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October 8, 2025
Judge halts New York county from enforcing transgender athlete ban after roller derby league sues
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York county's law banning transgender women from playing on female sports teams at county-run parks and recreational f...
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October 8, 2025
Thieves rip ATM from West Kelowna, B.C., bank wall via machinery in attempted theft
WEST KELOWNA - Police in West Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after unknown suspects tried to steal an automated teller machine from a bank...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Man charged in hate-motivated attack on Muslim hotel employee: York Region police
Police say a Toronto man is facing charges in an alleged hate-motivated assault on a Muslim employee of a Markham, Ont., hotel.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that alleged drug-smuggling boats tar...
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October 8, 2025
Retired Justice Kennedy laments coarse discourse of Trump era and its effects on the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Wednesday he was troubled that partisanship seemed to be “creeping its...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
What rivalry? Young Blue Jays, Yankees fans bond in cross-border Toronto-N.Y.C. school connection
Scarborough students and teachers joined a rally to cheer the Jays on in Game 4 of their series, with guests from Public School 11 in New Yo...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Costa Rica nominates Rebeca Grynspan for UN secretary-general
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica put forward Wednesday long-time diplomat and former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as a candidate to...
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October 8, 2025
Costa Rica nominates former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan to lead UN
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica put forward Wednesday longtime diplomat and former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as a candidate to b...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Premier Moe surprises Moose Jaw mayor, says province relocating homeless shelter
MOOSE JAW - The mayor of Moose Jaw says he got a surprise this morning when Premier Scott Moe and some of his cabinet ministers arrived to i...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
UHN surgeons performed the first Canadian heart transplant after the organ stopped beating
UHN said the patient is “recovering well” after the successful operation at Toronto General Hospital in early September.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Calgary researchers collecting toenail clippings for cancer research
CALGARY - Calgary researchers want your toenail clippings.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
‘Talking, smiling, laughing’: ER doctor tells murder trial how moms had ‘casual’ reaction to their boy’s death
“The whole thing didn’t sit right with me from the beginning,” Dr. Noura Labib testified Wednesday.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump’s use of war powers against cartels
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use...
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October 8, 2025
Senate vote tests Trump’s authority to strike vessels he says are carrying drugs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was voting Wednesday on legislation to put a check on President Donald Trump's ability to use deadly military f...
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October 8, 2025
Police use ‘spoof masks’ in help for search for of Canada’s most wanted
VANCOUVER - Police agencies from across Canada have found a novel way to encourage the public to be on the lookout for the country's 25 most...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Murder was unexpected by accused, trial of former B.C. lawyer hears
VANCOUVER - A former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer admits to killing his client, but his defence lawyer says it wasn't planned and evidence at tria...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Toronto students may get free zoo field trips in honour of Jane Goodall, Anne Innis Dagg
Motion to be presented in honour of pioneering conservationists Jane Goodall and Anne Innis Dagg.
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October 8, 2025
Advocacy group calls for worker trust fund after N.B. company’s $1M fine
A migrant workers advocacy group says the employees of a New Brunswick shellfish company that was fined $1 million should be entitled to par...
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October 8, 2025
Pressure points ahead could bring a quicker end to the shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first week is the easy one. The pressure to resolve the federal shutdown will gradually build as the shutdown enters i...
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October 8, 2025
Supreme Court seems ready to revive GOP challenge to Illinois mail-in ballot law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to revive a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows the counting of l...
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October 8, 2025
Here’s a look at California’s five most destructive wildfires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Palisades Fire was the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles to date and among the five worst in California's history...
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October 8, 2025
Here’s a look at California’s 5 most destructive wildfires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Palisades Fire was the most destructive blaze in Los Angeles to date and among the five worst in California's history...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Lumbee leader to join North Carolina statehouse as tribe’s federal recognition push gains attention
LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The leader of a southeastern North Carolina tribe is about to join the state legislature to succeed his brother, as t...
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October 8, 2025
Sign outside Vancouver mansion during B.C. election period said NDP is ‘Communist’
VANCOUVER - Elections BC says billionaire Chip Wilson contravened third-party election advertising rules when he put up signs in front of hi...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
REmarket featuring free items, donation opportunities and repair cafe returns to St. Lawrence Market this week
The two-day event draws its name from the sustainability motto, “reduce, reuse, recycle.”
