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Even more chaotic than usual, Globes still had their moments
In the opening moments of a Golden Globes night even more chaotic and confounding than usual, co-host Tina Fey raised a theoretical question: "Could this whole night have been an email?" Only the next...
Mar 02, 2021
33 years later, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall return to Zamunda
NEW YORK - When Eddie Murphy made the original "Coming to America," he was, almost indisputably, the funniest man in America. Murphy was at the very height of his fame, coming off "Beverly Hills Cop I...
Mar 02, 2021
B.C. coroner says increased drug toxicity responsible for another OD death record
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says deadlier street drugs are behind another grim milestone in the province's overdose crisis as a record was set for the number of deaths in January. The ...
Mar 02, 2021
Federal NDP unveils election-style promises to support small businesses in pandemic
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is promising that a federal NDP government would provide more support for small businesses struggling during the pandemic, including paying a bonus to companies that hire new em...
Mar 02, 2021
Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan undergoes successful quad surgery
Sky Blue FC says Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan has undergone successful surgery on her right quad.The NWSL club said there is no timetable for Sheridan's return.The 25-year-old from Whitby, Ont....
Mar 02, 2021
St. Joseph High School goes back to online learning
For the second time in as many months St. Joseph High School in Red Deer has gone to online learning due to the number of COVID-19 cases affecting the school's population. A letter to parents dated Fe...
Mar 02, 2021
'Door is open:' Ottawa ready to help pork producers affected by Olymel shutdown
The federal government says the door is open to help producers affected by the closure of a central Alberta pork plant where an outbreak of COVID-19 has infected hundreds of workers and resulted in th...
Mar 02, 2021
Hospital: SUV carrying 27 crashes with semitruck, killing 15
EL CENTRO, Calif. - An SUV believed to be carrying 27 people crashed into a semitruck Tuesday on a Southern California highway, killing 15 people and leaving others injured, hospital officials said. J...
Mar 02, 2021
Families nervous ahead of verdict in Toronto van attack trial
TORONTO - Some of the Toronto van attack victims and their families are nervously waiting to learn the fate of the man whose deadly rampage three years ago changed their lives forever.On Wednesday mor...
Mar 02, 2021
Alberta Securities Commission launches awareness campaign for Fraud Prevention Month
Investment fraud is on the rise, and the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) wants to help bring awareness to it, as well as educate younger people on what they can do to prevent it.Incidents of fraud...
Mar 02, 2021