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Editorial: Dan Snyder’s time in the NFL is up. What took so long?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

Bears fans over the years have had their gripes about the McCaskeys, the family that owns Chicago’s beloved, storied football franchise. Many fans never forgave George Halas’ grandson, Michael McCaskey, for firing Da Coach, Mike Ditka. There’ve been perennial complaints about McCaskey family stinginess, icy December Sundays at a dome-less Soldier Field, and hiring decisions like the one that gave us former GM Ryan Pace, the culprit behind the Mitch Trubisky draft dud.At least, however, Bears fans can take solace in this. Their team isn’t owned by Dan Snyder.Fortunately for football fans in the nation’s capital, the Washington Commanders will no longer belong to Snyder, who bought the team in 1999 and became one of the NFL’s most controversial owners. Snyder has agreed to sell the team for a record $6 billion to a group led by Josh Harris, an owner of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball franchise and the NHL’s New Jersey Devils.Americans have m...

Multiple car crash prompted significant delays on I-5

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A Sig Alert was issued along the northbound Interstate 5 through Carlsbad following a multi-car crash near Palomar Airport Road.Reports of the collision came in around 1:36 p.m., notifying the Carlsbad Fire Department of a vehicle on fire on the freeway. According to department logs from California Highway Patrol, six cars were involved in the collision: three smaller vehicles, two vans and a semi-truck.SkyFOX aerial footage showed significant damage to the front of at least two of the vehicles involved in the incident. CHP described one of the vehicles as nearly ripped in half. Empty fishing boat pulled from rocks in Carlsbad It is unknown at this time what caused the crash. No injuries have been confirmed by authorities.All lanes were blocked following the crash, with a single lane open for through traffic. As of 5:39 p.m. Friday, the lanes have been reopened. The Sig Alert has also been cancelled, but the traffic tracking system indicates that the roadway along the...

Man wanted for assault, uttering racial slurs in North York

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

Police are searching for a man in connection with an assault in the northern part of the city that sent one person to hospital. Police say they received reports of a man assaulting another person and uttering racial slurs at them in the area of Doris and Olive Avenues near Yonge Street and Finch Avenue East just after 7:30 p.m. Friday night. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital suffering from non-life threatening injuries. The suspect is described as being in his 30s, approximately five-foot-eight with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a white hoodie and jeans. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

Transgender adults brace for treatment cutoffs in Missouri

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she’ll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making “life worth living.”A first-of-its-kind emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey will impose numerous restrictions on both adults and children before they can receive puberty-blocking drugs, hormones or surgeries “for the purpose of transitioning gender.” Transgender rights advocates have vowed to challenge the rule in court before it takes effect April 27. But promises of swift legal action have done little to ease the worries of trans Missourians like Bridgman who say it may be time to flee the state.Before gender-affirming medical treatments can be provided by physicians, the regulation requires people to have experienced an “intense pattern” of documented gender dysphoria for three years and to have...

CBC’s ‘The Porter’ nabs 12 Canadian Screen Awards, while comedy ‘Sort Of’ claims 7

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

TORONTO — CBC’s historical saga “The Porter” swept the Canadian Screen Awards on Friday with 12 wins including best drama, wrapping a week of festivities that turned out to be a celebration of Black excellence in media.“The Porter,” a TV drama about Black train porters in the 1920s, entered the race with a leading 19 nominations and claimed several marquee categories including best director for veteran Charles Officer and a guest performer prize for U.S. star Alfre Woodard.Despite Friday’s decisive triumph, producers have said “The Porter” will end with a single season due to funding woes, but those involved in the show’s creation said the night’s success served as validation.“We made this show in a time that we desperately needed to reclaim the narrative, to be the heroes of our stories and not the victims, and to show our lives. To be any part of that, I’m deeply honoured,” said co-showrunner Marsha Greene in her ac...

