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Photo: RCMP Just three days after being released, Kelowna RCMP re-arrested Justin Wayne Collins. Police say they now have 423 records relating to the prolific offender. “We will continue to do our job professionally, consistently, while actively engaging all available supports and services. The Kelowna RCMP supports system change to address repeat property offenders that effectively address the underlying and root causes of crime,” said Const. Mike Della-Paolera on Thursday....

These are the hallmarks of the “quiet break,” a term coined to describe how people approach their work and work life differently to manage burnout. The phrase — which isn’t actually meant to lead to a resignation — exploded into the popular lexicon last week when a TikTok video it went viral. “I recently learned about this term ‘quiet resignation,’ where you don’t completely quit your job, but you give up the idea of ​​going above and beyond,” creator Zaid Khan said in the video, which has since amassed 3....

BMW has revealed a Pokémon-themed version of its all-electric Mini Aceman concept car as part of a MINI x Pokémon collaboration. Appearing during a slightly odd segment of Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, hosted by Geoff Keighley, there was a lot of flowery language focusing on the brand, but not much on the details. It’s a prototype car with ‘gaming features’, although exactly what that means is never really explained. The car appears to feature plenty of neat Pokémon graphics across the board, but Oliver Heilmer, Mini design chief and fellow Keighley questioner about the vehicle, showed off his best media training moves, deflecting the first question to talk a bit....

Despite threats to send those arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda, the Home Office revealed that more than three-quarters (76%) of asylum seekers had their applications for asylum, leave or humanitarian protection approved in the year ending June of 2022. This was the highest grant rate since 1990, while the government’s backlog of asylum applications reached 118,000. The figures also show that 2,165 Albanians were recorded as arriving in the UK on small boats between January and June 2022, compared to just 23 detected in the same period the previous year....

The Diamonds singer, 34, wore a bright blue sports top and checked trousers as she headed into an office building in her white shades. The outing comes less than a week after A$AP, 33, pleaded not guilty to felony gun charges in Los Angeles. Looks good! Rihanna was the epitome of cool as she stepped out with beau A$AP Rocky in New York City on Tuesday As she usually does, Rihanna looked effortlessly chic....

After this and other training outside the Ukrainian capital, Chechen soldiers, decked out in various camouflage footwear and protective gear, will head to the front lines in Ukraine, pledging to continue the fight against Russia that has raged for years in their homeland in the North Caucasus . Fighters from Chechnya, the war-torn republic in southern Russia, are on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine. The pro-Kiev volunteers are loyal to Dzhokhar Dudayev, the late Chechen leader who led the republic’s bid for independence from Russia....

The battle: The conflict on the ground continues as Russia uses its heavy artillery advantage to pound Ukrainian forces, which have at times managed to put up stiff resistance. In the south, Ukraine’s hopes rest on liberating the Russian-held region of Kherson, and eventually Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Fears of a disaster at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant persist as both sides accuse each other of they bomb....

Ivan Sushko, the head of Mykhailivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, was blown up when a bomb placed under the seat of his vehicle was detonated by unknown assailants, according to Vladimir Rogov, a spokesman for the local Russian proxy administration. Rogov announced on Telegram that Susko was rushed to a hospital in critical condition after the blast, but succumbed to his injuries there. The death of Susko – who reportedly made a living as a toastmaster at weddings and at Santa Claus before being appointed to run Mykahilivka in April – comes just a day after local authorities said another Russian agent had survived a similar assassination attempt ....

Serbia has agreed to abolish the entry-exit document for Kosovo ID holders and Kosovo has agreed not to introduce them for holders of Serbian IDs, Josep Borrell said. The agreement came after talks in Brussels earlier this week between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, chaired by Borel. Petar Petkovic, the head of Serbia’s office for Kosovo, welcomed the agreement on free movement. “We managed to ensure peace and stability on the territory of Kosovo and preserve Serbian identities for the Serbs” living in Kosovo “and thus also the presence of the Serbian state on that territory,” he said....

Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion who recently said “the countdown is on” to her retirement, recounted on Meghan Archetypes’ Spotify podcast Tuesday about a match she played at the 2018 French Open. She had a nearly sleepless night after the her daughter Olympia broke her wrist. “Somehow I managed to win, but I was so emotionally drained that it was, it was crazy. And, you know, and then, like every night after that, I was with her the whole time and I was like are you going to be with me,” said Williams, who said her final tournament will be the US Open, which starts in New York next week....

A fossilized leg bone found in Chad more than 20 years ago showed that a creature known as Sahelanthropus tchadensis was an early bipedal human ancestor. The researchers looked at 23 features in the fossils, which they claim link their ancestor to bipedal or upright walking and show a closer relationship to humans than to apes. The discovery was reported in the journal Nature. S.tchadensis was found by a French and Chadian team in the Toros-Menalla region of the Djurab Desert in the Lake Chad Basin in July 2001....

The crash happened at McKay Road and County Road 27 in Essa Township. In a series of tweets about the missing persons investigation, the Barrie Police Service (BPS) said officers located the scene of the fatal crash involving six people at 2 a.m. today. All of the victims are in their early 20s, Barrie Police Communications Coordinator Janet Mays told CTV News. 2/4 Missing Person Update: Those on board are believed to be the six missing from earlier this afternoon....

Marin Eugen Sabau attacked his colleagues at a security company in the northeastern city of Tarragona in December 2021, before hiding in a house and having a shootout with police. During the gunfight, the 46-year-old man, who injured one of the officers, was shot in the spine, leaving him partially paralyzed. “I’m a paraplegic,” Sabau said in his plea for euthanasia. “I can’t move my left arm very well. I’m wearing screws and I can’t feel my chest,” she added....

Biden has faced pressure from liberals to provide broader relief to hard-hit borrowers and from moderates and Republicans who question the fairness of any broad forgiveness. The delay in Biden’s decision only heightened anticipation for what his own aides acknowledge represents a no-win political situation. The people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s anticipated announcement in advance. The exact details of Biden’s plan, which would include an income cap that would limit forgiveness to only those earning less than $125,000 a year, were kept in an unusually tight circle within the Biden administration and had not yet been finalized on the eve of the announcement....

Trump pushed the narrative that he and his lawyers were cooperating with Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations into documents from his time in the White House. That, he claims, means the Aug. 8 raid on his Florida estate was gratuitous. But the affidavit that convinced a judge to grant the search warrant tells a different story. Even in heavily redacted form, the affidavit points out that there was a protracted process that lasted about seven months into 2021 before Trump’s team coughed up any documents....

The 2022 Canada International Air Show runs from September 3 to 5, from noon to 3 p.m. daily, at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). Detailed daily schedules are posted the morning of the shows to those subscribed to the air show mailing list. To join the mailing list, click here. The air show can be viewed from several areas of the CNE, but guests who choose to watch from the Air Show Zone will have the best view of the action and access to the narration that accompanies the performances....

The first, a 44-year-old man, was killed in a shooting in the parking lot of Rockland Mall in the city of Mont Royal, according to Montreal police spokesman Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant. Brabant said a 911 call came in around 12:55 p.m. about a man hit by gunfire at the mall. Investigators are on the scene meeting with witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage, he said. Radio-Canada has learned the man was shot in the upper body and taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead....

Comment This story has been updated. KYIV — With a mixture of prudence, exuberance and, above all, defiance, Ukrainians on Wednesday took time out from their existential battle with Russian invasion forces to celebrate their 31st year as a free nation, marking their first Independence Day since the Kremlin launched a full-scale war here six months ago. Warnings from Ukrainian officials and US intelligence agencies that Russia was poised to mar the holiday by launching missile strikes were largely unrealized, although the violence of the war continued in some parts of the country....

Le service des enquêtes de la MRC Estrie a confirmé avoir mené une enquête sur une propriété d’Eastman jeudi matin, par l’intermédiaire du représentant de la Sûreté du Québec (SQ), Stéphane Tremblay. “L’occupant des lieux, Christophe Normand, âgé de 30 ans, a été arrêté pour leurre et incitation à des rapports sexuels”, a précisé le porte-parole. Normand est apparu par vidéoconférence pendant la journée et a été libéré. L’interdiction de publication protège l’identité de la victime puisqu’elle est mineure....

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