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Why The Tesla NACS Revolution Is Our Technology Of The YearOTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is ready to introduce motions as early as today that would help the Liberals pass legislation to create their promised GST holiday but only if they separate it from their parallel promise to send $250 cheques to working Canadians. Singh said his party would open the procedural "gates" including motions to extend the sitting hours of the House of Commons to debate and pass the legislation in time for it take effect as promised on Dec. 14. Last week, the Liberals brought forward a plan to pause the GST on items like premade grocery items, beer and wine, toys and other holiday staples. The pause would last for two months. Singh says the NDP supports this idea, but oppose the associated $250 working Canadians benefit that is supposed to be mailed in the spring to anyone who earned an income up to $150,000 last year. Singh wants the benefit expanded to include non-working seniors and people who rely on disability benefits who did not have a working income in 2023. The Liberals have put the GST and benefit cheque bill on notice in the House of Commons but have been unable to introduce it because of an ongoing filibuster by the Conservatives over an unrelated matter of privilege. A Conservative motion demanding the government turn over unredacted documents to the RCMP on a green technology fund has been debated since late September, preventing any bills or other motions from being introduced or debated. The Conservatives insist that debate will continue until the documents are given to the RCMP or the NDP join them and the Bloc Québécois to vote non confidence in the government. At least two parties would need to support a motion to end or pause that debate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that both the GST holiday and the $250 cheques are aimed at helping people struggling with the cost of living. The rebate as planned would be issued to an estimated 18 million Canadians in the spring and cost around $4.7 billion. The government has issued notice of the legislation but hasn't introduced it in the House yet. It also has put on notice a motion calling for debate on the bill, when it is introduced, to be limited to one 10-minute speech per party, and undergo just one vote for all the required stages of debate. Some Liberal MPs said Wednesday they think their government should consider expanding the eligibility for the benefit cheques. After the Liberal caucus meeting Seniors Minister Steven MacKinnon said the government has created a number of benefits to help low-income seniors. But Milton MP Adam van Koeverden said he wants to see more ambition in helping seniors and Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski said if the government can afford to include seniors in the payments it absolutely should. The Bloc Québécois is also calling on the government to offer the rebate to seniors who are fully retired. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called the measure a "tiny, two month tax trick" and says if Trudeau cared about affordability he'd get rid of the carbon tax. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 27, 2024. David Baxter, The Canadian Press

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Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister U Ko Ko Kyaw received Mr Shi Zhongjun, Secretary-General of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), and members of the delegation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw, yesterday. They cordially discussed relevant matters on further deepening mutual understanding and friendship under the six priority cooperation areas of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), which are trade, investment, education, culture, tourism, information and media. Both sides emphasized the crucial role of the ACC while highlighting the success of projects and activities which were completed in 2024. The deputy minister appreciated the ACC’s support for offering Chinese language training to young diplomats which has been commenced online upon the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to explore the possibility of despatching the Chinese language mobile training team to benefit more trainees in Myanmar. He also discussed further exchanges in areas of agriculture productivity, trade promotion, and renewable energy technology. Mr Shi Zhongjun also expressed appreciation for Myanmar’s commitment to enhancing the ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations to new heights while focusing on the critical role of Myanmar in realizing the joint initiatives and activities included in the ACC Work Plan. Deputy Minister U Ko Ko Kyaw and the Secretary-General agreed to further promote people-to-people exchanges through the ACC programmes to enhance mutual understanding and build closer bonds among the peoples of ASEAN and China. — MNAStrategic alliance brings high-energy nuclear electric propulsion closer to realityThe Ravens announced that tickets for a potential home wild-card playoff game at M&T Bank Stadium will go on sale Thursday at 10 a.m.

