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'Birds of Prey' flies low on Oscars weekend with tepid debut
LOS ANGELES - "Birds of Prey," the DC Comics' Harley Quinn spinoff, made a tepid debut in theatres over the weekend, opening in No. 1 but below expectations with $33.3 million domestically, according ...
Feb 9, 2020
'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...
Feb 9, 2020
'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...
Feb 9, 2020
Canada's Vasek Pospisil loses to Gael Monfils in Open Sud de France final
MONTPELLIER, France - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil lost to top-seeded Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Open Sud de France on Sunday. Pospisil had hoped to win his first ATP Tour trophy in his s...
Feb 9, 2020
Feds to fund urgent research into new coronavirus, including social impacts
OTTAWA - As governments and health agencies around the world race to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the federal funding agency for health research is set to back work ...
Feb 9, 2020
Parents in Montreal start petition to add windows to 'bunker-like' school
MONTREAL - Five days a week, students at a high school in one of Montreal's poorest districts spend all day learning math and science in classrooms without windows. In the win...
Feb 9, 2020
DeBues-Stafford breaks her own women's indoor mile record at Millrose Games
NEW YORK - Gabriela DeBues-Stafford continued her attack on the Canadian record books on Saturday. The 24-year-old from Toronto sliced more than five seconds off her own Canadian indoor mile record to...
Feb 9, 2020
Millennium Fund investment paying off for local charities
Donations invested 20 years ago through the Prince Albert and Area Community Foundation (PAACF) are now paying off.The Millennium Fund was created when the PAACF was just starting. It offered resident...
Feb 9, 2020 Barb and Grant Gustafson (right) recently made a donation to SHARE using the interest earned on an investment donation they made 20 years ago. (submitted photo/PAACF)
'Oil is going to move:' Calls for pipelines after fiery train derailment
GUERNSEY, Sask. - The reeve of a Saskatchewan municipality where a second fiery train derailment has occurred in less than two months says it's time for the federal government to look more seriou...
Feb 9, 2020
Prairie Women on Snowmobiles’ 20th trek raises nearly $100,000
After six days of sledding, Prairie Women on Snowmobiles raised $98,273.10 for breast cancer research and equipment.For 20 years, the non-profit organization's annual event takes 10 female snowmobile ...
Feb 9, 2020 Over $60,000 went to the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan following Prairie Women on Snowmobiles' 20th trek.(Facebook/Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan)
