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Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses
LONDON (AP) - Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Friday for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. The three-t...
Apr 29, 2022
Police breached accused man's right to counsel, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says police breached a Quebec man's constitutional right to counsel by undermining the advice given by his lawyer. The unanimous decision comes today in the case o...
Apr 29, 2022
Relatives: Former US Marine killed fighting in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former U.S. Marine was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, his relatives told news outlets in what's the first known death of a U.S. citizen fighting...
Apr 29, 2022
Frontex chief offers to resign over pushback claims
BRUSSELS (AP) - The head of the European Union's border agency has offered to resign following allegations that the agency was involved in illegal pushbacks of migrants, officials from the European Co...
Apr 29, 2022
Deep Sixed: Raptors eliminated from NBA post-season after Game 6 loss to Philadelphia
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors tried to look at the positives after their NBA post-season ended in blowout fashion. A team that's building for the future did well to earn the fifth seed in the Eastern ...
Apr 29, 2022
Surging CF Montréal hosts Atlanta looking to build on six-game unbeaten run
MONTREAL - CF Montreal's six-game unbeaten run in all competitions has left the Major League Soccer club in a favourable place after a slow start to the season. With three of those results coming agai...
Apr 29, 2022
Lawmaker: Sri Lanka president agrees to remove brother as PM
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka's president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the country's worst ec...
Apr 29, 2022
Biker convoy in the capital and Mattea does it again: In The News for Apr. 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Apr. 29 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Apr 29, 2022
'Rolling Thunder' event will likely bring hundreds of motorcycles to downtown Ottawa
OTTAWA - There's fencing on Parliament Hill, an exclusion zone around several blocks downtown and hundreds of extra police officers on call as Ottawa braces for the arrival of "Rolling Thunder" motorc...
Apr 29, 2022
Moderna vaccine production facility to be built in the Montreal area
MONTREAL - American vaccine maker Moderna is to announce today it plans to build its promised Canadian production facility in Montreal. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Moderna CEO Stphane Bancel, and Q...
Apr 29, 2022