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Cody Chovancek looks to defend Unified MMA bantamweight title, make UFC take notice
TORONTO - Cody Chovancek won the Unified MMA bantamweight championship in June 2024 with a particularly nasty calf slicer submission victory over previously unbeaten American Gage (The Gremlin) Gill. ...
May 28, 2025
Above seasonal temperatures for B.C., reaching mid 30s in Interior
VANCOUVER - Warm temperatures have arrived across much of British Columbia, with Environment Canada issuing a special weather statement in the North Thompson. It says "above seasonal temperatures" are...
May 28, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Oilers' Hyman 'most likely done' for the playoffs after Game 4 injury
EDMONTON - Zach Hyman is "most likely done" for the playoffs. Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said Wednesday the grinding winger was set to have surgery after getting injured in Edmonton's 4-1 victor...
May 28, 2025
Reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers get second shot at closing out Hurricanes in Eastern final
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Florida Panthers missed on their first chance to eliminate the Carolina Hurricanes and return to the Stanley Cup Final for the third straight year. Closing out a playoff serie...
May 28, 2025
French court sentences former surgeon to 20 years for raping 299 children
PARIS (AP) - A 74-year-old former surgeon, who raped hundreds of victims over a period spanning more than two decades, was sentenced on Friday to the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison by a French...
May 28, 2025
Toronto teen Mboko extends perfect run to reach third round at French Open
PARIS - Toronto's Victoria Mboko extended her dream run at the French Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Germany's Eva Lys on Wednesday to reach the third round. The 18-year-old Canadian hasn't dropped a s...
May 28, 2025
Bell announces plans to open six AI data centres in B.C. as part of Bell AI Fabric
Bell Canada has announced it will open six artificial intelligence data centres in B.C. as part of a plan to create the largest AI compute project in Canada. The Montreal-based telecom company, which ...
May 28, 2025
Retired detective set to continue testifying at hockey players' sex assault trial
A retired detective is expected to continue testifying today at the sex assault trial of five former world junior hockey players in London, Ont. A video of Det. Steve Newton's November 2018 interview ...
May 28, 2025
Chinese pop music's 'deeply local' Canadian story shines in Vancouver exhibition
VANCOUVER - A new exhibition on Cantopop and Mandopop music in Vancouver is a Canadian story, says curator Melissa Karmen Lee. The "Dream Factory" exhibit, opening Wednesday at the Chinese Canadian Mu...
May 28, 2025
UN official says 47 were wounded, mostly by gunfire, when crowd overran aid hub in Gaza
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. official says 47 Palestinians were wounded, mostly by gunfire, when crowd overran Gaza aid hub. Ajith Sunghay, head of the U.N. Human Rights Office for the Palestinian territories...
May 28, 2025