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MONTREAL, Dec. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Osisko Development Corp. (NYSE: ODV, TSXV: ODV) (" Osisko Development " or the " Company ") announces that Ms. Marina Katusa has resigned from the Company's board of directors (the " Board ") effective immediately. The Company thanks Ms. Katusa for her service as a director and wishes her well in future endeavours. ABOUT OSISKO DEVELOPMENT CORP. Osisko Development Corp. is a North American gold development company focused on past-producing mining camps located in mining friendly jurisdictions with district scale potential. The Company's objective is to become an intermediate gold producer by advancing its 100%-owned Cariboo Gold Project, located in central B.C., Canada, the Tintic Project in the historic East Tintic mining district in Utah, U.S.A., and the San Antonio Gold Project in Sonora, Mexico. In addition to considerable brownfield exploration potential of these properties, that benefit from significant historical mining data, existing infrastructure and access to skilled labour, the Company's project pipeline is complemented by other prospective exploration properties. The Company's strategy is to develop attractive, long-life, socially and environmentally sustainable mining assets, while minimizing exposure to development risk and growing mineral resources. For further information, visit our website at www.osiskodev.com or contact: Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

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In twenty years of writing this column, I don’t believe I have ever written about a television series. Largely because I don’t watch a great deal of television. And when I do watch, it is usually long after whatever I am watching has ceased to be newsworthy. In 2010, when this column was only six years old, CBS premiered its new police drama, Blue Bloods . Fourteen years later, its finale is this Friday. I have been watching for most of that time. It has been an extraordinary run in a time when network television has been hemorrhaging audiences. The star is Tom Selleck, whose 293 episodes of Blue Bloods are added to the 158 episodes of Magnum P.I. he starred in over eight seasons in the 1980s. At nearly 450 weekly episodes, Selleck is likely one of the most successful primetime stars ever. Blue Bloods is not only a police drama. It’s a family drama about a police family. Selleck plays Francis Xavier Reagan, an Irish Catholic police commissioner of New York City, serving in a post first held by Theodore Roosevelt, whose portrait hangs in Reagan’s office. Widowed, he lives with his widower father, Henry Reagan, the retired NYPD commissioner. He has three sons and a daughter. The three boys are on the job in NYPD, though the eldest was killed by corrupt cops before the series begins. His daughter is an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. Law enforcement is the family business. Henry Reagan — “Pop,” the patriarch the Reagan clan — is played by Len Cariou , officer of the Order of Canada and member of the Order of Manitoba, a Winnipeg native whose theatre work included stints in Stratford. Blue Bloods has been so successful because it is not crime-driven, but character-driven. While police shows are interesting in that there is a puzzle to solve, the crimes themselves become monotonous. C.S. Lewis taught us that all sin is repetitive; it is virtue that is truly original. Blue Bloods is about a family trying to be virtuous in a profession that works daily amid the wages of sin. In a speech to the policy academy graduates, Frank Reagan tells them that their real foes might use new technology, but are ancient in form: pride, greed, envy, lust, and wrath. He is a worldly cop with a supernatural vision. The deadly sins are not only a professional concern for the Reagans; they too struggle with them. That’s part of the attraction. The Reagans are a Catholic family. They go to Mass on Sunday and have family dinner afterwards; the family dinner scenes — complete with them praying grace before meals — are the most distinctive and popular feature of the show. While they are the only primetime family that prays regularly on screen, they are not idealized. They struggle to do the right thing, even sometimes wrestling with what the right thing is. “The great scene is not going to be about the car chase,” executive producer Kevin Wade told me in a 2020 telephone interview. “The great scene is going to be about what happened in that car chase that affected the moral life or the inner life of our character.” Characters with power must decide how to wield it, and the police have power. Blue Bloods has been a pro-police show at time when policing itself has become controversial. “There is a dark side of the police because the police do a very dark job,” said Wade, immersed as they are in the evil men do. “We can’t tell good stories about good cops; we can tell good stories about good cops and bad cops and what makes one good and one the other.” As one who has written for years about the abuse of police and prosecutorial power, I never found Blue Bloods defensive, even when it defended the police. The show had the wisdom to know that institutions, like the NYPD and the Catholic Church — which figure prominently in the writing — are at their best when they confront the weakness and wickedness within. I suggested to Wade that what set Blue Bloods apart was that it was show about virtuous men. Grandfather, father and son are all widowers. It is about men being fathers and sons, and fatherhood is the oldest story that there is. Wade differed, thinking of Blue Bloods as being more about tribes. There is the police tribe, and also the military tribe (Pop served in Korea, Frank in Vietnam, Danny in Iraq), the Irish Catholic tribe, and the New York tribe. Unlike most Hollywood shows, which are written, shot, and edited in California, no matter where they are set, Blue Bloods is written, shot, cast and edited in New York by New Yorkers. New York itself is a character in the show. 