First Nations health gets $8.2B in funding; may be used on ‘social determinants’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

VANCOUVER — Federal funding of $8.2 billion over 10 years for the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia will give Indigenous communities unprecedented control over how to use the cash to improve wellness, including the possibility of building housing, said one of the negotiators of the agreement. Wayne Christian, the deputy chair of the First Nations Health Council, said the funding announced Friday is a game-changer because it opens up the possibility of individual communities deciding to use funds towards “social determinants of health,” which may include affordable housing.“The communities will need to sit down and decide what do they really want to do in relation to social determinants,” said Christian, a 40-year veteran in Indigenous community advocacy.He was one of the First Nations leaders who negotiated the new funding agreement over two years with the federal government. “One of the issues that keeps coming up as an example is hous...

TikTok ban gets final approval by Montana’s GOP legislature

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s House gave final passage Friday to a bill banning the social media app TikTok from operating in the state, a move that’s bound to face legal challenges but also serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America many national lawmakers envision due to concerns over potential Chinese spying. The House voted 54-43 in favor of the measure, which would make Montana the first state with a total ban on the app. It goes further than prohibitions already put in place by nearly half the states — including Montana — and the U.S. federal government that prohibit TikTok on government-owned devices. The measure now goes to Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, who declined to say Friday if he plans to sign it into law. A statement provided by spokesperson Brooke Metrione said the governor “will carefully consider” all bills the Legislature sends to his desk. Gianforte banned TikTok on state government devices last year, saying at the time that the app pose...

Grand jury indicts Alaska illustrator on threat charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A grand jury has indicted an Alaska children’s book illustrator on charges of terroristic threatening after authorities said he posted around the capital city transphobic notes that referenced shooting children.Thursday’s indictment against Mitchell Thomas Watley, 47, was announced by the state Department of Law on Friday. Watley is scheduled for arraignment in state court on April 25. A phone message seeking comment was left for Watley’s attorney.Watley is accused of leaving business card-size notes at a grocery store, state office building and a Costco store with an image of an assault rifle, the colors of the transgender flag and the text “Feeling Cute Might Shoot Some Children,” according to the complaint filed in the case.He was arrested April 2, after several notes were found at a Costco and officers reviewed security footage that showed a man, later identified as Watley, leaving a note in the store, the complaint alleged.Terms of his release on bon...

A list of winners in the major TV categories of the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

TORONTO — The Canadian Screen Awards celebrated the best in homegrown television with an in-person gala on Friday. A look at some of the winners:Best comedy series – “Sort Of,” CBCBest drama series – “The Porter,” CBC Best lead performer, comedy – Bilal Baig, “Sort Of” Best lead performer, drama – Hamza Haq, “Transplant,” CTVBest lead performer, TV movie – Martha Henry, “Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women,” CBCBest supporting performer, comedy – Ennis Esmer, “Children Ruin Everything,” CTVBest supporting performer, drama – Christopher Plummer, “Departure,” GlobalBest guest performer, comedy – Amanda Brugel, “Sort Of,” CBCBest guest performer, drama – Alfre Woodard, “The Porter,” CBCBest live entertainment special – “The 2022 Juno Awards,” CBCBest host, live entertainment special – Simu Liu, “The 2022 Juno Awards,” CBCThis report by The Canadian Press was first published April 14, 2023.The Canadian Press

Community backlash to proposed Science Centre relocation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:49:01 GMT

Premier Doug Ford’s musing about relocating the Ontario Science Centre as part of a refurbished Ontario Place plan has spawned a negative reaction from residents in the community that is home to the centre.Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park are two densely populated neighbourhoods that would be directly impacted by the loss of the Science Centre, an attraction considered part of the fabric of the community. “They shouldn’t be moving it from here,” one area resident tells CityNews. “Just look around the area. There are close to 300,000 people here and all young families. Where do they go? They go to the science centre”“I think that this is a very special place,” said another area resident. “I’ve come here my whole life growing up as a child. I’ve come here pretty often just to see films at the IMAX. I think it would be a great tragedy if we were to lose this position and just build housing.”RELATED: ‘I think it’s a g...