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By CLIFF BRUNT The College Football Playoff committee took SMU’s wins over Alabama’s strength of schedule, picking the Mustangs for the final at-large spot Dec.8 after a furious public debate and days of lobbying and arguing over which teams should make the 12-team field. SMU (11-2) showed it could compete against a traditional power, losing to Clemson 34-31 on a 56-yard field goal on the final play of the ACC championship game. The late-game rally probably did the trick. “I just think America saw SMU belongs,” Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN after his team got in. “We’re a team that has a chance to compete for this championship. And to some degree, I think we’re a little bit America’s team after last night.” The Mustangs, seeded 11th, will visit No. 6 seed Penn State in the first round. The bracket was expanded from four teams this season, but that didn’t help Alabama or save the committee from controversy that began over the past two weeks as the CFP rankings — and “data points” — were parsed and criticized. The squabbling wasn’t limited to who should be in the field but also who should get consideration for first-round byes. The Crimson Tide (9-3) had quality wins against Georgia and South Carolina in their first season under coach Kalen DeBoer. Losses at Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma proved costly. The 24-3 loss to Oklahoma was too much to overcome. The Sooners, who finished 6-6, rushed for 250 yards against the Crimson Tide and dominated despite having several key injuries. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said the committee’s decision was not good for college football. “Disappointed with the outcome and felt we were one of the 12 best teams in the country,” Byrne said in a social media post. “We had an extremely challenging schedule and recognize there were two games in particular that we did not perform as well as we should have.” All of Alabama’s losses came in conference play. Still, Byrne said he now will reconsider how his program schedules nonconference games. For now, the Crimson Tide will settle for playing Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Dec. 31. Several teams with strong seasons were left out besides the Crimson Tide, including Miami (two losses), South Carolina and Mississippi (three losses each). Committee chairman Warde Manuel explained that strength of schedule was valued — a comment that didn’t sit well with Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin. “Is this fake news??? he didn’t actually really say that ....” Kiffin wrote on a social media post, tagging both the Alabama and SMU football accounts. SMU actually increased its strength of schedule from the previous season by switching from the American Athletic Conference to the ACC. The Mustangs’ only regular-season loss this year was a nonconference game at home to 10-win BYU in the third game of the season. The Mustangs won nine straight before the loss to Clemson. That didn’t make the waiting easier on Sunday. SMU was the last qualifier announced. “Until we saw SMU up there, you know, you’re just hanging, hanging on the edge,” Lashlee said. There was more controversy. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark said he didn’t believe any Group of Five team should get the bye over a Power Four champion, citing strength of schedule. Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez pushed back hours ahead of the bracket announcement. “Participation in the College Football Playoff isn’t about entitlement,” she wrote on social media. “It should not be contingent upon a conference patch or the logo on the helmet. ... Boise State’s body of work this season, including an 11-game win streak, has earned it one of the top four seeds ahead of the Big 12 champion.” In the end, Boise State of the Mountain West got the No. 3 seed ahead of Big 12 champion Arizona State, which was seeded fourth. But both got first-round byes.
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Credit Card Charge: Banks can charge more than 30% interest on credit card dues, know the reasonsChristopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday. Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a “mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX technology.” It will also be the first time that an adaptation of Homer’s saga will play on IMAX film screens. Nolan has been an IMAX enthusiast for years, going back to “The Dark Knight,” and has made his last three films exclusively using large format film and the highest resolution film cameras. For “Oppenheimer,” the first black-and-white IMAX film stock was developed. Nolan hasn’t said specifically what the new technology for “The Odyssey” will be, but earlier this month he told The Associated Press that they’re in an intensive testing phase with IMAX to prepare for the new production. “They have an incredible engineering staff, really brilliant minds doing extraordinary work,” Nolan said. “It’s wonderful to see innovation in the celluloid film arena still happening and happening at the highest level possible.” “The Odyssey” will be Nolan’s second collaboration with Universal Pictures following “Oppenheimer,” which earned nearly $1 billion at the box office and won the filmmaker his first Oscars, including for best director and best picture . Rumors about his next project have been swirling ever since, with near-daily speculations about plot — none of which turned out to be true — and casting. While there are many reports about actors joining the ensemble, none has been officially confirmed by the studio. Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
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SAN MARCOS, Texas — Christian Veilleux threw three touchdown passes to Dorian Fleming, Freddie Brock ran for three TDs and Georgia State scored 31 consecutive points Saturday night to beat Texas State 52-44 and snap a seven-game losing streak. Georgia State (3-8, 1-6 Sun Belt Conference) won for the first time since it beat Vanderbilt 36-32 on Sept. 14. Jordan McCloud threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chris Dawn Jr. that gave Texas State (6-5, 4-3) a 14-7 lead with 12:26 left in the second quarter. Georgia State answered with an eight-play, 75-yard drive that culminated with a 30-yard TD pass from Veilleux to Fleming. Three plays from scrimmage later, Kenyatta Watson intercepted a pass and returned it 30 yards to the 8 to set up an 11-yard TD catch by Fleming that gave the Panthers the lead for good at 21-14 with 1:14 left in the first half. K.D. McDaniel's strip-sack of McCloud was recovered by Christian Lorenzo at the Texas State 39 with 19 seconds remaining in the second quarter and Braeden McAlister kicked a 52-yard field goal as time expired to make it 31-14 at halftime. Brock, who scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter, added a 57-yard TD run in the third and his 16-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter gave Georgia State a 52-29 lead. McCloud finished 28-of-44 passing for 302 yards and three touchdowns, all to Dawn, with two interceptions for Texas State. Dawn had five receptions for 42 yards.Blues Extra: Starts critical as club begins stretch with seven of eight games on the road
CVR Partners, LP ( NYSE:UAN – Get Free Report ) major shareholder Carl C. Icahn acquired 6,236 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 23rd. The shares were bought at an average price of $74.36 per share, for a total transaction of $463,708.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 168,693 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,544,011.48. This trade represents a 3.84 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website . Major shareholders that own more than 10% of a company’s stock are required to disclose their transactions with the SEC. CVR Partners Price Performance CVR Partners stock opened at $75.25 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.29 billion, a PE ratio of 15.14 and a beta of 1.35. CVR Partners, LP has a 12-month low of $61.62 and a 12-month high of $88.94. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $73.03 and a 200-day moving average price of $72.88. The company has a current ratio of 2.15, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91. CVR Partners Cuts Dividend The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, November 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 8th were given a dividend of $1.19 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 8th. This represents a $4.