GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has clarified speculation about the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday, February 22, simply saying, “There will be no news today — no decision on my future.”

Rodgers told McAfee that he had just returned from a 12-day panchakarma – a cleanse that originated in India. Rodgers said it’s something he’s done in the offseason in the past.

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Rodgers said after the season that he would try to make a decision on his 2022 plans at relatively short notice rather than drag out the process. The four-time MVP said at the time that he hadn’t ruled out any options, including a return to the Packers for an 18th season, retirement or a trade request.

Late Monday, Rodgers thanked his current and former teammates and coaches in an Instagram message posted amid speculation about the reigning NFL MVP’s future.

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Rodgers also thanked Packers coach Matt LaFleur and reserve quarterbacks Jordan Love and Kurt Benkert as well as former Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy.

“You have made every day so much fun and I am so grateful for the daily laughs and stress relief you have given me every week of the year,” Rodgers said. “I love you.”

After the season, Rodgers talked about making a decision when the free agency period begins next month. He continues to emphasize the importance of doing so quickly.

“I get it,” Rodgers said on the show. “There is not much to say about football and it will be a topic of conversation. But I can’t wait to make a decision and move forward. I think it’s best for me It’s better for the team. It’s better for all parties involved. Let’s put that behind us.”

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Rodgers, 38, offered the Packers reason for optimism.

He said he enjoyed the post-season conversations he had with team officials such as coach Matt LaFleur, general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president/chief operating officer. ball soccer ball.

“The meetings were very different from what they have been in the past, in a positive way,” Rodgers said. “There were some real honest conversations that I appreciate.”

He wants to avoid a repeat of 2021, when his status with the team was uncertain until the start of training camp.

Rodgers showed up to training camp on time last summer after skipping their mandatory minicamp, but admitted his future with the organization was uncertain. At the time, he said he wanted to have more of a voice in the team’s decision-making process.

His relationship with Packers management has improved over the season. Rodgers said it started with a meeting he had with Gutekunst shortly after arriving at training camp.

“I feel like that was kind of the first step to having a real, smooth conversation and friendship,” Rodgers said. “I’m really grateful for the work he’s done on the relationship, and so is Russ Ball. Matt and I believe that every year we get closer and feel better about our communication.”

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Rodgers said he also needed to make some adjustments.

“It wasn’t a one-way street,” Rodgers said. “I knew I had to grow up too. I had to be more comfortable with those conversations, respond to them in a timely manner, try to find kindness in the tough times or the difficult conversations we had. I have the feeling like we all grew up and had a good year of communication, we had some great conversations after the season, I felt really good about how it tied together before I left town.

LaFleur and chairman/CEO Mark Murphy had said after the season that they wanted Rodgers back in 2022. They said it was a unanimous decision among the team’s key decision makers.

The Packers appeared to have made a decision to keep Rodgers last week with the hiring of quarterbacks coach Tom Clements, who previously worked with the team from 2006 to 2016. Rodgers said Tuesday he owes Clements “so much credit for my development” and added that “the game is better when Tom Clements is coaching because he is one of those special, special coaches”.

Associated Press contributed to this report.

President Joe Biden gave his first press conference of 2022 during which he promoted his administration’s accomplishments in its first year.

The nearly two-hour presidential Q&A came as Mr Biden’s approval rating was just 40% on the eve of the first anniversary of his inauguration.

A new Morning Consult/Politico poll showed 56% of those polled disapproving of his job performance so far, while 68% also felt the United States was headed in the wrong direction.

Defending his stalled agenda, Mr Biden said he didn’t feel he had over-promised and was confident big chunks of his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda could still get through Congress. .

Mr. Biden has searched the GOP, asking “what good are Republicans for” as they continue to obstruct progress on his agenda and are beholden to Donald Trump.

On Russia, Mr Biden said he did not believe Vladimir Putin wanted a full-scale war, but he believed he could intervene in Ukraine and would be forced to pay the price for any decision.

Shortly after the press conference ended, the Supreme Court announced that, in an 8-1 decision, the justices had denied former President Trump’s request to block the release of files relating to the riot in Capitol of January 6 by the National Archives.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Thursday the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was “Christmas” for Democrats and the mainstream media before pledging to convey what he called the “nausea” blanket.

“It’s their Christmas,” DeSantis said during a press conference on COVID-19 testing in West Palm Beach, referencing news outlets based in Washington and New York.

