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1 - 'Otterly' magical: Sea otter hitches ride on Sooke paddleboard , Aug. 17 A lazy sea otter caused a scene in the summer when it took a Sooke paddle boarder by surprise, climbing onboard for a lift to shore. “At first I thought it was escaping from some predators, but it showed no sign of stress, distress or injury,” said Joanie Paquin, who was exploring the waters off a Sooke beach with her sister. “It was happily just being cute and catching a ride. “It is an encounter I will remember and cherish." Whilst the experience was an unforgettable one, she and her sister were nervous being so close to a wild animal. Keeping as much of a safe distance as they could from the otter, Paquin steered the paddle board back to shore allowing her and sister to disembark and give the animal space to return to the water. “Otters can be vicious and it is important to remember that they are wild animals,” Paquin said. A warning many in Central Saanich had reason to take heed of ... (see No. 10). 2 - 'No one has given up': Search continues for 3 orphaned bear cubs in Sooke , Nov. 25 Greater Victoria’s wild 'neigh-bears' caused a stir in 2024 with multiple sightings and encounters across the region. In Colwood, a stubborn sow, her three cubs and their refusal to leave an area of Royal Bay kept locals entertained. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service made two attempts to relocate the bears – with the last in late November proving successful so far as they have not (yet) returned. In a more recent incident, a Sooke man's close encounter left him with a mouthful of bear spray when he tried to help a bruin trapped inside a fenced garbage area. But it was the plight of three orphaned bear cubs in Sooke which tugged at the heartstrings of most readers. The trio was left without a mother on Nov. 14, when the sow was hit by a vehicle and killed. Wild Wise blamed easy access to garbage as the cause of the accident. In the days following, the cubs took refuge in a tree overhanging the ocean, which made retrieval impossible. When the bears descended from the tree under the cover of darkness, they disappeared. To help locate the cubs, the public was asked to report all real-time sightings to the Conservation Officer Service. ”Experts have advised us that these cubs are approximately 10 months old and appear healthy," said Wild Wise in a statement on Nov. 24. "[They are] at an age where they would likely be weaning. "Many have advised us that there is a possibility they may hibernate together and survive on their own." As of Dec. 19, there have been no further updates about the triplets on the lam – hopefully, we'll see them alive and well in the spring. 3 - Elephant seal can stay in Oak Bay if he doesn’t ‘go rogue’: DFO, April 29 The catastrophic moult of a juvenile elephant seal in Greater Victoria spurred an epic game of Where’s Emerson this spring. Moulting elephant seals aren’t uncommon on Greater Victoria shores, but one in particular has a penchant for playing in traffic. It’s just one reason the juvenile male seal, dubbed Emerson by fans (and he has many), was relocated several times this spring. Emerson returned April 1, landing on the shores of the Gorge Waterway's Saanich section . Due to his popularity and fondness for roadways, he was relocated and quickly reappeared on the other side of the region. “He’s been all over different beaches in Oak Bay and Victoria the past week and a half, two weeks. It’s kind of like, it’s not Where’s Waldo it’s Where’s Emerson. So that’s been a challenge,” Paul Cottrell, marine mammal coordinator with Fisheries and Oceans Canada said at the end of April. 4 - PHOTOS: 2-foot long deep sea creature spotted off Victoria shores , March 21 Anything abnormal under the Salish Sea garners attention in Greater Victoria so it’s not surprise readers loved the unusual deep-sea creature captured in photos by a snorkeller on the first day of spring. Avid weekend diver and longtime Greater Victoria resident Steph Brulot-Sawchyn headed into the waves near Clover Point on March 19 alongside his brother, who quickly spotted something unusual – a two-foot-long transparent creature with a jellyfish look that neither of them recognized. He snapped a photo and shared it on the Field Naturalists of Vancouver Island Facebook page where the popular item was identified as a siphonophore – a deep sea organism. They were right about it being unusual: giant siphonophore generally live in the mesopelagic zone, 300 to 700 metres under the sea, In their usual mesopelagic – think middle sea – habitat, praya can be 30 to 50 metres long. Being so close to the surface, Moira Galbraith a marine biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada said it was unlikely the one photographed would wind up washed on shore. If it did, no one got a picture and posted it online. 5 - Colwood mystery: Horned sheep carcass found ashore near Esquimalt Lagoon - Sept. 11 As they walked along the beach south of Esquimalt Lagoon, Cobble Hill resident Melinda Kendall and her stepmother made the puzzling discovery of a nearly intact carcass of a horned sheep lying on its side. Initially thought to be a bighorn sheep, the animal's pristine condition and unexpected location hundreds of kilometres from its native habitat in the Canadian Rockies raised many questions. In a written statement to the Goldstream Gazette, The Ministry of Water, Land, and Resource Stewardship identified the dead sheep as a domestic mouflon ram, not a wild species. Experts estimated the ram was around six years old and may have drifted from a nearby herd and ended up ashore. Mouflons, native to parts of the Middle East and Mediterranean Europe, are considered ancestors of modern domestic sheep. These horned animals can grow up to one to two metres long and weigh as much as 55 kilograms. 