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.33%. CVR Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 95.77%. Institutional Investors Weigh In On CVR Partners Analysts Set New Price Targets Separately, StockNews.com lowered CVR Partners from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. View Our Latest Stock Report on UAN About CVR Partners ( Get Free Report ) CVR Partners, LP, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of nitrogen fertilizer products in the United States. The company offers ammonia products for agricultural and industrial customers; and urea ammonium nitrate products to agricultural customers, as well as retailers and distributors. Further Reading Receive News & Ratings for CVR Partners Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for CVR Partners and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .US President-elect Donald Trump has the Panama Canal in his sights, blasting the "exorbitant prices and rates of passage" levied on US ships, and threatening to retake control of the US-built shipping route, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. "The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama by the US," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform . Accusing Panama of "ripping off" the US, Trump added that the canal "was not given for the benefit of others, but merely as a token of co-operation with us and Panama. If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question." Why was the Panama Canal built? The 51-mile waterway, through the middle of Panama, connects the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, and allows ships to avoid the long, treacherous journey around the southern tip of South America. Creating such a passageway was the "elusive goal of several empires that had colonies in the Americas", said CNN . The US took control of a strip of land and began construction in 1904, after backing a revolt that helped Panama win its independence from Colombia. When the canal was completed in 1914, it "cemented the US's status as an engineering and technological superpower" – despite the "enormous human cost". An estimated 5,600 people died during its construction. Now, up to 14,000 ships pass through the canal every year, transporting cargo worth about $270 billion (£214 billion). And the US is its biggest customer. Who owns the Panama Canal? Ownership of the canal has long been a bone of contention. After the canal opened, the US controlled it, to the exclusion of Panamanians – which, over the years, "created tensions between locals and US visitors", said The Guardian . These tensions reached critical mass in 1964 when anti-US riots broke out in the canal zone, leading to several deaths and a brief severing of diplomatic ties between the two countries. In 1977, the US began ceding control back to Panama, under a treaty signed by President Jimmy Carter. But the move wasn't supported by all, with then-presidential candidate Ronald Reagan stating that "the people of the United States" are "the rightful owners of the Canal Zone", said CNN. After a period of joint custody and official neutrality – "marred by a 1989 US invasion" to overthrow Manuel Noriega – Panama took full control in 1999, and has since operated the canal through the Panama Canal Authority. Trump has now suggested that the canal is in danger of falling into the "wrong hands" – an apparent reference to China, the canal's second-biggest customer. A "Chinese company, based in Hong Kong, controls two of the five ports next to the canal", said The Guardian. After Trump raised the issue again in a speech on Sunday, Panama's President José Raúl Mulino said that his country's sovereignty and independence were "non-negotiable", and that China had "no influence" or control over the canal. "Every square metre of the Panama Canal and its adjacent zones is part of Panama, and it will continue to be," Mulino said in a video statement. Trump responded: "We'll see about that!" Why is Trump interested in the Panama Canal? The canal is "running dry" , said the BBC . A lack of rain and the El Niño weather phenomenon mean that water levels in Lake Gatún, which feeds the canal, are "falling critically low". This drought has "hampered the canal's ability to move ships between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans", said Bloomberg . As part of its water-saving measures, Panama has reduced the number of ships allowed to pass through, and the weight they are allowed to carry, exacerbating existing pressures on supply chains. Despite the restrictions, the canal's profits increased by about 9.5% in the year ending in September, said Reuters , to $3.45 billion (£2.7 billion). But authorities have imposed higher and higher fees to pass through the canal, and this "appears to form one part of Trump's issue", said CNN . His other claim that China is seeking to exert more control "is not without merit", either – China's influence in the area around the canal has grown since Panama vowed in 2017 not to maintain any official ties with Taiwan . Trump also has form for "threatening to take or encroach on territory belonging to a friendly foreign power". He has "taunted" Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by suggesting that Canada should be made the 51st US state, and, during his first term, he "repeatedly floated the idea of the US buying Greenland from Denmark" – a notion he also "resurrected" last weekend. His "not-so-subtle threats" are a reminder that Trump "does not always see the sovereignty of other nations' borders as sacrosanct", said The New York Times . Instead, he displays "the instincts of a real-estate developer who suddenly has the power of the world's largest military" to back him up.Detroit Auto Show announces Mobility Global Forum for Industry Days
Punjab bypolls win ‘semi-final’ before Delhi polls, says KejriwalMore than two weeks after Portland’s first multi-winner ranked choice City Council election , it’s clear who all dozen members will be, according to near final results released Wednesday. Jamie Dunphy, a former City Hall staffer and local director of advocacy for the American Cancer Society, clinched the third and final council seat in east Portland’s District 1, besting businessman and public safety advocate Terrence Hayes. High-ranking Multnomah County official Eric Zimmerman, meanwhile, prevailed over Portland bike cop Eli Arnold in District 4, which encompasses all of the city’s west side and Southeast Portland’s Eastmoreland and Sellwood neighborhoods, according to an analysis by The Oregonian/OregonLive. OREGON ELECTION 2024: Live Results Page | Election Live Updates In results tallied as of Wednesday afternoon, Dunphy led Hayes by 791 votes. That was up from a 777-vote lead a week earlier. Similarly, Zimmerman built up a lead of 840 votes over Arnold as of Wednesday afternoon. That was a hair larger than his lead of 800 votes a week earlier. The pair will join 10 other candidates previously declared winners by The Oregonian/OregonLive. Those include environmental and social advocate Candace Avalos and former Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith in District 1; and former city policy manager Sameer Kanal, policy strategist and longtime union leader Elana Pirtle-Guiney and current Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan in North and Northeast Portland’s District 2. They also include school teacher Tiffany Koyama-Lane, state lobbyist Angelita Morrillo and former Portland Commissioner Steve Novick in Southeast Portland’s District 3; and former TriMet official Oliva Clark and economist Mitch Green in District 4. All new members of the City Council will take office in January alongside newly elected Portland Mayor Keith Wilson. -- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh covers Portland city government and politics, with a focus on accountability and watchdog reporting. Reach him at 503-294-7632 Email at skavanaugh@oregonian.com Follow him on X or on Bluesky @shanedkavanaughIn addition to the limitation on simultaneous streaming, Tencent Video has also announced enhancements to its content library and features for VIP members. These include early access to exclusive content, ad-free viewing experience, and priority customer support. These added benefits aim to provide greater value to VIP subscribers and enhance their overall viewing experience on the platform.
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New Delhi: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the PAN 2.0 Project of the Income Tax Department. The financial implications for the PAN 2.0 Project will Rs.1435 crore. The PAN 2.0 Project enables technology driven transformation of Taxpayer registration services and has significant benefits including: i. Ease of access and speedy service delivery with improved quality; ii. Single Source of Truth and data consistency iii. Eco-friendly processes and cost optimization; and iv. Security and optimization of infrastructure for greater agility. PAN 2.0 Project is an e-Governance project for re-engineering the business processes of taxpayer registration services through technology driven transformation of PAN/TAN services for enhanced digital experience of the taxpayers. This will be an upgrade of the current PAN/TAN 1.0 eco-system consolidating the core and non-core PAN/TAN activities as well as PAN validation service. The PAN 2.0 Project resonates with the vision of the Government enshrined in Digital India by enabling the use of PAN as Common Identifier for all digital systems of specified government agencies.Novo Holdings has secured unconditional EU antitrust clearance for its $16.5 billion purchase of Catalent, a US contract drug maker. The approval by EU regulators means no competition concerns were found. Novo Holdings, the leading shareholder of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, plans to finalize the deal by the end of the year. In a significant move, the United States has issued a federal order requiring bird flu testing of the national milk supply. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the mandate, prompted by the virus spreading rapidly among dairy herds. Over 500 herds in California and more than 700 nationwide have been affected since March, highlighting potential threats to farmers, the milk supply, and human health. Meanwhile, shares of health insurance companies, including UnitedHealth Group, have continued to drop following the murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of the company's health insurance unit. He was shot outside a Manhattan hotel. Additionally, BioAge Labs' stocks plummeted after discontinuing a mid-stage trial of its experimental obesity drug due to adverse liver enzyme results in patients. (With inputs from agencies.)
