{"id":7040,"date":"2026-03-17T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7040"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:47:58","slug":"newsbrief-17-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/newsbrief-17-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (17.3.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pierre Ny St-Amand, the man who killed two children and hurt six others by driving a Laval city bus into a daycare, three years ago, has been declared a high-risk offender. 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