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Fox News
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Kirk Cameron, David Wells, And The Fight For American Tradition (ft. Emily Austin, Kirk Cameron, & David Wells)
Featuring Guest Host – Author of 'Behind The Badge' & FOX News Contributor, Joey Jones Story #1: Journalist & Activist Emily Austin and Joey dive into the rise of Marxist-aligned candidates like Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, their extremist views such as abolishing prisons and private property and give a warning about the collapse of cities under far-left ideology. Austin also recounts her viral interview with President Donald Trump and learned recently that Stephen Colbert was a comedian and not a political activist. Story #2: Actor & Star of 'Iggy And Mr. Kirk' and Author of 'Born To Be Brave,' Kirk Cameron, weighs in on Jeff Daniels' anti-Trump rant, warns about AI deepfakes and institutional distrust, and champions his upcoming 'See You at the Library' movement, a nationwide grassroots push for faith-based children's story hours. Cameron emphasizes returning to 'first principles,' family, and faith as the cure for societal decline. Story #3: Former New York Yankees & MLB Starting Pitcher, David 'Boomer' Wells, sits down with Joey to discuss President Trump's call to bring back the Redskins and Indians team names, arguing that sports are being corrupted by politics. They also discuss stories of Wells' playing days and Joey praises Boomer's work with nonprofits like 'Tunnel to Towers' and their shared passion for supporting military veterans and first responders. Subscribe to 'Will Cain Country' on YouTube here: Watch Will Cain Country! Follow Will on X: @WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
CBC
11-06-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Community safety, modernization: Whitehorse's council has adopted a roadmap for its term
Whitehorse's council has its sights set on six priorities for this term. On Monday night, councillors officially adopted their strategic priorities for the next three and a half years — broad goals such as infrastructure investment, community safety and supporting growth. Mayor Kirk Cameron joined Yukon Morning's guest host Joseph Ho to chat through the priorities. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. How does council decide on its strategic priorities? Our strategic priorities become the framework, if you will, for this council moving forward. Unlike the Legislative Assembly, you don't have one singular platform following an election — you get seven people, all elected independently with their own ideas, their own thinking about issues that are important. They've all been out knocking on doors, listening to Whitehorse residents, and then we all come into council chambers with different perspectives. So our first priority is to get alignment among the seven of us on where we want to take the next four years. What kind of public feedback went into the setting of these priorities? It started at the election. It starts with all of us knocking on doors, listening to Whitehorse residents talking about where they see our city going. I think the big one I heard is the need for infrastructure. First, we're being impacted by growth. This city is, I think, fifth fastest growing in Canada. We're built around municipal infrastructure that, in many cases, goes back to the 1940s and '50s. And then we have climate change. We have the Robert Service Way escarpment to worry about. We've also got our aging water treatment facility. These things are all colliding at the same time to drive the cost up for us quite dramatically. So these strategic priorities connect exactly with this topic around infrastructure drivers. The word 'modernize' comes up a lot in these priorities. Why is renewal such a big theme? Whitehorse has this really interesting journey, starting out as being a pretty quiet little stop on the Yukon River, to becoming a major transportation centre in 1952. We ended up the capital city of the Yukon because of how much that transportation meant to the territory. But throughout all of that history, we kind of cobbled together Whitehorse. We had that Second World War expansion from new federal programming in the 1960s that drove a lot of infrastructure. And so it's been kind of piecemeal over time — growing, but not necessarily all growing in the same direction. We also had a mine here, Whitehorse Copper, which again, drove a certain way and a certain approach to how this city evolved through that period in the '60s and '70s. Now is a time we believe where we can get focused. We can look at all of those drivers and we can say, 'OK, what makes the most sense over the next five to 10 years to build a community that we can rely on for a future which could very well be 70 to 100,000 people?' We don't know where it's going to ultimately top out. But you look at other communities like Kelowna and how fast that community grew over the '60s, '70s and '80s, well, we have the same possibilities here in Whitehorse, and we have to prepare as city council to be