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Northumberland OPP continue to investigate a house fire on Chapel Street in Brighton. Police and the Brighton Fire Department responded to a report of a fire just before 2 a.m. on Monday. All five occupants vacated the property without injury. Two persons who were nearby at the time were transported by Emergency Medical Services to a local hospital as a precaution. The Office of the Fire Marshal was contacted, and OPP Forensic Identification Services attended to assist with the investigation. A vehicle at the location was destroyed and the flames caused major damage throughout the structure.
Quinte West City Council has requested that staff put together a report looking into a heritage property tax relief program.This comes following a delegation regarding the Wooler Schoolhouse Project. Originally built as a log cabin, the building located at 62 County Road 5 was renovated and expanded over the years, growing into a small red schoolhouse in 1870 and then expanding again into a three-storey prairie-style building in 1928. The building closed as a schoolhouse in 1966, however, it continued to be used by the community as an event space operated by the Provincial Council for Boy Scouts of Canada up until 2021. In February 2024, the Old Wooler Schoolhouse was designated as a heritage site by the City of Quinte West. In a presentation to council, Bob Lawson, member of Wooler and Area Community Organization, outlined plans to restore the building over the next 12 months so that it can return to being used in the community.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada is strongly condemning China after the country executed four Canadians earlier this year. Joly said the Canadians were all dual citizens and faced “charges linked to criminal activities, according to China, linked to drugs.” She said Canada would continue to engage with China and ask for leniency “for other Canadians that are facing a similar situation.” Joly said she and former prime minister Justin Trudeau had personally intervened in the cases of the four citizens who were executed. She said she would not provide more information because the families asked for privacy.
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion US in what would be the tech giant’s biggest-ever acquisition, a move which comes at the same time it’s facing a potential breakup of its internet empire. The proposed takeover announced Tuesday is part of Google’s aggressive expansion into cloud computing during an artificial intelligence boom. The frenzy is driving demand for data centres that provide the computing power for AI technology and intensifying the competition in that space among Google and two other tech powerhouses, Microsoft and Amazon. If the all-cash transaction is approved by regulators, Wiz will join Google Cloud. Most of Alphabet’s $350-billion US annual revenue still stems from its search and advertising operations, but with the advent of AI, the cloud division has become a rising star at Google.
Sports
Joseph Woll was outstanding in making 38 saves and Steven Lorentz scored short-handed early in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Wednesday night. Auston Matthews, with his fourth in the last three games, had the other goal for Toronto
Daryl Watts scored twice in leading the Toronto Sceptres to a 2-1 win over the New York Sirens on Wednesday in Professional Women’s Hockey League action.
Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni is undefeated no longer after meeting Canada’s Rachel Homan. Homan handed Tirinzoni her first loss of the round-robin with a 7-6 extra-end victory at the LGT women’s world curling championship on Thursday.
Big night for Canadas national soccer team, As they get set for their Concacaf Nations League semi-final against Mexico tonight.
