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UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland puts on a show at UFC 297 news conference
TORONTO - As befitting its main attraction, Thursday's UFC 297 news conference was loud and raucous. Middleweight champion Sean (Tarzan) Strickland, perhaps the loosest of loose cannons in the UFC's a...
Jan 18, 2024

Furue leads Tournament of Champions with 65, defending champion Henderson four shots back
ORLANDO, Fla. - Ayaka Furue of Japan did not see any signs of a fast start coming until she opened her 2024 LPGA Tour season on Thursday with a red-hot performance. Furue made seven birdies in a round...
Jan 18, 2024

Only days remain before RCMP commander leaves La Ronge for Regina
After serving as the detachment commander for the La Ronge RCMP for the last three-and-a-half years, Staff Sgt. Dean Bridle will be heading to a new posting in Regina next week."I think the biggest th...
Jan 18, 2024

Post-game handshakes are back in Newfoundland and Labrador amateur hockey
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Hockey players in Newfoundland and Labrador will once again be lining up to shake hands after their games. Hockey NL, the governing body for amateur hockey in the province, has reve...
Jan 18, 2024

Alberta's Skrlik back as defending champ as provincial curling playdowns continue
Kayla Skrlik delivered a breakout performance as an underdog at her provincial curling championship last season. The defending champ is hoping for a repeat showing at this year's playdowns now that sh...
Jan 18, 2024

Hunter Biden agrees to deposition with House Republican after months of defiance, committee says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunter Biden has agreed to appear before House Republicans for a private deposition next month, ending months of defiance from the president's son, who had insisted on testifying pub...
Jan 18, 2024

Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded through early March
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approv...
Jan 18, 2024

Federal Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre calls Montreal, Quebec City mayors 'incompetent'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the mayors of Quebec's two largest cities are "incompetent" and block local construction projects. Poilievre said today on X, formerly Twitter, that ...
Jan 18, 2024

Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER - Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died since mid-December, in what the BC Centre for Disease Control says is part of a surge in such infections. A bul...
Jan 18, 2024

N.B. men cleared of 1983 murder hope Trudeau's interest in case spurs compensation
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Two men recently acquitted of a 1983 murder for which they served lengthy prison terms say they appreciate the prime minister taking an interest in their case. Robert Mailman, 76, a...
Jan 18, 2024