europeans. The work is complemented by two other video pieces by the veteran video artist, including “Traveling on Foot” (2012), one of five works from his Mirage series, and the 83-minute portrait called “Anima” (2000). All three showcase Viola’s interest in the human form when placed under various types of stress or even in awkward scenarios. These works suggest a greater truth that is found beyond simply the image. — HV Jiha Moon: Fool’s Moon Derek Eller Gallery , 38 Walker Street, Ground Floor, Tribeca, Manhattan Through December 21 Bananas appear frequently in this one-person exhibition in Tribeca, and while Moon suggests it as a metaphor to navigate Asian American, particularly second-generation, identity, the zeitgeistiness of the very peelable fruit is not lost on the viewer. While Maurizio Cattelan may have leaned into the comedy of the banana in his obscenely expensive prank, Moon enjoys the more slippery aspect of the fruit that is often evoked when Asian Americans slide into good ol’ American assimilation politics. There’s one line in her press release that continues to bring me joy whenever I reread it: “I reference the Korean drag queen Kimchi and Keanu Reeves, whose life quotes resonate deeply with me, borrowing their voices to tell my story.” I can imagine no more apt way to encapsulate her aesthetic universe in a sentence. — HV Simone Leigh Matthew Marks Gallery , 522 and 526 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, Manhattan Through December 21 Simone Leigh has a way of charging her sculptures of Black female figures with a palpable aura, even if she makes them headless. Moving between them at Matthew Marks’s cavernous gallery spaces is traversing through millennia-old histories and traditions, but it also feels like these figures have their own stories to tell. Don’t miss “Okwui” (2024), an 11-foot-long bronze sculpture of a reclining woman with an outstretched skirt. Her body is alive with dance and music, grief and joy. She’s still on my mind, weeks after seeing the show. — HB The Lady and the Unicorn: New Tapestry Salon 94 , 3 East 89th Street,Upper East Side, Manhattan Through December 21 The Lady and The Unicorn: New Tapestry offers a refreshingly contemplative return to the body as AI and disembodied technologies cast a shadow across art. The show presents eight contemporary textile artists operating in different geographical and cultural regions who tell their stories using natural dye processes, traditional weaving techniques, and a variety of materials. On the gallery’s first floor, Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez’s richly patterned works combine modernist design with his reverence for the land in his native Oaxaca. Some of his pieces feature wool canvases dripping with natural indigo dyes produced by his family, as well as pomegranate and pericon dyes, within a tight geometric structure, making a record of the exact period the plants were harvested. Hanging from the walls and taller-than-life ceilings on the next floor, Mitsuko Asakura’s ombré silk tapestries fill an entire room with waves of color. Her works contemplate Western and Japanese visual histories, as the materials interweave their respective approaches. The exhibition also includes playful and provocative works such as Qualeasha Wood’s embroidered collages of webcam selfies and desktop screenshots, as well as Felix Beaudry’s humanoid fabric wearables, that humorously reflect upon one’s sense of self. — Sebastián Meltz-Collazo Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–24 MoMA PS1 , 22–25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens Through February 10, 2025 For its sixth iteration, the Studio Museum’s artist in residence program tasked its artists to “explore themes related to ancestral and intuitive knowledge.” Each artist — sonia louise davis, Malcolm Peacock, and Zoë Pulley — responded with distinctive, personal artworks, but all three assert the works’ materiality as part and parcel of histories and lives. In three different gallery spaces, family histories and transient moments hold forth. Peacock’s multimedia sculpture, a single, huge object in a small room, incorporates synthetic hair among other materials to simulate a giant tree trunk. The rings and textures are reflected in davis’s abstract textile pieces, while Pulley transforms clothing into abstract artworks, covered in furniture plastic and displayed alongside family ephemera. Rather than bogging the work down in explanations about its physical presence and emotional resonance, I suggest you see it and experience it for yourself. — NH We hope you enjoyed this article! Before you keep reading, please consider supporting Hyperallergic ’s journalism during a time when independent, critical reporting is increasingly scarce. Unlike many in the art world, we are not beholden to large corporations or billionaires. Our journalism is funded by readers like you , ensuring integrity and independence in our coverage. We strive to offer trustworthy perspectives on everything from art history to contemporary art. 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