Health

‘He stole our innocent child’: Quebec daycare crash families relate heavy toll
LAVAL — The mother of a four-year-old boy killed when a city bus plowed into…

Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy ‘will not define us’
Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street…

King Charles III says his cancer journey brought the best of humanity into focus
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III described Wednesday how a cancer diagnosis can be a…

Investigators don’t know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft abortion order
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Investigators concluded in a report released Wednesday that the leak of…

Collective trauma after festival attack could ripple for months, experts say
VANCOUVER — Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that…

Surgeries cancelled at one of Quebec’s largest hospitals after violent storm
MONTREAL — One of Quebec’s largest hospitals cancelled surgeries on Wednesday after it lost power…

High court reinstates enforcement of Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors during appeal
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio may enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for minors while…

How a fighter pilot’s mental techniques helped tiny Bodø/Glimt reach the Europa League semifinals
How did an unheralded Norwegian team from a tiny town north of the Arctic Circle…

Texas Senate OKs effort to clarify medical exceptions under state’s abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate approved changes Tuesday to the state’s strict abortion…

Voters resoundingly backed paid sick leave. Now lawmakers in 3 states want to roll back the benefits
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Voters in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska were asked last year…

Florida is poised to become 2nd state to ban fluoride from public water systems
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride…

Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible
A judge has ruled that Pierre Ny St-Amand, 53, was not criminally responsible for the…

Judge declares accused in fatal Quebec daycare bus crash not criminally responsible
LAVAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has declared a man not criminally responsible for…

Judge pauses old Nevada law requiring parental notification for minors to get abortion
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A long-dormant Nevada law requiring parents or guardians to be notified…

Woman charged with murder in stabbing of a paramedic during ambulance ride to a hospital
A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as…