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FORT WAYNE, Ind. , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, has filed a joint settlement with the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, the Data Center Coalition (DCC), and the Citizens Action Coalition (CAC). This settlement is the result of a collaborative negotiation process that supports I&M's ability to provide the best service possible for all customers and allows the company to continue pursuing opportunities that support the economic growth of its communities. It also addresses power demand increases with the recently announced data centers locating in northeast Indiana , as well as potential future large load customers, while ensuring reliable and affordable service for all customers. The settlement will require new large load customers, including data centers, to make long-term financial commitments proportional to their size to ensure the costs to serve these customers are reasonably recovered from the customer, and not passed on to existing customers. These investments will support the ongoing grid modernization for the benefit of all customers. Data centers provide the digital infrastructure enabling the applications, technologies, and services that have become central to our daily lives and modern economy—everything from banking and medical care to online education and entertainment. The growing demand for digital services can require a significant amount of electricity around the clock to operate. To serve this increased power demand, I&M is required to invest in additional generation, as well as new transmission facilities to meet customer needs and maintain a safe and reliable grid for all customers. In April, AWS announced an $11 billion investment in a data center campus just west of New Carlisle, Ind. that will create at least 1,000 jobs and Google announced a $2 billion data center in Fort Wayne . These investments are among the largest economic development projects in the state of Indiana and bring significant benefits to surrounding communities. "AWS is excited to be expanding our operations in Indiana and be part of the state's growing tech sector. We have recently announced an $11 billion investment that will create numerous well-paying jobs and significantly contribute to the state's economy," said Brandon Oyer , Head of Energy & Water for the Americas, AWS. "Through continued partnership with I&M, this agreement supports the ongoing investment to modernize the local electric grid for the benefit of all ratepayers and ensure that costs to support data center growth are not passed along to other customers." I&M is currently in conversations with additional data center customers, who have also expressed an interest in locating in the northeast Indiana region. The settlement filed with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) recognizes the energy needs of new large customers and proposes additional commitments that these customers must meet when establishing electric service. These new requirements are important to balance the interest of the new customers with the interest of I&M's existing customers. The new structure will enable I&M to optimize its existing and future investments to serve these new large loads in a way that is expected to reduce energy rates for all customers over time. In addition, the settlement ensures that such net new investments will be reasonably recovered from these large load customers. "I&M looks forward to working with some of the leading technology companies in the world that have chosen to locate in northeast Indiana . It is an exciting time for our region and I&M is committed to doing our part to support these customers as they bring investments and jobs to Indiana. I&M has the responsibility to serve the new customers, while also protecting existing customers, including residential, small business and those within other industries, from impacts related to necessary infrastructure improvements required to serve these customers," said Steve Baker , I&M president and chief operating officer. Protecting the interests of all customers was an important consideration of all parties that participated in the settlement agreement, including the OUCC and CAC. "Data centers will play a critical role in Indiana's future economic development in the years to come, while requiring substantial increases in power generation and transmission infrastructure," said Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor Bill Fine. "The terms in this agreement will ensure a balanced approach as those investments are made, protecting residential, commercial, and industrial customers from bearing the costs of new infrastructure necessary to serve new, large-volume customers." "As ratepayer advocates since 1974, Citizens Action Coalition takes very seriously our role as watchdogs for utility consumers," said Kerwin Olson , CAC Executive Director. "This settlement includes significant protections for I&M ratepayers as these large new loads come online in Indiana and provides for increased transparency into the energy needs and impacts of these new customers. Additionally, the contribution to INCAA will enable meaningful assistance and support for low-income Hoosiers in managing their monthly energy bills, including weatherization services to make homes more efficient, healthier, and safer." To further demonstrate the commitment of supporting the local communities, the companies that are signatories to this joint settlement—AWS, Microsoft, and Google—have each agreed to provide an annual contribution of $500,000 for five years to the Indiana Community Action Association, which provides various programs to support low-income Hoosiers once those companies begin taking service in the I&M service territory. "Since breaking ground on our campus in Fort Wayne , Google has been committed to being part of Indiana's economic future and supporting communities across the state to thrive for the long term. The inclusion of community support in this settlement builds on that commitment. We are building a strong partnership with Indiana Michigan Power and look forward to working together to explore opportunities for us to invest in new solutions, like grid-enhancing technologies, that will strengthen energy infrastructure for all Indiana customers," said