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Bangladesh wins toss, elects to field against Pakistan in 2nd one-day cricket international
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz won the toss Friday and elected to field against Pakistan in the second one-day cricket international. Bangladesh leads the three-match after fast bowler Nahid Rana skittled Pakistan for 114 with a career-best figures of 5-24 in a resounding eight-wicket win on Wednesday. While Bangladesh retained the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news: Carney in Norway, Canada CUSMA talks leverage, March break destinations
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Carney to observe NATO Arctic drills in Norway. Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Norway today, where he will observe NATO’s Cold Response exercises alongside the Norwegian prime minister. Carney is on the trip at the invitation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marathon WNBA labor talks last 16 hours with still no CBA deal
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and its players’ union met for 16 hours during a third straight day of negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The session that began at 11 a.m. Thursday ended early Friday morning. The two sides have met for nearly 40 hours since first getting together in-person Tuesday — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Six Nations closing with a title shootout between France, Scotland and Ireland
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
France, Scotland or Ireland will clinch the most fun Six Nations in years on Saturday. Predictions have been torn up and one last twist in the final round of a gripping championship would not surprise. France is in pole position to win successive titles for the first time since 2006-07. France leads Scotland in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MLA wants to scrap B.C.’s Human Rights Code. Some constituents want her gone instead
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
VICTORIA — A B.C. legislator who has sought to scrap the province’s Human Rights Code and ban land acknowledgments, and has blamed the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting on “transgender ideology,” is facing a recall campaign from constituents who say she has left them without “coherent” representation. Tara Armstrong has also been accused of spreading hate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s masked band Angine de Poitrine is blowing up. Meet the men behind the noses
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
Quebec’s newest breakout band wears paper-mâché masks with giant phallic noses and polka-dot-speckled costumes that cover their entire bodies. Their music sounds like a freewheeling jam session that wandered out of a dream and crashed into a carnival ride. Their identities are a mystery. Naturally, the internet can’t look away. Meet Angine de Poitrine, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. appointed them to map old-growth. Now they say province is failing to save it
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they’re concerned about continued logging in those same rare and “irreplaceable” forests. The five former panellists say in a document sent to Premier David Eby and other officials this week the proposed old-growth deferrals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Record-smashing powerlifter, 68, says she lives for the ‘clang’ of the weights
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
ST. JOHN’S — On Thursday morning, 68-year-old Mava Brydges put the weight of a household refrigerator onto her back, lowered herself toward the floor and then stood up again. Her 132.5-kilogram squat at the Canadian Powerlifting National Championships in St. John’s, N.L., was five kilograms shy of the national record for her age and weight ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney to observe NATO drills in northern Norway with Norwegian and German leaders
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Norway today, where he will observe NATO’s Cold Response exercises alongside the Norwegian prime minister. Carney is on the trip at the invitation of Norway, which hosts these joint NATO exercises every two years. This year, about 25,000 troops from 14 different nations are taking part in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Price shocks from Iran war could give Canada leverage in CUSMA talks: experts
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
WASHINGTON — Countries around the world are grappling with skyrocketing costs for key commodities like oil and fertilizer as the war with Iran continues to upend global trade. With no end in sight, the war is likely to cast a shadow over trade negotiations ahead of the mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Statistics Canada set to report jobs, unemployment data for February
By Canadian Press on March 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release fresh jobs data for February this morning. A Reuters poll of economists expects the economy added 10,000 jobs last month but that the unemployment rate edged up to 6.6 per cent. Statistics Canada reported a loss of 25,000 positions in January but said the jobless rate swung ... Read More »
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