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Iranian director calls Venice premiere 'like a new life'
VENICE, Italy - Restricted travel, quarantine and positive COVID-19 tests meant that Majid Majidi's appearance at the Venice Film Festival for Iranian drama "Sun Children" (Khorshid) was an achievemen...
Sep 09, 2020

'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' will end in 2021
LOS ANGELES - Who do we keep up with now? After more than a decade, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" will be ending its run next year. "It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye" to the reality sho...
Sep 09, 2020

Kevin Hart to host famed telethon long hosted by Jerry Lewis
LOS ANGELES - Kevin Hart will host the return of a popular telethon once spearheaded by the late Jerry Lewis to fight muscular dystrophy. The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Wednesday that Ha...
Sep 09, 2020

Construction to start today on Wapiti Road
Some re-paving work on 108 Street, also called Wapiti Road, is set to start today. All four lanes between 84 and 92 Avenues will get new pavement. New storm culverts are going in near the intersection...
Sep 09, 2020

Trial dates set in two Peace Region murder cases
Alberta Justice says trial dates have been set for the two men charged in a Sturgeon Lake murder case.Allan Hamelin and Harlin Martineau's trial on charges that include murder and interfering with a d...
Sep 09, 2020

Hinshaw concerned with Alberta’s rise in COVID-19 cases as school's re-open
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says she is concerned with the continued rise of COVID-19 cases in the province, as Alberta added 619 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend. ...
Sep 09, 2020

Calgary wants to be a hub city as Canada loses international sports to virus
CALGARY - Canada's status as an international winter-sport host is taking a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancellations that started in March when the novel coronaviru...
Sep 09, 2020

Removing statues over racism and disturbing wildlife: In The News for Sept. 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 9 ... What...
Sep 09, 2020

New Brunswick party leaders to face off in second debates as election nears
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's political party leaders are preparing today for the second set of televised election debates. The English and French debates will air this evening on CBC and Radio-Canada...
Sep 09, 2020

Canadians reluctant to remove statues of historical figures now seen as racist: Poll
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests that while Canadians are divided over removing statues of politicians who harboured racist views or pushed racist policies, many oppose the "spontaneous" toppling of sta...
Sep 09, 2020