6 - Warnings issued after second Greater Victoria deer attack in a week - Nov. 8 Two deer attacks in Greater Victoria prompted warnings from wildlife experts this year. On Nov. 4, after letting his dog into his backyard, a Fernwood resident heard a yelp and rushed outside to check on his pet. “Without warning, the owner was knocked down by a buck, which continued hitting him with its antlers,” the Conservation Officer Service said in an email. “The owner suffered minor injuries and managed to fight the deer off.” The dog wasn’t as lucky, however, and was forced to undergo surgery. It was the second deer attack in six days, following a similar incident in Oak Bay on Oct. 30, when a resident let their dog outside after dark. The dog was speared by its antlers, sustaining a “three-to-four-inch puncture” in its chest and was later put down. Aggressive behaviour is normal during breeding season, also called the rut, according to Lisa Lopez, the program manager of the outdoor education group WildSafeBC. 7 - Newly notorious Youbou elk named for Metchosin singer-songwriter , Oct. 4 Youbou is known for naming its wildlife, taking a Metchosin moniker for its latest rambunctious elk. The community nestled on the shores of Lake Cowichan has long honoured its wildlife, with many an elk becoming local celebrities. The latest to get a name was spotted with a rope tangled in its antlers this fall. Thus it was dubbed Jesse Roper – after the popular singer-songwriter from Metchosin. “They’re both Island staples, elk and Jesse Roper – now there’s two,” Ash said. 8 - Brave Little Hunter's orca family visits Victoria's Inner Harbour , Oct. 7 Killer whale sightings off the coastline of Greater Victoria never prove tiresome, so it comes as no surprise the marine mammals continued to make a splash in the news in 2024. But the family of orphan orca, Brave Little Hunter, caused the biggest splash in October when it visited Victoria’s Inner Harbour. A pod of five, identified as T109As, was caught on camera by former whale-watching tour operator Jackie Cowan. Among them was the grandmother of Brave Little Hunter, the famous calf, which has been surviving alone in the wild after escaping from a tidal lagoon off northwest Vancouver Island in late April. There was no sign of the calf with the pod. "I had been staring out at the harbour for years, waiting for this moment,” said Cowan. “I was vibrating all over.” 9 - Good karma chameleon: Sooke social media rescues lizard on the loose , Oct. 23 More commonly found in the wilds of Madagascar and Africa, a chameleon out for a stroll in Sooke had eyebrows raised in October. “Anyone missing a chameleon by the sports box off Phillips Road?” said Tanya Green in a social media post, which sparked a frenzied search for the lizard on the loose. More than 20 people turned up to help find the animal, known for their ability to change colour to camouflage themselves against their surroundings. Against all the odds, the reptile was found and taken into the care of staff at Sooke Veterinary Hospital. And his rescue came just in the nick of time, with temperatures plummeting, and showing signs of dehydration and a weakened immune system, the cold-blooded chameleon was potentially days away from death. The chameleon’s good luck continued when thanks to the Sooke News Mirror story, his owners came forward to claim him. It was then vet clinic staff discovered just how incredible Zeke the chameleon’s story was – he had been missing since mid-August. How the domesticated chameleon survived over two months in the wild remains a mystery, but vet Dr Andrew Crookes, who has a special interest in exotic pets, said Sooke’s semi-Mediterranean climate in August and September will have met Zeke’s needs “reasonably well.” Regardless of how Zeke survived, there is one thing Crookes is certain of. “He’s one tough critter,” he said. “I'm pretty blown away by his story." 10 - Otters fatally injure dog, threaten another at Central Saanich beach , Aug. 19 In stark contrast to Sooke’s cute paddle-boarding sea otter, visitors to a popular Central Saanich beach were on the lookout for a bevy of aggressive river otters. According to witnesses, the otters were "targeting" dogs, with one encounter proving fatal. A married couple who witnessed the first attack in late July at Island View Beach, said they saw a golden retriever swim toward a group of otters who quickly turned on the dog, biting and holding it underwater. The woman said a man ran into the water to help the dog, but when he also showed signs of distress, her husband went in after them. “And so my husband started doing a rescue, like a person, keeping the (dog’s) head up,” she said. “And the otters just continued darting at them until they got in. Then people were throwing things to try to scare the otters.” According to unconfirmed reports, the dog was later euthanized because of its injuries. Weeks later, James Younger and his dog Lou were confronted by five aggressive river otters at the same beach. “They came out of the water in front of me, in a line, making these really weird grunting and growling sounds,” Younger said. In an attempt to defend himself and his dog, Younger picked up a seven-foot log, swinging it back and forth, yelling at the otters, which he describes as “vile, evil and nasty creatures.” The professional dog walker said he believes the otters are targeting dogs, specifically those that resemble golden retrievers, which he says is a learned behaviour from previous generations of the same otter family. In an attempt to raise awareness, the Capital Regional District developed temporary 'caution otter in area' signs for the beach.

