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Celebrities to get drag makeovers in RuPaul's new VH1 series
LOS ANGELES - RuPaul is giving a dozen celebrities the chance to get drag makeovers for charity and bragging rights. VH1 said Tuesday that "RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race" will air as a limited series n...
Oct 23, 2019
Review: 'Terminator: Dark Fate' is no triumphant comeback
Who will save the "Terminator" franchise from itself? Not "Deadpool" director Tim Miller, producer James Cameron or even Linda Hamilton, it turns out. Yes, despite an A-list roster of talent, includin...
Oct 23, 2019
Kenney to Trudeau: "The time for talk is over"
EDMONTON- After the Liberals failed to secure a single seat in Alberta or Saskatchewan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he hears Alberta's frustrations.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says that isn't ...
Oct 23, 2019 Premiers Jason Kenney and Scott Moe
Jody Wilson-Raybould should use social media to amplify her voice: experts
VANCOUVER - In the early years of Confederation, there were members of Parliament known as "loose fish," who floated free from parties but swam back and forth between allegiances. In 1945, a cohort of...
Oct 23, 2019
$260 million deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisis
CLEVELAND - The nation's three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker reached an 11th-hour, $260 million settlement over the toll of the opioids in two Ohio counties, averting what would have...
Oct 23, 2019
AFN calls minority Liberals to 'maintain momentum' on Indigenous issues
VANCOUVER - The leader of the Assembly of First Nations says the minority government elected Monday presents an opportunity to keep moving the needle on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples in Can...
Oct 23, 2019
Where Brexit meets Wexit and a lighthouse; In-The-News for Oct. 23
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 Oct. 23. What we are watching i...
Oct 23, 2019
Former Ponoka Visitor Information Centre for sale
PONOKA- Town Council has declared the property that previously housed the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) as surplus property and set a sale price on it of $385,000.The building includes main floor o...
Oct 23, 2019
Most Crown attorneys walking off the job in Nova Scotia over loss of arbitration
HALIFAX - Most of Nova Scotia's Crown attorneys are going on strike today, with the leader of the prosecutors' union predicting "chaos" in courtrooms across the province. Rick Woodburn,...
Oct 23, 2019
Maskwacis RCMP seek public assistance to locate wanted man
MASKWACIS- An arrest warrant has been issued for 45-year-old Richard Jason Deschamps in relation to an aggravated assault on the Samson First Nation on October 9. RCMP are investigating following the ...
Oct 23, 2019 Richard Jason Deschamps