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Our Lady Peace, Mike Weir among Canada's Walk of Fame honourees for 2025

Our Lady Peace, Mike Weir among Canada's Walk of Fame honourees for 2025

TORONTO — Rock band Our Lady Peace, golf star Mike Weir and actress Tonya Williams are among those set to be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame next year. They will join Juno-winning guitarist Liona Boyd, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon Dr.
What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people

What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people

Wednesday is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which focuses on trans people who have lost their lives because of violence. Here is what to know. What is Transgender Day of Remembrance? Transgender Day of Remembrance is marked every Nov.

Former doctor is sentenced to life in prison after conviction for sexually abusing patients

NEW YORK (AP) — A former doctor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including children, over the span of years in the New York area. Darius A.

Top health official in New Mexico leaves after less than 2 years on the job

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Patrick Allen is leaving after less than two years on the job. Democratic Gov.
Police watchdog clears Manitoba RCMP in custody death

Police watchdog clears Manitoba RCMP in custody death

FISHER BRANCH, Man. — Manitoba's police watchdog has cleared RCMP officers in the case of a man who died after he was taken into custody for public intoxication.
Coroner's inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man hears from ex-cop involved in arrest

Coroner's inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man hears from ex-cop involved in arrest

A former police officer involved in the violent arrest of an Ottawa man who later died in hospital told a coroner's inquest that he was traumatized by the incident and worried about his own safety at the time.
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island

Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, New York City’s jails commissioner, Louis Molina, issued a dire warning to local lawmakers: fentanyl was pouring into Rikers Island through the mail, he said, spurring an overdose crisis among the jail's detainees and putting
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island

Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, New York City’s jails commissioner, Louis Molina, issued a dire warning to local lawmakers: fentanyl was pouring into Rikers Island through the mail, he said, spurring an overdose crisis among the jail's detainees and putting
New Brunswick measles outbreak now reporting 44 cases, mostly teens and children

New Brunswick measles outbreak now reporting 44 cases, mostly teens and children

FREDERICTON — A measles outbreak in New Brunswick that began last month with a single travel-related case is growing and today stands at 44 cases.

Dallas doctor gets 190 years for tampering with IV bags used in surgeries

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, leading to the death of a coworker and ca
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