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Sun Life increasing focus on partnerships as part of expansion efforts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. is increasing its focus on partnerships as it looks to further its expansion in Asian markets.The insurance giant says it has created the new role of vice-chair of strategic partnerships, and named Ingrid Johnson, current president of Sun Life Asia, to the role.Sun Life chief executive Kevin Strain says the company is seeing more opportunities to leverage partnerships globally, whether it’s with a regional bank or a digital startup.In the third quarter, the company launched its 15-year partnership with Dah Sing Bank in Hong Kong that helped lead to a boost in sales.The reopening of the border with China also helped boost its Asia division with a big boost in individual insurance sales in Hong Kong .Overall, Sun Life reported a net income of $871 million, up from $111 million a year earlier thanks in part to favourable market-related impacts from interest rates.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 14, 2023.Companies in thi...

The creators of CBC’s ‘Sort Of’ on wrapping the show on their terms

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

TORONTO — CBC’s millennial dramedy “Sort Of” may revel in life’s grey areas but its creators Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo know one thing for certain – now is the right time to end it.The critically acclaimed series about a gender-expansive Torontonian begins its third and final season Friday with Baig’s lead character Sabi reeling from Season 2’s bombshells, and the complicated emotions that result. Baig says the storyline seemed to move organically towards a natural conclusion, and that got Baig and Filippo contemplating a finale for the entire series. “It feels really right, where we ended it and that feels good,” Filippo says of the final eight episodes.“It feels like there’s a completion and that it didn’t get torn away from us. There’s a bittersweetness because I genuinely love the people that I’ve been working with for the past two years but I’m excited for people to see it.”Baig says the duo was also wary of “Sort Of” overstaying its welcome, and wanted the end of the CBC Gem s...

Paris mayor says her city has too many SUVs, so she’s asking voters to decide on a parking fee hike

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Does Paris have too many SUVs? The mayor is putting that question to voters in the runup to next year’s Olympic Games, the latest salvo in her long-running campaign to make the city more friendly to pedestrians and the planet, and less friendly to cars.Voters will be asked on Feb. 4 whether to impose a “very significant” hike in parking fees for SUVs visiting the city, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Tuesday in a video posted online.“Many of you complain that there are still too many big polluting SUVs taking up more space on our streets and on our sidewalks,’’ she said. She hopes the vote will send a message to carmakers to stop “pushing to buy ever-bigger, more expensive, more resource-guzzling, more polluting’’ vehicles.City Hall wouldn’t specify the size of the “very significant” hike or when it would take effect if approved. It is also not clear which vehicles would be specifically targeted. It would not apply to Parisians with parking permits.While city policies – i...

A day after Britain’s prime minister fired her, Suella Braverman accuses him of being a weak leader

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman lashed out at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a day after he fired her, calling his approach “uncertain, weak” and a betrayal of his promises.In a resignation letter she published on Tuesday, Braverman said Sunak had “manifestly and repeatedly failed to deliver” on key pledges and alleged that he “never had any intention” of keeping them.Sunak sacked Braverman on Monday after she made a series of intemperate statements that deviated from the government line. In recent weeks she called homelessness a “lifestyle choice” and accused police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protests, which she called “hate marches.”On Saturday, far-right protesters scuffled with police and tried to confront a pro-Palestinian march by hundreds of thousands through the streets of London. Critics accused Braverman’s language of helping to inflame tensions.In her letter, she said Sunak had rejected her calls to ban pro-Palestinian demonstration...

2 juveniles in custody after student injured during altercation at Proviso West High School

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

HILLSIDE, Ill. — Two juveniles are in custody after an altercation involving a sharp object in the parking lot of Proviso West High School.According to the village spokesperson, the incident happened Tuesday morning when three students got into an altercation. One of them produced a sharp object and cut the other student in the arm. Police were called to the scene and Proviso West High School was place on soft lockdown. Two juveniles were taken into custody, one of them being the student with the sharp object.The spokesperson said the injured student was transported to Loyola Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Suspect charged in August shooting of girl, 14, on South Side At this time, ages and gender of the students involved are not being shared. The high school's principal released the following statement regarding the incident:We want to inform you of a recent incident that took place today on our school grounds, involving an altercation between two students that ...

