March 28th, 2024

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Calgary officer charged over assault at arrest processing centre

By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024

CALGARY – Alberta’s police watchdog says a Calgary officer has been charged over an alleged assault at the arrest processing centre two years ago. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the officer is accused of repeatedly using force on a handcuffed male suspect, who had to be taken to hospital. ASIRT says its investigation ... Read More »

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Suspect charged with murder, attempted murder in deadly Rockford rampage

By Kathleen Foody, Rick Callahan And Corey Williams, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024

CHICAGO (AP) – A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing and beating rampage that left four people dead in a matter of minutes in a northern Illinois city, authorities said Thursday. Christian Soto is also charged with seven counts of attempted murder and home invasion with ... Read More »

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S&P/TSX composite higher, U.S. markets mixed as record-breaking first quarter ends

By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024

TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index rose Thursday ahead of the long weekend, while U.S. markets were mixed as a record-breaking quarter for equities drew to a close. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 59.95 points at 22,167.03. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 47.29 points at 39,807.37. The S&P 500 ... Read More »

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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ reinforces her dedication to Black reclamation – and country music

By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) – First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia – making a statement without saying a word. Then, during the Super Bowl, she dropped two hybrid country songs: “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.” All of that heralded her latest album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” out Friday. As ... Read More »

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Manitoba promises move to plastic health cards as part of upcoming budget

By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024

WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is planning to do away with paper health cards and switch to more durable plastic and digital ones. Finance Minister Adrien Sala says the move is among many promises from last year’s provincial election campaign that will be fulfilled in the budget on Tuesday. The NDP government says the new ... Read More »

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Spy agency told election chief of possible meddling in nomination, inquiry hears

By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024

OTTAWA – Chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault says that during the 2019 general election, Canada’s spy agency told him of possible foreign meddling in a political nomination contest. A document tabled today at a commission of inquiry into foreign interference says Perrault decided at that point no action could be taken on the issue in ... Read More »

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Green Day will headline United Nations-backed global climate concert in San Francisco

By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Green Day will headline a United Nations Human Rights-backed global climate concert on Tuesday at the famed Fillmore in San Francisco. The intimate event, which is co-hosted by the Recording Academy, aims to bring attention to the inequalities exacerbated by climate change. Ultra Q, an alternative rock band fronted by Green ... Read More »

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‘Oppenheimer’ director Christopher Nolan and wife Emma Thomas to get British knighthood and damehood

By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024

LONDON (AP) – The Oscar-winning director of “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan, and his wife and producer Emma Thomas, will receive a knighthood and damehood for their services to film, according to a statement on Thursday from the U.K. government. Their recognition comes after their biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” swept ... Read More »

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Green Day will headline United Nations’ backed global climate concert in San Francisco

By Maria Sherman, The Associated Press on March 28th, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Green Day will headline a United Nations Human Rights-backed global climate concert on Tuesday at the famed Fillmore in San Francisco. The intimate event, which is co-hosted by the Recording Academy, aims to bring attention to the inequalities exasperated by climate change. Ultra Q, an alternative rock band fronted by Green ... Read More »

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Quebec judge orders bus driver to stand trial for 2023 daycare crash deaths

By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024

SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. – A judge has ordered a Quebec man to stand trial on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of two children killed when a bus rammed into a Montreal-area daycare last year. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a transit bus crashed into the front of a daycare in Laval, Que., on ... Read More »

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Quebec minister to order probe after complaint about QMJHL English-only playoff garb

By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024

MONTREAL – Quebec’s French language minister says he’ll ask the province’s language watchdog to investigate after the leader of the Parti Québécois complained about a lack of French on a QMJHL team’s playoff garb. On Wednesday night, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon complained on X, formerly Twitter, about T-shirts and hoodies reading “Gilles-Courteau Trophy playoffs” worn by ... Read More »

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