“They’re going to take this and get everything they can out of it so they can smear everyone who ever supported Donald Trump,” he added.

DeSantis, a potential Republican 2024 presidential candidate, predicted the cover would be a “politicized Charlie Foxtrot,” using military slang for a chaotic situation.

“I don’t expect anything good to come out of anything that [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and the gang get away with it. I don’t expect the corporate press to be enlightening. I think it’s going to be nauseating, quite frankly, and I’m not going to,” he said, adding that most Floridians wouldn’t mind it either.

According to DeSantis, his constituents in Sunshine State have more pressing concerns, such as inflation, gas prices and rising crime rates.

“There’s an obsession with it among the DC-New York journalist class, and I think it’s because it allows them to tell a story that they want to tell,” he said.

He also condemned comparisons of January 6 with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, calling the idea an “insult”.

“But let’s be clear here, when they try to act like it looks like the 9/11 attacks, it’s an insult to the people who walk into these buildings,” he said. “And it’s an insult to people when you say it’s an insurrection and then a year later nobody’s been charged with that. People are being charged with disrupting proceedings or that. I think that ‘It’s really important actually that if that’s what you said, why don’t you charge people?

The Florida governor’s press conference took place around the same time that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made remarks in the Capitol’s statue hall reflecting the events of that day ago. a year.

Harris said Jan. 6 will be remembered as one of the dates that “resounds through history.”

“Dates that not only occupy a place in our calendars, but a place in our collective memory. December 7, 1941, September 11, 2001 and January 6, 2021,” she said.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that more than 725 people have been arrested and charged in the Capitol riot, and he expects more arrests.

“Those involved must be held accountable. There is no higher priority for us at the Department of Justice,” said Garland, who added that the DOJ “remains committed to holding all Jan. 6 perpetrators at all levels accountable under the law. , whether present that day or otherwise criminally liable. for the assault on our democracy.

Thanksgiving is all about the turkey, of course. But lately the mainstream media has been obsessed with something else: sausages – and how they’re made.

Another term for this is “process report” – a breathtaking coverage of every little twist and turn in the way legislation is made and sold. An Internet search for “Democrats + Biden + Sausage” returns over half a million results.

This kind of journalism is nothing new. But it got more extreme, to the point that it really helps anyone.

To be fair, Democrats are doing all they can to encourage this kind of coverage. In fact, they seem to revel in the mess. Immediately after the House voted for the Build Back Better bill, the Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiA Tale of Two Tax Policies: What Motivates the Senate Asian American leaders push for national museum of their own Biden, lawmakers mourn Harry Reid MORE (D-California) reminded reporters, “It’s called the legislative process” – as if all the very public shutdowns, starts, ups and downs of the past few months are proof that things are working well and not falling apart.

President BidenJoe Biden FDA clears second rapid home COVID-19 test Pentagon awards $ 6.7 million contract for domestic production of essential material for rapid COVID-19 testing, celebrating the adoption of the bipartite infrastructure bill, proclaimed to White House reporters: “Finally, the sausage is done.”

The mainstream media has enthusiastically embraced the making of sausage by Democrats for one main reason: all of this protein feeds their beast. In digital journalism and the 24/7 wired news environment, every moment is a deadline, every second of airtime must be met.

When hard facts are scarce, backstage gossip is a practical substitute. Like a treadmill that never stops, this endless amount of rumor allows the media to continue to label a story as “development” or, better yet, “disruption”.

This creates a unique sausage-making synergy. Yes, the reporting process feeds modern journalism’s insatiable thirst for new material. But it also presents certain types of politicians with something they crave: plenty of opportunities on camera. One side encourages the other. And that continues the story of the cliffhanger “process”: will the bill pass? What is it, what is it? Who has weight? Who doesn’t?

For a Senator or House Member, there is no glory in dealing with disagreements behind the scenes until a resolution is reached – not when a group of cameras and reporters stand in every hallway. Capitol Hill, eagerly looking for anything they can instantly publish online or broadcast live on cable news.

If you have an outsized ego – which is apparently not unusual in Washington – this is a perfect arrangement.

And, after all, who suffers from it?

Lots of people do. They are called “voters” or, sometimes, “average citizens”.

