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St-Onge wants CBC’s role redefined before next election, withstand government change

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

OTTAWA — Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says she wants the role of the public broadcaster redefined before the next federal election.St-Onge says in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press that the time is now to update CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate, to hedge against a possible change in government. She says the Liberal government believes a strong public broadcaster strengthens democracy and is promising to keep supporting it — adding she believes a Conservative government would destroy it.The Opposition Tories, who didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, have promised to defund CBC and turn its Toronto-based headquarters into housing.The federal Liberals have been promising for years to update CBC’s mandate to meet the modern needs of Canadians, even as the news industry faces job cuts and declining ad revenue, including recently announced cuts at the public broadcaster.St-Onge says she would like the new mandate to fill information gaps in loca...

Man tried to disarm officer during struggle at Richmond Hill hotel: police

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

A Markham man allegedly tried to wrest the gun from a York Regional Police officer during a struggle at the parking lot of a Richmond Hill hotel.A police release on Friday says it happened on Thursday at around 2:45 a.m. when an officer approached a suspicious vehicle in the hotel parking lot in the Yonge Street and Elgin Mills Road area.“The driver stepped out of the vehicle and engaged with the officer,” the release states. “During the course of the interaction, a struggle ensued during which the male grabbed the officer’s service pistol and attempted to disarm him.”A girl, aged 16, was a passenger in the vehicle at the time.During a subsequent search of the vehicle police say they seized a loaded Glock 19 handgun with a prohibited magazine (pictured below).Both the driver, and the teen girl, were arrested and charged.Syed Ali Mahrous Raza, 22, of Markham, and the teen, are both facing charges including unauthorized possession of a firearm, unauthorized pos...

Residents rescued during North Side high-rise fire; 2 hospitalized

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

CHICAGO — A rescue mission took place Friday morning to help get residents out of a high-rise fire on the North Side.The two-alarm fire had a heavy blaze located on the sixth floor of a building in the 1000 block of West Foster, located on the border of Uptown and Edgewater. Parts of the fire extended to the seventh floor.CFD was called out to the scene just after 8:10 a.m.Two people were rescued and two people were transported to a hospital in serious condition.Residents were at windows looking to get out during the fire, CFD said.Courtesy Lance JonesCourtesy Lance JonesCourtesy Lance JonesThe fire has been put out."At the end of the day with fires in high rises it’s not the fire that becomes the problem, it’s the smoke travel. We did have a tremendous amount of smoke in the hallway," Deputy District Chief Kelly Burns said.The cause of the fire is under investigation.

More suburbs taking action to prevent migrant buses from arriving without notice

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

BROADVIEW, Ill. — The mayor of the Village of Broadview is the latest suburban leader to take action and put restrictions in place on migrant buses arriving in her jurisdiction.Mayor Katrina Thompson said she decided to take action by signing an executive order because the next village board meeting isn’t for more than two weeks and she anticipates migrant buses could potentially arrive here before then.“It’s not that we don’t have love and compassion toward others but we have a real situation,” she said. “We have to plan and we didn’t anticipate this was another journey we were going to be on. It kind of takes me back to when we were in Covid and the crisis. Always in a crisis mode to fix a problem.”  Steady flow of migrant buses continues as city officials work to bring order to the chaos While migrant buses haven’t arrived in Broadview yet, Thompson anticipates it could happen soon, as it has in other Chicago suburbs.She signed an executive order setting rules in plac...

Explaining the 14th Amendment challenges that could disqualify Trump

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Maine has now become the second state to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot. Maine’s secretary of state announced the decision on Thursday night citing the same provision Colorado’s Supreme Court used less than 10 days ago.Section 3 of the 14th Amendment prohibits anyone who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. Both rulings concluded that Trump had done so leading up to and on January 6, 2021, according to the context and understanding of Section 3.What are Trump’s arguments?Trump’s lawyers argue that courts and state officials do not have the authority to disqualify him. They also charge that Trump was not given due process, meaning he was not given a proper, fair trial. Finally, they claim that Trump was not an “officer” of the United States while serving as President, and therefore has never “taken an oath…to support the constitution” as stated in Section 3. Both the Colorado State Supreme Cou...