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NEW YORK – President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office. Recommended Videos “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” he wrote. Setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall is intended to maximize daylight during summer months, but has long been subject to scrutiny. Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Lawmakers have occasionally proposed getting rid of the time change altogether. The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act , had proposed making daylight saving time permanent. The measure was sponsored by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , whom Trump has tapped to helm the State Department. “Changing the clock twice a year is outdated and unnecessary,” Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said as the Senate voted in favor of the measure. Health experts have said that lawmakers have it backward and that standard time should be made permanent. Some health groups , including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have said that it’s time to do away with time switches and that sticking with standard time aligns better with the sun — and human biology. Most countries do not observe daylight saving time. For those that do, the date that clocks are changed varies, creating a complicated tapestry of changing time differences. Arizona and Hawaii don't change their clocks at all.

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Police arrested a 26-year-old man on Monday in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after they say a Pennsylvania McDonald's worker alerted authorities to a customer who resembled the suspected gunman. The suspect, identified by police as Luigi Nicholas Mangione, had a gun believed to be the one used in Wednesday’s attack on Brian Thompson , as well as writings expressing anger at corporate America, police said. Here are some of the latest developments in the ongoing investigation: Where was the man captured? Mangione was taken into custody at around 9:15 a.m. after police received a tip that he was eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 85 miles (137 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh, police said. People are also reading... Mangione was being held in Pennsylvania on gun charges and will eventually be extradited to New York to face charges in connection with Thompson’s death, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. What evidence did police find? In addition to a three-page, handwritten document that suggests he harbored “ill will toward corporate America,” Kenny said Mangione also had a ghost gun , a type of weapon that can be assembled at home and is difficult to trace. Officers questioned Mangione, who was acting suspiciously and carrying multiple fraudulent IDs, as well as a U.S. passport, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. Officers also found a suppressor, “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” the commissioner said. He had clothing and a mask similar to those worn by the shooter and a fraudulent New Jersey ID matching one the suspect used to check into a New York City hostel before the shooting, Tisch said. What do we know about Mangione? Kenny said Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco and that his last known address is in Honolulu. Mangione, who was valedictorian of his Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press on Monday. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts also suggest that he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. Some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent people, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have had children attend the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things,” according to a post on the school website. He praised their collective inventiveness and pioneering mindset. Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. A swarm of reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. Luigi Mangione is one of 37 grandchildren of Nick Mangione, according to his obituary. Luigi Mangione's grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes ranging from Catholic organizations to colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione. A spokesman for the lawmaker's office confirmed the relationship Monday. The shooting and a quick escape Police said the person who killed Thompson left a hostel on Manhattan's Upper West Side at 5:41 a.m. on Wednesday. Just 11 minutes later, he was seen on surveillance video walking back and forth in front of the New York Hilton Midtown, wearing a distinctive backpack. At 6:44 a.m., he shot Thompson at a side entrance to the hotel, fled on foot, then climbed aboard a bicycle and within four minutes had entered Central Park. Another security camera recorded the gunman leaving the park near the American Museum of Natural History at 6:56 a.m. still on the bicycle but without the backpack. After getting in a taxi, he headed north to a bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge, arriving at around 7:30 a.m. From there, the trail of video evidence runs cold. Police have not located video of the suspected shooter exiting the building, leading them to believe he likely took a bus out of town. Police said they are still investigating the path the suspect took to Pennsylvania. “This just happened this morning," Kenny said. "We’ll be working, backtracking his steps from New York to Altoona, Pennsylvania,” Kenny said. Associated Press reporters Lea Skene in Baltimore and Cedar Attanasio in New York contributed to this report. The business news you need

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