Journalists justify the reporting process by insisting that it brings transparency to Capitol Hill and the White House. Even Shalanda Young, President Biden’s interim budget director, told a media: “Frankly, a lot of Americans have said they want to see sausage making up close and personal.”

But do they really do it? Not that way.

Transparency is good, but it’s a continuous whirlwind of prefabricated conflict and outrage in capital letters that turns every detour into a crisis that should not be touched on this dial… until the next disaster strikes. on top of a new cable news hour.

Americans are exhausted. Over the past 20 years, they have faced terrorist attacks, two wars, an economic collapse, a deadly pandemic, and an attempt to overthrow a presidential election with a deadly attack on the Capitol. Polls consistently show that Americans are pessimistic on almost all institutions, starting with politics and national leadership.

A relentless focus on the process – which is actually a relentless focus on a few personalities – sheds no light on this obscurity. Instead, it causes this deep feeling that things are not on the right track.

It is an axiom among some journalists that the “process” does not matter to many voters on election day; they just don’t follow it that closely. That’s right – and part of the problem. Voters may not hang on to every change in sausage making, but there is a trickle down effect. In the evening news broadcasts, on their Facebook feeds and cell phones, they get just enough coverage to conclude that democracy is still broken and will probably never be mended.

A poll two weeks ago showed that a solid majority of respondents support both Biden’s infrastructure package and Build Back Better. But Biden’s approval rating was at a new low – a drop due not to Republicans, but Democrats and Independents. It seems Americans love the legislation – but all of this sausage reporting even gives Biden supporters a big case of heartburn. They just filled it up.

It is time to take a look back at this kind of journalism, or at least the incredible amount that is currently being produced. To some extent, this contributes to a damaging perception that things are falling apart. Considering what the nation went through on January 6 and is still trying to cope, it’s not hard to see this needs to change.

Over a century ago, the German statesman Otto von Bismarck Said, “To keep sausages and the laws respected, you don’t have to watch them while they’re being made.” “

At least for a little while, maybe the media can feast on leftover turkey. And take Bismarck’s advice: stop staring at the sausages.

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The police department’s investigation would be separate from any independent investigation ordered by County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Harris County’s top elected official, according to Rafael Maitre, a spokesperson for the judge’s office. Hidalgo has not decided who will conduct such an independent review or how it will be done, Maitre said on Monday.

“She wants to know if it could have been avoided in any way,” said Master. “It’s also entirely possible that it wasn’t preventable for some reason, and that’s something we’d like to know as well.”

Key questions remained unanswered after the Astroworld festival at county-owned NRG Park. Some of the open questions relate to what Houston police and firefighters did before, during and after a mob rushed to the scene, killing eight people and injuring dozens more. Others focus on the actions of event planners.

Houston Police and Fire officials said part of their investigation will be to examine whether the concert promoter and other festival officials have adhered to the plans that have been submitted for the event.

Astroworld organizers have set out safety and emergency medical response protocols for the festival in plans filed with Harris County. The 56-page plan of operations, obtained by the Associated Press, said a decision to evacuate the event would be made by the festival director after consulting others, including the director of security. These plans have been filed with Harris County and Houston and are to be reviewed by Houston Police officials.

Officials said a private company was primarily responsible for ensuring festival security, but Houston police were also assigned to the event. The plan says medical care at the festival was provided by ParaDocs, a private company based in New York City.

Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told a press conference on Saturday that injuries and the size of the crowd “quickly overwhelmed” private companies providing security and medical services. Peña said that although the medical operations plan did not require firefighters to have units pre-positioned around the festival, her agency decided to put these units in place “in case this incident escalates.”

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said in a statement Monday that he had a “brief and respectful” meeting with Scott and the rapper’s security chief on Friday before his performance. The chief said he asked them to work with the police department.

“I have expressed my concerns about public safety and that in my 31 years of law enforcement experience, I have never seen a moment with so many challenges faced by citizens of all ages. , including a global pandemic and social tensions across the country, ”Finner said.

G. Keith Still, visiting professor of crowd science at Suffolk University in the UK, said his independent investigations into similar tragedies usually begin with an assessment of the security clearance process of an event. It assesses how a permit was issued and whether the event organizer has complied with the permit conditions.

“The police can sometimes get too caught up in trying to take eyewitness testimony,” he said. “With 50,000 potential eyewitnesses, by the time they’re done with all of this, they are left with a huge and confused mass.”

