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CP NewsAlert: Newfoundland’s COVID-related entry limit constitutional, court says
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public health reasons. A 2020 order from Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief medical officer limited the circumstances in which non-residents could enter the province due to COVID-19. Nova Scotia resident Kimberley Taylor went to court after being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Love on the big stage: Couples star in Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘The Lion King’
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — This Valentine’s Day, Rodney Ingram will be doing what he loves with the one he loves. All on Broadway. The newlywed plays the title role in Disney’s “Aladdin” alongside his wife, Sonia, who covers multiple roles. It’s a workplace romance at the pinnacle of musical theater. “This is so rare,” he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music Review: A post-‘Brat’ Charli xcx broods on the ‘Wuthering Heights’ soundtrack
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
Charli xcx’s soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights” is a brooding collection approximating some image of gothic romanticism. Its enjoyable if not revelatory 12 tracks are a collaboration with songwriters and producers Finn Keane and Justin Raisen, and her first full-length album since the zeitgeist-shaping “Brat.” It is not the role ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blue Jays send OF Joey Loperfido to Astros for OF Jesús Sánchez
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired outfielder Jesús Sánchez from the Houston Astros for outfielder Joey Loperfido on Friday. The 28-year-old Sánchez hit .237 with 14 home runs and 48 RBIs in 134 games last season between Miami and Houston. The left-handed hitter has 73 home runs in 580 games over six ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High-profile resignations and replacements as Epstein case fallout spreads
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein case is spreading around the world. Politicians, diplomats, business leaders and royals have seen reputations tarnished, investigations launched and jobs lost after a trove of more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related documents released by the U.S. Justice Department revealed their ties to the American financier and convicted sex ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling on the surprisingly sweet BDSM romance ‘Pillion’
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
Alexander Skarsgård doesn’t usually watch his movies more than once with an audience. But “Pillion,” in which he plays the enigmatic member of gay biker club who begins a dom-sub relationship with a younger, more inexperienced man, Colin (Harry Melling), has been an exception. He’s seen it at least four times. It’s partly because “Pillion” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The World Cup means slashed wages and displacement for some of Mexico City’s poor
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Montserrat Fuentes stands on the same street corner where she has worked for 20 years. But the sex worker’s normal rush of clients every Friday night is nowhere to be seen. Instead, the busy Mexico City throughway where some 2,500 sex workers make their living is lined with construction, part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Simon, Carney to attend vigil in Tumbler Bridge, B.C. Friday
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Governor General Mary Simon confirmed she will join Prime Minister Carney at a vigil to the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Friday night. Nine people died in the shooting on Tuesday at a home and school in the town of about 2,700 people in northeastern British Columbia. Carney ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patriots’ Stefon Diggs pleads not guilty to assault allegation
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs on Friday pleaded not guilty to felony strangulation and other criminal charges stemming from an alleged dispute with his personal chef. The arraignment at Massachusetts’s Dedham District Court was postponed until after Super Bowl LX so Diggs could play in the NFL championship game. At ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalist Don Lemon is set to be arraigned in Minnesota church protest case
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former CNN host turned independent journalist Don Lemon and four other people are set to be arraigned on federal civil rights charges Friday, accused in a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor. Also scheduled for arraignment Friday is civil rights attorney ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France defender Dayot Upamecano pens new 4-year deal to stay at Bayern Munich
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2026
MUNICH (AP) — France defender Dayot Upamecano has signed a new four-year deal to stay at Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga powerhouse ended a l ong drawn-out saga on Friday by announcing the 27-year-old Upamecano had penned a new contract through June 2030, ending speculation that he could be swayed by reported interest from Real Madrid ... Read More »
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