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- Sky News
Pension funds brace for £30bn hit from Gove leasehold reforms
Pension funds are braced for a hit worth tens of billions of pounds as Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, tries to salvage his ambition of overhauling Britain’s centuries-old property leasehold system. Sky News has learnt that the insurance and pensions industries believe that Mr Gove's now-favoured option of imposing a £250 cap on ground rent and transitioning to 'peppercorn' levels over a 20-year period will cost in the region of £30bn. The figure is understood to mirror the Treasury's internal estimate of the cost to investors, according to insiders.
- Yahoo News
Trump trial updates: Jury selection finished, man sets himself on fire outside courthouse
Five more alternate jurors were selected Friday following questioning from prosecution and defense lawyers, rounding out the 12 jurors and six alternates needed for the case against Trump to proceed.
- The Telegraph
Yorkshire Shepherdess still works with husband on farm despite split, son reveals
The Yorkshire Shepherdess is still working alongside her estranged husband on their farm, their eldest son has revealed.
- The Canadian Press
GM Staios taking cautious approach to off-season after Sens miss playoffs again
OTTAWA — Another season out of the playoffs has left Ottawa Senators players frustrated and disappointed, but a complete overhaul doesn't appear to be in Steve Staios's plans. In his media availability with media Friday morning, the Senators general manager acknowledged his players' feelings — captain Brady Tkachuk said Thursday as players cleaned out their lockers that he was “sick and tired of losing" — but was cautious in revealing plans for next season. “I think the word frustration comes fr
- The Telegraph
I’m sober, he’s a drinker, and it’s damaging our relationship
To Chris*, it’s a deserved bottle of beer after a long day at work – but when his wife, Leanne*, catches sight of it, her shoulders draw together in annoyance. She’s spent the past two hours helping their children with their homework and getting them through bath time; when Chris, picking up on her irritation, offers to pour her a glass of wine, she shakes her head and returns to reading their three-year-old a story.
- The Canadian Press
Canucks set to face Predators in first playoff appearance since 2020
VANCOUVER — Expectations for the Vancouver Canucks were not high heading into the season. Asked in September if he expected the team to make the playoffs, president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford hedged. “To be very to the point, the changes that we made, we have a playoff team if everything goes right,” he said. Things did go right. On Sunday, the Canucks will host their first home playoff game since 2015 when they kick off a first-round matchup against the Nashville Predators. Vancouver h
- Yahoo Canada Style
Home Hardware is having a huge sale on garden & lawn essentials — save on lawn mowers, fertilizer and more
Now through April 24, save on everything you need for spring gardening at Home Hardware.
- Local Journalism Initiative
Woodstock facing an ’emergency level situation’ with its water supply
Almost a decade after identifying the need to secure a second well site to guard against a potential loss of water supply, Woodstock sits in a more precarious position than ever. During the long-awaited water update at the April 16 council session, Mayor Trina Jones delivered a stark analysis of the town’s water supply concerns. “It has been about a year since our council became aware of the issues with the new Grafton Wellhouse project and that it was deemed by Dillon Consulting to be usable on
- Engadget
Prison Architect 2 is denied release until September 3
Double Eleven and publisher Paradox Interactive have delayed Prison Architect 2 by four moths to work on technical issues.
- Yahoo Life Shopping
We found Taylor Swift's iconic red lipstick favorites from over the years
The singer's signature bold picks have included Pat McGrath, CoverGirl and Chanel.
- KGTV - San Diego Scripps
Mount Miguel High School student arrested on suspicion of sexual assault
An 18-year-old Mount Miguel High School student turned himself in to authorities in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl on campus last week.
- The Telegraph
Watch: Police threaten to arrest ‘openly Jewish’ man for walking near pro-Palestine protest
Metropolitan Police officers threatened to arrest an “openly Jewish” man for walking in central London during a pro-Palestine protest.
- Reuters
Amazon advertising chief steps aside for new role
Amazon.com's advertising chief Colleen Aubrey, who has held that role for nearly three years, is moving to a new undisclosed position at the company. Spokeswoman Kristin Mariani said Aubrey's new position would be announced later. Aubrey is also a member of the elite "S-team," which advises CEO Andy Jassy and has worked in the advertising unit for over 11 years.
- Local Journalism Initiative
Strain on emergency services a concern with new evacuation model
Area politicians are concerned about the potential strain evacuations could have on emergency services. Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB) director of health Jean Carriere gave an update on First Nation evacuations at the April 18 meeting. Some CDSSAB members expressed concerns about hosting First Nations evacuees and the strain it can have on services that are already stretched thin due to flooding in some areas and the recent Empire Complex fire. While Carriere sai
- The Canadian Press
Stock market today: Wall Street limps toward its longest weekly losing streak since September
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s latest losing week looks to be coming to a relatively quiet close on Friday. U.S. stocks are drifting in mixed trading after oil prices briefly surged overnight on worries about fighting in the Middle East. The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in afternoon trading and on track for its third straight losing week. That would be its longest such streak since September, before it broke out into a record-setting romp. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 207 points, or 0.6%, as
- The Telegraph
Overnight visitors to the Kent coast could face tourist tax
A Labour council in a holiday hotspot is considering imposing a tax on tourists who stay overnight.
- CBC
Thousands of housing units, tramway in Montreal's new Hippodrome plan
The City of Montreal is planning to build a carbon-neutral district of 20,000 housing units on the site of the former Montreal Hippodrome and land east of the Namur Metro station.Sandwiched between a railway yard, highway and industrial buildings in northwestern Montreal, the huge swath of land used to house the former Blue Bonnets track, where horses raced for over a century. In 2017, the city acquired the land from Quebec.Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has called the plan Quebec's largest real
- Local Journalism Initiative
NDP hosting town hall in Wilmot Friday
The Ontario New Democrats have scheduled a town hall meeting April 19 to further protest the attempted land acquisition by the Region of Waterloo. This time, NDP leader and leader of the provincial opposition Marit Stiles will be in attendance. A release from Stiles’ office said since last August, government officials have put into play the expropriation of 770 hectares of farmland for industrial development without public consultation. “To date, there are no clear answers on how rezoning will a
- The Guardian
Train driver who upskirted female passenger avoids jail sentence
Paolo Barone found guilty of voyeurism after taking photos of sleeping woman on train to St Albans in 2022
- The Independent
Women doing long jail sentences failed by ‘system designed for men’
Exclusive: ‘In lots of women’s prisons, you will come off remand and be sentenced and be put on a wing among prisoners with sentences that vary from a month to longer,’ woman serving life sentence says