Houston police and firefighters said their investigation will include examining a video taken by concert promoter Live Nation, as well as dozens of clips of people at the show. Officials also plan to review the event’s security plan and determine whether its organizers have properly followed permit requirements.

Steven Adelman, vice president of industry group Event Safety Alliance, said in an email that he saw no problem with public safety officials allowing an independent investigation into the Houston tragedy.

“I hope and assume that the investigation will be conducted by an outside person who is not subject to the influence of the agencies involved in Astroworld. This is not an uncommon scenario in complex situations like this.” wrote Adelman, whose organization was formed after a scene collapsed that killed seven people at Indiana State Fair in 2011.

Adelman said private forensic analysis experts independently investigated the Indiana stage collapse, examining the stage’s roof engineering and crowd management.

“A great example of what I hope we’ll see here,” Adelman said of Houston.

Finner defended the length of time it took for the concert to be canceled after the first signs of unrest. The police chief said his service immediately informed concert organizers after noticing that attendees were “going down”. The event was canceled 40 minutes later after discussions with firefighters and NRG Park officials.

“You can’t just shut down when you have 50,000 – over 50,000 – individuals, okay?” Finner said. “We have to worry about riots – riots – when you have such a young group. “

Peña said city officials limited attendance to 50,000, although the venue could have accommodated 200,000 based on fire codes.

“It was the crowd control at the location of the stage that was the problem, especially as the crowd started to pour into the stage,” said Peña.

Live Nation said in a statement that it is working with local authorities “so that the fans who attended and their families can get the answers they want and deserve, and we will deal with all legal issues in a timely manner.”

Hidalgo tweeted on Saturday that she “called for an objective and independent investigation into what had happened.” She also said her office was grateful for the work done by the police and firefighters.

“It may well be that this tragedy is the result of unforeseeable events, of circumstances that could not have been avoided,” Hidalgo said. “But until we figure it out, I’ll ask the tough questions.”

Hidalgo’s office is not a law enforcement agency and does not have authority over criminal investigations.

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Kunzelman reported from College Park, Maryland. Associated Press reporter Jake Bleiberg in Dallas contributed to this report.

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Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin is “frightened” by the British threat to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol. It was reported by Irish RTE News and the Daily Telegraph that Boris Johnson would trigger Article 16 as soon as COP26 ended. Article 16 allows for the unilateral suspension of certain parts of the Protocol if they cause serious difficulties.

Speaking from Northern Ireland, GB News reporter Dougie Beattie said Micheál Martin was panicking over the threat amid mounting pressure.

He suggested that Mr Martin’s fragile coalition in the Republic of Ireland could crumble if Boris Johnson follows through on his threat.

Mr Beattie said: “Martin, when asked about Article 16, was very animated. Reporters here say he was very blunt.

“But if you look at Michael Martin’s body language, he seems to be pretty scared of it.”

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He continued: “If Article 16 is triggered, he knows he is running a very unstable coalition government.

“It could trigger a government collapse and new elections. Sinn Fein is still the largest party in the Republic of Ireland.”

RTE Europe Editor-in-Chief Tony Connelly wrote earlier today: “The momentum towards the UK triggering Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol is growing.

“Once COP26 is over, there are strong expectations that London will act.

On Wednesday, the Taoiseach Martin warned that any move to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol would be “irresponsible, reckless and reckless”.

Lord David Frost said progress at a meeting with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic was “limited”.

He said Article 16 was “a lot on the table and has been since July”.

Mr Sefcovic warned there would be “grave consequences” if the UK were to trigger Article 16.

LOS ANGELES, October 26, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) today announced that Stephane Potenza joined the company as deputy general counsel of FOX News Media. Potenza will report to Bernard gougar, general counsel and executive vice president of corporate development for FOX News Media. The FOX legal group has also strengthened its team with the promotion of Lisa richardson to the Executive Vice President of Commercial and Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel. Richardson will continue to report to Adam reiss, Executive Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Fox Corporation.

Potenza joined FOX News Media from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a partner in litigation groups as well as government, regulatory and internal investigative groups. He has represented clients from a wide range of industries in complex litigation and investigations. Potenza was previously at Bancroft PLLC where he specialized in cases before the Supreme Court of the United States and advised clients on a wide range of issues, including advising start-ups and established companies on legal matters. affecting daily operations. Previously, Potenza was a litigation lawyer for Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Potenza was a paralegal for the Hon. Reena raggi to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for the Hon. William G. Bassler in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Union College and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Center of Law.

