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Jennifer Pan pleads guilty to manslaughter in mother’s death after new trial ordered
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
Jennifer Pan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2010 death of her mother, nearly a year after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered a new first-degree murder trial for the Markham, Ont., woman in a case that drew international attention and spawned a Netflix documentary. One of Pan’s lawyers, Breana Vandebeek, confirmed the plea ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CAF president defends controversial call to strip Senegal of its Africa Cup title
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
The president of African soccer’s governing body has defended its integrity and impartiality after Senegal’s government called for an international investigation into “suspected corruption” at the organization after it stripped the country of its Africa Cup of Nations title. Patrice Motsepe, the president of the Confederation of African Football, sought Wednesday to explain the decision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Champions League: Barcelona scores 7, Liverpool revives, Bayern cruises and Atletico survives
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
Barcelona scored seven and Liverpool revived its season with four goals to flip tight Champions League games Wednesday into big wins sending them to the quarterfinals. Atletico Madrid survived a pulsating Tottenham fightback to make it Spain 3, England 0 in round-of-16 clashes this week. Bayern Munich had it easiest of all, pushing aside Atalanta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brewers left-hander Kyle Harrison leaves game with blister on his finger
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
PHOENIX (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Kyle Harrison left his Cactus League start Wednesday due to a blister on his left index finger. Harrison departed after allowing four runs over 2 2/3 innings. The 24-year-old has been competing for a spot in Milwaukee’s starting rotation since coming over from the Boston Red Sox in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From Alabama to Denver, Waddle and Surtain reunite with training camp battles looming
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Jaylen Waddle and Pat Surtain II are gearing up for some fierce training camp competitions now that the former Alabama stars have been reunited in Denver. “He was one of the first calls that I made,” Waddle said on a conference call Wednesday after his trade to the Broncos from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hodgson’s NCAA Tournament homecoming filled with painful, uplifting memories for South Florida coach
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bryan Hodgson’s celebrated homecoming comes with both deeply painful and joyously uplifting reminders of the South Florida’s full-circle journey in preparing to make his NCAA Tournament coaching debut not far from his Jamestown, New York, roots. There are the mental and physical scars — two burn marks on the back of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bears bring back linebacker Jack Sanborn for second stint with 1-year contract
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears brought back Jack Sanborn for a second stint on Wednesday, signing the Chicago-area linebacker to a one-year contract. Sanborn, who’s from Lake Zurich, Ill., entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Wisconsin with the Bears in 2022. He started 19 of the 48 games ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: A really, really bad wedding night gets worse in ‘Ready or Not 2’
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
When we last left our new bride, Grace, at the end of 2019’s “Ready or Not,” she was smoking a well-earned cigarette, having survived a night of slaughter. She sat on a stone step as a mansion went up in flames behind her, her wedding dress ripped and caked with blood, dirt and grime (but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NCAA newcomer Queens plans to bring ‘street dog’ mentality against No. 2 seed Purdue
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — When Queens University men’s basketball coach Grant Leonard boards the team’s plane for St. Louis for its first-round NCAA Tournament game against No. 2 seed Purdue, he’ll be accompanied by his staff, players and Buddy the Street Dog. Buddy is a 2-foot tall ceramic figurine of a golden shepherd, which Leonard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s population has dropped for the first time since Confederation: StatCan
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada’s latest estimates suggest Canada’s population declined last year for the first time since Confederation, due primarily to a drop in the number of non-permanent immigrants. The estimates suggest Canada’s population lost about 102,000 people in 2025. That loss came after the non-permanent resident population fell by more than 171,000 individuals between ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Illness prevents Arizona State coach Molly Miller from traveling with team to NCAA Tournament
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State women’s basketball coach Molly Miller did not travel to Iowa with her team for its NCAA Tournament game due to an illness. School officials said on Wednesday they are hopeful Miller will be able to rejoin the Sun Devils in time for their First Four game against Virginia on ... Read More »
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