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TORONTO — Lanny McDonald never saw it coming. The Stanley Cup champion and Hockey Hall of Fame member was among nine individuals named for induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

OTTAWA — The number of people stopped by the RCMP after illegally entering Canada rose in March.

TORONTO — A man convicted of butchering his best friend at a hotel and stuffing the body parts into two hockey bags can have a taxpayer-funded lawyer to argue his appeal, Ontario's top court ruled on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Ontario's highly anticipated package of housing measures is set to be announced Thursday and will take aim at speculators, expedite more supply, tackle rental affordability and look at realtor practices.

VICTORIA — Nearly four people died every day last month from an illicit drug overdose in British Columbia. Data from the BC Coroners Service says 120 people died in March, the third-highest death toll for a single month on record in the province.

TORONTO — Raptors 905 head coach Jerry Stackhouse has been named the NBA D-League coach of the year.

Quebec's environmental-review agency will hold public hearings into what to do with rail track in Lac-Megantic.

Toronto police have asked the public to help redesign their new squad cars after an earlier model selected by the force caused some controversy — a reaction a police historian says has accompanied similar attempts in the last 40 years.

CALGARY — Nearly one-third of the natural gas burned in Canada last year was used to produce oil from the oilsands, according to the National Energy Board. The federal regulator says nearly 2.

Toronto's police services board is being urged to implement an outright ban on carding — random police checks of people on the street — in light of a report that concludes the practice does far more harm than good.