Employees say they were fired for chasing after shoplifter who stole gun

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — Three employees at a sporting goods store in Louisiana say they are without a job after trying to chase down a shoplifter who stole a gun.On the evening of Dec. 16, a sales associated at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Metairie thought they were making a sale when they handed the customer a pistol. But the customer took off with the gun, the employee said. Michelle Sutton, who was working as a team lead at the store, said once she received word on her radio, she immediately dropped what she was doing and jumped into action. Sutton and two other sales associates ran out of the store to look for the suspect, but were not able to locate him."I just took off,” Sutton said. “I knew I needed some form of way to help the police."Four days after the incident, Sutton said Academy's firearm compliance personnel terminated her and the two other employees for their response. TSA explains the right way to travel with a gun Academy’s policy states that employees are not allo...

US Department of Justice threatens to sue Texas over new border security law

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Department of Justice is threatening to sue Texas over its new law allowing law enforcement to arrest those who cross the border illegally unless Gov. Greg Abbott reverses course and decides not to enforce it. However, the Republican state leader appears unlikely to back down based on his fiery social media posts. In a letter obtained by KXAN, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton wrote Thursday to Abbott about Senate Bill 4, arguing it was unconstitutional and preempted by federal law. The law is set to go into effect on March 5.Boynton said if Abbott does not refrain from enforcing the law by Jan. 3, then the federal government would "pursue all appropriate legal remedies." "SB 4 effectively creates a separate state immigration scheme by imposing criminal penalties for violations of federal provisions on unlawful entry and reentry into the United States...and by authorizing state judges to order the removal of noncitizens from the Unite...

Pizza joint celebrates grand opening in Albany

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Pizza Lab officially opened at 1112 Madison Avenue in Albany in November. The pizzeria is now offering specials to celebrate its grand opening. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Grand opening specials include free delivery within one mile, $5 off a $25 purchase and $10 off a $50 purchase. The specials are good through January 15.The Pizza Lab menu includes wings, subs, sandwiches, smash burgers, zinger burgers, shawarma, rice platters, and of course, pizza. You can view the full menu on the Pizza Lab Facebook page. Amsterdam looking for food vendor for its golf course Pizza Lab is open for dine-in, delivery and pickup. The eatery is open from 11 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Woman shot, killed Friday morning in north St. Louis

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A homicide investigation is underway after a woman was fatally shot Friday morning in north St. Louis. The shooting happened around 5:15 a.m. Friday near Dr. Martin Luther King Dr & North Kingshighway Blvd., near the border of the Kingshighway West and East neighborhoods. Police: St. Louis woman Marquisha Williams found deceased in Illinois Investigators say the victim was found with an apparent gunshot wound to the head and pronounced deceased at the scene. Police have not disclosed the victim's age or name. No suspect information is available at this time. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is handling the investigation. This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.

Colorado Republican sues to block tax credit increase, citing House speaker’s refusal to read bill aloud

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:11:20 GMT

A Colorado Republican lawmaker is asking a state judge to block a new tax credit increase from taking effect because, he alleges, the state House’s speaker violated constitutional procedure during last month’s special session on property taxes and other relief.Rep. Scott Bottoms, of Colorado Springs, filed the suit in Denver District Court Thursday against Gov. Jared Polis and the House’s top Democrat, Speaker Julie McCluskie. Bottoms accused McCluskie of ignoring his request during the session that the tax credit bill, which will increase the Earned Income Tax Credit available to lower-income families, be read aloud in its entirety.That procedure to request a bill be read in full is guaranteed under the state constitution and has been used as a delay tactic by House Republicans against the majority Democrats in recent years.Bottoms is asking the court to block the law from taking effect and is seeking a declaration that his constitutional rights were violated. A H...