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Analysis: My visa was refused. Should I turn to the courts for help?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

By: Hamid Moghimi, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterWith an increased number of temporary visa applications, there has also been a high number of refusals. This has led a number of applicants to consider the Federal Court for help, assuming, as perhaps most Canadians would, that courts can override administrative decisions.But that’s not the case with immigration decisions.According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), all the Federal Court can do is order a redetermination, which means a different IRCC officer has to make a new decision on the application by re-reviewing all available documents. The new officer may also request additional information before making a new decision.In some cases, the court may direct IRCC to allow the client to provide further information to support their application.In an email to NCM, IRCC communications advisor Julie Lafortune confirmed the only difference between a reconsideration request made directly to IRCC and a court-ord...

Nuggets champion Aaron Gordon celebrates with fans in the streets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Aaron Gordon isn’t just an NBA champion, he’s also a man of the people of Denver – as he demonstrated by walking through crowds of celebrating fans Monday night.Gordon was an important part of the Denver Nuggets’ Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat, with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 points. He also played nearly 29 minutes in the game. Nuggets’ championship parade will be Thursday: Here are all the details Then, he kept moving. Video shared with FOX31 by Alberto Portalatin, who you may recognize for his Joker makeup and costume, shows the newly minted champion walking through the streets of Denver.In the video, you can see a shirtless Gordon with several security guards and throngs of fans. He was seen in the area around Stout Street and the 16th Street Mall engaging with fans and thanking them for their support.Aaron Gordon celebrating with fans in downtown Denver after the Nuggets won the NBA Championship. (Credit: Alberto Portalatin)Aaron Gordon celebrating with fa...

How to plan to attend the Nuggets victory parade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Fans are getting ready for the Nuggets victory parade and rally on Thursday.Fanson Freddy moved to Denver from Hawaii just six months ago and is very proud of his new home team.“I mean, we just made history," Freddy said. Freddy said he looks forward to cheering on the team and enjoying the spirit shown by fans from across the state during the parade. But for paradegoers, there are a few things to consider before hitting the streets.RTD detours, closures for Nuggets paradeRTD will need to put some train and bus detours in place due to street closures. Civic Center Station will be closed during the parade, and the 16th Street Mall Ride and L line will be suspended. Nuggets champion Aaron Gordon walks through Denver streets Visit RTD’s website or check the Next Ride app for riders for more information and to plan your route.Hundreds of thousands of people are expected, so parking could be a challenge. Drivers can use parking reservation apps to locate spaces.Use comm...

Golden Knights blast Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 to capture for Stanley Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone’s hat trick to all-out goal celebrations, capturing the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with an 8-3 romp over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.Coach Bruce Cassidy, in a nod to the Knights’ brief history, started five of the original Vegas players known as the Misfits and put the sixth on the second shift. Cassidy sounded confident the day before the game that his team would play well, and it certainly did, blowing open a one-goal game in the second period to lead 6-1.Vegas closed out the series in five games to win the cup before a delirious franchise-record crowd of 19,058 at T-Mobile Arena that drowned out the pregame introductions of forward Jonathan Marchessault and goalie Adin Hill and cheered all the way through the final buzzer.Stone’s hat trick — with the third into an empty net with 5:54 left — was t...

20 people who matter in the UK’s race to net zero

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

LONDON — The U.K. has net zero targets. Now it’s just got to figure out how to get there — fast. In the space of four years, the U.K.’s legal net zero target has gone from words on paper to a vast national effort touching the lives of everyone in the country. Despite ambitious goals, enshrined in law, some in industry criticize what they see as the lack of a plan to aggressively reduce emissions.There are only a small number of people who can really shape the path the U.K. takes — and we’ve whittled down that cast of characters to 20 net zero influencers in politics, policy and business. Some are ardent climate campaigners, some are trying to swing the debate the other way, some sit somewhere in between. And some are just trying to get the nuts and bolts right. Here’s POLITICO’s 20 people who matter in U.K. net zero policy: 1. Nick Park, Sunak’s energy guruNo, not the Wallace & Gromit guy. Park is No. 10’s energy policy special adviser, the off...

