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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
North Stars alumni shine with ACAC champion, Kings
Red Deer Polytechnic took home its first ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference) championship in 29 years over the weekend, with five former Battlefords North Stars' now College hockey champions.F...
Mar 28, 2023
Four arrested after drugs and guns found at home on Witchekan Lake First Nation
An investigation this month by Saskatchewan RCMP has resulted in several people being arrested and the seizure of drugs, guns and ammunition.On March 15, Spiritwood RCMP was asked to assist a partner ...
Mar 28, 2023
City signs new contract with firefighters' union
It's official. The City of North Battleford signed a new three-year collective agreement with the North Battleford Firefighters' Association Local #1756 at council's meeting Monday. The agreement call...
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
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