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'Art of Self-Defence' examines, satirizes toxic masculinity
LOS ANGELES - Director Riley Stearns says he didn't realize he was making a perfect movie for 2019 when he started writing "The Art of Self-Defence " four years ago. But his darkly comedic riff on tox...
Jul 23, 2019
Lametti swats back at Ontario attorney general over legal aid spending
OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says the Ontario government's rejecting shared responsibility for legal aid as an "excuse for spending cuts" will leave many of the province's most vuln...
Jul 23, 2019
Artists' work reduced to ash after fire destroys shared Winnipeg studio
WINNIPEG - Some Winnipeg artists have lost nearly their entire life's work in an aggressive fire that reduced a shared studio space to rubble and ash. Performance artist Shawna Dempsey was o...
Jul 23, 2019
A year later, ceremony commemorates victims of the Danforth shooting
TORONTO - The names of the two people killed in a shooting in Toronto's Greektown last year were read aloud in a ceremony meant to honour their memory Sunday afternoon. Those gathered held a...
Jul 23, 2019
2nd person announces primary challenge to US Sen. Markey
BOSTON - A business executive who spent his childhood in what he calls unstable, cruel and at times violent foster homes announced a primary challenge Tuesday to Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edw...
Jul 23, 2019
Charleston Hughes, Matt Nichols and Shaq Evans named CFL top performers
TORONTO - Saskatchewan defensive lineman Charleston Hughes and receiver Shaq Evans and Winnipeg quarterback Matt Nichols are the CFL top performers for Week 6. Hughes sacked Mike Reilly three tim...
Jul 23, 2019
Stampede announces Decorating Contest winners
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede have announced the winners of its annual store decorating contest.Judges toured the city on Monday, reviewing more than 20 entries.The win...
Jul 23, 2019 Age Care Valleyview were winners in the Institutions and Community Services category of the Store Decorating contest (all photos courtesy Heather Hart and Randy Feere)
As death toll rises, scientists struggle to track massive, elusive right whales
HALIFAX - They are among the world's largest creatures, but the planet's 400 remaining North Atlantic right whales are remarkably elusive. Though adult members of this critically endangered speci...
Jul 23, 2019
Trudeau names Royal Bank executive to fill Senate seat in Quebec
OTTAWA - A Royal Bank executive is being named to the Senate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says that Tony Loffreda will fill a vacant seat in Quebec. The Montreal native and accountant has b...
Jul 23, 2019
Lowry wins British Open in celebrated return to Emerald Isle
PORTRUSH, Ireland - Shane Lowry made the 68 years between British Opens in Northern Ireland worth the wait. The silver claret jug is staying on the Emerald Isle. Lowry, the 32-year-old Irishman with s...
Jul 23, 2019