“I am very happy to welcome Steve to FOX News Media, where he will be a vital part of our legal team,” said Gugar. “He brings an impressive and extensive experience in government, litigation and business.

Lisa richardson joined FOX in 2005 and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Commercial and Legal Affairs and Associate General Counsel. She manages the legal elements of FOX content distribution, overseeing the legal team advising the FOX distribution team, and has been instrumental in negotiating and drafting content distribution agreements on a wide variety of platforms including cable, satellite, fiber, over-the-top (OTT), authenticated and on-demand streaming. Previously, she was a lawyer at Gemstar-TV Guide and Richardson began her career at Latham & Watkins LLP. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, Berkeley, and his Juris Doctor of USC Gould Law School.

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Incumbents Cathy Crozier (767), Jim Steinke (738) and Larry Leipert (706) are also back on the Redcliff board.

The fifth seat on the Redcliff board goes to Matthew St. Pierre with 701 votes and the sixth seat to James Allen with 565.

Shawn Proulx (556 votes) and William Ranger (471) were not elected.

11:45 p.m .: There was only one competition at the Prairie Rose School Board, with voters electing Pam Cursons and Shauna Vander Spruit to represent Ward 3 in Redcliff and Dunmore.

11:10 p.m .: No results are available for the Town of Redcliff or the County of 40 Mile. We will have them as soon as possible.

There was no election on Bow Island as all the candidates were cheered.

According to Lethbridge News Now, with all the polls reporting now, Blaine Hyggen is expected to be the mayor of this town. He’s projected to have won 11,973 votes, or 42.79 percent. Bridget Mearns followed closely with 40.97 percent.

Jyoti Gondek is slated to be Calgary’s next mayor. At the last count, she won 168,197 votes against second Jeromy Farkas with 112,612.

Note that the election results do not become official until October 22 at noon.

That’s all for us for tonight. We will have many more on Tuesday.

11:01 p.m .: In the village of Foremost, the following five people will form the council: Bruce Hillis, Blake Klatt, Lorne Buis, Larry Robinson and Tyson Ormann. Hillis is a newcomer to the board, the others are incumbents. Stewart Payne lost his candidacy for re-election.

At Brooks, John Petrie is currently leading the mayoral race ahead of Norman Gerestein, 678 to 521. Both were councilors during the last term of Barry Morishita, who did not stand for re-election.

Jon Nesbitt, Joel Goodnough, Marissa Wardrop, Bill Prentice, Ray Juska and Mohammed Idriss are in a position to claim seats on the board, but there are still votes to be counted.

10:55 p.m .: The results for Cypress County are in. There were seven wards that had an election and three that were acclaimed.

In Ward 2, Blaine Brost was declared the winner with 123 votes. He is followed by Matthew Cole with 109 votes and Dustin Jones with 74

In Ward 3, Lloyd Want is the winner with 74 votes, beating incumbent Ernest Mudie with 44 votes.

Robin Kurpjuweit remains councilor of district 4 after obtaining 159 votes against 95 votes for Gerry Lentz.

Reeve Dan Hamilton also remains the representative of Ward 5 with 202 votes against 161 for Della Burkitt.

For Ward 6, Dustin Vossler was declared the winner with 193 votes. Travis Tubman had 71 votes.

And in Ward 7, the current Deputy Warden Richard Oster got 213 votes, beating Garry Proctor, who had 144 votes.

22:34: Medicine Hat voters gave their approval to the pair of provincial referendum questions on the ballot.

On the question of equalization, which read “If article 36 (2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 – The commitment of the Parliament and the Government of Canada to the principle of equalization payments – be removed from the Constitution? ”, 12,846 Hatters voted“ yes ”and 5,667 voted“ no ”.

To the question on daylight saving time, which read “Do you want Alberta to switch to daylight saving time all year round, which corresponds to daylight saving time, thus eliminating the need to change our two clocks?” times a year? ”, The vote was 12,113 for“ yes ”and 7,473 for“ no ”.

Pam Davidson, Erika Barootes and Mykhailo Martyniouk were the first three to win votes in Medicine Hat. All three represent the Conservative Party of Canada.

