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LOUISVILLE, KY. -- A judge on Thursday denied a request from a Louisville police officer who took part in the deadly raid on Breonna Taylor's home to bar the media from part of his upcoming trial. Source

A proposal that could see as many as six homes packed into what are currently single-family lots in Vancouver is moving forward after a tentative nod from city council this week. Council voted in favour Wednesday night of asking city staff to look into a pitch from the mayor to rezone some properties. Source

Nine people are in hospital, including a child in critical condition, after a house fire on Thursday morning. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a blaze in the single-storey residence on Simcoe Street, between St. Matthews Avenue and Portage Avenue, just before 6 a.m. Source

GoFundMe is releasing an initial $1 million in fundraising money to the organizers of the trucker convoy protesting vaccine mandates, after the website had temporarily frozen the funds earlier this week. In a statement to CTV News, a GoFundMe spokesperson said the organizers have provided a plan for the money’s distribution to cover the costs of gas for those planning to protest this weekend at Parliament Hill. Source

Canada Post is now offering employees upgraded medical procedure masks for their shifts and anyone wishing to wear their own mask will have to double up. In a statement on Thursday, a spokesperson for Canada Post said the move away from “three-ply reusable cloth masks, or disposable medical masks” is part of the company’s “ongoing efforts to enhance pandemic safety measures. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's retirement gives U.S. President Joe Biden a chance to make his first nomination to the high court. It's also a chance for Biden to fulfill a campaign promise to nominate the first Black woman to be a justice. Source

ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Three officers on trial for allegedly violating George Floyd's civil rights were trained to use the least amount force necessary and had a duty to intervene against inappropriate force, the commander of the Minneapolis police training division at the time of Floyd's killing testified Thursday. Source

Ontario's top doctor says it’s time to "learn to live with COVID-19" as he anticipates the province is in for a much better spring. "We have let our lives be controlled for the last two years in a significant amount of fear and now we are going to have to change some of that thinking," Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Source

An advocate for the homeless says stabbing attacks on three vulnerable people last month are a sad reality. Police have deemed the random attacks within eight minutes of each other in downtown Calgary on Dec. Source

The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that it had found four additional bodies in its search for dozens of migrants lost at sea off the coast of Florida but that it would suspend its rescue operations at sunset if it doesn't receive any new information. Source