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Sandra Bullock's Oscars host solution: Call on random actors
NEW YORK - Sandra Bullock has an impromptu idea for how to solve the Oscars host problem, and it involves a lot of improvisation. The Oscar-winning actress told The Associated Press Monday at a screen...
Dec 18, 2018
New B.C. Lions coach DeVone Claybrooks adds eight to coaching staff
VANCOUVER - B.C. Lions rookie head coach DeVone Claybrooks has filled out his staff for the 2019 season, adding eight new members including coaching veteran Rich Stubler and recently retired players N...
Dec 18, 2018
Olivia Newton-John memoir coming out in US in 2019
NEW YORK - Olivia Newton-John’s autobiography, released last fall in her longtime home Australia, comes out in the U.S. in 2019. Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Tues...
Dec 18, 2018
Author Alice Walker criticized for support of writer's book
NEW YORK - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Alice Walker and The New York Times are drawing fire after she praised an author who critics say expresses anti-Semitism and is a conspiracy theorist. In an in...
Dec 18, 2018
Leafs prospect Sandin's 'outstanding' season set to continue with Sweden at WJHC
TORONTO - Rasmus Sandin often heads over to Timothy Liljegren’s place after the Toronto Marlies wrap up practice. The Swedish defencemen usually just hang out, cook food and sometimes talk about...
Dec 18, 2018
'A start:' Alberta critical of Ottawa's $1.6B package for ailing energy sector
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Ottawa’s new $1.6-billion aid package for the oilpatch will help, but is essentially tone deaf and won’t fix the pipeline bottleneck crippling the provin...
Dec 18, 2018
Through My Window: Mixed Media by Margriet Hogue
Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library are pleased to present, Through My Window: Mixed Media by Margriet Hogue, which runs from December 29, 2018 to February 18, 2019 in the Kiwanis Galler...
Dec 18, 2018
Zimbabwe inquiry finds army, police killed 6 during protest
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean soldiers and police used “unjustified and disproportionate” force to kill 6 people during election protests in August, according to an official report release...
Dec 18, 2018
Trump Foundation reaches deal to dissolve amid lawsuit
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s charitable foundation reached a deal Tuesday to go out of business, even as Trump continues to fight allegations he misused its assets to resolve business dis...
Dec 18, 2018
Case of truck driver charged in Humboldt Broncos crash put over until new year
MELFORT, Sask. - The case of a Calgary truck driver charged in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has been adjourned until the new year. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is charged with 16 counts of dangerous driving...
Dec 18, 2018