Jelly Roll is coming to Saskatoon.

The Tennessee-born “Son of a Sinner” rolls into Saskatoon on March 15, marking the halfway level of his tour throughout Canada, transferring east from Victoria to Quebec Metropolis.

Presale tickets for his present at SaskTel Centre can be found from Tuesday at 1 p.m. to Thursday at 10 p.m., opening to most people on Friday.

Jelly Roll’s 2022 single “Son of a Sinner” gained three CMT Music Awards in 2023, and he was nominated for a Grammy for greatest new artist.

His newest launch, Superbly Damaged, debuted at quantity three on the Billboard Canadian Album Chart. It options a lot of collabs with different artists, together with Wiz Khalifa and Machine Gun Kelly.

Georgia Tech coaches believed one of the best ways to beat Cam Ward and No. 4 Miami was to maintain the ball away from the quarterback.

Regardless of dropping their prime two working backs and having their beginning quarterback function primarily as a runner, the Yellow Jackets’ recreation plan was profitable.

Ward and Miami lastly ran out of second-half comebacks as Haynes King led Georgia Tech to a 28-23 win over the beforehand unbeaten Hurricanes on Saturday for the Yellow Jackets’ first victory over a top-five staff in 15 years.

Followers rushed the sector, toppling each goalposts, after the sport.

Miami (9-1, 5-1 ACC) was denied its first 10-0 begin since 2017. Georgia Tech (6-4, 4-3) grew to become bowl-eligible and ended a two-game dropping streak.

“We simply did not play Miami soccer,” security Mishael Powell mentioned. “We did not do a superb job getting turnovers immediately.”

King rushed for 93 yards and ran and handed for touchdowns as Georgia Tech held the ball virtually 10 minutes longer than Miami. The Yellow Jackets held the Hurricanes to a season low in factors — lower than half of their top-ranked common of 47.4.

King threw solely six passes, finishing all of them for under 32 yards, in his return after lacking two video games with a proper shoulder harm. The Yellow Jackets outrushed the Hurricanes 271-88.

“The way in which they ran the soccer, realizing that they have been banged up at quarterback, they did a greater job than we did,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal mentioned.

“Extraordinarily, extraordinarily disappointing. I believe, as you’ll be able to think about, all the locker room is admittedly unhappy, down, upset. It’s a must to personal it.”

The Yellow Jackets overcame 347 passing yards and three landing passes by Ward, a Heisman Trophy contender.

“Good soccer recreation, when you consider in working the ball and stopping the run and time of possession,” Georgia Tech coach Brent Key mentioned. “These kind of issues nonetheless work.”

The Yellow Jackets held the ball for 17 performs on a monstrous 75-yard landing drive capped by King’s 5-yard display go to Malik Rutherford within the second quarter. The drive put Tech up 14-10 and chewed 10 minutes, 45 seconds off the clock.

Ward’s 38-yard scoring go to Xavier Restrepo reduce the result in 28-23 within the fourth quarter. Miami’s last possession began at its 19 with 1:52 left. Ward fumbled when sacked by Romello Top, and Jordan van den Berg recovered for Georgia Tech.

“Our guys performed,” Key mentioned. “They did not bat an eye fixed. They did not flinch.”

Georgia Tech’s Jamal Haynes broke by means of Miami’s defensive entrance for a 65-yard run on the second play of the sport and added a 16-yard scoring run two performs later because the Yellow Jackets took a 7-0 lead.

Ward answered with a record-setting 74-yard scoring go to Elijah Arroyo. It was Ward’s school-record thirtieth landing go of the season. Ward had been tied with Steve Walsh, who threw 29 scoring passes in 1988.

Accidents at working again

Haynes left the sport following a giant hit from security Jaden Harris within the first quarter and did not return. Haynes’ backup, Chad Alexander, left with an obvious left leg harm late within the first half.

One other backup working again, Trey Cooley, misplaced his helmet on successful from Miami defensive sort out Ahmad Moten Sr. late within the third quarter. Moten was flagged for focusing on and ejected from the sport.