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October 8, 2025
San Francisco’s Fleet Week goes on despite federal shutdown, with help from Canada and Colombia
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The government shutdown has grounded the Blue Angels from its crowd-pleasing, stunt-filled airshow at San Francisco's F...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Eeyore the dog helps a Florida deputy find a missing 86-year-old woman, video shows
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — A dog named Eeyore turned into a rescuer, leading a Florida sheriff's deputy to where a missing 86-year-old woman had fa...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Argentine court sentences a former couple to years in prison over botched assassination of ex-VP
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court in Argentina sentenced a man to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after finding him guilty of attemptin...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff raises $12 million for 2026 reelection
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is building a cash hoard even as he is already spending heavily on his 2026 reelection cam...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools would only escalate the pressure faced by the pro...
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October 8, 2025
Last of the 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured in Georgia, authorities say
ATLANTA (AP) — The only escaped Louisiana inmate who remained on the run following an audacious May jailbreak in which 10 men crawled throug...
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October 8, 2025
Last of 10 New Orleans jail escapees from May is captured under a house in Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — A monthslong search for the only Louisiana inmate still on the run after an audacious May jailbreak ended Wednesday when auth...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000, according to a new UNICEF...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Arrivals of international students to the US dropped almost a fifth in August, data shows
The number of international student arrivals in the U.S. dropped by nearly a fifth in August as American universities started the new academ...
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October 8, 2025
Man charged with having explosive materials near DC church hosting annual Red Mass celebration
WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man has been arrested on charges that he had explosive materials in his possession near a Washington, D.C., c...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
‘There are millions of eyes looking for you’: Man wanted in Yorkdale mall murder tops list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives
The nationwide Bolo (“Be on the lookout”) Program released an updated list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives in Vancouver.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Man wanted in Yorkdale mall murder tops list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives
The nationwide Bolo (“Be on the lookout”) Program released an updated list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives in Vancouver.
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
1964 cold case solved in New York with DNA evidence, authorities say
ALBANY. N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in New York's capital city have identified the man they say raped, stabbed and bludgeoned to death a woman i...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
CP NewsAlert: All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers’ pickets
BURNABY - All remaining British Columbia-run liquor and cannabis stores in the province are now behind picket lines as public service worker...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers’ pickets
The escalation by the BC General Employees' Union also includes all Service BC workers, raising the total number of members participating in...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
All B.C. government liquor, cannabis stores now behind workers’ pickets in escalation
The escalation by the BC General Employees' Union also includes all Service BC workers, raising the total number of members participating in...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Noboa’s motorcade attacked with rocks in Ecuador. Government calls it an assassination attempt
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — President Daniel Noboa’s Cabinet denounced Wednesday protesters who threw rocks at his motorcade, calling it an assass...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Three activists from Newfoundland detained by Israeli military: advocacy group
ST. JOHN'S - An advocacy group in Newfoundland and Labrador says three activists from the province were recently detained by the Israeli mil...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
IRS to furlough nearly half of its workforce as shutdown enters second week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS will furlough nearly half of its workforce as part of the ongoing government shutdown, according to the an updated...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Metro Vancouver reports 16% drop in per-capita greenhouse gas emissions
BURNABY - Metro Vancouver says its latest climate-action report shows per-capita greenhouse gas emissions have declined 16 per cent since 20...
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October 8, 2025
How Gen Z protesters brought down Madagascar’s government and now want the president out
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar are continuing for a third week in the most sign...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Alberta’s Smith says Prime Minister Carney speaking Trump’s ‘love language’
TORONTO - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is lauding Prime Minister Carney's ability to speak the "love language" of U.S. President Donald Tr...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Carney pitches Keystone XL restart in exchange for progress on aluminum, steel
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline project with U.S. President Donald Trump as par...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025
Indiana set to execute man convicted of 2001 rape and murder of small-town teenage girl
CHICAGO (AP) — Indiana will put to death a man who was convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl, the state’s third execution...
The Toronto Star
October 8, 2025