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A new video that surfaced Thursday night appeared to shed more light on the incident involving Alabama wide receiver Jermaine Burton.Burton and the Crimson Tide were upset by Tennessee earlier this month in one of the best college football games all season. Tennessee fans stormed the field at Neyland Stadium, and even brought the goalposts down and tossed them in the nearby river.The new video appeared to show Burton trying to get through a sea of Volunteers fans in the locker room. He pushes a few fans who were close to him out of the way. When he reaches the…

The move comes about a year after Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that penalising abortion was unconstitutional.The Mexican state of Quintana Roo has voted to decriminalise abortion, becoming the latest area to ease restrictions on the procedure as part of a “green wave” demanding greater reproductive rights across Latin America. Nineteen lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour with three against, approving a change in the law that would decriminalise abortion for women up to 12 weeks pregnant and remove a requirement for rape victims to report their abuser to access abortion. “The struggle is bearing fruit,” the Quintana Roo Feminist Network…

As a university student in southern Ontario, Kathleen Cassidy was seeking a way to stretch her dollars. While out shopping at her local grocery store, she found coupons and so began a longstanding commitment to seldom paying full price. Now 10 years later, she’s acquired a massive following on social media, helping Canadians plan their way to more affordable grocery bills.Cassidy started with the Instagram profile ‘Living on a Loonie,’ before expanding her presence to TikTok.“I think couponing and saving money is really what you make it, and that looks really different for every family because you have different circumstances,”…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is a “friend of Australia” and looks forward to meeting him at the G20 meeting next month in Bali. “He is someone who we will have a good relationship with because regardless of who is in office, the friendship between Australia and the UK, like the friendship between Australia and the United States, is much bigger than a friendship between individuals,” Mr Albanese told reporters on Friday. “It is a partnership which is about our values, our common commitments to democracy, to human rights.” Source: Sky News

The Montreal Canadiens have been a solid team at home so far this season, but on the road it’s been a tough watch. Two games where they were not only controlled, but the entertainment value was lacking. But there was a chance for redemption in Buffalo, N.Y., on Thursday night, and they seized on it with a 3-2 win over the Sabres.Wilde Horses The year is going completely backwards so far. The expectation was this young defensive club sporting four rookies would allow a bushel of goals, but the established offensive strength would help the Canadiens stay competitive.No one has told…

Climate activists targeted Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring” with glue and liquid on Thursday but one of the world’s most iconic paintings was not damaged in the latest of such publicity-seeking stunts.A video posted on Twitter showed one man pouring a can of red substance over another protester who appeared to attempt to glue his head to the glass-protected painting. The second man stuck his hand to the panel holding the centuries-old painting.”The condition of the painting has been investigated by our conservators. Fortunately, the glazed masterpiece was not damaged,” the museum said. One of the men,…

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The UBC rowing team is getting ready to take a shot at some more national titles and continue a century of excellence that has made it one of the most successful sports programs in Canadian university history. “It’s really inspiring as an athlete to see what people before you have done,” team captain Sally Jones told Global’s This is BC.Launched in 1922, UBC’s program has produced rowers who have gone on to win 40 Olympic medals. Ned Pratt was the first in 1932.The Second World War halted competition, but was followed by a dominating period that spanned a decade.Out of…