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Games are restarting, but few reporters will be there
Many familiar pregame sights won't be back when baseball and the NBA return later this month. Managers won't exchange lineup cards at home plate and basketball lineup introductions won't feature speci...
Jul 08, 2020
Southern Alberta hailstorm caused almost $1.2B in damage: insurance bureau
EDMONTON - The powerful hail storm that pounded homes, vehicles and crops across parts of southern Alberta last month caused almost $1.2 billion in insured damage. The Insurance Bureau of Ca...
Jul 08, 2020
Fateful meeting has Vancouver's Stuart Macdonald on Korn Ferry Tour
Stuart Macdonald wasn't quite sure what Golf Canada's Derek Ingram wanted to talk about when he was called up to his hotel room in early January, but the men's head coach was direct as soon as the con...
Jul 08, 2020
Suspects arrested in Parkland Mall shooting
Two arrests have been made after a man was shot last week near Parkland Mall. The shooting in the northeast corner of the mall's parking lot happened just after 11:30 a.m. on June 29. Mounties said at...
Jul 08, 2020
With a satirical fictional memoir, Jim Carrey gets real
NEW YORK - When Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon handed in the book they had toiled on for eight years -- a satirical "anti-memoir" about Carrey's life but with increasingly extreme flights of absurdity -- ...
Jul 08, 2020
Kanye West breaks with Trump, claims 2020 run is not a stunt
NEW YORK - Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share "dragon energy," tells Forbes that he is "taking the red hat of...
Jul 08, 2020
Houston scraps Texas GOP’s in-person convention due to virus
Houston officials on Wednesday cancelled the Texas Republican Party's in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible to hold the event as scheduled. Mayor Sylvester Turn...
Jul 08, 2020
Network: Shepard Smith joins CNBC for weeknight news program
NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, who abruptly quit Fox News Channel last October amid the ascendancy of opinionated programming, will bring a nightly newscast to CNBC this fall. CNBC announced Wednesday that...
Jul 08, 2020
Brooks Brothers, worn by Lincoln and Kennedy, goes bankrupt
NEW YORK - Brooks Brothers, the 200-year-old company that dressed nearly every U.S. president, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, the latest major clothing seller to be toppled by the coronavi...
Jul 08, 2020
$50 fee for new fireworks permits within Rocky
Some changes have come for residents in Rocky Mountain House wishing to ignite fireworks within town limits.On June 16, Rocky Mountain House Town Council passed the new Fireworks Bylaw that took effec...
Jul 08, 2020