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For Julie Andrews, sudden success was 'like an assault'
VENICE, Italy - Julie Andrews is reflecting on her career at the Venice International Film Festival, where she received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award Monday evening. The 83-year-old s...
Sep 03, 2019
Foreign share of oilsands production falls from 33% to 16%
CALGARY- The foreign stake in the Alberta oilsands has been thinned over the past four years but not totally eliminated.Oilsands output attributable to non-Canadian companies rose from about 320,000 b...
Sep 03, 2019
Searchers hunt missing Spanish Olympian in mountain area
MADRID - Hundreds of searchers, helped by helicopters and drones, combed a mountainous area outside Madrid Tuesday, 10 days after the last known sighting of former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalli...
Sep 03, 2019
Searchers hunt missing Spanish Olympian in mountain area
MADRID - Hundreds of searchers, helped by helicopters and drones, combed a mountainous area outside Madrid Tuesday, 10 days after the last known sighting of former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalli...
Sep 03, 2019
Three people injured, one critically, in Edmonton apartment fire
EDMONTON- One person is in critical condition after they became trapped in a burning suite of an Edmonton apartment block.The victim had to be rescued by firefighters when flames broke out Monday afte...
Sep 03, 2019
Serena Williams turns right ankle, holds on for US Open win
NEW YORK - Serena Williams was in pain - "acceptable" pain, her coach called it - after rolling her right ankle during the second set of a U.S. Open victory. That was the bad news. The good news for W...
Sep 03, 2019
Tribute concert of Avicii's music to benefit mental health
NEW YORK - A benefit concert for suicide prevention featuring the music of the late star Avicii is being planned for Dec. 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Proceeds will support the work of the new Tim Bergling...
Sep 03, 2019
Rapper arrested after alleged assault of employee
LAS VEGAS - Police in Las Vegas say rapper Fetty Wap was arrested after allegedly assaulting three employees at a hotel. Police say the 28-year-old whose real name is Willie Maxwell was arrested Sunda...
Sep 03, 2019
Filmmaker Nate Parker apologizes for being 'tone deaf'
VENICE, Italy - Three years ago, filmmaker Nate Parker came under scrutiny for a rape allegation from his college days that essentially derailed the release of his Nat Turner film "The Birth of a Nati...
Sep 03, 2019
Report on Alberta's finances released today
EDMONTON- Findings from a panel tasked by the Kenney government to come up with options for helping the province emerge from its deficit are scheduled to be released today.A news conference is planned...
Sep 03, 2019