able to meet those demands. So it's not only alignment internally within our own organization, our own departments. It's also alignment with our partners, whether it be the two First Nations here in Whitehorse, federal government or the territorial government. Under the priority of good government, you have 'Modernizing City Council processes.' How do you see the council working differently? Okay, this is near and dear to my heart. Our Procedures Bylaw is substantial and nitpicky in terms of how to manage and guide our council proceedings, and especially as they relate to our community, it's a fairly formal process. For example, if you come to the council table as a delegate to speak to us about something that's important to you, it's a pretty intimidating place to be. It kind of feels like you're in a courtroom and you got a judge sitting up there, and there's certain rules about how we are to behave within the context of asking those questions. So those kind of hard and fast rules are centuries old, and this council is looking to see if there are ways we can break those down a bit, to soften up the way in which we do our business to make council a more inviting place for citizens to come and talk to us about issues that are important to them in our city. You also mentioned that community safety is something that you heard a lot about, especially during the municipal election. You mentioned a Whitehorse community safety plan. What kind of action would that lead to? We don't know yet, and that's the value of having an initiative like this, which is being supported by federal officers and territorial governments in a very big way. When we first took action, it was the minister of Justice and myself who met with officials about moving this forward and getting this out to start, what is really a conversation with the community. We need to get input and insight from our community to give us the horsepower to put in place the plan that's going to make the most sense. And it triggers another theme that's significant in our priorities document, and that's the notion of our partnerships. We have to really rely on federal but also territorial governments when it comes to policing, and when it comes to other supports within the community, to drive at that community safety.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Community safety, modernization: Whitehorse's council has adopted a roadmap for its term
Whitehorse's council has its sights set on six priorities for this term. On Monday night, councillors officially adopted their strategic priorities for the next three and a half years — broad goals such as infrastructure investment, community safety and supporting growth. Mayor Kirk Cameron joined Yukon Morning's guest host Joseph Ho to chat through the priorities. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. How does council decide on its strategic priorities? Our strategic priorities become the framework, if you will, for this council moving forward. Unlike the Legislative Assembly, you don't have one singular platform following an election — you get seven people, all elected independently with their own ideas, their own thinking about issues that are important. They've all been out knocking on doors, listening to Whitehorse residents, and then we all come into council chambers with different perspectives. So our first priority is to get alignment among the seven of us on where we want to take the next four years. What kind of public feedback went into the setting of these priorities? It started at the election. It starts with all of us knocking on doors, listening to Whitehorse residents talking about where they see our city going. I think the big one I heard is the need for infrastructure. First, we're being impacted by growth. This city is, I think, fifth fastest growing in Canada. We're built around municipal infrastructure that, in many cases, goes back to the 1940s and '50s. And then we have climate change. We have the Robert Service Way escarpment to worry about. We've also got our aging water treatment facility. These things are all colliding at the same time to drive the cost up for us quite dramatically. So these strategic priorities connect exactly with this topic around infrastructure drivers. The word 'modernize' comes up a lot in these priorities. Why is renewal such a big theme? Whitehorse has this really interesting journey, starting out as being a pretty quiet little stop on the Yukon River, to becoming a major transportation centre in 1952. We ended up the capital city of the Yukon because of how much that transportation meant to the territory. But throughout all of that history, we kind of cobbled together Whitehorse. We had that Second World War expansion from new federal programming in the 1960s that drove a lot of infrastructure. And so it's been kind of piecemeal over time — growing, but not necessarily all growing in the same direction. We also had a mine here, Whitehorse Copper, which again, drove a certain way and a certain approach to how this city evolved through that period in the '60s and '70s. Now is a time we believe where