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Singer Andrea Bocelli: 'Absurd' to shun opera legend Domingo
MIAMI - Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is defending opera legend Placido Domingo and calling it "absurd" that opera houses have cancelled the star's performances before sexual harassment allegations aga...
Nov 12, 2019
Uber gets car-jacked, driven into Edmonton Remand Centre
EDMONTON - A 23-year-old man is facing charges after an Uber ride-hailing vehicle was carjacked and driven through a fence at the Edmonton Remand Centre.Police say a report came in just after midnight...
Nov 12, 2019
Snow, cold can't stop runners at college Cross Country Nationals
Frigid temperatures and a fresh dump of snow didn't hold back the runners on Saturday, as Muskoseepi Park was home to the 2019 CCAA Cross Country National Championships.A total of 195 runners from col...
Nov 12, 2019 Wolves runner Taylor Hudak was one of 12 GPRC runners to battle through the less than ideal conditions in Muskoseepi Park on Saturday (Photo: Facebook / Bill Corcoran / GPRC Wolves)
Sanford suspends GOP primary challenge to Trump
CONCORD, N.H. - Republican Mark Sanford says he is ending his longshot 2020 presidential bid. The former South Carolina governor and congressman centred his Republican primary challenge to President D...
Nov 12, 2019
Screening of Polanski movie to go ahead despite allegation
PARIS - The Paris screening of a new French-Italian film "An Officer and a Spy" is going ahead despite a new allegation that its director Roman Polanski raped a woman decades ago. Tuesday's screening ...
Nov 12, 2019
Canadian show jumper Nicole Walker suspended for positive Pan Am drug test
Canada's participation in show jumping at the 2020 Olympic Games is in jeopardy because of a positive drug test at the Pan American Games. Canadian Nicole Walker has been provisionally suspended ...
Nov 12, 2019
County fire crews respond to house fire near Bezanson Tuesday morning
County Regional Fire Services were called to a fire at a home southwest of Bezanson early Tuesday morning.Crews from the Bezanson, Clairmont and Dunes stations were called to a home near Highway 670 a...
Nov 12, 2019 Photo: Facebook / County of Grande Prairie
As brazen organized crime shootings hit Montreal, police mum on extent of problem
MONTREAL - A panicking woman spins in circles and screams for her children. Well-dressed party-goers in the posh hotel lobby are frantic. A uniformed officer is on his knees, trying to pump life back ...
Nov 12, 2019
Sportsnet apologizes for Don Cherry's anti-immigrant comments
TORONTO - Sportsnet apologized Sunday for hockey commentator Don Cherry's televised rant about his belief that new immigrants don't wear poppies, and in turn don't support veterans - comments that spa...
Nov 12, 2019
Debates commissioner David Johnston suggests separate debate for main contenders
OTTAWA - Debates commissioner David Johnston says one way to improve leaders' debates in future elections might be to make room for an English and a French debate that include only the ...
Nov 12, 2019