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Photo: DutchNews.nl With two days to go, just fourteen people died a violent death in Amsterdam this year, according to calculations by the Parool. The figure is the lowest in decades, the paper said. Last year there were 21 violent deaths and in 2018, 15. The capital’s murder rate has hovered between 15 and 25 for the past 10 years. The total includes several drugs-related deaths and several in which ‘arguments about nothing cost lives’, such as that of Bas van Wijk, shot dead when he defended a friend who was being threatened over his fake Rolex. The total also includes the death of G...

Article content On Thursday, Dec. 17, the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association (OVTA) celebrated the winners of the 2020 Ottawa Valley Tourism Awards during a virtual event with its’ board of directors and members. The Ottawa Valley Tourism Awards celebrate the dedicated, creative and passionate tourism operators and individuals in the Ottawa Valley. This year, awards were handed-out in the Business of Distinction and the Marilyn Alexander Tourism Champion categories. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Ottawa Valley Tourist Association celebrates win...

NME: DSA And DMA Are Missed Opportunity To Rebalance Online Ecosystem News Media Europe has spoken of a missed opportunity to rebalance the online ecosystem following the announcement of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act by the European Commission. The DSA aims to clarify the responsibilities of digital services while the DMA proposes new market conduct rules for larger online players. Wout van Wijk, executive director of News Media Europe, commented: “The Commission’s proposals lack teeth and are nowhere far reaching enough to address basic behavioural incentives. “W...

Brya Ingram/Stuff Jacinda Thompson, supported by her husband Aaron, gave evidence to the Royal Commission’s Abuse in Care Inquiry this week. A Blenheim woman who was told the sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of a minister was “pretty low” has called for an independent body to handle abuse claims in New Zealand. Jacinda Thompson told the Royal Commission, in Auckland, this week about her 15-year battle for redress after being abused by Anglican minister Reverend Michael Van Wijk. Thompson had turned to Van Wijk, and the Church of the Nativity in Blenheim, in 2005 for support...