Comeback magic ends

Miami’s unbeaten run by means of its first 9 video games included three second-half comebacks. Miami beat Duke 53-31 final week after the Blue Devils led 28-17 within the third quarter. Towards Georgia Tech, the Hurricanes’ solely lead was 10-7 and so they trailed after the Yellow Jackets went up 14-10 within the second quarter.

The Related Press contributed to this story.

Shopify is up greater than 15% for the yr thus far, as of Nov. 12. The inventory’s rally pushed the S&P/TSX Composite Index previous the 25,000 mark for the primary time, reaching a brand new report.

Main Canadian ETFs with vital Shopify publicity surged alongside inventory’s rally in the present day. The iShares S&P/TSX Capped Data Tech ETF closed at C$67.05, up C$3.76, or 5.94%, whereas the iShares Canadian Progress ETF rose 2.52% to shut at C$56.46. The BMO MSCI Canada ESG Leaders ETF ended the day up 1.72% at C$40.13.

“Third-quarter income power was spectacular, in our view, as Shopify continues to collect extra retailers, broaden internationally, achieve offline gross sales, and drive total gross merchandise quantity growth,” says Morningstar fairness analyst Dan Romanoff, who forecasts the corporate is “nicely positioned as a frontrunner in e-commerce and has quite a lot of irons within the hearth to maintain sturdy progress.”

Shopify, which competes with ecommerce heavyweights reminiscent of Amazon (AMZN) and Walmart (WMT), has introduced that it expects income progress for the present quarter to achieve a mid- to high-twenties proportion. The steering exceeds Wall Avenue’s projections of twenty-two.8% income progress, estimated by FactSet.

The inventory is without doubt one of the largest holdings in lots of Canadian inventory ETFs and mutual funds. Right here’s a take a look at the methods with the heaviest weightings in Shopify inventory.

The creator or authors don’t personal shares in any securities talked about on this article. Discover out about Morningstar’s editorial insurance policies.

After an interminable three 12 months wait, Arcane is again on Netflix. However you’ll little question blaze by its three launched episodes rapidly, and marvel the place the remainder are.

Effectively, Arcane and Netflix are as soon as once more doing the very distinctive launch schedule of a three-weekend launch of three episodes every. It’s one thing that nearly by no means occurs on the service, and I’m nonetheless not solely positive how Arcane acquired them to comply with this, however sure, they’re doing it once more. Which means no month-long wait between components like we see with different exhibits, relatively it’s only a week:

• Arcane season 2 half 1 – November 9
• Arcane season 2 half 2 – November 16
• Arcane season 2 half 3 – November 23

Three episodes every, bringing the full to 9, and sure, that is the final season and you’ll not have to attend till 2027 for it to proceed. Co-creator Christian Linke has beforehand spoken about why they’re ending it after simply two seasons:

“We all the time had a particular story in thoughts. Look, you may have stretched it, I am positive. However for us, it was all the time identical to we began with this in thoughts. I feel there’s additionally a private angle to it as creatives. We have all seen the TV exhibits, the place clearly the writers are working out of juice. How impressed are you able to keep about the identical factor, for the way lengthy? It has been 9 years for us, with these characters. I feel there is a duty side to this, additionally, the place we’re like, that is what we had in thoughts.”

I can actually perceive that, and from the sound of it, season 2 is simply nearly as good as season 1, so that you’re going to wish to exit on prime. Arcane season 2 presently has a 95% viewers rating. There aren’t sufficient scored evaluations in but for a critic rating, however all are constructive up to now and it could be aiming for one more excellent 100% like season 1.

It’ll be arduous to guage the season till all 9 episodes are out, and which will make scores fluctuate from right here. But it surely appears clear that the three 12 months hole was well worth the wait. And I’m truthfully somewhat relieved the story can simply finish and we do not need to attend one other three years for extra. We are supposedly going to get different tales within the League of Legends universe as exhibits, however this one particularly will finish. Solely 100+ different non-featured champions to go…

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Former B.C. premier John Horgan has died on the age of 65, CBC Information has confirmed. 

In June this 12 months, Horgan informed CBC that he had been recognized with most cancers for a 3rd time throughout a routine followup appointment for his earlier throat most cancers. 