Christian community seeks five ‘gifts’ from Prime MinisterDaily Post Nigeria EPL: Alan Shearer predict Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal Boxing Day fixtures Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Sport EPL: Alan Shearer predict Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal Boxing Day fixtures Published on December 24, 2024 By Ifreke Inyang Newcastle United legend, Alan Shearer, has predicted the games that will be played over the Christmas period on Boxing Day and the day after. Liverpool are looking to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League. Second-placed Chelsea take on Fulham and this season’s surprise package Nottingham Forest host struggling Tottenham. Struggling Manchester United are away to Wolves while Arsenal host relegation-battlers Ipswich Town. Shearer told BetFair: “Chelsea v Fulham – A London derby. Fulham were pretty weak in forward positions against Southampton and Chelsea didn’t get the result they wanted against Everton, but they’re back at home, so I’m going to go for a Chelsea win in this one. Prediction: Chelsea win “Wolves v Man Utd – Man United are really poor all over the pitch at this moment in time and will find this tricky. I’m going to go for a draw. Prediction: Draw “Liverpool v Leicester – Liverpool may smell blood here and they may get a few. Prediction: Liverpool win “Arsenal v Ipswich – Ipswich were awful against Newcastle, and they made them look poor. It looks as though Arsenal are going to be without Saka for period of time, which is a blow for them, having said that they should have enough to beat Ipswich. Prediction: Arsenal win.” Related Topics: Alan Shearer arsenal chelsea EPL man utd Don't Miss EPL: Amorim reveals when he will pick Rashford again You may like EPL: Amorim reveals when he will pick Rashford again EPL: Leny Yoro speaks on regrets over Man United move EPL: Aina named in Team of the Week EPL: He’s a good option – Arteta on player to replace Arsenal’s Saka EPL: He’s getting overlooked – Pennant claims Arteta doesn’t trust Arsenal star EPL: Amorim wants Man Utd to sign Chelsea target Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media Ltd
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Shoats has 18 in Siena’s 66-53 victory against CanisiusFirst-time callers to the National Rape Crisis Helpline surged by 50% over the weekend following Nikita Hand’s victory in the High Court against MMA fighter Conor McGregor . Ms Hand accused the star of raping her in a Dublin hotel in 2018, and won her civil action. DRCC chief executive Rachel Morrogh said: “Since the jury found in favour of Nikita Hand, there has been a strong effect across Irish society that we are feeling in Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. “The first way we’ve been experiencing this is that calls to the 24-hour National Rape Crisis Helpline almost doubled over the weekend and the number of first-time callers has increased by 50%. “Over the six hours immediately after the verdict was delivered on Friday afternoon, calls to Dublin Rape Crisis Centre surged by 150%. "That increase in callers to the Helpline has continued into today [Monday]." DRCC — which supported Ms Hand in court — also said the charity has had to roster on extra staff to monitor the phonelines after Ms Hand’s case. Ms Morrogh continued: “The second effect we have observed is an outpouring of support for Nikita Hand and for all survivors of sexual violence, with many people referencing Mr Justice Owens’ comments around consent and what that means. “Callers are taking the opportunity to underline that consent can be withdrawn at any point and that it is not up to women to try and avoid being raped. They cannot believe that anyone would think the responsibility for sexual violence would lie anywhere but with the perpetrator and are determined that the victim-blaming and shaming that underscored this case ends once and for all.” Meanwhile, around 200 people turned out for a protest in Dublin city centre on Monday evening in support of Nikita Hand who watched the rally online and sent messages of support on Instagram live. The rally, which was organised by the group Rosa, heard from Natasha O’Brien, who said she wanted to show solidarity with Ms Hand on International Day for the Elimination of Gender Violence. Ms O'Brien was struck a number of times by then serving soldier Cathal Crotty. Ruth Coppinger, who is a member of Rosa, said: “This was a landmark case by Nikita Hand in many ways. “I think Conor McGregor’s image is dented now." The total damages awarded to Ms Hand by the jury was €248,603.60. The 35-year-old hair colourist said she has continued to receive supportive calls, texts, emails, and messages. Conor McGregor has featured in multiple video games, including voice-acting a character bearing his likeness in additional downloadable content in the Hitman series. His character featured as a target for the player-controlled assassin in the game. IO Interactive, the Danish developer and publisher of Hitman, said in a statement: "In light of the recent court ruling regarding Conor McGregor, IO Interactive has made the decision to cease its collaboration with the athlete, effective immediately. "We take this matter very seriously and cannot ignore its implications. "Consequently, we will begin removing all content featuring Mr McGregor from our storefronts starting today."
The COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, concluded yesterday with an agreement to provide $300 billion annually to developing nations by 2035, helping to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change . While hailed as progress to the previous $100 billion commitment , the sum fell short of the $1.3 trillion initially identified as necessary to address the crisis. “Without more substantial financing, many vulnerable countries will remain underprepared for escalating climate challenges,” said Ani Dasgupta , CEO of the World Resources Institute. The agreement has drawn mixed reactions. Per BBC, India criticized the deal as a "paltry sum," while Nigeria labeled it a "joke." Delegates from the Marshall Islands expressed disappointment, describing the funding as woefully inadequate, yet acknowledged it as a starting point. Meanwhile, wildlife conservation organization WWF expressed concern, calling the deal far below the ambition needed. "The world has been let down by this weak climate finance deal. This is a serious blow to climate action, but it must not stall the solutions that are desperately needed around the world," said WWF Global Climate and Energy Lead and COP20 President Manuel Pulgar-Vidal . The world remains on track for a temperature rise of 3.1°C by the century’s end. That’s far above the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C, according to recent UN reports. Under the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, 23 developed nations and the European Union must contribute to climate finance. The agreement also encourages private investment and contributions from institutions like the World Bank to meet the funding targets. The funds will support adaptation efforts. That includes building flood-resistant infrastructure and sustainable agriculture and facilitating a transition to renewable energy in developing nations. Additionally, the summit finalized rules for a global carbon market. This system will allow companies to offset emissions by purchasing credits linked to reforestation and renewable energy initiatives. These efforts aim to accelerate the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), with countries required to update their climate action plans by February 2025. President Joe Biden called the agreement "an essential step toward mobilizing funds to combat the climate crisis" while acknowledging the work ahead. However, President-elect Donald Trump 's return raises doubt over the future of U.S. involvement, particularly given his previous withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. The Brazilian city of Belém will host the next summit, COP30, in November 2025. Brazilian officials have promised a high-stakes event they call the "COP of COPs," focusing on limiting global warming to 1.5°C. iShares Global Clean Energy ETF ICLN rose following the news. At 12:45 pm EST, it was trading 1.83% higher at $12.34. Read Next: ‘It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year’ For The Stock Market, History Says Image: Shutterstock © 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.MONTREAL - Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored twice and the Montreal Victorie wrapped up their Professional Women's Hockey League pre-season with a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Charge. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * MONTREAL - Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored twice and the Montreal Victorie wrapped up their Professional Women's Hockey League pre-season with a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Charge. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? MONTREAL – Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored twice and the Montreal Victorie wrapped up their Professional Women’s Hockey League pre-season with a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Charge. Gabrielle David, Maureen Murphy, Alexandra Labelle and Kati Tabin, into an empty net, also scored for Montreal. Elaine Chuli and Marlène Boissonnault combined to make 23 saves on 26 shots for the Victoire, who finished 1-1 in pre-season action. Danielle Serdachny, Rebecca Leslie and Tereza Vanisova scored for Ottawa (1-1) while Gwyneth Philips made 28 saves. The two teams meet Nov. 30 in Montreal on the opening night of the PWHL’s second regular season. — SIRENS 5 SCEPTRES 2 At Toronto, Sarah Fillier scored three goals as the New York Sirens downed the Toronto Sceptres. Noora Tulus and Kayla Vespa also scored for New York (1-1) while Kayle Osborne and Abigail Levy combined for 29 saves on 31 shots. Blayre Turnbull and Victoria Bach scored for Toronto (0-2) while Kristen Campbell made 26 saves. Toronto opens its season Nov. 30 against visiting Boston while New York kicks off Dec. 1 at Minnesota. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov, 22, 2024. Advertisement