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Protara Announces Closing of $100 Million Public OfferingGREENFIELD — After a year off, the Franklin County Festival of Trees is returning this year with a new venue and a glowing partnership. The annual fundraising event is coming to the Roundhouse at the Franklin County Fairgrounds and will run alongside the traditional “Light Up the Fairgrounds” event, creating what organizers are calling “The First Annual Welcoming Winter Wonderland.” Both events are kicking off this weekend at the fairgrounds, 89 Wisdom Way. April Healey, who helps organize the Festival of Trees with Kirsten Levitt and Naomi Bledsoe, and with assistance from the Greenfield Kiwanis Club, said the event has found a new home at the fairgrounds and the partnership with Light Up the Fairgrounds will benefit everyone. “We were delighted when the Franklin County Fairgrounds group reached out to us to collaborate with the Light Up the Fairgrounds event,” Healey said. “The two events have historically run simultaneous to each other and it seemed like a great idea to pair them up.” The Festival of Trees is a prize raffle featuring 70 trees sponsored by local businesses, nonprofits and individuals. Folks are able to buy raffle tickets to drop into each tree’s bucket and if they are selected, they win the tree and its assortment of prizes. “It’s beautiful this year,” Healey said, adding that the Roundhouse is a fantastic venue. “Now that we’ve had a few years under our belts and we have quite a few perennial sponsors, they’re upping their game.” Light Up the Fairgrounds, based on Springfield’s Bright Nights, is a drive-thru holiday lights showcase that will be held for three weekends starting Friday, featuring 27 displays, according to WHAI’s Sharon Cross, who helps organize the event. “Light Up the Fairgrounds is the same as always,” Cross said. “We have a lot of new faces, new displays, so I’m excited about that.” Article continues after... Cross|Word Flipart Typeshift SpellTower Really Bad Chess Proceeds from Festival of Trees raffle tickets and the minimum $5 donation to enter Light Up the Fairgrounds will support the Franklin County Fairgrounds, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western Mass and community grants awarded by Festival of Trees organizers. Alongside the events themselves, the Welcoming Winter Wonderland will feature a maple cream fried dough food truck and a hot chocolate truck on Fridays and Saturdays. Caroling groups and dance performances will be held to make the festival an entertaining night out for families. “It should be a banner year for us,” Healey said, “and we’re all really excited.” If it proves to be successful — and both Healey and Cross think it will be — the partnership between the Festival of Trees and Light Up the Fairgrounds is expected to continue to grow in the future. “We’re hoping to combine it every year and see where it goes from here,” Cross said. “It gives the community a little more to do than just drive. ... We’re excited to have the festival.” The Welcoming Winter Wonderland opens on Friday, Nov. 29, at 5 p.m. It will be open each Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening through Saturday, Dec. 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. For more information about the Festival of Trees, visit facebook.com/FCFoT . For more information about Light Up the Fairgrounds, visit bit.ly/3CWI2KN . Chris Larabee can be reached at clarabee@recorder.com.Will Macy’s Bold New Chapter strategy be enough to save the iconic company and return it to profitable growth? Macy’s is facing a challenging period marked by declining sales, changing consumer habits and pressure from activist investors calling for a fiscal overhaul. In recent years, the company has dealt with falling revenue and a drop in foot traffic to its stores, as well as the influence of eCommerce competitors. Additionally, most of its new customers are arriving through digital means. At the same time, activist groups have pushed for greater efficiency and profitability, urging Macy’s to rethink its traditional business model. Against this backdrop, Macy’s is investing in its future through its Bold New Chapter strategy, highlighted by an initiative dubbed First 50 , referring to 50 of its store locations. Unveiled in February, this strategy aims to modernize its operations, improve customer experiences and open new growth opportunities. A central focus is to revamp 50 key stores and use them as prototypes for the next generation of Macy’s locations. While the company has faced difficulties in recent quarters, its leadership remains optimistic about the future, with the goal of delivering more personalized shopping experiences for consumers. Third-quarter results released Wednesday (Dec. 11) show a 1.9% increase in comparable sales at these revamped stores, marking the third consecutive quarter of growth. The performance illustrates the potential for the company’s overarching strategy, which includes implementing staffing tests in women’s shoes and handbag departments in 100 additional locations. Additionally, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury reported positive growth (comp sales up 1% and 3.3%, respectively). For Bluemercury, it marked its 15th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth. “Although we still have work to do, we believe our Bold New Chapter initiatives get us even closer to our goal of becoming a more profitable Macy’s Inc.,” CEO Tony Spring shared with analysts. “With our NPS scores up over 400 basis points, these are strong indicators the changes we’re making are the right changes. We had to make the necessary changes to make a better shopping experience. We have to provide the customer with a compelling