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What’s News: A calendar of local events | Local News | jacksonvilleprogress.com Jacksonville Daily Progress
Val Demings, Charlie Crist hold campaign events in Broward with focus on defeating Republican opponents
TAMARAC, Fla. – Florida’s top Democratic candidates were in South Florida to help kick off the party’s push to beat out the Republicans they running to replace, Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio.
Fresh off a big primary win, Val Demings returned to Broward County on Thursday night.
She shifted her campaign speech to cater to a crowd of military veterans.
“We need to make sure that our VA hospitals all over this nation are able to protect you, take care of you, and you shouldn’t have to wait six months, eight months, a year to be able to see a specialist,” she said.
The Democratic congresswoman is on the November ballot trying to unseat Rubio, and recent polls show a tightening race.
In fact, Demings is out-raising Rubio.
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The most recent dunning cycle shows Rubio took in $36 million dollars compared while Demings raised $48 million.
It’s something Rubio has acknowledged in recent speeches and television interviews.
“I need people to help, but she’s raising all this money from ultra-liberals who want to ruin Florida by the way,” Rubio said during a recent interview.
The other big ticket to watch in Florida is the governor’s race, where Charlie Crist is campaigning to win his old job back.
Time will tell if his efforts will be enough to head off the support from Republicans for Ron DeSantis.
Crist also spent his Thursday night campaigning in Tamarac at a Unity for Democrats event.
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Alongside his one-time Democratic challenger Nikki Fried, she has since thrown her support toward Crist.
“We have our task ahead of us,” he said. “We know what the mission is. The mission is victory. Nothing short of victory. Failure is not an option.”
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Taiwan blames politics for cancellation of global Pride event
Taiwan participates in global organizations like the Olympics as “Chinese Taipei,” to avoid political problems with China, which views the self-governing democratic island as its own territory and bristles at anything that suggests it is a separate country.
Taiwan’s southern city of Kaohsiung had been due to host WorldPride 2025 Taiwan, after winning the right from global LGBTQ rights group InterPride.
Last year after an outcry in Taiwan, it dropped a reference to the island as a “region.”
But the Kaohsiung organizers said InterPride had recently “suddenly” asked them to change the name of the event to “Kaohsiung,” removing the word “Taiwan.”
“After careful evaluation, it is believed that if the event continues, it may harm the interests of Taiwan and the Taiwan gay community. Therefore, it is decided to terminate the project before signing the contract,” said the Kaohsiung organizers.
InterPride said in a statement they were “surprised to learn” the news and while they were disappointed, respected the decision.
“We were confident a compromise could have been reached with respect to the long-standing WorldPride tradition of using the host city name. We suggested using the name ‘WorldPride Kaohsiung, Taiwan’,” it added.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said the event would have been the first WorldPride event to be held in East Asia.
“Taiwan deeply regrets that InterPride, due to political considerations, has unilaterally rejected the mutually agreed upon consensus and broken a relationship of cooperation and trust, leading to this outcome,” it said.
“Not only does the decision disrespect Taiwan’s rights and diligent efforts, it also harms Asia’s vast LGBTIQ+ community and runs counter to the progressive principles espoused by InterPride.”
Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage in 2019, in a first for Asia, and is proud of its reputation as a bastion of LGBTQ rights and liberalism.
While same-sex relations are not illegal in China, same-sex marriage is, and the government has been cracking down depictions of LGBTQ people in the media and of the community’s use of social media.
Man attacks New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin at campaign event
U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
Source: CNBC
A 43-year-old man attacked New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin at an upstate campaign event Thursday evening.
Zeldin was not harmed in the incident, which occurred as he was speaking outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Fairport, a village near Rochester, NBC News reported.
Zeldin said he grabbed the attacker’s wrist and stopped him for a few moments before others tackled the man.
The attacker, identified by three senior law enforcement officials as David Jakubonis of Fairport, was subdued by members of the audience after he charged Zeldin, WHEC-TV reported.
That NBC affiliate reported that audience members disarmed the man, and put him in zip-ties that were pulled from campaign posters.
The suspect may have had some sort of bladed instrument, NBC News reported.