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The number of individual investment portfolios in the Saudi main stock market achieved a year-on-year growth of approximately 12 percent in the third quarter of 2024, reaching 12,755,615 investment portfolios. This figure records an increase of more than 1.32 million investment portfolios, compared to the same period in 2023, when it stood at 11,434,692 investment portfolios, according to the quarterly statistical bulletin issued by the Capital Market Authority. The total number of individuals owning investment portfolios recorded a growth of 7.3 percent year-on-year, with an increase of 439,596, reaching 6,493,676 investors, compared to the same period last year, when they recorded 6,054,080 investors. Men constituted about 74.4 percent of the total number of investment portfolio owners, with a number of 4,830,990 investors, achieving a growth on an annual basis of 8 percent, an increase of 355,277 investors, compared to 4,475,713 investors in the same period last year. While the number of women recorded 25.6 percent of the total, with 1,662,686 female investors, recording an annual growth of 5.3 percent, and an increase of 84,319 female investors, compared to 1,578,367 female investors in the same period last year, the bulletin pointed out. < Previous Page Next Page >MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Darnold tossed aside his stoic demeanor for a moment after realizing he was on the videoboard, aggressively twirling a towel to further stoke the crowd's fire after the Minnesota Vikings had pulled away from Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons late in the game. “I just felt the buzz. That was pure passion, pure joy, man,” Darnold said. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.They were nation builders, businesspeople, warriors, athletes, artists and inspirations. They did what few of us ever do; now they’ve done the one thing that everyone must do. The famous people who passed away in 2024 all made their mark on the world, not necessarily positively or heroically. Here are their own words to shed some light on who they were, what they did and what they learned. “India is on the move again; we shall make the future happen .” — Manmohan Singh , widely credited as the architect of India’s economic reform program, notably during his decade as prime minister, 92, Dec. 26 “Rickey’s gotta go!” — Recurrent on-field exclamation of Rickey Henderson , base-stealing legend (and former Blue Jay) who played Major League Baseball for 25 years, 65, Dec. 20 “I was brought home (after being born), handed over to my dad in his arms (and) he takes me in his arms, puts his lips to my ear and recites the tabla rhythms into my ears .” — Zakir Hussain , one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who introduced tabla to global audiences and worked with George Harrison and Yo-Yo Ma among many others, 73, Dec. 15 “We lost a lot of good people, you know. They didn’t do nothing . But we never know what’s going to happen in a war.” — Bob Fernandez , survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor who later worked as a forklift driver in California, 100, Dec. 11 “I am not a prophet. I really base all that on intuitiveness, the fact that I spend such an incredible amount of time with audiences and how they think.” — The Amazing Kreskin , entertainer and mentalist familiar to generations of TV viewers and born George Joseph Kresge Jr., 89, Dec. 10 “I have been considered a writer who writes from rage and it confuses me. What else do writers write from?” — Nikki Giovanni , the poet, author , educator and public speaker who spent decades as a literary celebrity, 81, Dec. 9 “I’m actually sick and tired of hearing the government talk about trafficked women and underaged children as if we don’t care about those issues. We care about those issues and I actually think we’re helping. ” — Alan Young , a lawyer and York University legal scholar known for leading the challenge of Canada’s prostitution laws, 69, Dec. 7 “And even though I’m alone now, the phone still rings. I have some wonderful friends who have helped me through so much. It still doesn’t fill the empty gap in my heart, but it helps .” — Debbie Nelson , estranged mother and frequent lyrical target of rapper Eminem, 69, Dec. 2 “I don’t believe in jogging. It extends your life — but by exactly the amount of time you spend jogging.’’ — Academy Award winner Marshall Brickman , longtime Woody Allen collaborator who co-wrote the books for “Jersey Boys” and “The Addams Family,” 85, Nov. 29 “There was nothing more fun when ‘Airplane!’ came out and because no one knew us (screenwriters), we could go to the movie and sit with a full house and bathe ourselves in that laughter. ” — Jim Abrahams, co-writer of beloved spoof as well as “The Naked Gun” and more, 80, Nov. 26 “People say, ‘You’re still here?’ I said, ‘I never left.’ ” — Joe Zuger , American former player and general manager who won Grey Cups for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and stayed in Steeltown thereafter, 84, Nov. 25 “And if you want to meet the real Emma, meet me ... Emma had to be tough and ruthless at times: but then so am I. I have to be, as a businesswoman.” — Barbara Taylor Bradford , a British journalist who became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the saga “A Woman of Substance” featuring retail baroness Emma Harte, and wrote more than a dozen other novels that sold tens of millions of copies, 91, Nov. 24 “I thought (disdainfully), ‘Great, a guy with a bad jacket and an equally bad moustache who doesn’t care what you have to say — that’s the guy I want to be .’” — Chuck Woolery , on pausing his singing and acting ambitions to become the affable host of game shows like “Wheel of Fortune” and “Love Connection,” 83, Nov. 23 “My biggest contribution was giving the kids the faith that they can be the best among the best.” — Bela Karolyi , the larger-than-life coach who led Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton to Olympic gold while revolutionizing the sport of gymnastics, only to see his legacy hurt by allegations of abusive coaching, 82, Nov. 15 “The cohort from 20 to 39 are ... quite frankly, putting the rest of us in a challenging position ... Don’t blow this for the rest of us.” — John Horgan, justifying a COVID lockdown during his tenure as former B.C. premier, 65, Nov. 12 “(Charles) Mingus use to say the damnedest thing about me years ago. He’d say, ‘Well, Roy Haynes. You don’t always play the beat, you suggest the beat!’ ... If I leave out a beat, it’s still there ... You’ve got to use a little imagination in there.” — Roy Haynes , pioneering jazz drummer who performed with legends like Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sarah Vaughan, 99, Nov. 12 “Coaching has that image of obsessed men driven to a point where they’ll destroy their lives. I’ll be damned if I’ll destroy my life.” — John Robinson , easygoing veteran football coach who enjoyed many years of success at the University of Southern California and with the Los Angeles Rams, 89, Nov. 11 “Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn’t stop at the end of your fingers, because you’re dancing bigger than that; you’re dancing spirit.” — Judith Jamison , regal and passionate performer who had a decades-long career atop modern dance starting with Alvin Ailey’s famed dance company which she later led, 81, Nov. 9 “Racing has been good to me in a lot of way. It’s been very unfortunate in other ways. The way I look at it, life, not racing, has presented me with some difficult times ... Life is a gift and death can come at anytime. You can’t do anything about it.” — Bobby Allison , racer and NASCAR Hall of Famer crippled and given brain damage by a career-ending crash, 86, Nov. 9 “I’m an African American man who wasn’t supposed to make it. And somehow I beat the system. I want to be an inspiration .” — Tony Todd , actor known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film “Candyman” and roles in many other films and television shows, 69, Nov. 6 “Education got us into this mess and education will get us out of