we can get focused. We can look at all of those drivers and we can say, 'OK, what makes the most sense over the next five to 10 years to build a community that we can rely on for a future which could very well be 70 to 100,000 people?' We don't know where it's going to ultimately top out. But you look at other communities like Kelowna and how fast that community grew over the '60s, '70s and '80s, well, we have the same possibilities here in Whitehorse, and we have to prepare as city council to be able to meet those demands. So it's not only alignment internally within our own organization, our own departments. It's also alignment with our partners, whether it be the two First Nations here in Whitehorse, federal government or the territorial government. Under the priority of good government, you have 'Modernizing City Council processes.' How do you see the council working differently? Okay, this is near and dear to my heart. Our Procedures Bylaw is substantial and nitpicky in terms of how to manage and guide our council proceedings, and especially as they relate to our community, it's a fairly formal process. For example, if you come to the council table as a delegate to speak to us about something that's important to you, it's a pretty intimidating place to be. It kind of feels like you're in a courtroom and you got a judge sitting up there, and there's certain rules about how we are to behave within the context of asking those questions. So those kind of hard and fast rules are centuries old, and this council is looking to see if there are ways we can break those down a bit, to soften up the way in which we do our business to make council a more inviting place for citizens to come and talk to us about issues that are important to them in our city. You also mentioned that community safety is something that you heard a lot about, especially during the municipal election. You mentioned a Whitehorse community safety plan. What kind of action would that lead to? We don't know yet, and that's the value of having an initiative like this, which is being supported by federal officers and territorial governments in a very big way. When we first took action, it was the minister of Justice and myself who met with officials about moving this forward and getting this out to start, what is really a conversation with the community. We need to get input and insight from our community to give us the horsepower to put in place the plan that's going to make the most sense. And it triggers another theme that's significant in our priorities document, and that's the notion of our partnerships. We have to really rely on federal but also territorial governments when it comes to policing, and when it comes to other supports within the community, to drive at that community safety. But if I can add one thing, it connects back to making our community a more inviting place to be for people, families, the whole community, to spend time in our downtown, in our neighbourhoods, out there, walking around, playing and really showing pride of place.
Technical.ly
05-06-2025
- Business
- Technical.ly
Virginia Tech hones in on advanced computing with new institute
Power Moves is a recurring series where we chart the comings and goings of talent across the region. Got a new hire, gig or promotion? Email us at dc@ Higher education and government contracting continue to prove their dominance in the DMV through new programs, acquisitions and hires. Following its opening of a new $1 billion campus in Alexandria, Virginia Tech is launching a new advanced computing program in the region. On the private side, government IT contractor Tyto Athene acquired its fourth company in less than a year and a half. On the other side of the district, a startup founder is working with the State of Maryland to improve police training. Keep reading to get the details on those and more regional power moves. Virginia Tech to open new advanced computing institute The university's new academic and research program will be housed at its recently opened campus in Alexandria. Dubbed the Institute for Advanced Computing, the center will cater to graduate students working in artificial intelligence, machine learning and quantum computing. Computer science professor Kirk Cameron has been named the institute's interim director. 'As Virginia's land-grant research university, we are connecting the world's best talent and partners to the commonwealth and bridging the gaps between academia, industry, and government in the greater DC area,' Virginia Tech President Tim Sands said in a press release. Virginia Tech opened this new location in Alexandria this February. The university houses its colleges of business and engineering at the new campus while its main one remains in Blacksburg. Tyto Athene lands another acquisition After the Reston government contractor acquired three companies in 2024, Tyto Athene purchased yet another tech firm to boost its capabilities and expand its customer base. Tyto Athene acquired stackArmor, a Tysons-based cloud and cyber compliance company providing services to federal agencies. 