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Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A Texas judge on Thursday fined a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas in one of the first challenges in the U.S. to "shield laws" enacted in Democ...
Feb 13, 2025
Source: Stymied in bids to move Insigne, Toronto FC prepared to have him sit
Things have come to a head between Toronto FC and Lorenzo Insigne. Insigne, whose salary of US$15.4 million last season was second only to Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer, has been told that he do...
Feb 13, 2025
Hockey Canada brass looks ahead after another world junior disappointment
MONTREAL - Scott Salmond took some time to reflect. The Hockey Canada executive watched the men's under-20 team disappoint with consecutive fifth-place finishes at the world junior hockey championship...
Feb 13, 2025
Two men arrested for fake taxi scam targeting B.C. universities, shopping centres
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Metro Vancouver Transit Police say two men from Ontario have been arrested for taking part in a fake taxi scam that targeted people at universities and shopping centres in B.C....
Feb 13, 2025
Florida man is executed for the 1997 killing of a couple whose toddler witnessed the attack
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm as the couple's toddler looked on was put to death Thursday in the state's first execution of the year. James...
Feb 13, 2025
Workers at B.C. LifeLabs file 72-hour strike notice over wages, benefits
BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing about 1,200 workers at LifeLabs throughout British Columbia says it has issued a 72-hour strike notice to the employer. The B.C. General Employees' Union says in...
Feb 13, 2025
Man to plead guilty to 2023 shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl, 2 people familiar with case tell AP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An 86-year-old Kansas City man will plead guilty Friday to the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who rang the man's doorbell by mistake, two people familiar with th...
Feb 13, 2025
Canada still top of mind for Trump, 'not a good place to be'
OTTAWA - As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a majo...
Feb 13, 2025
Vancouver makes plans to tackle organized crime in city's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and the city's police chief have unveiled a task force to tackle organized crime in the Downtown Eastside and beyond. Sim says the status quo isn't working in the n...
Feb 13, 2025
Winter storm wreaks havoc on commute, closes schools across Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic
ONALD AND JOE BONGIORNO - A major winter storm disrupted travel plans, closed schools and shuttered city services across Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces Thursday, as communities dug out fro...
Feb 13, 2025