Horgan went on go away from his place as Canada’s ambassador to Germany on the time. 

He’s survived by his spouse, Ellie, and their two sons Evan and Nate. 

In an announcement posted to X by Horgan’s longtime buddy and press secretary Sheena McConnell, the Horgan household mentioned he handed away peacefully on the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria on Tuesday morning. 

“Our hearts are damaged to announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and buddy, John Horgan,” the assertion reads. 

“The wellbeing of British Columbia and everybody in it was all the pieces to him.

“Reside lengthy and prosper,” the assertion concludes, with a nod to Horgan’s love of Star Trek. 

Longtime B.C. New Democrat Mike Farnworth was imagined to see Horgan Tuesday morning, however as an alternative discovered his buddy of 36 years had handed away.

“He was a outstanding individual, a very outstanding individual,” Farnworth mentioned by tears.

Farnworth lit up as he shared tales of Horgan with reporters. 

“It did not matter who you had been, what you probably did, he was capable of join with you, sit down, have a dialog, have a beer, no matter. Whether or not you agreed along with his politics otherwise you did not agree along with his politics, he simply had this potential to attach with folks.”

PHOTOS | The political profession of John Horgan:

Born in Victoria, Horgan was raised by his single mom following the passing of his father when Horgan was simply an toddler. 

He attended Trent College in Peterborough, Ont., the place he earned an undergraduate diploma in historical past and Canadian Research, and met his future spouse, Ellie. He then went to Australia the place he accomplished a grasp’s diploma in historical past on the College of Sydney. 

He then seemed for work in a museum in Ottawa, he informed CBC Information in 2011. The one job he may get was on Parliament Hill opening the mail, which pushed him towards politics as a profession. 

Horgan was first elected to the B.C. Legislature in 2005 and turned chief of the NDP in 2014.

He turned B.C.’s premier in 2017, holding the province’s high job till 2022, when he introduced he can be stepping down. He cited his well being and lack of vitality as the first motive. 

Horgan left his seat as a member of the legislative meeting the next spring.

Horgan ‘believed within the energy of public service’: Trudeau

Throughout his time in workplace, Horgan eradicated the medical providers plan premium and pushed B.C. to undertake the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Individuals. He noticed the province by the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of devastating wildfires and floods, and a worsening poisonous drug disaster.

Heiltsuk Nation Elected Chief Coun. Marilyn Slett mentioned Horgan frolicked in her neighborhood after a tugboat spilled 110,000 litres of diesel and oil within the conventional fishing territory of the Heiltsuk  First Nation in 2016. 

It was one in every of many visits to the neighborhood, she mentioned. 

“For us, he was a real individual, actually cared deeply about working with Indigenous communities,” Slett mentioned. 

Former premier Glen Clark informed CBC’s BC In the present day host Michelle Eliot that Horgan was heat, genuine and real. 

“He wasn’t a phony politician,” Clark mentioned. “He was after all very fast, very good and informed a number of dad jokes.”

Former premier Christy Clark, as soon as Horgan’s adversary within the legislature, mentioned that whereas she disagreed with him on many issues, he was a “devoted public servant.”

“He liked folks,” she mentioned throughout an interview on CBC’s On The Coast. “He delighted in seeing the enjoyable that might be had behind the display typically that the general public did not at all times see.”

Clark praised Horgan for his dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

“In British Columbia we noticed much less division round COVID than anyplace else in the nation,” she mentioned. “He and [Health Minister] Adrian Dix did an excellent job in getting us by COVID with as few deaths as attainable, and with as a lot accordance amongst us as attainable. I believe he will probably be remembered for that.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Horgan as Canada’s ambassador to Germany in November 2023.

Trudeau expressed his condolences in an announcement posted to social media. 

“John Horgan believed within the energy of public service. He noticed it as a privilege, as a means to assist others and to make our nation higher. He liked British Columbia. As premier, he had a tenacity, ardour and dedication for his work that only a few may match.

“He at all times believed that we’d get extra carried out if we labored collectively.”

The previous premier was recognized with bladder most cancers in 2008. He was declared most cancers free after surgical procedure and therapy. 