reason to shop at Macy’s. This is a priority. We set out this year to change the Macy’s experience.” But Macy’s challenges are far from over. Third-quarter overall net sales fell 2.4%, to $4.7 billion, and comparable store sales decreased 2.4%. The decline was attributed to weak sales at non-First 50 locations, as well as struggles in digital channels and cold weather categories. Despite these challenges, Macy’s leadership remains focused on executing its Bold New Chapter strategy and believes that sustained improvements in customer experience and product offerings will eventually drive growth, Spring said. The company is also addressing its operational efficiency, phasing out legacy technology and optimizing its supply chain to improve the customer experience and increase product availability. These changes are part of a larger effort to simplify and modernize Macy’s operations, which includes a more agile approach to inventory management and an emphasis on digital tools to enhance both in-store and online shopping experiences. “We’re certainly seeing the customers who are familiar with those stores spend more and increase their visits, and we’re beginning to see some new customers,” Spring said. “The reality is more of our new customers today come through our digital channel. So, it’s our opportunity to bring them into a location to make them an omniconsumer.” Chief Financial Officer Adrian Mitchell said he’s “very encouraged” by the First 50 stores’ performance. “We’re leaning into the value orientation of today’s consumers,” he said. “Managing inventory carefully and ensuring that we’re offering value that aligns with what the customer is looking for is key. We continue to invest in the fundamentals of the business and we’re encouraged by the quality of execution. The momentum we’re seeing building, especially in our First 50 locations, is very encouraging. A lot of these investments are beginning to yield fruit.” As customers see the change in store and site experiences, Spring said, “we see more opportunity for growth. We’re not in a year of testing, We’re in a year of scaling. The customer has shown post-election a real interest in shopping in a variety of categories, which bodes well for all three of our nameplates.” Company officials also addressed the multimillion-dollar “intentional” employee accounting error . “As a result of the independent investigation and forensic analysis, the company identified that a single employee with responsibility for small package delivery expense accounting intentionally made erroneous accounting accrual entries to hide approximately $151 million of cumulative delivery expenses from the fourth quarter of 2021 through the third quarter of 2024,” the company said in its earnings release. “As previously communicated, the investigation determined that this matter had no impact on the company’s reported net cash flows, inventories, or vendor payments,” the statement continued. “We’ve concluded our investigation and are strengthening our existing controls and implementing additional changes designed to prevent this from happening again and demonstrate our strong commitment to corporate governance. 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Engineers of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) expressed satisfaction over a live demonstration of a pilot project steel slag based ECOFIX technology to fix deep and shallow potholes conducted on busiest Avenue road near Anjani Temple in Bengaluru city on Wednesday by scientists of CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), a premier road research institute of the country. The CSIR-CRRI Steel Slag road technology is well tested for its durability and performance in Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh. During the live demonstration, Principal-Scientist of CSIR-CRRI and inventor of the ECOFIX technology Dr Sanjay Pandey carried out a road repair demonstration on Avenue road and immediately after its repair, the road was opened for vehicular movement, making BBMP engineers happy. Engineer-in-Chief of BBMP Dr B.S. Prahallad stated to make use of the technology for eco-friendly sustainable road repair in Bengaluru city in coming days. He termed ECOFIX technology “a boon to the city roads.” After taking note of the advantages of the ECOFIX technology, Prahallad said during monsoon season when the majority of hot mix plants cannot be operated but with ECOFIX technology “It is possible to carry out durable road repairs in an eco-friendly manner.” The Principal Scientist Dr Sanjay Pandey stated ECOFIX technology is developed using industrial waste of steel industries (iron and steel) and has the unique ability to repair the water-logged pothole without any dewatering management. While conventional road repair technologies require dewatering of potholes and application of tack coat, Pandey said with ECOFIX technology can be used even under waterlogged conditions without any tack coat requirement. With ECOFIX technology, he said repaired road surfaces will perform better than regular roads, ensuring durability and longevity. The ECOFIX technology, Pandey said, does not need any heating of aggregate and bitumen hence it significantly reduces the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emission in the atmosphere caused by regular road maintenance techniques.The standard Lorem Ipsum passage, used since the 1500s "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum." Section 1.10.32 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum", written by Cicero in 45 BC "Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?" Thanks for your interest in Kalkine Media's content! To continue reading, please log in to your account or create your free account with us.