Zeldin, who represents a congressional district in Suffolk County, Long Island, is campaigning to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat.
Hochul in a tweet wrote: “Relieved to hear that Congressman Zeldin was not injured and that the suspect is in custody.”
“I condemn this violent behavior in the strongest terms possible — it has no place in New York,” Hochul tweeted.
Hochul took office last year after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace following accusations of sexual harassment by nearly a dozen women.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds events in B.C. Tuesday | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still in B.C. Tuesday and is expected to make a few announcements.
At 11 a.m. he will be on Bowen Island and is expected to make an announcement about protecting the oceans.
Then in the afternoon, he will be in North Vancouver with an announcement that is expected to revolve around shipbuilding.
Trudeau was in the Central Okanagan for a quick visit on Monday, making several stops along the tour. This was also the prime minister’s first time in Kelowna, B.C., since 2017.
Trudeau kept things quiet leading up to his Okanagan tour and did not make himself available to speak with local media.
The first stop on his agenda was a visit to a children’s day camp in Lake Country, where he spent some time interacting with the kids, making crafts with them and playing outside.
The second stop of the day for Canada’s leader was in Kelowna at the BC Tree Fruits packing house, where he was given a tour of the packing and storage facility to see the ins and outs of the operation.
Trudeau also took time to pose for a few selfies with the employees at the packing house, and before he left, he made sure to stop inside the BC Tree Fruits store to purchase some ripe B.C. cherries.
— with files from Jayden Wasney and Jasmine King
More to come.
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Upcoming events to help pet owners, animal rescues
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Rain event, transit masking, STC wellness centre highlight Saskatoon city council | Globalnews.ca
The response to last week’s rain event was a big topic at Saskatoon city council Monday afternoon.
“In the 24 hours from the beginning of the storm over 1,200 calls were recieved at the customer care centre, with 114 that required service,” said Angela Gardiner, general manager with Utilities and Environment.
Mayor Charlie Clarke said a lot of credit should be given to the city for the rain event response,
“It’s a moment worth celebrating for the city to be able to do that and I think lots of people I’ve talked to have said good on the city for that” said Mayor Clarke.
Councillor Bev Dubois put forward a motion seconded by councillor Donauer for an investigative device that could signal to drivers not to proceed under overpasses when water or snow gets to a dangerous depth.
Councillor Loewen put forward a motion also seconded by councillor Donauer to receive information back and to be transparent about what is learned about our infrastructure.
The motions carried unanimously.
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Masking on city transit was another topic of discussion.
Saskatoon Fire delivered the June COVID-19 update, with the motion of the information be received being moved by councillor Jeffries and seconded by councillor Gersher.
The update recommended masking continue to be mandatory on transit on a month-to-month basis.
Councillor David Kirton motioned to make masks optional, and council agreed.
Councillors Gough, Loewen, and Gersher were the only one to oppose the move.
Council plans to re-visit mandatory masking on transit in the fall.
The STC Wellness Centre’s temporary location also stirred up a lot of talk at council.
Council looked at several different options for the STC to have outdoor space and decided moved a motion to use the sidewalk in front of the building.
The option is temporary and will be revisited at the end of October.
Council also brought up the residential speed limit review program, a program proposed by councillor Kirton several months ago.
The program would entail volunteers working with police to track speeders.
Council passed the motion, sending it to the Board of Police Comissioners for more information.
The board will report back with more information at a later date.
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Many are interested in events of Jan. 6
To the Editor:
I recently read a Letter to the Editor from Kevin Kimpel, in which they said that the January 6th Hearings are “not important.” They are important. What happened on January 6th was unprecedented. That means it hasn’t happened before. We need to have an investigation into what led to the events of that day.
While I won’t reiterate the content of the hearings I will say this, January 6th was an attempted coup by the Republican Party.
Because of this, there are a lot of denials, disinterest and disinformation surrounding the day. That is why we need indictments, investigations and real jail time for the people who tried to destroy the foundations of our democracy.
Kevin Kimpel, you may not be interested, and I won’t speculate as to the reasons for that. But I will say that I am interested and so are those who want the freedom to vote.
Victoria Woods
Angola
Events commemorate Hurricane Agnes
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