Horgan was once more recognized with most cancers in late 2021 when a mass on his throat was discovered to be cancerous. 

Earlier this 12 months, he was recognized with thyroid most cancers. 

“It’s the third occasion of most cancers I’ve had however I stay assured and hopeful that I’ll once more stay lengthy and prosper,” he mentioned in a June assertion.

‘John liked this province and its folks’: Eby

Premier David Eby mentioned Tuesday that the flag on the Parliament Buildings in Victoria will probably be lowered to half-mast in Horgan’s honour.

He described Horgan as a “consequential premier at a important time in our historical past.”

“John was a outstanding man,” Eby informed reporters on the legislature.

“I believe for a lot of British Columbians he made them suppose in another way about politics and about politicians. He was accessible and he was enjoyable and humorous and he was referred to as Premier Dad, and rightly so.”

Eby mentioned Horgan was a coach, a mentor and an inspiration who provided recommendation every time it was wanted.

B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon mentioned that when he was first elected to workplace, his son struggled as a result of Kahlon was at all times away. He turned to Horgan for steerage. 

“Two weeks later, he confirmed up at my home, sudden, with an RCMP element,” he mentioned. “He began taking part in Pokémon and taking part in Lego with my child. When he left, subsequent day my son mentioned to me, ‘I perceive now why you are in Victoria, as a result of you need to assist folks. Uncle John got here to inform me that.'”

Eby mentioned Horgan had a mood every now and then, including that in the event you hadn’t been yelled at by Horgan, you hadn’t really labored with him. 

“I really labored with John Horgan,” he mentioned with a smile.

Horgan had a capability to show a “clear political legal responsibility second” into an asset, Eby mentioned. 

He by chance knocked over a water glass throughout a information convention in regards to the Trans Mountain pipeline — which he opposed — and shortly remarked “spills can occur anyplace.”

Throughout a heated dialog on privateness considerations and cellphones, Eby recalled, Horgan pulled out his personal cellphone, unlocked it and handed it round to reporters to see what apps had been on it. 

“There was a phrase sport he significantly appreciated,” Eby mentioned. 

“He had the flexibility to take these moments the place it was a tricky second, or it was simply perhaps a little bit embarrassing, and  made folks simply love him extra, and for me that actually encapsulates who he was.”

Oh Arcane, how I’ve missed you.

Netflix’s League of Legends-primarily based sequence rocked my world when it first got here out in 2021 — and I did not even know the very first thing about League! However regardless of my lack of know-how of the supply materials, I discovered that Arcane had every little thing I wished in a fantasy sequence: a richly developed world, distinct factions filled with nuanced relationships, and breathtaking magical powers and motion sequences. Plus, there isn’t any beating that animation.

With Arcane Season 1 setting the bar so excessive, I used to be apprehensive there was no approach its second (and tragically ultimate) season would dwell as much as that customary. Fortunately, Season 2 measures up in each conceivable approach after which some, with the primary six episodes made obtainable for overview elevating the stakes to gorgeous, usually surprising new heights. Brutal, beautiful, and completely devastating, Arcane Season 2 calls for to be seen proper when every new batch of episodes drops.

What’s Arcane Season 2 about?

Let’s begin with the first purpose for wanting to observe Arcane Season 2 as quickly as attainable: to search out out who lived after the explosion on the finish of Season 1.

For 3 years, we have puzzled whether or not Hextech creator Jayce (voiced by Kevin Alejandro), Piltover Councilor Mel (voiced by Toks Olagundoye), and inventor Viktor (voiced by Harry Lloyd) survived Jinx’s (voiced by Fallout‘s Ella Purnell) shark rocket assault on the Council of Piltover. Arcane wastes no time informing us that there have been, actually, survivors (I will provide you with time to be taught their precise identities for your self). Nonetheless, there have been additionally a number of catastrophic casualties, and these losses drive Piltover’s response to the blast.

