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Alan Parker, director of "Midnight Express," dies at 76
LONDON - Filmmaker Alan Parker, one of Britain's most successful directors whose movies included "Bugsy Malone," "Midnight Express" and "Evita," has died at 76, his family said. Parker's diverse body ...
Jul 31, 2020
'Anything can happen': Canadiens no bothered by underdog role against Penguins
TORONTO - Shea Weber is fine being the underdog. Good thing, because the Montreal Canadiens and their captain are certainly that heading into the team's qualifying round series against the Pittsburgh ...
Jul 31, 2020
Canadian international striker Marcus Haber joins Calgary's Cavalry FC
Canadian international striker Marcus Haber, who spent last season with Pacific FC, has joined Cavalry FC. The 31-year-old from Vancouver has won 27 caps for Canada with three goals. The six-foot-four...
Jul 31, 2020
Bubble Hockey: NHL set to resume pandemic-delayed season in a new world
TORONTO - A lot has changed since the NHL last dropped the puck for a game that mattered. The COVID-19 pandemic - which saw countries locked down and economies devastated - has already ...
Jul 31, 2020
Rescue groups and fisheries officials race to save entangled humpback whales
VANCOUVER - Marine mammal rescue groups and federal fisheries officials are working against time in waters off the coast of British Columbia to save three humpback whales entangled in fishing gea...
Jul 31, 2020
Hinshaw says more COVID-19 testing coming to Alberta, shares first results of serology research
The Provincial Government has announced an expansion on a pilot project that made COVID-19 tests available to asymptomatic Albertans through a select few community pharmacies.On Thursday, during the d...
Jul 31, 2020
Canadians can now download new COVID-19 exposure-alert smartphone app
OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he downloaded ...
Jul 31, 2020
Carjacking suspect charged in shooting of 3 Chicago officers
CHICAGO - A convicted felon on parole has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of three Chicago police officers outside a station, authorities said Friday. Police said Lovelle Jordan, a ...
Jul 31, 2020
TV host Regis Philbin buried at Notre Dame, his alma mater
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Television host Regis Philbin, who died last week at 88, has been buried at the University of Notre Dame following a private funeral service at his alma mater, a school spokesman sa...
Jul 31, 2020
AP source: St. Louis-Milwaukee PPD after Cardinals positives
NEW YORK - Friday's game between St. Louis and Milwaukee has been postponed after multiple Cardinals employees tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a person with knowledge of the situatio...
Jul 31, 2020