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NHL releases regular season schedule
The Toronto Maple Leafs are scheduled to host the Montreal Canadiens, while the Edmonton Oilers are slated to face the visiting Vancouver Canucks on the opening night of the NHL season next month.The ...
Dec 23, 2020
Masks distributed to Quebec daycares since May are faulty, says families minister
MONTREAL - Quebec authorities say masks that have been distributed to daycares across the province since May don't meet provincial safety standards. The Families Department issued a notice Tuesday cal...
Dec 23, 2020
Rage, reckoning come to forefront in ‘Promising Young Woman’
Emerald Fennell wanted to write about female rage. Before #MeToo became ubiquitous, she had been thinking about complacency and the teen movies of her youth where consent was often little more than a ...
Dec 23, 2020
British model and fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at age 50
LONDON - Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. Tennant, t...
Dec 23, 2020
S&P 500 ticks higher, on track to break 3-day losing streak
NEW YORK - Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Wednesday following a mixed set of reports on the economy. The S&P 500 was up by 0.6% and on pace for its first gain after three days of losses ...
Dec 23, 2020
Virus-linked isolation of UK eases but backlog persists
DOVER, England - Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travellers stranded Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the ...
Dec 23, 2020
Local woman turns post-partum aid into business
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Stitch by stitch Savannah Hafso crochets what will soon be a baby bonnet.Her journey into crocheting is not exactly typical. She didn't learn from her grandmother, or her mother eve...
Dec 23, 2020
Two Saskatchewan-born offensive linemen sign extensions with Roughriders
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed homegrown offensive linemen Dan Clark and Brendon LaBatte through the 2022 season.The Regina-born Clark was a CFL all-star in 2019, helping the Roughr...
Dec 23, 2020
Q&A: Clooney on 'Midnight Sky' and his twilight as an actor
NEW YORK - How has George Clooney been handling isolation? Aside from spending time with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their 3-year-old twins, and editing his new film "The Midnight Sky," he's relied on...
Dec 23, 2020
'Cheer' star pleads not guilty to child porn, sex charges
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - "Cheer" star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced te...
Dec 23, 2020