Unpublished Newswire

Toronto’s police chief says he wants to make it clear he accepts and supports the not-guilty verdict delivered by a jury in the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a police officer.Umar Zameer was acquitted Sunday in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup, who was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall nearly three years ago. Zameer had pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and testified he didn’t know Northrup and his partner – who were in plain clothes – were police officers.Police Chief Myron Demkiw was seen hugging Northrup’s widow...

The British Columbia government has agreed to shelve proposed legislation that would have allowed it to sue social media companies for harms their algorithms cause people, announcing that Meta, X, and other major platforms have agreed to work with the province to put protections in place.The province introduced the Public Health Accountability and Cost Recovery Act in March, promising it would allow government to recover costs associated with the promotion, marketing and distribution of products that are harmful to adults and children in the province. It was tabled just weeks after...