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Texans defy odds to reach playoffs after 0-3 start, extend winning streak to eight games
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans became the fifth team since 1990 to reach the playoffs after opening the season 0-3 and the first team to do it twice with their win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday. The Texans (11-5) extended their winning streak to eight games with the 20-16 victory to join ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!9.0 quake in B.C. would kill thousands and cost $128 billion, report foresees
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — A British Columbia government report foresees more than 3,400 fatalities and more than 10,000 injuries if an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 strikes off Vancouver Island. The scenario of such a “megathrust” quake also describes costs of $128 billion, the destruction of 18,000 buildings and extensive damage to 10,000. The analysis is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lone loss sparked Dante Moore and Oregon toward College Football Playoff run
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
A loss changed Dante Moore’s mindset and fueled Oregon’s run to the College Football Playoff. Frustrated by an uneven performance against top-ranked Indiana in October, Moore vowed not to put enormous pressure on himself again and he’s been stellar ever since. “I made that game bigger than what it was, had a lot of emotions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Daisy Ridley holds onto hope in the zombie thriller ‘We Bury the Dead’
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
Movies that begin with a wedding often don’t bode well for the couple. Starting with the so-called happy ending can only really guarantee a reversal of fortune. In the case of “We Bury the Dead,” in theaters Friday, something cosmically catastrophic is coming: the accidental detonation of an experimental weapon that instantly wipes out some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand affirms Canada’s view that Ukraine must control decisions about its sovereignty
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she told her Ukrainian counterpart today that decisions about Ukraine’s sovereignty must be made by Kyiv itself. Anand’s conversation with Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine’s foreign minister, followed Canada’s recent commitment of an additional $2.5 billion in economic assistance to the country as it fights Russia’s invasion. Anand said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whitecaps FC to settle class-action lawsuit with fans over Lionel Messi no-show
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A proposed settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over the non-appearance of soccer superstar Lionel Messi and other Inter Miami players in a match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC last year. The lawsuit stems from a May 25, 2024, match at BC Place Stadium that drew a crowd of more than 51,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Andy Reid plans to return as Chiefs coach next season
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday that he plans to return next season, batting away any thought of an impending retirement by making a tongue-in-cheek joke about his status with a franchise he has led to three Super Bowl titles. “I mean, I think I’m coming back, right?” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former boxing champion Anthony Joshua has ‘minor injuries’ after 2 die in car accident in Nigeria
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Anthony Joshua, the British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, was hospitalized Monday with “minor injuries” after a car accident that killed two other passengers in Nigeria. The Lagos state commissioner for information, Gbenga Omotoso, confirmed the accident in a post on X, adding that the government had sent ambulances to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kucherov, Tolvanen, Slafkovsky named NHL’s three stars of the week
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
NEW YORK — Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov, Seattle Kraken right-wing Eeli Tolvanen and Montreal Canadiens left-wing Juraj Slafkovsky have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week. Kucherov tied for the league lead with six points (four goals, two assists) in three games as the Lightning moved into second place in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. wildfire season scorched more than 8,800 square kilometres
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s 2025 wildfire season was about a third as destructive as the record-setting season two years earlier. The Ministry of Forests says in a statement that 8,864 square kilometres of land was scorched by more than 1,350 blazes since April 1. The area burned was close to the 10-year average of about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colorado hires New Mexico’s Fernando Lovo to succeed Rick George as athletic director
By Canadian Press on December 29th, 2025
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado hired Fernando Lovo away from New Mexico to succeed Rick George as athletic director, the school announced Monday. CU Chancellor Justin Schwartz said Lovo’s hiring was approved by a unanimous vote of the Board of Regents and that Lovo would official start his new job Thursday. “When we began our ... Read More »
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