'By combining the capabilities of Tyto and stackArmor, we're able to deliver secure and cost-efficient digital infrastructure that accelerates the mission of our government and defense customers through automation,' said Gaurav Pal, principal of stackArmor. StackArmor is also a part of the US AI Safety Institute Consortium out of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is still in operation even though President Donald Trump rescinded former President Joe Biden's AI executive order. Startup founder to serve on Maryland police committee Colin Fraser, founder of the cannabis delivery app Upling and a DC Startup and Tech Week organizer, will serve on the Maryland Police Training and Standards Committee after being appointed by Gov. Wes Moore. A returning citizen, Fraser will focus on training for police that reduces harm, he wrote on LinkedIn. 'As someone who has experienced both sides of the criminal justice system, I bring a unique perspective to police training and standards that I believe is essential for building trust and creating positive change,' Fraser wrote. More leadership moves Investment firm and incubator Red Cell Partners tapped John C. Aquilino, a retired admiral, to be an advisor for its national security vertical. Carr Properties landed approval to redevelop an office building on Wilson Boulevard in Clarendon into residential housing. Rhizome, which developed AI tools to identify vulnerabilities in energy grids caused by weather, is moving to San Francisco from DC, the Washington Business Journal reported. The startup recently raised a $6.5 million seed round. NobleReach, an organization aiming to bridge the public and private sectors to boost technological prowess in the US, appointed two members to its board: Ralph Semmel, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory's director; and Jill Tiefenthaler, CEO at the National Geographic Society. Falls Church government contractor GDIT launched an AI tool that detects fraudulent payments, including healthcare claims and benefits. Blink Charging in Bowie is laying off 20% of its workforce as its revenue continues to drop, as additionally reported by the Washington Business Journal. The electric vehicle charging manufacturer relocated from Miami in 2024. IT services company Navteca in Chevy Chase hired Hector Collazo as its new president. ShorePoint, a cybersecurity company based in Herndon, appointed Kevin Cox as its new executive director of cyber operations modernization. Cvent, a hospitality and event technology platform, acquired the spatial event design technology Prismm. Core4ce, a data-focused IT company in Arlington, tapped Rick Hubbard to be the firm's chief data scientist. Global satellite communications company Iridium hired Rohit Braggs as its vice president of position, navigation and timing. Maryland's venture arm TEDCO tapped six new executive officers for its board of directors, including people hailing from the higher education sector and private companies. AI adoption firm Meibel is opening a 3,000-square-foot office in Tysons, also reported by the Washington Business Journal. Local business award grantor Moxie announced its 2025 finalists, including investment firms like K Street Capital and several government contractors.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Great American Pure Flix Launches The Ark Club, a Safe New Streaming Destination for Kids and Families
New Original Series Iggy and Mr. Kirk Headlines Faith-Filled Summer Lineup Featuring VeggieTales, Bob the Builder, and The Wiggles. NEW YORK, June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time for summer break, Great American Pure Flix is proud to announce the launch of The Ark Club, a new streaming destination for kids and families seeking trusted, values-driven entertainment. Launching June 2, The Ark Club instantly turns Great American Pure Flix into a reliable home for wholesome children's programming. Headlining the launch is the all-new original series Iggy and Mr. Kirk, a delightful live-action and animated blend starring Kirk Cameron, Leigh-Allyn Baker, and featuring John Kennedy as the voice of Iggy the Iguana. The heartwarming series delivers fun, faith, and life lessons the whole family can enjoy. The Ark Club also features a growing library of beloved favorites including VeggieTales, The Wiggles, Bob the Builder, and more. "The Ark Club is a bold new step in children's entertainment that is safe, inspiring, and rooted in timeless values," said Bill Abbott, President & CEO of Great American Media. "Whether it's summer break, after-school time, or family weekends, kids and parents deserve content that's fun, meaningful, and trustworthy, and all in one place." Whether it is for after-school fun, summer break, or family time on weekends, The Ark Club offers an engaging and enriching experience for kids of all ages. For more information, MEDIA CONTACTS:Pam SlayNetwork Program Publicity & Talent Relations818.415.3784pamslay@ Debbie DavisDdavis@ Media & PR, Director of Client ServicesC: 214-802-8979 (call or text)media@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Great American Family