10:15 p.m .: Linnsie Clark was elected mayor of Medicine Hat, with 13,151 votes at the last count, well ahead of incumbent Mayor Ted Clugston.

Clugston has 4,639 votes, followed by Alan Rose with 1,562 votes, Tony Leahy with 319 and Michael Starner with 126.

In the 2017 election, Clugston won 9,317 votes. The second, John Hamill, obtained 4,119 votes.

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In the race for advice, the top eight are:

• Ramona Robins – 8,113
• Andy McGrogan – 8 095
• Allison Knodel – 8, 083
• Robert Dumanowski – 7 737
• Alison Van Dyke – 7,225
• Cassi Hider – 6,747
• Shila Sharps – 5,901
• Darren Hirsch – 5,283

There are eight seats on the board. Brian Varga (4,403), Phil Turnbull (4,253) and Mandi Campbell (4,226) completed the top 10.

10 p.m .: Four candidates are well ahead for the five seats on the Medicine Hat Public School Division board of directors.

Former public school administrator Patrick Grisonich leads with 5,839 votes, followed by Rick Massini with 5,094, who was vice-president during the last term. Incumbents Catherine Wilson and Deborah Forbes have 4,942 and 4,653 votes, respectively.

Yvonne Sissons has 3,154 votes, a lead of around 5,000 over Curtis Noble for the final siege.

For Medicine Hat Catholic School Board, incumbents Kathy Glasgo, David Leahy, Dick Mastel and Robert Risling occupy the top four spots. Bernie Kinch at 1303 and Alicia Doud at 1288 are in a tight race for last place.

9:30 p.m .: A bit of separation is starting to appear in the race for advisers with a newcomer in mind.

Allison Knodel leads with 4,723 votes, followed by Andy McGrogan with 4,250 and Ramona Robins with 4,215.

Incumbents Robert Dumanowski and Darren Hirsch are also in the top eight, as are Alison Van Dyke, Cassi Hider and Shila Sharps.

9:20 p.m .: In the race for mayor, Linnsie Clark continues to extend his lead over incumbent Ted Clugston.

Clark now has 5,230 votes against 2,048 for Clugston.

Alan Rose with 585 votes, Tony Leahy with 150 and Michael Starner with 74 are back.

9:05 p.m .: In the most recent update, Linnise Clark holds almost two-thirds of the more than 5,400 votes counted so far.

8:59 p.m .: A quick look at another mayoral race in southern Alberta.

In Calgary, Jyoti Gondek has 85,210 votes, well ahead of Jeromy Farkas with 65,220 votes. Naheed Nenshi is not running for re-election.

8:45 p.m .: Linnsie Clark extended his lead in the mayoral race with the second batch of votes reported.

Clark has 1,007 votes against 421 for Ted Clugston. Alan Rose follows with 114 votes, Tony Leahy has 39 and Michael Starner 20.

When it comes to advisers, six-term adviser Robert Dumanowski leads the way with 665 votes, followed closely by political newcomer and former Medicine Hat Police Chief Andy McGrogan with 659 votes. Allison Knodel, who is also running for her first term, has 645 votes.

8:26 p.m .: Voters also choose school trustees for public and separate school divisions.

The first returns show the outgoing public curators Deborah Forbes, Catherine Alice Wilson and Rick Massini in the lead. Close behind are Yvonne Sissons and Pat Grisonich.

The incumbents also lead in the separate division. Kathy Glasgo, Robert Risling, David Leahy and Dick Mastel lead early.

8:17 p.m .: The first votes have been counted. Linnsie Clark has the lead early on in the mayoral race.

In the race for advice, the four holders are in the top six.

20:07:00: There will be at least four new faces around the board table when the new term begins in November. Councilors Julie Friesen, Jamie McIntosh and Kris Samraj decided not to run for office, and Councilor Jim Turner died on September 21. He had applied for re-election and his name appears on the ballot. The city explains that they “contacted the office of the Minister of Municipal Affairs to request immediate and urgent authorization to remove Councilor Turner’s name from the ballot, but could not obtain authorization due to the lack of time available to consider the request “.

Five people nominated for mayor and 33, including Turner, for eight councilor positions.

7:40 p.m .: CHAT News will have extensive election coverage tonight of results in Medicine Hat, Redcliff and surrounding areas when polling stations close at 8 p.m.

