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Police: 6 killed in Pennsylvania pileup of 80 vehicles
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A deadly pileup involving 80 vehicles on a Pennsylvania interstate during a snow squall killed six people, state police said Wednesday. "There were 6 fatalities involved in this...
Mar 30, 2022
Putin misled by advisers on Ukraine, US intel determines
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about Russian forces' performance in Ukraine, according to a U....
Mar 30, 2022
Mass shooting inquiry: New details about second day of killing rampage revealed
HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the mass shooting two years ago in Nova Scotia released a document today that provides chilling details about the mayhem that ensued when the killer continued his r...
Mar 30, 2022
Prosecutors finish their side in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial
Prosecutors in Michigan have rested their case against four men charged with planning to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 national election. Key evidence came from two undercover FBI agent...
Mar 30, 2022
Quebec media pen letter denouncing criminal trial held in secret, kept off docket
MONTREAL - The heads of Quebec major newsrooms have penned an open letter denouncing a criminal trial involving a police informant held entirely in secret and kept off the official court docket. The e...
Mar 30, 2022
Ex-chief of defence staff Jonathan Vance pleads guilty to obstruction of justice
OTTAWA - Former chief of the defence staff general Jonathan Vance has pleaded guilty to one charge of obstruction of justice. Vance's lawyer Rodney Sellar confirmed the plea during a virtual court app...
Mar 30, 2022
Live updates: Zelenskyy addresses Norway's Parliament
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the Norwegian Parliament that Russia wants "to destroy the foundation of Europe." Zelenskyy, speaking through an interpreter duri...
Mar 30, 2022
GOP Sen. Collins says she'll back Jackson for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the ...
Mar 30, 2022
Private, public, or free: plenty of ways to camp on Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - There is great demand for the great outdoors.The B.C. government launched their revamped BC Parks reservation site on March 21, with over 19,000 bookings made on the first day, according to ...
Mar 30, 2022
First Nation funding, Humboldt survivor gets implant update: In The News for March 30
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 30 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 30, 2022