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Three victims remain in critical condition after Monday's crash in small Quebec town
AMQUI - Three people are still fighting for their lives, two days after a pickup truck plowed into almost a dozen pedestrians walking down a street in the Quebec town of Amqui. A Quebec City hospital ...
Mar 15, 2023
Texas announces takeover of Houston schools, stirring anger
HOUSTON (AP) - Texas officials on Wednesday announced a state takeover of Houston's nearly 200,000-student public school district, the eighth-largest in the country, acting on years of threats and ang...
Mar 15, 2023
Avalanche finding their groove as defending champs prep for playoff push
Nathan MacKinnon collected a pass just inside his own blue line and started to gather speed. In the blink of an eye, the lightning-quick Colorado Avalanche sniper blew past four penalty killers before...
Mar 15, 2023
Haiti claims delayed Canadian armoured vehicles hinder plan to control gangs
OTTAWA, Ill. - Haiti's troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Pr...
Mar 15, 2023
Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian authorities say that they will try to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that American forces brought down in the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian...
Mar 15, 2023
Grande Gathering Gala fundraiser returns
An event that not only brings the community together in reconciliation, but also serves as a major fundraiser for the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre, is set to return this summer. Details have been ...
Mar 15, 2023
New trial ordered in Grande Prairie murder case
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has ordered a re-trial in a 2014 Grande Prairie murder case.Nicholas Richard Harris of Edmonton was given a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years after bei...
Mar 15, 2023
Assisted dying expansion, preventing vehicle attacks : In The News for Mar. 15
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. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 15, 2023
The issue of expanding assisted dying eligibility 'has already been decided': senator
OTTAWA - The senator who pushed for Canada's assisted dying regime to include people whose only condition is a mental disorder says the debate about that policy is now over. "The issue of expansion ha...
Mar 15, 2023
Canadian dairy plant becomes unlikely symbol of defiance for Ukrainian farmers
KRASNE, Ukraine - The cows on Lyuba Pastushok's farm are like her "cheeky children," she explained in Ukrainian as she walked among her growing herd, gently cooing to them and softly petting their hea...
Mar 15, 2023