March 5th, 2026
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No. 17 UNC’s Caleb Wilson still not cleared for 5-on-5 practice work in recovery from hand injury

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Star freshman Caleb Wilson is increasing practice work for No. 17 North Carolina ahead of the rivalry game at No. 1 Duke but has yet to be cleared for 5-on-5 action due to his hand fracture, coach Hubert Davis said Thursday. The 6-foot-10 high-end NBA prospect has missed six games ... Read More »

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Hannah Hidalgo scores 28 and No. 5 seed Notre Dame women beat Miami 69-54 in ACC Tournament

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Hannah Hidalgo had 28 points, eight rebounds, five assists and five steals, Cassandre Prosper added 12 points and No. 5 seed Notre Dame beat 12th-seeded Miami 69-54 on Thursday in the second round of the ACC Tournament. Notre Dame (21-9), which received 26 votes in the latest AP poll, moves on ... Read More »

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Beers, No. 7 Oklahoma use dominant third quarter to roll past Florida 82-64 in SEC Tournament

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Raegan Beers had 18 points and seven rebounds, Aaliyah Chavez added 17 points and No. 7 Oklahoma used a dominant third quarter to rout Florida 82-64 on Thursday and advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Zya Vann scored 14 points and Brooklyn Stewart chipped in with 12 for the Sooners ... Read More »

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Max Holloway faces Charles Oliveira in an 11-year rematch for the BMF belt at UFC 326

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is a rematch nearly 11 years in the making and one that seemed unlikely to occur after the first meeting was such a dud that even the winner took little joy in it. Max Holloway emerged with the victory that night after Charles Oliveira suffered a freak esophagus injury not ... Read More »

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At 76, Dusty Baker is managing again. He’s leading Nicaragua in the World Baseball Classic

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

MIAMI (AP) — Dusty Baker is going to be honored as a member of the Cactus League Hall of Fame on March 14, and he’s appreciative of the recognition. He’s just hoping that he doesn’t have to attend. The 76-year-old Baker is managing Nicaragua in the World Baseball Classic, and his team has four guaranteed ... Read More »

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Team Venezuela expects the WBC to be a celebration, even on US soil

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan flag was stitched on the right side of Omar López’s cap. And an American flag was positioned a few feet to his left. Baseball, meet politics. Politics, meet baseball. Like it or not, it’s happening. The World Baseball Classic — already underway in Tokyo — starts pool play Friday in ... Read More »

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Canadian pairs win gold, silver at world junior figure skating championships

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

TALLINN — Canadian pair Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov are world junior figure skating champions. The Winnipeg duo captured gold Thursday in Tallinn, Estonia, climbing from second to first place with a winning free skate to “Clair De Lune” by Claude Debussy. Kemp and Elizarov are Canada’s first world junior pairs champions since Barbara Underhill ... Read More »

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B.C. forestry workers, other sectors hurt by tariffs to get $70M in jobs training

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

VICTORIA — Workers in B.C.’s softwood lumber industry and other sectors who are out of work because of U.S. tariffs will benefit from almost $71 million in funding for retraining. Federal Jobs Minister Pat Hajdu and Sheila Malcolmson, the minister of social development and poverty reduction, made the joint funding announcement about the three year ... Read More »

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Privacy Commissioner probe finds Loblaw took too long to delete PC Optimum accounts

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

GATINEAU — An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Loblaw took too long to address requests from customers who wanted to delete their PC Optimum accounts. The office says Loblaw had the mechanism to respond to requests but took an unreasonable amount of time to address them, and that it also ... Read More »

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New coalition targets $100M for Canadian carbon removal projects by 2030

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

An emerging industry to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere got a boost today with the launch of a Canadian initiative to raise another $100 million for those projects. The federal government, RBC, BMO and Shopify are among the founding members of what’s being billed as the Advance Carbon Removal Coalition. The coalition says its ... Read More »

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Ottawa accused of preferential treatment with coming rail subsidies for steel, lumber

By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026

OTTAWA — The federal government is being accused of creating an uneven playing field in Canada’s shipping industry. Later this spring, Ottawa is expected to launch a program to subsidize interprovincial rail shipments of steel and lumber by up to 50 per cent. The move was announced in November by Prime Minister Mark Carney as ... Read More »

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