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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 27, 2026 8:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Concordia and McGill universities say they are abandoning their legal challenge against the Quebec government’s decision to maintain a 33 per cent tuition hike for out-of-province students. The English universities won a ruling last April after the Superior Court overturned the hike of about $3,000, finding that it was unreasonable.But the province formally entrenched the tuition increase in a revised framework published in January, saying the government wanted to ensure Quebec taxpayers weren’t subsidizing the education of out-of-province students. Get breaking National…

Sam Kerr has been in good goal-scoring touch for English powerhouse Chelsea but the superstar’s attacking mojo levels still have some way to go.

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Netflix , Paramount Skydance , Warner Bros. Discovery — Netflix shares popped more than 7% after the streaming giant declined to raise its bid for Warner’s assets and match a new bid from Paramount. Warner’s stock dipped about 1%, while Paramount jumped more than 7%. Block — Payment company Block announced on Thursday that it’s letting go of more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount, leading shares to pop 19% in extended trading. Dollar Tree — Citi downgraded Dollar Tree to neutral from buy, sending shares nearly 2%…

Neil Sedaka, the prominent singer-songwriter whose string of hits in the 1960s and ’70s included “Laughter in the Rain,” “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” and “Calendar Girl,” has died, a representative confirmed to CBS News on Friday. He was 86.”Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Neil Sedaka,” a statement from the family read. “A true rock and roll legend, an inspiration to millions, but most importantly, at least to those of us who were lucky enough to know him, an incredible human being who will be deeply missed.” A cause of…

WASHINGTON: A prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in the United States said a court ruling back in Hong Kong to imprison her father for eight months has only made her more determined to fight for the territory and its people.“I think obviously the (Hong Kong) government wants to use guilt, wants to use a lot of emotions to weight me down, but I’ve found my way to really find my calling in activism for Hong Kong,” said Anna Kwok, who is wanted by the Hong Kong government for her pro-democracy activism.“So I’m not going to back down. I’m just…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The Israeli military says it is attacking Hezbollah sites but civilians and civilian infrastructure have been repeatedly targeted.Listen to this article | 1 mininfoPublished On 28 Feb 202628 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoIsraeli air strikes have targeted Blat and Wadi Barghouti in several strikes in southern Lebanon’s Iqlim al-Tuffah region, in the latest violation of a ceasefire reached in November 2024 between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground.The Israeli military said its forces were launching attacks on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon.…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in an exclusive interview with CBS News Friday that the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company a supply chain risk was “retaliatory and punitive.”Hours earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed the company a “supply chain risk to national security,” which restricts military contractors from doing business with Anthropic. The move came after Anthropic refused to give the military unfettered access to its AI model.Amodei told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent that the actions were “unprecedented” and that “it was made very clear in some of their statements, in some…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly 50 years after a newborn baby girl was found in a trash bag at a North Carolina landfill, authorities have arrested a woman in one of the area’s oldest unsolved cold cases.The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office announced Feb. 25 that Cathy McKee, 69, of Whiteville, North Carolina was arrested and charged with felony concealing the birth of a child. McKee was identified through DNA testing as the infant’s mother.The investigation began in 1979 after the newborn’s body was discovered at a Columbus County landfill. Despite an extensive investigation, all leads were…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The projected top pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, former Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, said a team executive suggested he get arrested so that he would slide down to that team’s pick in the upcoming draft. Mendoza is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick by the Las Vegas Raiders, but he is still interviewing with other teams at the NFL combine.Mendoza revealed the suggestion a team made to him about getting arrested during an interview with CBS Sports on Friday, when he was asked about the most bizarre question he got…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A well-known Armenian bakery in Montreal’s Villeray neighbourhood says it was shocked to receive a notice from Quebec’s language watchdog over the use of English in its social media videos. Lamajoune Villeray Bakery, a family-run business operating for 40 years, recently received a letter from the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) stating that videos posted to TikTok contained too much English and did not comply with the province’s French language charter.The charter requires that French be the predominant language in commercial communications, including online content. Get daily National news Get…