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Unbeaten Mexican Bryan (El Latino) Acosta adds to fight resume with TKO win
TORONTO - Bryan (El Latino) Acosta poured it on in the 10th round to stop fellow Mexican Benito Sanchez Garcia on Thursday and win the WBC Continental Americas super-featherweight title. Acosta (17-0-...
May 5, 2022
53 dead in China building collapse, search for trapped ends
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say that 53 people died in a building collapse one week ago in central China and 10 were rescued. Authorities said Friday the search had ended for people trapped fro...
May 5, 2022
Rookie Kwan hits first homer, Guardians beat Blue Jays 6-5
CLEVELAND (AP) - Steven Kwan hit the first homer of his breakout rookie season, Franmil Reyes had three hits and an RBI, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Thursday night. Kwan...
May 5, 2022
Jason Day 'obsessed' with new swing, leads Wells Fargo
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) - Three years and 364 days since his last victory, Jason Day describes himself as "obsessed" with honing his new swing and improving his results, even if he never gets back to No. 1 ...
May 5, 2022
Quick Quotes: What the leaders said during the first Conservative leadership debate
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership contenders faced each other in debate for the first time at the Shaw Conference Centre in Ottawa as part of the Canada Strong and Free Network conference. Patrick Brow...
May 5, 2022
GDP up 5.1% in Alberta in 2021, slightly outpacing national average
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Stats Canada is reporting a "rapid recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impacts.The annual real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada last year increased by 4.8%.Nationall...
May 5, 2022
Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account
VANCOUVER - Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same Vancouver sidewalk where he was arrested and handcuffed in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson said he finally feels at ...
May 5, 2022
Alberta premier's caucus foe calls him soft on Ottawa, gets verbal slap in return
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney's arch-foe in caucus took his fight with the Alberta premier to the floor of the legislature Thursday and received in return a backhanded verbal slap from a cabinet minister. B...
May 5, 2022
Canada to investigate sexual violence against women in Ukraine as war crimes
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will help investigate sexual violence by Russian troops against women and girls in Ukraine. Speaking in Ottawa after talks with Ann Linde, Swe...
May 5, 2022
Governments say feed assistance program paid out $350 million
The federal and provincial governments say the Canada-Alberta Livestock Feed Assistance program gave out $350 million to help Alberta producers pay for feed this past winter and to help beekeepers hit...
May 5, 2022