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'No basis' to find hockey player feigning lack of memory in sex assault trial: judge
An Ontario judge has ruled there is no basis to find that a former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team was being ...
Crown argues hockey player faking memory loss in testifying at ex-teammates' trial
Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Callan Foote have pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod ...
City of Winnipeg to remove all parking paystations by August 31
The City of Winnipeg will begin removing all City-owned parking paystations in paid on-street areas and City-operated surface ...
Manitoba reopens parts of Whiteshell Provincial Park as wildfire efforts progress
While the wildfire near the Ontario border and within Whiteshell Provincial Park remains out of control, Manitoba Parks reports progress in firefighting efforts, allowing for the phased reopening of ...
Top Manitoba Conservatives Stefanson, Cullen, and Wharton breached ethics laws
Manitoba’s former premier Heather Stefanson and two of her cabinet ministers broke conflict-of-interest laws when they tried to fast-track approval for a controversial silica sand mining project after ...
Aging elephants moved from Los Angeles to Tulsa Zoo, but advocates say they should be at a sanctuary
A move to a sanctuary was considered, but the Tulsa Zoo was the top recommendation based on the standards of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Elephant Species Survival Plan, which considers ...
NFL teams can keep using the tush push after ban proposal fails at owners meetings
League owners narrowly failed to pass a proposal to prohibit the polarizing short-yardage strategy at their spring meetings in Minnesota on Wednesday, keeping the rulebook as is — and pleasing the ...
In lawsuit over teen's death, judge rejects arguments that AI chatbots have free speech rights
The suit was filed by a mother from Florida, Megan Garcia, who alleges that her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III fell victim to a Character.AI chatbot that pulled him into what she described as an ...
OpenAI recruits legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to work on AI hardware in $6.5B deal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has recruited Jony Ive, the designer behind Apple’s iPhone, to lead a new hardware project for the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT. OpenAI said it is ...
Oregon lawmakers OK changes to landmark bottle redemption law amid concerns over homelessness, drugs
Oregon lawmakers approved changes to the state’s landmark bottle redemption law on Wednesday, allowing redemption sites that some say have become magnets for drugs and homelessness to refuse returns ...
Massachusetts 19-year-old pleading guilty to stealing, extorting teacher and student private data
BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts college student will plead guilty to stealing millions of students’ and teachers’ private data from two U.S. education tech companies and extorting it for ransom, ...
B.C. municipalities join First Nations in criticism of tariff bills
VICTORIA — Municipal leaders from across British Columbia have joined First Nations to ask the provincial government to withdraw or delay proposed legislation to fast-track major projects in response ...