it.” — Murray Sinclair , the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 73, Nov. 4 “Since I was a little kid, I’ve always heard the people that don’t wanna do the work . It takes work, man. The only place you find success before work is the dictionary, and that’s alphabetical.” — Quincy Jones , the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and TV scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, 91, Nov. 3 “You have to find your centre and roll with the punches because that’s a hard thing to do: to have people pity you ... Just trying to explain to people that I’m OK is tiresome.” — Teri Garr , the quirky comic actress who co-starred in “Young Frankenstein” and won an Oscar nomination for “Tootsie” and then battled multiple sclerosis for decades, 79, Oct. 29 “What you can do is prepare yourself to be open; open for the pipeline to open and the magic to flow down through us. It means leaving yourself behind. It’s not a question of, Oh God, don’t let me f—k up, or anything like that. It’s a question of, ‘Here I am. Work me, Lord .’” — Phil Lesh , a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead , 84, Oct. 25 “I don’t know (how I should be remembered). Maybe as a person who liked to give 100 per cent in anything I do.” — Fernando Valenzuela , the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the National League Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, 63, Oct. 22 “It’s a very sad memory because I watched young American Rangers get shot, slaughtered — and they were young. I was 19 at the time. These kids were younger than me ... I will never forget the sight of seeing those brave young men fighting and dying as they struggled to get off the beach .” — George Chandler , British D-Day veteran who sought to counter sometimes glamorous depictions of the landings by recalling the horrors he witnessed escorting U.S. troops to the beaches of northern France as a young Royal Navy gunner, 99, Oct. 20 “I never worked with a stinker. How great is that!” — Mitzi Gaynor , the effervescent dancer and actor who starred in the 1958 film “South Pacific” and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, 93, Oct. 17 “We make the headlines only with blood. No blood, no news.” — Yahya Sinwar , Hamas’ top leader and mastermind of its Oct. 7, 2023 attack, 61, Oct. 16 “For me, learning to relax has always been quite a hard thing to do because I feel like if I’m not moving forward, then I must be going backwards.” — Liam Payne , former One Direction singer found dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, 31, Oct. 16 “If we ignore the technology for a moment and consider the stories and themes, mass culture appears to circle endlessly around the same trail, meeting on its path again and again the same characters in roughly the same stories. It is a good general rule that the more successful a work of mass culture, the more it will conform to a pattern with which our grandparents were on intimate terms.” — Robert Fulford , former Star columnist, broadcaster, author and prominent figure in Canadian journalism for seven decades, 92, Oct. 15 “You and I have to continue fighting for equal pay for equal work. I get up each day with that on my mind, because I need to make a difference.” — Lilly Ledbetter , a U.S. women’s equality activist whose fight for pay equity led to passage of the monumental Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, 86, Oct. 12 “I had a blazing row with a (Labour-supporting) girlfriend from Hackney and she said ‘If you feel like that — go and join the bloody SNP,’ so I did.” — Alex Salmond , who turned his Scottish National Party’s dream of power into reality even though he didn’t see his vision of an independent country come true, 69, Oct. 12 “I used to run a department with 350 people and I have never seen anything in my life as dysfunctional as what I (saw in) network television — sales people who don’t sell, producers who don’t produce, bookers who don’t book.” — Mike Bullard , Canadian standup comedian and former Bell Canada executive who hosted his own late-night TV show for years but marred his career with criminal convictions, 67, Oct. 11 “All this introspection. I hate it!” — Ethel Kennedy , the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes for decades thereafter, 96, Oct. 9 “Be tolerant to each other and remember nobody is better or worse than you, we are only different. Appreciate that.” — Lily Ebert , one of the last remaining survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, 100, Oct. 9 “I am so grateful to God for giving me the gift of 48 years with my daughter. And I accept that He knew when it was time to take her.” — Cissy Houston , a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who knew triumph and heartbreak as the mother of Whitney Houston, 91, Oct. 7 “Every summer, three things are going to happen, the grass is going to get green, the weather is going to get hot, and Pete Rose is going to get 200 hits and bat .300.” — Pete Rose , baseball’s career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, 83, Sept. 30 “When you take the elevator to the top, please don’t forget to send it down , so that someone else can take it to the top (as well).” — Dikembe Mutombo , basketball Hall of Famer and longtime global ambassador for the game, 58, Sept. 30 “From my background and the generation I came up in, honour and serving your country were just taken for granted. So, later, when you come to question some of the things being done in your name, it was particularly painful.” — Kris Kristofferson , soldier turned legendary singer-songwriter behind “Me and Bobby McGee” and many more, 88, Sept. 28 “It’s true I don’t tolerate fools, but then they don’t tolerate me ... Maybe that’s why I’m quite good at playing spiky elderly ladies.” — Maggie Smith , the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for the 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and gained new fans in the 21st century via “Downton Abbey” and the Harry Potter films, 89, Sept. 27 “I would not recommend three days in jail to anyone, much less three years. But I must be honest: I needed to go through what I did to develop the character I had when I became a free man.” — Eugene “Mercury” Morris , two-time Super Bowl champion with the Miami Dolphins and linchpin of the team’s perfect 1972 season before a jail stint in the 1980s, 77, Sept. 21 “You can’t talk about peace nor agreement while terror is used as the main argument.” — Alberto Fujimori , whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, 86, Sept. 11 “God made a path for my music to reach each generation .” — Frankie Beverly , who with his band Maze inspired generations of fans with his smooth, soulful voice and lasting anthems including “Before I Let Go,” 77, Sept. 10 “One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can’t utter .” — James Earl Jones , who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen, 93, Sept. 9 “We always tried to not be a rock ‘n’ roll store, not be a jazz store, not be a symphonic store . The whole music world is not that big. You can be all things to all people in the music world, and still be small.” — Jack Long , Canadian jazz musician and the founder of the musical instrument retail giant Long & McQuade, 95, Sept. 4 “I think melody will make a comeback. Everything is a cycle. When you walk out of a movie today, you’re not whistling a song. Where’s Henry Mancini?” — Sérgio Mendes , the Brazilian bossa nova impresario and pianist who helped popularize the genre in the ’60s, 83, Sept. 5 “(Brian Mulroney’s) strategy ever since I have been covering him as a reporter has been to blame the media for his troubles and find out who their sources are.” — Stevie Cameron , Canadian investigative journalist who authored books on topics ranging from allegations against Mulroney to the murders of women on a B.C. pig farm, 80, Aug. 31 “When my time does end here, you know, I hope people remember me as a good person off the ice, a good teammate and just a good person.” — NHL star Johnny Gaudreau , killed with younger brother Matthew when they were hit by a car while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey, 31, Aug. 29 “It’s as old as Shakespeare and as old as Socrates. It’s an extremely powerful theatre that tells us about ourselves and about the people on trial. And I think it’s ever fascinating.” — Linda Deutsch , writer for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years covered the biggest U.S. trials from Charles Manson to O.J. Simpson to Phil Spector, 80, Sept. 1 “Fashion is what is given to you through the media, magazines. Style is what you slip into (to) face the mirror and smile.” — Betty Halbreich , considered fashion’s leading personal shopper , who made the search for the right clothing a kind of quest for dignity and self-knowledge, 96, Aug. 24 “It was the culmination of all of the misconceptions and stereotypical roles that I had lived and seen being offered to me. It was like a reward for having suffered those indignities.” — John Amos , who earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots” after starring as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times,” 84, Aug. 21 “Death will find me worn down from having lived so much, but I want to meet it with a smile, feeling free and satisfied.” — Maria Branyas , American-born Spaniard considered the world’s oldest person , 117, Aug. 19 “ Screaming helps . At least then you know if whether the person you’re screaming at is listening. Then go in the other room and count to 10.” — Phil Donahue , pioneering daytime talk show host, on the secret to his 44-year marriage, 88, Aug. 18 “A taxi driver in Tokyo told me, ‘So you are a Frenchman? Like Alain Delon?’ They only knew two French names in Japan: de Gaulle and Delon .” — Alain Delon , famously handsome French actor, on fame after starring in the movie “Purple Noon,” 88, Aug. 18 “Cancer survivors need to hear words like that, and they need to know in their heart that they are true .” — Former Conservative MP and cabinet minister Chuck Strahl , on then-PM Stephen Harper urging him to keep contributing amid a cancer fight, 67, Aug. 13 “It’s the people who aren’t artists who sacrifice. Artists somehow stumble onto the best life in the world, and I have no complaints.” — Gena Rowlands , hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever and a guiding light in independent film, 94, Aug. 14 “Her infirmities were so dreadful that she did not want to go on living ... (we) both shared the belief that we have a right to determine our own destinies so I could not stop her.” — Jacques Delisle , retired Quebec judge who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his wife’s shooting death, insisting it was assisted suicide , 89, Aug. 10 “I realized the impact Google was going to have when I started using it in 1998 when it was just getting started. One day I couldn’t access the service and realized I couldn’t get my work done.” — Susan Wojcicki , a pioneering tech executive who played a key role in Google’s creation and served nine years as YouTube’s CEO, 56, Aug. 9 “In my mind if there’s another gay baseball player or two — or 10 or 25 or 100 — they’re just people you walk by every day. Like I did, they just want to play the game. And it’s a difficult enough game already without something else on your mind.” — Billy Bean , who in 1999 became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay, 60, Aug. 6 “The Al-Aqsa flood (the Oct.7 attack) was an earthquake that struck the heart of the Zionist entity and has made major changes at the world ... We will continue the resistance against this enemy until we liberate our land, all our land.” — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh , killed by bomb in Tehran, July 30 “There was nothing like this at the time. There were romance books, but this was different...these books were girl-driven. I felt that I was putting life in the hands of girls...these girls ran the ship. They ran the action.” — Francine Pascal , a onetime soap opera writer whose “Sweet Valley High” novels and the ongoing adventures of twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and other teens captivated millions of young readers, 92, July 28 “My body routinely produces fresh and insistent signs of its mortality, and within the surrounding biosphere of the news and entertainment media it is the fear of death — 24/7 in every shade of hospital white and doomsday black — that sells the pharmaceutical, political, financial, film, and food products promising to make good the wish to live forever .” — Lewis H. Lapham , the scholarly patrician who edited Harper’s Magazine for nearly three decades, 89, July 23 “There’s nothing else I can play.” — A humble John Mayall , pillar of the British blues scene whose band the Bluesbreakers gave the world Eric Clapton and many other stars, 90, July 22 “As the gap between the haves and the have-nots increases, the likelihood of violence will increase; it’s not rocket science. When people are excluded, neglected, ignored, deprived of opportunity, violence becomes a viable option for them. How do we change those conditions ?” — Louis March , longtime Toronto anti-violence activist, 68 , July 20 “My audience has always expected me to tell them where I’m coming from, and I don’t see any reason to disappoint them.” — Lou Dobbs , conservative veteran cable TV host who was a founding anchor for CNN and later was a nightly presence on Fox Business Network for more than a decade, 78, July 18 This is for Richard Ouzounian’s interview with Bob Newhart. I will send another photo separately. Thank you, David Horowitz 310-279-2291 “When I started, I thought I might have five years, and that was fine. I pictured myself like an elevator operator, and people in the corner would say, ‘That guy used to be Bob Newhart .’ ” — Bob Newhart , the genial funnyman whose career lasted from a smash hit album in 1960 through TV in the 2010s, 94, July 18 “Be very careful. Have lots of fun. And stay brave.” — Bella Thomson , known on TikTok as Bella Brave , known for her courageous struggle at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto with several rare health conditions, 10, July 14 “Pain is manageable, you know living without a breast is manageable , it’s the worry of your future and how your future is going to affect the people that you love.” — Shannen Doherty , the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star whose life and career were roiled by breast cancer and tabloid stories, 53, July 13 “There’ll always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed , or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador ... If you watch your portions and you have a good attitude and you work out every day you’ll live longer, feel better and look terrific.” — Richard Simmons , television’s hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts, died Saturday, 76, July 13 “I still hold old-fashioned values and I’m a bit of a square. Sex is a private art and a private matter. But still, it is a subject we must talk about.” — Dr. Ruth Westheimer , the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, 96, July 12 “What I love about art is that it is what I am. It makes my spirit and my spiritual life complete. There isn’t any other reason .” — Alex Janvier , Albertan considered one of Canada’s greatest painters and member of the so-called Indian Group of Seven, 89, July 10 “Until the screenwriter does his job, nobody else has a job. In other words, he is the a—hole who keeps everyone else from going to work.” — Robert Towne , the screenwriting legend who won an Academy Award for his original script for “Chinatown,” 89, July 1 “Amazing. When you think everything’s finished, it’s only the beginning.” — Orlando Cepeda , the slugging Boston Red Sox first baseman who became a Hall of Famer and honoured at Fenway Park, 86, June 28 “I’ve been painting all along ... All of this has been a way to try to put paint on my table . You know, every painter I know has a day job ... I just happened to luck into a day job that’s extraordinary and a lot of fun and buys a lot of paint.” — Martin Mull , whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms, 80, June 27 “Find what you like and let it kill you .” — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman , who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan and dabbled in politics, 79, June 27 “I remember saying , ‘If you guys don’t get sober with me, I’m going to go start a sober band.’ And I was smoking crack while I’m saying that. I was just a big fireball of chaos ... running from my emotions, just submerging myself in psychoticness. And loving it.” — Seth Binzer , alias Shifty Shellshock, lead singer of alt-rock’s Crazy Town, 49, June 24 “You’ve got the Telegraph-Journal carted all around the province (expensively) but it’s one of the few vehicles in the province that ties the province together a little bit .” — Canadian billionaire businessman James K. Irving, owner of New Brunswick newspapers and much more, 96, June 21 “Well, it’s not that complicated. I’m an actor. I can play a Russian oligarch, or a pauper. I can play whomever I like as long as I like them .” — Donald Sutherland , the towering Canadian actor whose acclaimed career spanned more than six decades, 88, June 20 “I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day ... tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? It’s like crying for your mother after she’s gone ... I loved baseball and I knew I had to leave it.” — Willie Mays , exuberant baseball legend , 93, June 18 “You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.” — Anouk Aimée , the radiant French star and dark-eyed beauty of classic films including Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” and Claude Lelouch’s “A Man and a Woman,” 92, June 18 “At 95, time is not on my side, and neither is silence. I simply want to add my name and say, ‘ Me too .’ ” — Janis Paige , a popular actor in Hollywood and on Broadway musicals who later revealed a sexual assault by department-store heir Alfred Bloomingdale, 101, June 2 “They nail you to the cross ... I’m a legend already .” — Infamous Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton , convicted of six murders and suspected of many more, 74, May 31 “I was on air for 18 hours that day (John Lennon was killed), which was a historic one for radio. Everyone of our generation turned off their TVs and listened. It was the only appropriate way of grieving .” — Broadcaster Bob Mackowycz Sr. , whose visionary radio programming injected a certain artistic flair into Toronto’s cultural scene, 75, May 29 “My bike is my gym, my wheelchair and my church all in one. I’d like to ride my bike all day long but I’ve got this thing called a job that keeps getting in the way .” — Bill Walton , NBA Hall of Famer, longtime broadcaster and notorious free spirit, 71, May 27 “I always looked at myself as a failure. I thought I had a lot of talent that was just a waste of talent ... Just persevere, and when you get tired of fighting let someone else fight for you .” — Grayson Murray, PGA golfer, 30, May 25 “The game is over, but we won the game .” — Deathbed utterance of Albert S. Ruddy , a colourful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” 94, May 25 “All the animals we had really did teach us enough about love that we understood it outside of any human definition.” — Caleb Carr , survivor of an abusive childhood who became a bestselling author and lifelong cat lover, 68, May 23 “As one family member told me, it’s simply a really good bad idea.” — Morgan Spurlock , a documentary filmmaker who ate at McDonald’s every day for a month the Oscar-nominated 2004 feature “Super Size Me,” 53, May 23 “Greed is all right, by the way. I want you to know that. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself .” — Ivan F. Boesky , the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals in the history of Wall Street , 87, May 20 “I am proud of being a defender of human rights and of people’s security and comfort as a prosecutor wherever I was .” — Ebrahim Raisi , so-called “Butcher of Tehran,” hardline prosecutor turned uncompromising president of Iran only to die in a helicopter crash, 63, May 19 “I’ve been shy all my life ... Maybe it’s because my father died when I was 4 ... I was extremely small, just a little guy who was there, the kid who created no trouble. I was attracted to fantasy, and I created games for myself .” — Dabney Coleman , the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director in “Tootsie,” 92, May 16 “There’s no sugar-coating cancer (but) I will never forget the outpouring of support I received from you (constituents) throughout my treatment. Your incredibly kind words and generous deeds helped my family and I through very dark days .” — Toronto Coun. Jaye Robinson , 61, May 16 “I don’t want to start any rumours, but (Daniel Sedin’s son) looks an awful lot like Henrik .” — Longtime TSN broadcaster Darren “Dutchy” Dutchyshen , joking about hockey’s Sedin twins, 57, May 15 “A story is not like a road to follow ... it’s more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where you like and discovering how the room and corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these windows. And you, the visitor, the reader, are altered as well by being in this enclosed space, whether it is ample and easy or full of crooked turns, or sparsely or opulently furnished. You can go back again and again, and the house, the story, always contains more than you saw the last time .” — Nobel laureate Alice Munro , the Canadian literary giant among the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and short story writers, whose legacy is now being recast by personal scandal, 92, May 13 “ I had the choice to go on at Acadia or learn about business from the best teacher available anywhere — my father. I went with the best teacher.” — Arthur L. Irving , son of New Brunswick industrialist K.C. Irving who spent a lifetime growing the oil business his father founded and died as one of the 10 richest Canadians with a net worth of $6.4 billion, 93, May 13 “I was in high school in Toronto in Grade 13 when I was called up for my first game (against Montreal). Punch Imlach came in the dressing room to announce the starting lineup; Tim Horton, Allan Stanley, Red Kelly, Frank Mahovlich ... and me .” — Ron Ellis , who played over 1,000 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a member of Canada’s team at the 1972 Summit Series, 79, May 11 “The first thing (Steven Spielberg) said to me was, ‘When your scene is done, I want everyone under the seats with the popcorn and bubblegum.’ So, I think we did that .” — Susan Backlinie , actress who played the first person killed by the titular shark in “Jaws,” 77, May 11 “In science-fiction films, the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady .” — Cinema maestro Roger Corman , who cranked out hundreds of low-budget films over six decades and helped launch the careers of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron and Ron Howard, 98, May 9 “Hollywood is a narcotic, not a stimulant. It wants to sell you something. Literature wants to tell you something. ” — Rex Murphy , Newfoundland-born pundit and wordsmith whose often-blistering commentaries sustained a decades-long career in Canadian media, 77, May 9 “All the people that work in music ... want you to think that they are in it for art and art alone. Then when you present them with something (that) might not reach all of the chain stores — when you present them with something that is a manifestation of their pretence — they blanch .” — Steve Albini , outspoken music producer/engineer who worked with Nirvana and many more, 61, May 7 “A lot of guys are more skillful than I am with the guitar. A lot of it is over my head. But some of it is not what I want to hear out of the guitar .” — Duane Eddy , a pioneering guitar hero for his reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn,” 86, April 30 “I left this profession, I stopped, I did a farewell show ... I was ashamed, but I came back, and as quickly as possible. It’s the most beautiful job in the world .” — Jean-Pierre Ferland , the singer-songwriter who became a fixture of Quebec’s cultural landscape over a career that spanned more than six decades, 89, April 27 “Make sure you enjoy the game. If you don’t, you’re in the wrong business ... Hockey fans are abreast of times. They know what’s going on. You don’t have to teach them anything .” — Bob Cole , the voice of hockey in Canada (and “Hockey Night in Canada”) for decades, 90, April 24 “You wake up every day. You summon up energy from somewhere. I don’t know how .” — Terry Anderson , a U.S. journalist held hostage for nearly seven years during Lebanon’s civil war, 76, April 20 “ My dad always told me that the harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” — Roman Gabriel , the first Filipino-American quarterback in the NFL and the league MVP in 1969, 83, April 20 “Harnessing all that energy (in youth orchestras) and that enthusiasm and that passion, and galvanizing it into a totally, totally unified conception and not just conception but — what’s the word? — realization ... I berate them more than I would, but I hope always with a twinkle in my eye .” — Andrew Davis , the acclaimed British conductor who led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 13 years, 80, April 20 “I’d go to one school for a year and then the other the next. I had two sets of friends and spent a lot of time in the back seat of a Greyhound bus. Ramblin’ was in my blood .” — Guitar legend Dickey Betts , who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” 80, April 18 “Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it .” — Whitey Herzog , World Series champion and former manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals, 92, April 15 “We don’t need to SELL the news. The networks hype the news to make it seem vital, important. What’s missing (in 22 minutes) is context, sometimes balance, and a consideration of questions that are raised by certain events .” — Robert MacNeil , Canadian-born journalist who created the even-handed PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored it for two decades, 93, April 12 “I’m absolutely, 100 per cent, not guilty .” — O.J. Simpson , the football star, actor and pitchman whose shocking arrest for double murder and subsequent acquittal shone a light on American race relations, 76, April 10 “I’m not a ‘me’ person. I’m into sharing and communication, into telling stories. I’m not your typical underground artist ... I want to bring comics back to the ’30s, instead of reliving the ’60s.” — Trina Robbins , artist, writer and editor of mainstream and underground comics and pioneering woman in a male-dominated field, 85, April 10 “That name (the god particle) was a kind of joke, and not a very good one. An author, Leon Lederman, wanted to call it ‘that goddamn particle’ because it was clear it was going to be a tough job finding it experimentally. His editor wouldn’t have that, and he said OK, call it the God particle,’ and the editor accepted it. I don’t think he should’ve have done, because it’s so misleading.” — Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs , on conceiving of the so-called “God particle” that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, 94, April 8 “I’m the pioneer. I was the first one in Michigan who said marijuana should be legal, and they said I was totally nuts.” — John Sinclair , a marijuana activist whose 1969 imprisonment was immortalized in a