Poland braces for abortion protests as doctors become center of storm

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

WARSAW — A wave of abortion rights protests is set to take place in Poland on Wednesday sparked by the death in May of a pregnant woman — an incident that has thrust doctors into the eye of the storm.Dorota Lalik, a 33-year-old pharmacist, checked into the Pope John Paul II hospital in the southern Polish town of Nowy Targ after her waters broke on May 21. She was five months pregnant.According to Polish media site gazeta.pl, Lalik was told initially that her pregnancy could be sustained and that her health was not in danger. A relative of the late woman said that the staff told Lalik to “lie with her legs up so that the waters might come back,” according to the report. After a three-day ordeal, Lalik’s health began deteriorating rapidly. While she was given an abortion on May 24, she eventually died from septic shock and multiple organ failure the same day.Her death has caused outrage in Poland, with anger directed at the country’s anti-choice laws but also at docto...

Tuesday’s high school roundup/scores: King Philip edges St. Mary’s in Div. 2 state semifinal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

BASEBALLMatt Kelley (two-run home run, two runs scored), and Brendan Sencaj (hit, RBI, two runs) set the tone offensively as third-seeded King Philip (17-7) outlasted No. 10 St. Mary’s (Lynn) 6-4 in the Div. 2 state semifinals. … Owen McHugh cleared the bases with a two-out double in the sixth inning, providing crucial insurance for top-seeded Milton (21-3) en route to a 4-0 win over No. 5 Whitman-Hanson. Scott Longo also struck out 15 for the Wildcats in 6 ⅔ innings.In the Div. 3 state semifinals, Jacob DeCoste went the distance while striking out six and allowing two earned runs as No. 2 Medfield (18-5) doubled up No. 3 Bishop Stang, 8-4. … Caleb Allen struck out 14 in a complete-game effort as No. 4 Oakmont knocked off top-seeded Taconic, 2-0.Cullen Crocker broke a scoreless tie with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 14th, then Jake Centrella and Ryan Solimini followed with run-producing doubles as No. 12 Abington (16-8) defeated No. 9 Northbridge, 5-1. … Connor Flynn’s RBI singl...

Squandering Red Sox drop second consecutive extra-inning game to Rockies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

How to sum up the 2023 Red Sox in one word?Squander.It’s not that they don’t have opportunities, it’s that they’re not seizing them. They pass up free passes, and load the bases just to leave them that way. It’s gotten progressively worse all season. After averaging 6.6 left on base per game in April (29 games) and 6.8 in May (26 G), they’re up to 7.8 over 13 games this month.Their inability to capitalize reached new heights on Tuesday night, as they were forced to do something a Red Sox team hadn’t done since May 1996: Go to extra innings three days in a row.(They’d also played three extra-inning games in a row in June 2000, but not on consecutive days.)And for the second night in a row, the Red Sox lost to the Colorado Rockies by one run in the 10th inning (7-6).Making his third start of the month after working out off the bullpen since mid-April, Kutter Crawford allowed four earned runs on five hits, walked three, and struck out fiv...

Yankees win, but Luis Severino stumbles again in Subway Series opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

After a lat strain delayed his 2023 debut, Luis Severino looked like a shot in the arm for an injury-riddled Yankees’ rotation after his first two starts of the season.The right-hander tallied two earned runs and 10 strikeouts over 11.1 innings against the Reds and Padres on May 21 and 27, respectfully, a strong showing as he continued to build up at the major league level after two minor league starts. Since then, however, Severino’s performance has been more of a problem than a welcomed addition.That remained the case Tuesday against the Mets, as the 29-year-old permitted five earned runs (six total) over 4.2 innings in a teeter-totter, 7-6 Yankees win that saw Max Scherzer pitch poorly, too. Severino also gave up seven hits and 10 hard-hit balls while walking three, striking out four and balking twice over 104 pitches.Aaron Boone could’ve spared Severino a run, but the manager stuck with the starter with two outs in the fifth following a brief mound visit. The c...

Franklin blanks Methuen, 4-0, returns to state championship game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:24:23 GMT

WORCESTER – For the first time in 60 years, a rematch in the Division 1 state final is on deck.Austin Campbell threw five shutout innings while Esig Chin collected a pair of hits and scored two runs as No. 1 Franklin blanked No. 21 Methuen, 4-0, on Tuesday night at Holy Cross to earn a date with Hockomock Kelley-Rex foe Taunton in the championship game.Franklin will look to avenge last year’s defeat at the hands of the Tigers in the final game. It’s the first Division 1 state title rematch in Massachusetts since 1962-63 when Chicopee beat Somerville in consecutive seasons.“I think we have great leadership,” Franklin coach Zach Brown said. “It hasn’t always been easy, especially with off the field situations, but guys have stayed together. I am really proud of their effort.”The win provided a sliver of joy in an otherwise emotionally turbulent time for Franklin. For the second time this spring the Panthers lost a classmate as sophomore ...