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Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek medical care for their...
Jun 28, 2024
Fernandez, Auger-Aliassime lead Canadian contingent into Wimbledon
LONDON - Five Canadians - three women and two men - are part of the singles competition draw at Wimbledon, which was announced Friday. Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top Canadian seed in single...
Jun 28, 2024
Justice John Roberts says the Supreme Court's last decisions of this term are coming on Monday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will issue the final opinions of its terms on Monday. Chief Justice John Roberts made the courtroom announcement on Friday. Four cases remain to be decided, includi...
Jun 28, 2024
Once thought too cold for the marsupials, Montreal home to growing number of opossums
MONTREAL - One evening last fall, Robert Carrire was putting away some gardening tools when he saw something scurry out from under the shed. At first, he thought it was a big rat. Then he thought mayb...
Jun 28, 2024
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump. The justices...
Jun 28, 2024
Reports: Immanuel Quickley signs five-year, US$175 million deal to stay with Raptors
TORONTO - Immanuel Quickley will sign a five-year contract to stay with the Toronto Raptors, according to multiple reports. Quickley intends to ink the US$175 million contract when free agency officia...
Jun 28, 2024
Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court decided on Friday that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking. The case is the most signifi...
Jun 28, 2024
Halifax shipyard cutting steel as navy aims for first new destroyer operating by 2035
HALIFAX - The Irving shipyard in Halifax is cutting steel for Canada's new destroyers, though the navy says it will be about a decade before the first 8,000-tonne vessel joins military operations. At ...
Jun 28, 2024
Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the state's strict abortion law, and is telling the lower court to let the law take effec...
Jun 28, 2024
La Ronge RCMP lay charges after armed robbery
La Ronge RCMP have laid several charges after an armed robbery in Hall Lake.According to an RCMP media release, on June 25 at approximately 10:20 p.m., officers received a report of an robbery in Hall...
Jun 28, 2024