John Lennon song, 82, April 2 “A historian is somebody who studies the facts, the historical facts — somebody who is tied to what actually happens ... I am just a dreamer — my dreams rest upon a historical basis .” — Maryse Condé , historical novelist and prolific “grande dame” of Caribbean literature, 90, April 2 “We had to please ourselves, and we weren’t easy to please .” — Joe Flaherty , comic actor of “SCTV” fame, 82, April 1 “The Marines changed it. They said that an enlisted man would never beat up a drill sergeant ... ‘If you don’t do this well, Mr. Gossett, we’re going to have to kill you .’” — Actor Louis Gossett Jr. , on the script for “An Officer and a Gentleman,” for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, 87, March 29 “Eloquence is no substitute for a record .” — Joe Lieberman , former U.S. Democrat-turned-independent senator, 82, March 27 “Babar was my friend and I invented stories with him, but not with kids in a corner of my mind. I write it for myself .” — Laurent de Brunhoff , who revived his father’s popular picture-book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, 98, March 22 “I’m ready to go see Winnie Ruth .” — Richard C. “Dick” Higgins , one of the last remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on following his wife of 60 years into death, 102, March 19 “Whether it’s Mr. Redford or Pacino or Hackman, once they see that I’m there, they aren’t going to let me win that tennis match. We hit the ball very hard. That’s why I’m brought in .” — M. Emmet Walsh , character actor seen everywhere from “Blood Simple” to “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” 88, March 19 “ I knew the sky would not fall . I knew that people would, within a very short time, generally accept it as just an evolution of our society. And some, particularly my own age group are still a little mad at me, but the vast majority of people, I think, are quite indifferent to it.” — Roy McMurtry , politician who as Chief Justice of Ontario paved the way for same-sex marriage, 81, March 19 “I love you but hate everything you stand for .” — Rose Dugdale , rejecting her father’s wealth and privilege in England to become an IRA militant and bomb maker, 82, March 18 “Climbing Everest says that you have done something extraordinary, that you have stepped outside the routines of ordinary life, endured hardship and accepted a great challenge ... There is only one highest place on Earth. ” — David Breashears , a mountaineer, author and filmmaker who co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary about climbing Mount Everest, 68, March 14 “The only way you get ahead is if you see something that no one else sees and it’s a little crazy .” — Gerald Levin , businessman and architect of famously disastrous AOL-Time Warner merger, 84, March 13 “Each day I try to do something kind for someone else. And I believe in what Oscar Wilde said : ‘Always forgive your enemies; it annoys them.’” — Malachy McCourt , thespian, barkeep and best-selling memoirist, 92, March 11 “I don’t sit around and worry about it. I’m dying a lot . It doesn’t make any difference.” — Paul Alexander , Dallas man who spent most of his life in an iron lung, 78, March 11 “Our audience knows we’re not going to load up on heavy metal or set fire to the drummer — although on some nights we’ve talked about it .” — Steve Lawrence , a singer who kept Tin Pan Alley alive during the rock era, 88, March 7 “There’s life after 100 ... I want to give it all I’ve got .” — Eleanor Collins , Canadian jazz legend who worked with other greats like Dizzy Gillespie and fellow Canadian Oscar Peterson, 104, March 3 “I’m often asked what my favourite, my most important building is. I’m going on the record right now. This is it .” — Architect Antoine Predock , on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 87, March 2 “In ’24, the power of showing up as your whole self authentically (and) intentionally is the resistance — ain’t no half steppin ’. ” — Jay Williams , beloved Scarborough educator who served as a role model to thousands of teenagers as a progressive Black man in the field of education, 40, Feb. 29 “You had an option, sir. You could have said, ‘I am not going to do it. This is wrong for Canada, and I am not going to ask Canadians to pay the price .’” — Debate knockout blow from Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister whose legacy is dominated by the free-trade agreement with the U.S., 84, Feb. 29 “I’m paranoid about everything in my life. Even at home. On my stationary bike, I have a rear-view mirror .” — Richard Lewis , indelibly neurotic U.S. comedian, 76, Feb. 27 “If they’re told to feed you caviar tomorrow, they’ll feed you caviar. If they’re told to strangle you in your cell, they’ll strangle you .” — Incarcerated Russian opposition leader Alexander Navalny , on his jailers, 47, Feb. 16 “The Spinners are still here and still singing for our people who want to hear us. And that’s not going to change. We’ll still be there for them .” — Henry Fambrough , as the last living original member of the hitmaking ’70s band, 85, Feb. 7 “If you can’t handle ‘Tie My Pecker to My Leg,’ you’re not gonna like the rest of the show. But if I don’t run a few people off, I haven’t done my job .” — Mojo Nixon , raw and rootsy musician, actor, and radio DJ, 66, Feb. 7 “Probably 75 per cent of the people in this town (Nashville) think I’ll fail, and the other 25 per cent hope I fail .” — Toby Keith , crafter of hit pro-American country-music anthems such as the controversial “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue,” 62, Feb. 5 “My problem wasn’t my drug use and alcohol abuse. My problem was I couldn’t get along in the world with people. Everything bothered me, to a great degree .” — Wayne Kramer , abrasive co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5, 75, Feb. 2 “There are so many people that came before me who I admired and whose success I wanted to emulate ... And hopefully I can inspire someone else to do good work as well.” — Carl Weathers , former NFL and CFL linebacker who became a film star in the “Rocky” movies, “Happy Gilmore,” and more , 76, Feb. 1 “I wouldn’t know what to do if I wasn’t moving or telling a story to you or singing a song .” — Chita Rivera , dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, and was in the original production of “West Side Story” in a long Broadway career, 91, Jan. 30 “I can remember my first big-league hit, but when you only get three you can remember them all .” — Jimy Williams , former Blue Jays manager, on his brief major-league playing career, 80, Jan. 26 “It wasn’t the age of smiling women. It had to be much more broody and I was way too cherubic .” — Melanie (Safka), singer-songwriter of “Brand New Key” fame, on her era, 76, Jan. 23 “Everybody is trying to tell you something different, and they’re always putting obstacles in your way. You have to fight for what you believe in, and you have to defend yourself constantly. It’s a matter of confidence.” — Norman Jewison , Canadian director nominated for seven Oscars, on directing , 97, Jan. 20 “When we started, it was all about music. By the time it ended, it was all about litigation.” — Mary Weiss , the lead singer of the 1960s pop group the Shangri-Las, whose hits included “Leader of the Pack,” 75, Jan. 19 “You miss three times in a row and that’s all you get. Moving forward, lessons to be learned.” — Shawn Barber , Canadian pole-vault record holder and 2015 world champion, 29, Jan. 17 “It took me to a special place ... I saw that it brought joy and happiness to other people when I played, so I wanted to take it to a higher place by bringing in some Cajun, country, blues, rock and jazz.” — Jo-El Sonnier , Cajun music titan , 77, Jan. 13 “Probably the worst decision of my political life. David won and he deserved to.” — Ed Broadbent , longtime New Democratic Party leader, on losing his first leadership campaign to David Lewis, 87, Jan. 11 “Football for me was a deliverance. Looking back, I can say: Everything went according to how I’d imagined my life. I had a perfect life .” — Franz Beckenbauer , who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, 78, Jan. 7 “If I had lived by any maxim as a reporter, it was that every person is an expert on the circumstances of his life .” — Joseph Lelyveld , a former executive editor and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, who won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for his book “Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White,” 86, Jan. 5 “We had long hair and beards and were looking very bedraggled. Our feet were in tatters — I don’t think we looked very much like soldiers .” — Maj. Mike Sadler , a legendary Second World War navigator who guided Britain’s SAS in daring behind-the-lines night raids, describing crossing 180 kilometres of North African desert on foot, 103, Jan. 4 “These days anybody is a celebrity and, frankly, there’s nothing to celebrate . Reality TV? I live my life in reality. I want (to watch) something special, not pretty people with little talent trying to get famous.” — Actor David Soul , blond half of crime-fighting duo “Starsky & Hutch” in the popular 1970s TV series, 80, Jan. 4