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Freed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson won't face extradition by Denmark to Japan - lawyer
LONDON (AP) - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, the Danish Justice Ministry and defense lawyers said. Japan had asked...
Dec 17, 2024
StatCan set to release November inflation figures today
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to release its November consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate stayed at two per cent last month...
Dec 17, 2024
Chelsea confirms FA has contacted Mykhailo Mudryk after 'adverse finding' in player's doping test
Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has been contacted by the English Football Association over an "adverse finding" in a routine urine test, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Chelsea said Ukraine int...
Dec 17, 2024
Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of U.K. boxer
EDMONTON - A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter's death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United K...
Dec 17, 2024
Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of U.K. boxer
EDMONTON - A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter's death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United K...
Dec 17, 2024
With Freeland out and the federal deficit up, Parliament is set to take holiday break
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing def...
Dec 17, 2024
Feisty winger Kiefer Sherwood providing big offence, big hits for Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Kiefer Sherwood was a thorn in the Vancouver Canucks' side last spring. Eight months later, the feisty winger has bloomed into one of the team's top forwards. Chants of "Kie-fer Sher-wood!...
Dec 16, 2024
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Injured people were arriving at a hospital in Vanuatu as unconfirmed reports of casualties emerged after the South Pacific island nation was rocked by a powerful magnitu...
Dec 16, 2024
NHL roundup: Hintz helps Stars outshine Capitals 3-1
DALLAS (AP) - Roope Hintz had his first two-goal game of the season and Jake Oettinger stopped 25 shots as the Dallas Stars beat the surging Washington Capitals 3-1 on Monday night. Rookie defenceman ...
Dec 16, 2024
The head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) - The head of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces, Lt. General Igor Kirillov, was killed early Tuesday by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment...
Dec 16, 2024