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Majority of Proline Plus bettors picked UConn to win Elite Eight hoops contest
TORONTO - The University of Connecticut Huskies have reached the Final Four for the first time since 2014, and some bettors like their chances to go all the way. The fourth-seeded Huskies moved on to ...
Mar 28, 2023
Psychiatric evaluation extended for man accused of crashing bus into Quebec daycare
LAVAL, Que. - A Montreal psychiatric hospital says it needs more time to evaluate the mental state of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a daycare. The Philippe-Pin...
Mar 28, 2023
Unprecedented construction needed in B.C. to offset record immigration: Report
VANCOUVER - A new report says home construction in British Columbia will need to rise to unprecedented levels to offset the impact of record immigration on the housing market. The B.C. Real Estate Ass...
Mar 28, 2023
French court refuses to extradite Italian former militants
PARIS (AP) - France's highest court on Tuesday ruled against extraditing 10 Italian former far-left militants who were convicted of attacks carried out in the 1970s and 1980s. The two women and eight ...
Mar 28, 2023
Provincial police officer killed during attempted arrest northeast of Montreal
LOUISEVILLE, Que. - A Quebec provincial police officer was killed while trying to arrest a man at a home in the province's Mauricie region Monday night. The police force confirmed in a news release Tu...
Mar 28, 2023
Portugal: 2 dead, several injured in Muslim center stabbing
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portuguese police shot a man suspected of stabbing two women to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, authorities said Tuesday. The women were Portuguese staff members a...
Mar 28, 2023
Dungeons & Dragons night a huge success in supporting local children's literacy
NANAIMO - Dungeon masters and dragon enthusiasts have come together for child literacy.Literacy Central Vancouver Island hosted a community night at Cliffside Brewery on Cliff St. in Nanaimo on Friday...
Mar 28, 2023
39 dead in fire at Mexico migrant facility near US: official
MEXICO CITY (AP) - More than three dozen migrants have died in a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico near the U.S. border, an official said Tuesday. Images from the scene showed...
Mar 28, 2023
Turbide takes unusual approach to training ahead of Canadian swimming trials
TORONTO - Paralympian Nicolas-Guy Turbide has had to go against conventional wisdom as he prepares for the Canadian swimming trials. Turbide earned bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics and silver at the To...
Mar 28, 2023
Freeland set to table federal budget : In The News for Mar. 28
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 Mar. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 28, 2023