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For an encore, 'Joker' is No. 1 again at the box office
NEW YORK - Put on a happy face. "Joker" is No. 1 again. Todd Phillip's R-rated comic-book hit regained the top spot at the weekend box office in its fourth week of release, narrowly besting "Maleficen...
Oct 27, 2019
Refugee guilty of attempting to murder Edmonton police officer, 4 pedestrians
EDMONTON - A Somali refugee has been found guilty of trying to kill a policeman outside a football game as well as four pedestrians who were struck with a U-Haul van - an attack originally investigate...
Oct 27, 2019
Quebec municipal police forces call for $788 million to address funding gap
LAVAL, Que. - Quebec's federation of municipal police forces is asking the provincial government for $788 million to address what they describe as a funding gap between their ...
Oct 27, 2019
House investigators subpoena 3 more administration officials
WASHINGTON - Impeachment investigators issued subpoenas Friday to three more Trump administration officials, demanding their testimony in the probe of President Donald Trump's efforts to force Ukraine...
Oct 27, 2019
Regina's Mosaic Stadium steps onto NHL stage with an outdoor game
REGINA - The NHL's outdoor game in Regina doesn't have a player from the province of Saskatchewan in it, or even a Western Hockey League Regina Pats alumnus. So the player with perhaps ...
Oct 27, 2019
Taxpayer group wants city to lower taxes, spending
Medicine Hat, AB - A new local taxpayer group is seeking members to influence city council to lower municipal spending and taxes.Medicine Hat Rate Payers Society founder Alan Rose says the group is op...
Oct 27, 2019
Oilsands part of second U.S. fraud lawsuit against Exxon over carbon pricing
There is a second fraud lawsuit in the United States against ExxonMobil involving Alberta's oilsands. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday by the state of Massachusetts, accuses the oil multinational o...
Oct 27, 2019
Huffman released with 2 days left on 2-week prison term
SAN FRANCISCO - Actress Felicity Huffman was released Friday morning from a federal prison in California two days before the end of a two-week sentence for her role in the college admissions scandal, ...
Oct 27, 2019
Bandits take 17th straight to start season, downing Saints 4-2
BROOKS, AB - Sean Chisholm (Caledonia, ON) had a second consecutive two-goal night, and Tim Rego (Mansfield, MA) scored the game-winner, as the Brooks Bandits (17-0) stayed undefeated with a 4-2 home ...
Oct 27, 2019 Photo courtesy of Brooks Bandits
Bellator champion Rory (Red King) MacDonald balances faith and fighting
NEW YORK - After earning a majority draw with veteran Jon Fitch in April, Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald wondered in his post-fight interview if he still had "that same drive to ...
Oct 27, 2019