Whereas the Council voted to provide the undercity of Zaun sovereignty mere seconds earlier than Jinx’s rocket hit, that probability at peace is now formally off the desk. Now, the dual cities threaten to spill into all-out warfare. Mel’s mom and Noxian warlord Ambessa (voiced by Ellen Thomas) is able to crack down with martial legislation. However Enforcer Caitlyn (voiced by Katie Leung), herself recovering from deep loss, has different plans. She assembles a strike pressure that features herself and Jinx’s sister Vi (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) to take Jinx down for good, particularly since she’s turn into a logo of resistance for the Zaunites. Now, the stage is about for a knockdown, drag-out struggle between sisters.

Arcane Season 2 presents a painful have a look at warfare, and a lot extra.

That Vi-Jinx showdown, when it comes, is an ideal encapsulation of what makes Arcane‘s strategy to battle so sensible. Sure, there’s an simple cool issue right here: We’re watching two nice fighters pummel one another with supercharged gauntlets and weapons, full with extended slow-mo photographs to emphasise the badassery on show. But all of the character work that has led us right here is on show too, with Jinx and Vi’s each transfer knowledgeable by the love they as soon as shared and the horror at what the opposite has turn into. It is the tragedy that wins out over the coolness, and that is the identical with Arcane‘s bigger portrayal of warfare within the League world.

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That is as a result of warfare pushes each Arcane character to an excessive, generally taking them within the complete wrong way from Season 1. Vi joins up with the Enforcers, although they killed her mother and father, as a result of she thinks it is an unavoidable necessity. A grief-stricken Caitlyn turns into a harmful monster in her pursuit of Jinx, unleashing hell upon the Zaunites. The latter is especially painful to observe, as chemical warfare and police brutality turn into the norm in Zaun, and as characters we have grown to like develop corrupted by energy and the necessity for vengeance.

However as a lot as Arcane‘s advertising pushes that this season is all about warfare and the way it hyperlinks to the rift between Vi and Jinx, Season 2 truly makes some strides into extra cosmically bizarre territory. Improvements within the Hextech house push the boundaries of what’s attainable in Piltover, igniting discussions about transhumanism in methods which can be each disquieting and utopic. That these conversations are occurring alongside the Piltover-Zaun warfare is a reminder that the world of Arcane is a lot greater than these two cities — and a lot stranger.

That strangeness additionally manifests within the arrival of recent types of magic and new factions for Arcane‘s gamers to cope with. And as thrilling as that growth is, it additionally threatens to trigger points for the sequence by way of sticking the touchdown. Can the three episodes of the season that I nonetheless have not seen wrap up these many free ends, particularly given Arcane‘s breakneck pacing? (Generally, I do want these episodes had been an hour lengthy as a substitute of 40 minutes, and I do not say that usually.) Arcane has but to steer me really fallacious, however the jury’s nonetheless out on whether or not it could totally stick the touchdown whereas juggling so many complicated concepts and storylines.

Arcane continues to push the boundaries of animated TV.

Even when Arcane does not totally nail its ending, there isn’t any doubt about how unimaginable it appears to be like. Fortiche’s animation was all the time masterful, however Arcane Season 2 in some way ranges up.

As soon as once more, we’re handled to the present’s mixture of hand-painted and computer-animated visuals, which deliver Piltover’s hovering towers and Zaun’s dirty underground to life. Now, although, Arcane performs additional with animation kinds that talk to particular characters’ factors of view. We noticed a little bit of this in Season 1, with scribbled line drawings and textual content overlaid on sure scenes bringing Jinx’s perspective to life. In Season 2, it is an entire new ballgame.

As soon as once more, we get Jinx’s frenzied drawings. However we additionally get total sequences made up of black-and-white charcoal drawings, neon panels straight out of a comic book e-book, and watercolor flashbacks. Unusual glitches in Hextech permit animators to go buck-wild with flesh-and-metal fusions, trippy house scapes, and bizarro structure that calls to thoughts the warped biology of Annihilation. In considered one of Season 2’s largest swings, the sequence locations us inside the perspective of the beastly wolf-creature Warwick, to the purpose the place all we see is a nightmarish frenzy of pink blood trails and the clawed fingers carrying us ahead.

