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‘Very duped’: Indigenous musicians upset over Buffy Sainte-Marie ancestry revelations

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

Buffy Sainte-Marie, wearing a shining dress and long necklace, was led on the stage by a group of Indigenous people in traditional regalia after she was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1995. Her iconic dark hair and fringe hung long as she told the crowd about the importance of artists from remote communities.“Most especially in the whole wide world, I’d like to acknowledge all the grassroots Indian artists who haven’t yet taken home a Juno, but who continue, as they have in the past, to capture our hearts at powwows across Canada, doing that magic which music does so well,” Sainte-Marie said to applause. Those words now ring hollow for some Indigenous musicians after a recent CBC News report raised doubts about the singer’s ancestry. Some musicians say they were disappointed to learn they may have lost career-shaping industry awards to someone who may be neither Indigenous nor Canadian. They say it amounted to lost opportunities at critical times in ...

Two MTO employees struck, critically injured in Hwy. 400 crash

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

Two Ministry of Transportation (MTO) employees were seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 400 in the Holland Marsh area.Provincial police say they responded to a crash in the southbound lanes of the highway near Line 5 just before 3 a.m. Sunday.The MTO employees were assisting police in setting up lane closures in the area when they were struck from behind by a passenger car around 7 a.m.One worker was taken to a trauma centre in Toronto with life-threatening injuries while the other was listed in serious condition. Police say the vehicle that struck the worker remained on scene. The driver and passenger were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries

SkyRise Chicago returns with thousands climbing steps of Willis Tower

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Stair climb returned to the city for its 15th year Sunday morning where thousands of people climb 105 floors of the Willis Tower. Shriley Run Ability Lab is a non-profit organization that raises funds to help advance human ability. People from all backgrounds and abilities came together to support the cause.The Ability Lab is hoping to raise one million dollars to help their cause and empower the community. It's the 15th year of the Chicago Skyrise also marking the 50th birthday of the Willis Tower.

Weekend Break: Unicorn World by Lola + The Boys

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

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Sunda Brunch: Quinoa pancakes with Eden Restaurant

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

CHICAGO -- Join WGN Weekend Morning News' Sunday Brunch where we make quinoa pancakes with Eden Restaurant. Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

California woman disappears in Guatemala, family says

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

(KTLA) — The search is underway for a Southern California woman who disappeared while on a yoga retreat in Guatemala.The missing woman, Nancy Ng, 29, from Monterey Park, disappeared on Oct. 19 at a retreat in Lake Atitlán, according to her family.Nancy, a former Cal State L.A. student who works for the Alhambra Unified School District, had planned to relax at a week-long yoga retreat, something she had done last year.Ng left on Oct. 14 and just a few days into her trip, her family said the retreat organizer called to say she had vanished. Las Vegas woman left U2 concert to take $50K from ‘sugar daddy’s’ hotel safe, police say She was officially reported missing on Oct. 19 and her family said the worst part is not knowing where she is or what exactly happened that day. The details of her disappearance remain few and far between.Loved ones are searching for Nancy Ng, 29, a Monterey Park woman who disappeared on Oct. 19, 2023 while at a yoga retreat in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. (Ng F...

No more right turn on red? As pedestrian deaths rise, US cities consider bans

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Sophee Langerman was on her way to a bicycle safety rally in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood in June when a car turning right rolled through a red light and slammed into her bike, which she was walking off the curb and into the crosswalk.The car was moving slowly enough that Langerman escaped serious injury, but the bicycle required extensive repairs. To Langerman, it's another argument for ending a practice that almost all U.S. cities have embraced for decades: the legal prerogative for a driver to turn right after stopping at a red light.A dramatic rise in accidents killing or injuring pedestrians and bicyclists has led to a myriad of policy and infrastructure changes, but moves to ban right on red have drawn some of the most intense sentiments on both sides.Washington, D.C.’s City Council last year approved a right-on-red ban that takes effect in 2025. New Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s transition plan called for “restricting right turns on red,” but his administr...

Chicago Bears at New Orleans Saints: Everything you need to know about the Week 9 game before kickoff

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

The 2-6 Chicago Bears will play the 4-4 New Orleans Saints at the Caesars Superdome in a Week 9 matchup. Here’s what you need to know before kickoff (noon, CBS).When will Justin Fields be QB1 again?Bears quarterback Justin Fields practiced Friday afternoon for the first time since dislocating his thumb on his right throwing hand during the Oct. 15 game against the Minnesota Vikings.Fields said at his locker after practice his grip strength is not all the way back and there was still a bit of pain as he participated in a limited fashion.As he and the Bears consider when he can return, Fields said he needs to see “if I’m going to be able to make all the throws and be able to withstand hits and stuff like that during the game.” Read more here.5 things to watch in the Bears-Saints game — plus our Week 9 predictionsColumn: The Superdome has been a house of horrors for Bears QBs. Can Tyson Bagent reverse the trend?True or false: The Tyson Bagent fairy tale ha...

To win Big Ten West, Gophers need Iowa to lose

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

For a fanbase which chants “Who hates Iowa? We hate Iowa!” the final three weeks of the Big Ten regular season should be pretty straight forward.With a 27-26 home loss to Illinois on Saturday, the Gophers fell to 3-3 in Big Ten play. Meanwhile, Iowa improved to 4-2 with a 10-7 win over Northwestern at Wrigley Field.After being in pole position, Gophers will likely now need the first-place Hawkeyes to lose at least two of its final three games for Minnesota to win the Big Ten West Division.The Gophers also need to beat Purdue (1-5) in West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday and likely top Wisconsin (3-3) at home in the regular-season finale on Nov. 25. In between, the U will be a huge road underdog against No. 1 Ohio State (6-0) on Nov. 18.The Hawkeyes’ final three games are Rutgers (3-3), Illinois (2-4) and at Nebraska (3-3). Given their plodding offense, dropping two of those isn’t outside the realm of possibilities.If the Gophers and Hawkeyes tie atop the West with 5-4 conference record...

Real World Economics: Will our creative intellect work to destroy us?

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:05:46 GMT

Edward Lotterman“Capitalism is a process of creative destruction,” according to Austrian-American economist Joseph Schumpeter.Yet “capitalism” is such a loaded term, along with “socialism,” that I avoid using it. So think “mixed-market economies” instead.Usually, the benefits from creation outweigh the losses from destruction, but not always.The benefits? The internet and social media, broadly defined, have vastly facilitated many things, including one’s ability to be an academic or pundit. For one grad course paper on sheep production in 1978, I logged 71 hours punching historic data into paper cards. Now I download that same data from a USDA site in less than 30 seconds.And 20 years ago, an editor questioned whether a quip I used was from Dorothy Parker or Anita Loos. “Let me ask a colleague,” Casey told me. “She uses something called Google to look things up.”“Something called Google.”In the years since, work — and life — would never be the sam...