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The new BTS album title and what to know about the K-pop band’s comeback
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — After a nearly four-year musical hiatus, the K-pop giants BTS are back. Well, almost. On Thursday morning, the entertainment company BigHit Music shared on social media that the septet — RM, Jin, Jimin, V, Suga, Jung Kook and j-hope — will release a new album on March 20 titled “ARIRANG.” It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 former NCAA players among those charged in alleged scheme to rig basketball games
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged 20 people on Thursday, including 15 former college basketball players, in what they called a betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games. Of the defendants, 15 played basketball for Division 1 NCAA schools as recently as the 2024-25 season. The other five defendants were described by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!15 former NCAA players among those charged in alleged scheme to fix basketball games
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged 20 people on Thursday, including 15 former college basketball players, in what they called a betting scheme to fix NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games. Of the defendants, 15 played basketball for Division 1 NCAA schools as recently as the 2024-25 season. The other five defendants were described by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inter Milan has 70% chance of Serie A title after becoming winter champion
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan has a 70% chance of winning Serie A according to history. In 63 of the 93 previous Serie A seasons, the team which topped the table at the midway point went on to claim the scudetto. Inter strong-armed its way to the title of winter champion on Wednesday when Pio ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s skeleton team cleared of wrongdoing in U.S. athlete’s Olympic complaint
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
Canada’s skeleton team has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation in a complaint brought forward by American athlete Katie Uhlaender. Uhlaender’s complaint that she was robbed of a chance to qualify for the Milan Cortina Games was dismissed by the sport’s governing body Thursday, another blow to her quest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender’s Olympic hopes take another hit as complaint dismissed
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
U.S. skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender’s complaint that she was robbed of a chance to qualify for the Milan Cortina Games was dismissed by the sport’s governing body Thursday, another blow to her quest to make what would be her sixth Olympic team. Uhlaender said a decision by Canadian coaches to pull some of their sliders ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PSG coach Luis Enrique open to soccer using rugby’s sin-bin for fouls
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique is open to a sin-bin-style system in soccer whereby players are temporarily removed from a game for fouls. Sin-bins are used in rugby matches when a player instigates foul play and is removed for 10 minutes. There is no such system in soccer as players are either ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Schools closed, commuters facing delays as heavy snow blankets southern Ontario
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
Schools were closed and commuters faced severe delays on Thursday morning as heavy snow continued to hammer much of southern Ontario, blocking streets and forcing cars into ditches. Environment Canada said regions including the Greater Toronto Area, Kitchener and Hamilton are expected to see up to 30 centimetres of snow into Thursday afternoon. Toronto, York, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mattel and Alex Aster team up for Barbie young adult novel, ‘Barbie: Dreamscape’
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The publishing arm of Mattel Inc. is teaming with million-selling novelist Alex Aster on a Barbie young adult novel in which the iconic doll embarks on a journey across “treacherous, magical lands.” “Barbie: Dreamscape,” scheduled for July 28, is the first novel for young adults out of Mattel Publishing since the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McIlroy leads by one stroke after first round at Dubai Invitational
By Canadian Press on January 15th, 2026
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy posted a 5-under 66 to lead by one stroke after the first round of the Dubai Invitational on Thursday. Scotsman Connor Syme and Spaniard David Puig were tied behind the Northern Irishman in second place, and English golfer Matt Wallace dropped two shots back into a five-way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pronghorns preparing to host Saskatchewan in final home weekend
By Lethbridge Herald on January 15th, 2026
Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald For the final time this season, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns will take to home court. The Horns will complete their home basketball schedule this weekend as they welcome the University of Saskatchewan Huskies to the Co-op Centre for Sports & Wellness. Lethbridge will be on the road for the final ... Read More »
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