The flexibility of Arcane‘s artwork model is only one of many explanation why it should harm a lot to say goodbye to this sequence, even when it is getting a conclusive ending. Nonetheless, in keeping with a Nov. 6 report by Selection, the sequence was initially budgeted for a five-season arc. Selection additionally reported that Arcane price roughly $250 million to provide, making it the costliest animated present of all time. Resulting from its hefty price ticket, it is unlikely we’ll see something fairly prefer it once more — at the least, not for a couple of extra years. Till then, we are able to proceed to understand Arcane for the marvel that it’s: a real Hextech gem within the tough.

The primary three episodes of Arcane Season 2 at the moment are streaming on Netflix, with three extra episodes dropping on Nov. 16 and Nov. 23, respectively.

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, as we speak issued the next assertion on the passing of John Horgan:

“It’s with nice unhappiness that I discovered as we speak of the passing of John Horgan, the previous Premier of British Columbia.

“John was a agency believer within the beliefs of public service. He noticed it as a privilege, as a approach to assist others and make our nation higher. At each alternative he was given, he served Canadians with a tenacity, ardour, and dedication that only a few might match.

“As Premier, John guided British Columbia via the COVID‑19 pandemic, unprecedented floods, and wildfires. He championed the economic system and clear power. He tirelessly advocated for staff. He superior significant reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. He had an abiding religion in Canadians and in our capability to take care of each other.

“After his 17 years in political workplace, final 12 months, John grew to become Canada’s Ambassador to Germany. On this position, similar to his others, he constructed bridges between communities and radiated an infectious positivity that was inherent to who he was. I can’t consider anybody higher to signify Canada and Canadians.

“John embodied kindness and braveness. He was a fighter. He will probably be celebrated for his management and the progress he made on so many vital points. Above all, we’ll keep in mind how John made us really feel. His heat. His positivity. His capacity to attach with folks no matter their politics or beliefs.

“John leaves behind a profound legacy that can encourage us for generations to return. On behalf of all Canadians, I prolong my deepest condolences to his spouse, Ellie, their two sons, Nate and Evan, and all who cherished him.”

President-elect Donald Trump stated Saturday he won’t ask his former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley or his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to serve in his incoming administration.

“I can’t be inviting former Ambassador Nikki Haley, or former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to hitch the Trump Administration, which is presently in formation,” stated Trump on Fact Social. “I very a lot loved and appreciated working with them beforehand, and wish to thank them for his or her service to our Nation.”

Trump appointed Haley as his U.N. Ambassador in 2016, and she or he resigned two years later. The previous South Carolina governor ran for president in 2024, profitable the Vermont and Washington D.C. primaries and turning into the primary lady to win a Republican major.

Haley and Pompeo have criticized Trump at occasions in recent times, however each in the end backed his reelection bid and helped rally GOP voters on the Republican conference over the summer season. Whereas initially not supporting Trump after dropping out of the Republican major, Haley launched her 97 electoral delegates every week earlier than the Republican conference and formally endorsed him.

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Pompeo additionally served as director of the CIA throughout Trump’s first administration. In response to a number of experiences, Pompeo’s title was floated as an possibility for the subsequent secretary of protection.

Haley on Saturday stated she was “proud” to serve within the former president’s first time period in a put up on X and shared Trump’s Fact Social assertion.

“I want him, and all who serve, nice success in shifting us ahead to a stronger, safer America over the subsequent 4 years,” Haley stated.

USA TODAY has reached out for remark from Pompeo.

Pompeo and Haley are two Republicans who’ve lengthy backed further U.S. assist for Ukraine, a place that is grown unpopular amongst some right-wing lawmakers in Congress. Trump has additionally expressed skepticism about additional U.S. assist.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk joined the primary telephone name between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Trump’s election on Tuesday, media retailers reported, elevating questions on his potential function within the upcoming administration.

Contributing: Josh Meyer, USA TODAY

Victor Hagan is the Alabama Election Reporting Fellow for the USA TODAY Community. He will be reached at vhagan@gannett.com or on X @TheVictorHagan. To assist his work, subscribe to the Advertiser.

US President-elect Donald Trump dominated out on Saturday re-appointing two senior figures from his first administration, ex-secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.