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Partial list of Emmy nominees in top categories
LOS ANGELES - Partial list of nominees for the annual prime-time Emmy Awards, announced Tuesday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. For the complete list, visit Emmys.com: BREAKING LIST:...
Jul 28, 2020
First stretch of heat this summer will impact area crops
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - The region hasn't seen a string of temperatures in the mid-30s to this point of the summer, but it's looking like that will happen from now into early next week.While the heat wil...
Jul 28, 2020
Third Liberal MP challenges joint review of mass shooting, calls for public inquiry
HALIFAX - Three Liberal MPs from Nova Scotia are calling for an independent public inquiry into the mass shootings in April that claimed 22 lives. Last week, Ottawa and the provinc...
Jul 28, 2020
In reversal, CES gadget show won't be in-person after all
NEW YORK - CES, one of the world's biggest technology conferences, will be a virtual event in January due to the coronavirus pandemic, a reversal from May when organizers said it would go on as a smal...
Jul 28, 2020
Indigenous arts leader Jesse Wente named head of Canada Council for the Arts
OTTAWA - Jesse Wente, a prominent advocate for an increased presence of Indigenous voices in Canada's cultural landscape, has been appointed chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts. Wente, an A...
Jul 28, 2020
WE Charity board told speakers at WE days not paid, former chair says
OTTAWA - The former chair of WE Charity's board of directors says the board was explicitly told that speakers at the organization's popular youth events known as "WE days" were not paid for speaking. ...
Jul 28, 2020
Hill Pool reopens
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Just in time for the hot week ahead, Hatters have another way to cool off.The city announced on Tuesday that Hill Pool, next to the Moose Recreation Centre in the Southeast Hill nei...
Jul 28, 2020
Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID, says lockdown humiliated him
ROME - Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, said the pandemic lockdown made him feel "humiliated and offended" by depriving him of his freedom to come and go as he wanted. Bocelli spoke at ...
Jul 28, 2020
Mother dies a day after asking Quebec police for help with son, watchdog says
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death of a 57-year-old woman one day after she unsuccessfully sought police help to force her son...
Jul 28, 2020
Highway worker struck on hand by passing vehicle
REDCLIFF, AB - A highway worker suffered minor injuries after being struck on the hand by a vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway. The incident happened between Irvine and Walsh on July 24 just before 1...
Jul 28, 2020