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Canada's Connolly, Lainesse added to UFC Fight Night card in April
TORONTO - Canadians Tristan (Boondock) Connelly and Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse have been added to an April 30 UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas. Connelly (14-7-0) will face veteran American featherwe...
Feb 18, 2022
Reporters take heat in Canada, U.S. for reaching out to donors who supported protests
WASHINGTON - One of the most prominent progressive Democrats on Capitol Hill is doubling down on her public criticism of journalists who contacted people who donated to the protesters in Ottawa. Minne...
Feb 18, 2022
Spain: Conservative party rift grows into all-out battle
MADRID (AP) - Months of simmering tensions within Spain's conservative main opposition party came to a head Friday, amid fresh allegations that Popular Party members tried to launch a smear campaign a...
Feb 18, 2022
Greece: 2 trapped in burning ferry, 11 others missing
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek authorities say firefighters and rescue specialists are racing to try and free two truck drivers stranded inside a burning ferry off western Greece, while 11 others have be...
Feb 18, 2022
Rebel leader in east Ukraine announces civilian evacuation
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has announced the evacuation of civilians to Russia amid soaring tensions. Denish Pushilin, the head of the separatist government in the Don...
Feb 18, 2022
Prince Harry lawyers say he feels unsafe bringing kids to UK
LONDON (AP) - Lawyers for Prince Harry told a court hearing on Friday that the British royal is unwilling to bring his children to his homeland because it is not safe. Harry has launched a legal chall...
Feb 18, 2022
The latest on convoy protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa
The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in Ottawa on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. All times eastern: 6:45 a.m. The lights on ...
Feb 18, 2022
Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil wins silver in men's 1,000 metres in Beijing
BEIJING - Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil has won a silver medal in the men's 1,000 metres at the Beijing Olympics on Friday. Skating in the final pairing with Dutch world champion Kai Verbij, t...
Feb 18, 2022
Protest showdown in Ottawa and Ukraine crisis deepens: In The News for Feb. 18
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 18 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 18, 2022
Ottawa bracing for final showdown between police and protesters
Ottawa is holding its collective breath as police appear ready to finally end the so called Freedom Convoy protest that has paralyzed a good chunk of the capital city's downtown core for the past thre...
Feb 18, 2022