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Regulator defends finding that Alberta's largest earthquake was caused by oilpatch
PEACE RIVER, AB - Alberta's energy regulator has defended its finding that the province's largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity, saying the pattern of temblors since last fall cl...
Mar 30, 2023

Canadian fighter Aaron Jeffery turning heads with his fists and mullet in Bellator
There are four Canadians fighting at Bellator 293 in Temecula, Calif., on Friday night. Aaron Jeffery may be the easiest one to spot - he's the only one on the main card and the one with a mullet. Jef...
Mar 30, 2023

Bryan Gustafson's Smeltinator anchors Canadian's Bassmaster Classic victory
It weighed just 3/8 of an ounce but Canadian Bryan Gustafson's invention stole the show on pro bass fishing's biggest stage. On Sunday, Jeff Gustafson, of Kenora, Ont., became the first Canadian to ca...
Mar 30, 2023

Top UN court rejects Iranian bid to free assets frozen by US
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The United Nations' top court has rejected Tehran's legal bid to free up some $2 billion in Iranian central bank assets frozen by U.S. authorities to be paid in compensat...
Mar 30, 2023

Manslaughter charge laid in relation to April 2022 Yukon overdose death
WHITEHORSE - A Yukon man has been charged with manslaughter in an opioid overdose death last year. Police say the charge is the first of its kind in the territory, which had Canada's highest per-capit...
Mar 30, 2023

Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery, a move Indigenous people have long urged
The Vatican has rejected the Doctrine of Discovery a year after Pope Francis met with Indigenous groups from Canada and delivered his first apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential school...
Mar 30, 2023

Professors end strike at Quebec's Université Laval, approve conciliator deal
QUEBEC - Professors at Universit Laval in Quebec City have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a deal brokered by a conciliator, putting an end to their indefinite general strike. About 93 per cent of t...
Mar 30, 2023

9 killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said. Nondice Thurman, a spokesperson for Fort Campbell, sai...
Mar 30, 2023

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery," the theories backed by 15th-century "papal bulls" that legitimized the ...
Mar 30, 2023

Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after 3-month stint in Florida
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Former President Jair Bolsonaro arrived back in Brazil on Thursday after a three-month stay in Florida, seeking a new role on the political scene as authorities in the capital ...
Mar 30, 2023