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Sean Strickland disputes UFC 297 split-decision loss, says world knows who won
TORONTO - Two days after losing his UFC middleweight title to Dricus Du Plessis in a split decision, Sean Strickland is disputing the result. "I won that fight, the world knows I won that fight ... Th...
Jan 22, 2024
Winters Hotel fire: B.C. inquest told of chained door, 'no way out' from deadly blaze
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the b...
Jan 22, 2024
Strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes remote western China, state media say
BEIJING (AP) - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of China's western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Cente...
Jan 22, 2024
What is Canada's international student program and why is it being capped?
OTTAWA - Canada is capping the number of study permits it approves over the next two years to get a handle on a ballooning international student program. Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced new...
Jan 22, 2024
Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues. The justices...
Jan 22, 2024
Quebec man pleads guilty to threatening Justin Trudeau and François Legault
SHERBROOKE, Que. - A Quebec man has pleaded guilty to uttering threats toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Franois Legault in a series of online videos. Prosecutor Genevive Crpeau ...
Jan 22, 2024
P.A. man still recovering after being shot in November, police still asking for public's help
The 22-year-old man who was shot before crashing his vehicle into a power pole near P.A.'s Cooke Municipal Golf Course last November is still recovering in hospital.That's according to Prince Albert P...
Jan 22, 2024
Kaprizov, Pastrnak, Thompson named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Minnesota left-wing Kirill Kaprizov, Boston right-wing David Pastrnak and Vegas goaltender Logan Thompson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Kaprizov led the league with eig...
Jan 22, 2024
'Students are falling through the cracks': P.A. teachers take to streets on second one-day strike
The sidewalks along one of Prince Albert's busiest roads were filled with teachers protesting against the lack of progress in contract negotiations with the province.Hundreds of educators gathered in ...
Jan 22, 2024
Quebec man suspected of killing 9-year-old suing police, eager to clear name: lawyer
MONTREAL - The lawyer for a Quebec man who police say is a suspect in the disappearance and death of a young girl 16 years ago says his client is eager to clear his name. Jonathan Bettez is at the Mon...
Jan 22, 2024
