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Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick's path to activism
LOS ANGELES - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player's activism. "Colin in Black & White" w...
Jun 29, 2020
Using 'face doubles,' a new doc captures an anti-LGBTQ purge
Anonymous sources in documentaries have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure - or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Tuesday on HBO has, with the aid of advan...
Jun 29, 2020
Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators
OTTAWA - A military investigation has found the ejection seat of one of its iconic Snowbirds planes tangled with the pilot's parachute as he tried to escape from the aircraft before it crashed in the ...
Jun 29, 2020
More charges laid following pedestrian collision in Meridian Beach
Further investigation by RCMP into a collision involving a pedestrian earlier this month near Gull Lake has led to more charges being laid.The initial investigation led to an 18-year-old male being ch...
Jun 29, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic impacting television host Izumi's business and personal lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on TV fishing host Bob Izumi's professional and personal life. The affable Izumi resumed filming for his Real Fishing television show about&...
Jun 29, 2020
In-person court hearings resuming July 6 in Alberta
Provincial Court of Alberta Chief Judge Terrence Matchett has announced the resumption of in-person hearings in the province starting Monday, July 6.The following statement was released on Friday: "Th...
Jun 29, 2020
Buzzing through air and space: New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut
REGINA - A Saskatchewan scientist has named a new species of bee after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Cory Sheffield says he came across a unique looking female bee while cataloguing insect s...
Jun 29, 2020
Missing woman from New Brunswick may be in Alberta: RCMP
JUNE 30 - RCMP in New Brunswick are advising that Krista Michailuck, reported missing on June 18, has been located safe and sound in Alberta. The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistan...
Jun 29, 2020
Kenney announces plans for rebuilding Alberta’s economy
Premier Jason Kenney says the government's plan to rebuild Alberta's economy is centred on the largest infrastructure build in Alberta's history that will create more than 50,000 jobs.Kenney says the ...
Jun 29, 2020
MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald turns film-maker with digital series
While the Professional Fighters League is on hiatus due to COVID-19, training and family are keeping Canadian MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald busy. The 30-year-old welterweight offers a loo...
Jun 29, 2020