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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 »
Be the first to comment!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 »
Be the first to comment!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 »
Be the first to comment!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 »
Be the first to comment!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 »
Be the first to comment!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 »
Be the first to comment!Monaco gets a boost as midfielder Paul Pogba shows signs he is ready to play again
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
MONACO (AP) — Monaco’s bid for a Champions League spot next season could be boosted by the return of midfielder Paul Pogba. The former France star recently returned to light training following a lengthy injury layoff due to a persistent left calf problem, and on Thursday he scored in a friendly match against Premier League ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney: Canada might help vessels sail Strait of Hormuz if there is a ceasefire
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada might join efforts to ensure freedom of navigation in the Middle East if there is a ceasefire. Reporters asked Carney today how Ottawa might get involved in efforts to reopen shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has blockaded in response to the U.S. and Israel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: ‘Two Prosecutors’ is a perfect nightmare of state corruption
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” is a nightmare of government corruption so perfectly composed that, by the time it reaches its chilling conclusion, you feel nearly as entrapped as its young protagonist. Alexander Kornyev (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) is a fresh-faced prosecutor who arrives at the Soviet prison in Bryansk in 1937. This is not, you might be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Surging Sabres have brought the buzz back to Buffalo in closing in on 1st playoff berth in 15 years
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Norris’ father had never steered him wrong before. And yet the Sabres forward was somewhat skeptical of just how passionate Buffalo was as a hockey market upon his arrival in a trade from Ottawa a year ago. Sidelined by an injury, Norris would sit in the press box staring out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dash Crofts of Seals & Crofts, known for hits ‘Summer Breeze’ and ‘Diamond Girl,’ dies at 87
By Canadian Press on March 26th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Darrell “Dash” Crofts, who teamed with childhood friend Jim Seals for such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer,” has died. He was 87. Crofts died Wednesday of heart failure at the Heart Hospital of Austin in Austin, Texas, said his daughter, Lua Crofts Faragher. She ... Read More »
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