Amanda Peterson Corio , Global Head of Energy at Google. About Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is headquartered in Fort Wayne , and its approximately 2,000 employees serve more than 600,000 customers. More than 85% of its energy delivered in 2023 was emission-free. I&M has at its availability various sources of generation including 2,278 MW of nuclear generation in Michigan , 450 MW of purchased wind generation from Indiana , more than 22 MW of hydro generation in both states and approximately 35 MW of large-scale solar generation in both states. The company's generation portfolio also includes 1,497 MW of coal-fueled generation. About American Electric Power (AEP) Our team at American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) is committed to improving our customers' lives with reliable, affordable power. We are investing $54 billion from 2025 through 2029 to enhance service for customers and support the growing energy needs of our communities. Our nearly 16,000 employees operate and maintain the nation's largest electric transmission system with 40,000 line miles, along with more than 225,000 miles of distribution lines to deliver energy to 5.6 million customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with approximately 29,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity. We are focused on safety and operational excellence, creating value for our stakeholders and bringing opportunity to our service territory through economic development and community engagement. Our family of companies includes AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia , West Virginia and Tennessee ), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma , and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas , Louisiana , east Texas and the Texas Panhandle ). AEP also owns AEP Energy, which provides innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. AEP is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio . For more information, visit aep.com . News releases and other information about I&M are available at IndianaMichiganPower.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/im-and-stakeholders-file-large-load-settlement-to-advance-grid-reliability-and-support-economic-growth-302314657.html SOURCE Indiana Michigan PowerWho will win and lose if Silk Road economy prospers

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a proposal to send checks up to $500 back to taxpayers to address the high cost of living. Hochul announced her " inflation refund" idea on Monday as the first preview of her annual State of the State speech. Paying those sums to 8.6 million New Yorkers is expected to cost the state $3 billion — an expense that must be included in the state budget Hochul initiates in January and finalizes with state lawmakers by around April 1. She cast the payments as a refund for excess sales tax New Yorkers have paid due to higher consumer prices, which has in turn hiked the revenue the state has collected. New York should now return some of that money "to help millions of hard-working New Yorkers," Hochul said in her announcement. "It's simple: the cost of living is still too damn high, and New Yorkers deserve a break,” she said. Here's what to know about the proposed New York checks and other states who have acted similarly in recent years. Capitalize on high interest rates: Best current CD rates More: Inflation is cooling, but shoppers remain frustrated by high prices Who would qualify for the payments and how much are they? Individual taxpayers earning up to $150,000 a year would get $300 checks under Hochul's proposal. Couples filing a joint tax return with a total income up to $300,000 would get $500 checks. When would the checks come? Hochul's announcement said the state would begin distributing the payments next fall, if lawmakers approve the plan. No other details were given about a start date or how long the check mailing would take. New York's proposed checks come years after other states issued them At least 22 other states have offered tax rebate checks since the start of the pandemic, according to Jared Walczak, an expert on state policies at the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit. New York also passed a homeowner tax rebate credit in 2023 . But Hochul's recent proposal is a standout for coming later than other states, Walczak said. Here are some other states that have passed similar measures: Hochul's proposal comes as the rate of inflation has cooled significantly since its 2022 peak, but consumers remain frustrated by grocery prices staying up, more than 25% since 2019. "Most states aren't looking for patches to the inflation problem anymore," Walczak told USA TODAY in an interview. "They're looking more at long-term economic competitiveness, not rebate checks." Local leaders criticize proposal for not addressing the larger problem Walczak said for some states that had leftover revenue, giving it back to taxpayers could be better than spending it inefficiently. "But generally speaking, rebate checks do very little to promote economic growth because they're sort of after the fact," he said, explaining that something else like tax decreases allows consumers to plan for future spending. He also pointed out that this money is taxpayer's money in the first place, and the Internal Revenue Service determined that the rebate checks in some states were taxable. "There may have been better, if less politically exciting, ways to use this additional revenue," Walczak said. Huchul is expected to run for a second term in 2026, and polls show she is unpopular with voters. Democrats control both chambers in the state legislature, so they will likely decide the fate of the "inflation refund" plan. Republicans and a potential Democratic primary rivals for Hochul quickly scorned the plan as a political gimmick and a weak solution to a big problem. Contributing: Bailey Schulz Kinsey Crowley is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at kcrowley@gannett.com, and follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley.Insurance agents don Santa suits for holiday fundraiserMikaela Shiffrin, Troy Tulowitzki, Larry Brown lead Colorado Hall of Fame class of 2025