Historic Café Selmarie Closing After 40 Years In Lincoln Square

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

The beloved and historic Cafe Selmarie will be closing after four decades in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. Here in our Studio 41 Kitchen to share one of the desserts that helped start cafe Selmarie is Owner Birgit Kobayashi.Closing early 20244729 N. Lincoln AveFacebook @cafe_selmarieInstagram @cafe_selmariecafeselmarie.comDaytime Chicago airs weekdays on WGN from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Matt LeBlanc pays tribute to Matthew Perry in heartfelt post: 'I'll never forget you'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Matt LeBlanc has shared a statement on the passing of longtime friend and former "Friends" castmate Matthew Perry.In an Instagram post shared Tuesday, LeBlanc said it was an “honor” to consider Perry a friend.“It is with a heavy heart I say goodbye. The times we had together are honestly among the favorite times of my life,” LeBlanc wrote. “It was an honor to share the stage with you and to call you my friend. I will always smile when I think of you and I’ll never forget you. Never.”LeBlanc ended his tribute with a joke. ‘Friends’ cast reacts to Matthew Perry’s death “Spread your wings and fly brother you’re finally free. Much love. And I guess you’re keeping the 20 bucks you owe me.”LeBlanc's post also included several photos of himself and Perry on the set of "Friends." Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc attend the Stars Party at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood on August 10, 2015. (Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images)Perry, 54, died at his Los Angeles home i...

The top-trending pet names in America, according to a new study

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – When it comes to naming our pets, lots of Americans favor ever-popular choices such as Max, Charlie, Milo or Luna, recent studies have shown. But other, more offbeat names have been gaining steam over the last year, even if they’re not yet popular enough to dethrone the classics.Rover, an online marketplace for pet owners, has released the results of its 11th annual “Most Popular Pet Names” report, detailing not only the most common pet names across the country but also the top-trending names that pet owners are increasingly embracing in the United States. Some nickels may be worth more than 5 cents, especially if they feature this animal For instance, the three top-trending dog names in the United States for 2023 are “Kelce,” “Wednesday” and “Oak,” with Kelce seeing a 135% increase in popularity over the last year, and Wednesday and Oak trailing behind with popularity spikes of 92% and 90%, respectively.For cats, the three top-trending names were “Norbert,” “Soju” and...

Kaitlin Armstrong murder trial: October escape addressed by officer

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

Editor's Note: The above video is KXAN's previous coverage from Nov. 13, 2023, of the Kaitlin Armstrong murder trial.AUSTIN (KXAN) — As testimony wrapped Monday, a firearms forensics examiner, Steven Aston, discussed the bullets found at the east Austin apartment where police believe Kaitlin Armstrong killed Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson on May 11, 2022.He continued his testimony Tuesday, addressing how his team ensures their ballistic examinations are unbiased. He has previously identified the projectiles found on the scene - two bullets in different conditions and one set of bullet fragments - as coming from the gun police said Armstrong used. Digital, GPS data reviewed at Kaitlin Armstrong’s murder trial Monday The trial began about two weeks ago. So far, we have heard from the following witnesses:Wilson’s brotherWilson’s friend Caitlin Cash who called 911 when she found Wilson wounded on the floor in her apartment Crime scene analystsAustin Police Department homicide detective...

More women join lawsuit against Texas for its abortion ban

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:50:38 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — While training to be an obstetrician and gynecologist in Fort Worth, Dr. Danielle Mathisen learned she was pregnant. Her initial excitement sharply turned to heartbreak when she discovered 18 weeks into her pregnancy that her baby had no formed brain structures, only one kidney and a hole in the spine. Mathisen’s doctor told her that the baby was unlikely to survive or would suffocate upon delivery. Mathisen and her husband decided to have an abortion. MORE: Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives After learning Colorado clinics were inundated with Texans, Mathisen traveled with her husband to New Mexico, where she received an abortion. Kristen Anaya, also from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, went to the hospital when her water broke just over 16 weeks into her pregnancy. At the hospital, Anaya began presenting with symptoms of sepsis — spiked fever and uncontrollable shakes — but because the baby still had a heart, the hospitable could not p...