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NEW YORK - Netflix will give "The Irishman" an exclusive theatrical release for about four weeks, providing theatres most of November to play Martin Scorsese's big-budget crime epic before it lands on...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's education minister says people spreading misinformation about the effectiveness of vaccines are from the "far, far fringe." A committee of the New Brunswick legislature i...

PHILADELPHIA - Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour gun charge on Tuesday and won't serve additional time in prison. The 32-year-old rapper, born Robert Williams, reached the plea agreeme...

MONACO - Former world champion runner Marina Arzamasova has been provisionally suspended for doping after testing positive for a drug in development that is popular with body builders. The Athletics I...

Joe Walsh, a former Illinois congressman and tea party favourite turned radio talk show host, announced a challenge Sunday to President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020, saying the i...

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Island father accused of murdering his two young daughters denied Monday he was lying to the court. At first Andrew Berry ignored the question from Crown at...

Four stories in the news for Tuesday, Aug. 27 --- MIDDLE-CLASS B.C. GANGS BREAK FROM HISTORY A former member of the Hells Angels says the young men joining gangs today are facing much higher...

VANCOUVER - Police officer Keiron McConnell had been on the job four months when a call crackled over the radio about a stolen vehicle. The driver was arrested after a short chase, but when ...

COPENHAGEN - A Swedish prosecutor says he won't appeal a verdict against American rapper A$AP Rocky and his two bodyguards who were found guilty of assault for a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm. Dan...

BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah said Sunday that his group will confront and shoot down any Israeli drones that enter Lebanese airspace from now on, raising the potential for co...