March 26th, 2026
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LSU fires men’s basketball coach Matt McMahon, is finalizing agreement to rehire Will Wade

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

LSU has fired fourth-year coach Matt McMahon and has reached an agreement to rehire former Tigers coach Will Wade from N.C. State. “This was not an easy decision,” Wade wrote in a social media post Thursday in which he thanked N.C. State for the opportunity to coach the Wolfpack. “But the opportunity to return to ... Read More »

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Indigenous services minister announces $738M for health, emergency management

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty announced on Thursday a $738.9-million funding package for First Nations health care, governance and emergency management. She is earmarking $55.6 million to build up community preparedness and emergency management co-ordination. The funds are not directly related to fire management but could help with operations such as wildfire support. ... Read More »

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Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala’s mom says UFC boss offering to fund care

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

VANCOUVER — The mother of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting victim Maya Gebala says Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White has offered to pay for her daughter to be treated in California. Cia Edmonds says 12-year-old Gebala, who suffered serious brain injuries in the mass shooting that claimed eight victims’ lives last month, is now stable ... Read More »

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Ottawa proposes $1.7B fund to help provinces lower cost of homebuilding

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

OTTAWA — The federal government is proposing a $1.7-billion fund to help provinces and territories lower the cost of homebuilding. The federal funding is meant to help provinces reduce development fees or other levies on new housing to speed up the pace of construction in Canada. The money can also be used to boost productivity ... Read More »

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Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events by new IOC policy

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

GENEVA (AP) — Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. “Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or ... Read More »

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Bank of Canada rethinking inflation framework amid persistent shocks: Rogers

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

OTTAWA — A senior official at the Bank of Canada says the central bank is reconsidering how it thinks and talks about inflation as it prepares to review its five-year mandate later this year. Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers is in Brandon, Man., today speaking to a business audience about how the ... Read More »

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One guilty, one acquitted in drive-by murder of Quebec teenager Meriem Boundaoui

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

MONTREAL — A man who admitted to shooting the gun that killed a 15-year-old girl in Montreal in 2021 was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder, while his co-accused was acquitted of all charges. With his guilty verdict, Salim Touaibi, 29, is automatically sentenced to ... Read More »

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Quadruple amputee cornhole player waives extradition hearing in fatal shooting case

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A professional cornhole player who’s also a quadruple amputee waived his right to an extradition hearing on Thursday, as authorities seek to move him from Virginia to Maryland, where he faces charges of fatally shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument. Dayton ... Read More »

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Doors were propped open at missing mother’s Arizona home, Savannah Guthrie recounts in interview

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

The back doors of Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home were found propped open and her phone and purse were still at the home when the 84-year-old disappeared, daughter Savannah Guthrie said in an interview that aired Thursday on NBC’s “Today,” her first since her mother’s apparent abduction. Given the tremendous pain their mother suffered from, Savannah ... Read More »

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Italy traces stolen Bond girl fortune to Tuscan vineyards and villas

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

MILAN (AP) — Italian authorities have impounded 20 million euros ($23 million) worth of property, artworks and financial assets in and around Florence that were allegedly purchased with money stolen from original Bond girl Ursula Andress, Italy’s financial police said in a statement on Thursday. The seizures were the result of an investigation launched after ... Read More »

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New Democrats to debate fossil fuel crackdown, electoral reform in Winnipeg

By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026

OTTAWA — New Democrats are set to debate up to 70 policy proposals at their convention in Winnipeg this weekend on a host of issues, including clean energy, electoral reform and the party’s own political strategy. They include proposals to “vigorously oppose” any expansion of oil tanker traffic on B.C.’s northern coast, to work toward ... Read More »

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