We have a live election broadcast from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. including interviews with candidates, analysis and feedback.

Not in front of a TV? You can stream the show from this link – chatnewstoday.ca/live-stream

You can join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #mhvotes.

Keep following this article for some last minute results and links to the biggest stories of the night.

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) joined health workers to boycott Governor Kathy Hochul (D) ‘s vaccination deadline on September 27.

Zeldin, who is campaigning for governor, joined other elected officials outside the state building in Hauppauge on Monday, just hours before health workers were required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before midnight or risk losing their job.

On Monday evening, Hochul signed an executive order to dramatically increase the eligible workforce and allow additional health workers to administer COVID-19 tests and vaccinations.

According to the mandate, if healthcare workers do not receive at least one dose of one of the COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the day on Monday – without medical dispensation or having already requested a religious dispensation – they will lose their jobs.

The congressman spoke on mandates, at local and national levels.

“Our healthcare workers have been nothing short of heroic over the past 18 months,” Zeldin said. “We should not be laying off these essential workers. We should thank them for everything they have done for our communities.

Zeldin called on Hochul to work with medical institutions and state health workers to “implement a more reasonable policy that does not violate personal freedoms, fire the health workers who have helped us through the worst days of pandemic and cause chaos and staff shortages at hospitals and nursing homes.

Hochul said this week that to fill vacant hospital positions, she plans to bring in the National Guard and other out-of-state health workers to replace those who refuse to be vaccinated.

“You are either vaccinated and can keep your job, or you are on the streets,” said Zeldin, who is vaccinated.

State Senator Mario Mattera (R-St. James) said he was angry when healthcare workers were given limited ability to negotiate the vaccine mandate through their unions.

“It’s not a state of emergency, like a hurricane,” he said. “It’s a state of emergency where people are made redundant and will not have unemployment insurance. I am a union leader. It is a shame for all Americans.

According to the state’s Department of Labor, unvaccinated workers who are made redundant will not be entitled to unemployment insurance benefits. A new Republican-led bill introduced in Albany would restore those unemployment benefits.

On Tuesday, the state released data noting that the percentage of hospital staff receiving at least one dose was 92% (as of Monday night) based on preliminary self-reported data. The percentage of people fully vaccinated was 85% on Monday evening, compared to 84% on September 22 and 77% on August 24.

“This new information shows that firmly holding the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is simply the right thing to do to protect vulnerable family members and loved ones from COVID-19,” Hochul said in a statement. . “I am happy to see health workers getting vaccinated to keep New Yorkers safe, and I continue to monitor developments and stand ready to take action to alleviate potential situations of staff shortages in our systems. health.”

Long Island’s three health care providers have already implemented the mandate and are taking action.

Northwell Health, the state’s largest private employer and healthcare provider – and which includes Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson and Huntington Hospital – previously informed all unvaccinated team members that they no longer complied with New York State’s mandate to immunize all healthcare workers by the September 27 deadline.

Northwell regrets losing an employee in such circumstances, but as medical professionals and members of the state’s largest healthcare provider, we understand our unique responsibility to protect the health of our patients and each other. of others, “Northwell said in a statement. “We owe it to our staff, our patients and the communities we serve to be 100% vaccinated against COVID-19. “

Catholic Health Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jason Golbin said in a statement the supplier is “incredibly proud of the dedication of our staff to protecting the health and safety of the people of Long Island during the COVID-19 pandemic. and is grateful for their heroic efforts over the past 18 months.

He added, “In keeping with our commitment to ensuring the health and safety of our patients, visitors, medical staff and employees, we respect New York State’s mandate to immunize all healthcare workers.”

Golbin said that as of Tuesday, September 28, the vast majority of staff were fully immunized with only a few hundred people on leave at six hospitals, three nursing homes, home health care, hospices and other practices. medical.

Stony Brook University officials added that Stony Brook medicine has prepared for the New York state mandate, all healthcare workers receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. ‘here is the deadline.

As of 8 p.m. on September 28, 94.07% of Stony Brook Teaching Hospital employees have been vaccinated, and that number continues to rise, 134 Stony Brook Teaching Hospital employees are suspended without pay and will have to meet working relations. representatives to discuss their situation. While waiting for this meeting, they can use vacation or time off. If they continue to choose not to receive the vaccine, they will be terminated as per the NYS DOH order.

