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TORONTO -- Firearms experts say it is rare for someone to be killed from a prop gun while filming a movie or TV show as a weapons master or armourer is mandated to be on set to ensure everyone's safety, in addition to providing rigorous training and gun handling to actors beforehand. Source

OTTAWA -- Canadians should carefully weigh any future decisions on taking foreign trips even though the federal government has lifted a global advisory asking them to avoid non-essential travel, health officials cautioned Friday. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, said the government would be providing more specific information about the severity of COVID-19 in various countries to help Canadians decide where they should consider travelling. Source

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court is not immediately blocking the Texas law that bans most abortions, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case in early November. The justices said Friday they will decide whether the federal government has the right to sue over the law. Source

A Manitoba health-care worker who was fired from her job for drinking alcohol cannot challenge her termination under her province's Human Rights Code, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The ruling sided with the employer's argument that disputes between a unionized employee and an employer on an issue covered by a collective agreement, can only be settled by a labour arbitrator working with both parties. Source

MONTREAL -- Montreal police have made an arrest into the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy outside his school on Monday. In a news release issued at noon Friday, police said they arrested a youth and say that he is expected to be charged with second-degree murder and conspiracy. Source

TORONTO -- Ontario's daily COVID-19 case counts are expected to remain stable over the next month despite an increase in social contacts, newly released modelling shows, but only if public health measures are not lifted. The new data was released by the province's Science Advisory Table late Friday morning. Source

Sen. Josée Forest-Niesing of Sudbury is in hospital in the northern Ontario city for COVID-19. Forest-Niesing, 56, is double vaccinated and was admitted to Health Sciences North in the northern city, her office said. No one in her family has tested positive for COVID-19, a statement said, adding it's uncertain how she was exposed to the virus. Source

NEW YORK -- Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst has been charged in suburban New York City with the death of his former wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Friday. A state police investigator filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday at a town court in Lewisboro, New York, accusing Durst of second-degree murder. Source

HALIFAX - Police in Truro, N.S. have arrested two men in relation to the homicide investigation of Prabhjot Singh Katri last month. On Thursday, officers say they arrested Dylan Robert MacDonald, 21, of Valley, Colchester County, N.S. Source

A hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other elephants. But during episodes of intense ivory poaching, those big incisors become a liability. Source