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Local prospects Houstan, Nembhard keen on Raptors, but will they be available?
TORONTO - Local NBA prospects Caleb Houstan and Andrew Nembhard would cherish a chance to play for their hometown Raptors, but it remains to be seen if the guards will be available when Toronto makes ...
Jun 10, 2022
Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender-confirming medical care, a new obstacle to the state labeling such tr...
Jun 10, 2022
Ranchers' group pushes back against Health Canada's "vilification" of beef
CALGARY, AB - A group representing Canadian ranchers says their industry has been unfairly singled out by proposed new regulations that would require packaged ground beef to be sold with a health warn...
Jun 10, 2022
Blue Jays president asks for end of program that shuts down street near Rogers Centre
TORONTO - Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro is asking the City of Toronto to end a program that closes a busy roadway near Rogers Centre on weekends to allow for pedestrian traffic. In an open letter t...
Jun 10, 2022
Lethbridge Family Services to receive funding for youth suicide prevention
LETHBRIDGE, AB - 13 organizations across Alberta are receiving grants to aid in youth suicide prevention initiatives.The provincial government is giving a total of $3 million over the next two years t...
Jun 10, 2022
October sentencing hearing set for Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault case
TORONTO - An Ontario judge has set a sentencing hearing in October for musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault case. A jury found the Hedley frontman guilty of sexual assault causing bodily harm again...
Jun 10, 2022
Bond set at $100,000 for Mich. cop who killed Patrick Lyoya
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A judge set bond at $100,000 for a Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Patrick Lyoya. The judge on Tuesday also entered a not-guilty...
Jun 10, 2022
New Canadian regulations would put warning on each cigarette, not just packaging
Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette. The move builds on Canada's mandate to include graphic photo warnings on tobacco prod...
Jun 10, 2022
New Canadian regulations would put warning on each cigarette, not just packaging
OTTAWA, ONT - Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette.Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett says the measure is meant to reach m...
Jun 10, 2022
UK judge nixes first legal challenge to Rwanda deportations
LONDON (AP) - A British judge has rejected a bid to ground a flight due to take more than 30 asylum-seekers on a one-way flight to Rwanda next week. Judge Jonathan Swift refused a request from a group...
Jun 10, 2022