Less than 1% of the total population of hospital employees are on probationary employment and although they are currently suspended without pay, they are still eligible to be vaccinated before their dismissal is processed and could always go back to work.

Officials said those numbers are fluid and expect further declines.

Many North Shore residents spent their Thursday cleaning up after the remnants of Tropical Depression Ida hit the island on Wednesday night. In addition to the storm, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the north coast of Suffolk County.

According to PSEG Long Island, the hardest hit areas on the island are Northport, Ridge, Lloyd Harbor and Huntington.

Huntington

In the town of Huntington, flooding outside the Huntington sewage treatment plant on Creek Road has left several motorists stranded, according to a press release from the town. STP personnel accessed the facility via payload late on the evening of September 1. At the height of high tide, STP staff were unable to access the plant from the main entrance on Creek Road or from the back entrance near the Mill Dam gates.

“We actually had to bring a payloader to the entrance to Creek Road to get one of our employees into the plant last night,” said John Clark, the city’s director of environmental waste management. “Several cars, including a police vehicle, were stranded on Creek Road and New York Avenue – at least one driver (a police officer) had to be evacuated by boat by the Huntington fire department.”

Steve Jappell, a sewage treatment plant operator at the STP facility, operated the payloader and assisted his colleague Joe Lombardo and the policeman, who were eventually transported off the scene by Huntington firefighters in a rescue boat.

“Thanks to the Huntington Fire Department, as well as the Centerport, Halesite and Northport Fire Departments, who also arrived to help other motorists stranded on Creek Road, and our responsive staff at the plant.” said city supervisor Chad Lupinacci (R).

According to the press release, the area received its largest rain event in nearly 20 years between 7 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The city reported that 6.29 inches fell in the past 6.5 hours.

While the STP typically processes about 1.8 million gallons per day, between 6 a.m. on September 1 and 6 a.m. on September 2, it has processed over 3.8 million gallons. According to the city, the plane “will continue to experience above-average flows over the next two days as groundwater intrusion and sump pump activity contributes to the increased volumes.”

City officials also said there were 26 reports of flooding primarily in Huntington; 29 reports of felled trees and branches; 16 reports of large chunks, sections and layers of asphalt torn off, five manhole covers washed away and a possible sinkhole was reported in Northport as the asphalt washed away on Oleander Drive.

As for the town’s facilities, both golf courses suffered from flooding and were closed on September 2, and town hall suffered about ½ inch flooding in the basement.

Smithtown

According to Smithtown Public Information Officer Nicole Gargiulo, there was flooding in the basement of Smithtown Town Hall; however, there was no further damage to city equipment or facilities.

At the height of the storm, the city received calls about flooded roads, but the streets were cleaned by the morning of September 2.

Callahan Beach suffered damage, according to Gargiulo. The beach had previously been closed due to damage after an early morning storm on August 27.

Stony Brook University

Students from the Mendelsohn community at Stony Brook University, located at the north end of the campus next to Stadium Drive, were the SBU students most affected by the storm. According to communications sent by the university, as other areas of the campus experienced flooding, Mendelsohn was the hardest hit and students had to be relocated.

The Student Brook Union was also affected by the storm and the building is closed for damage assessment and cleanup. The university held a groundbreaking ceremony for the newly renovated student union building last week. Employees who work in the building were asked to work remotely on September 2.

In an email from Rick Gatteau, vice-president of student affairs, and Catherine-Mary Rivera, assistant vice-president of campus residences, “Mendelsohn buildings have no electricity due to 4 to 6 feet water in the basement resulting in a power failure to the building At present it is dangerous to be in the building while our crews pump water, assess the damage and determine the schedule repairs. ”

Residents of Mendelsohn were not required to attend classes on September 2.

Three Villages

During the storm, the historic Thompson House in East Setauket absorbed 33 inches of water in its basement. Some of the water rose to the first floor of the 1709 structure.

The building, which belongs to the Ward Melville Heritage Organization, will have to pump water, according to WOSM President Gloria Rocchio. Once the water is pumped out, a cleaning company will still have some work ahead of them to prevent further damage.

According to the National Weather Service, 6.86 inches of rain fell in Setauket. The NWS reported that this was Long Island’s highest precipitation total.

Additional reporting by Daniel Dunaief.