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'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77
FAIRHOPE, Ala. - Winston Groom, whose novel "Forrest Gump" was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhop...
Sep 17, 2020
Comeback Heat do it again, rally past Celtics for 2-0 lead
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Goran Dragic scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo led a big third-quarter rally to finish with 21, and the Miami Heat pulled off another comeback to beat the Boston Celtics 106-101 a...
Sep 17, 2020
Thomas takes US Open lead with 65 on soft, kind Winged Foot
MAMARONECK, N.Y. - All that hype over how tough the U.S. Open can be at Winged Foot. All that history of so many scores over par. Thursday brought a surprise: All those red numbers. Justin Thomas led ...
Sep 17, 2020
Canada's Murray plans to stay politically active through NBA Western final
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Canada's Jamal Murray is going to keep using his platform to bring attention to racial injustice as he leads his Denver Nuggets in the NBA's Western Conference final. Murray, ...
Sep 17, 2020
Edmonton’s renovated, ridiculed downtown library opens to the public
EDMONTON - Some Edmontonians who got a peek inside their city's new downtown library say it's what's inside that matters. The Stanley A. Milner Library has opened its doors to the public, four years a...
Sep 17, 2020
Hickie wants rec centre moved and 'efficiency' audit
Prince Albert mayoral contender Darryl Hickie would move to change the location of the planned multi-million-dollar arena and aquatic complex if elected. If successful in November's vote, Hickie said ...
Sep 17, 2020
Missing Persons Week: What you should know
The Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) wanted to debunk some commonly misconstrued myths around missing persons during a Missing Persons Week. Mikayla Worth, the missing person liaison with the PAPS ...
Sep 17, 2020
Second candidate to run for Ward 5
A man who once owned a limo company in Prince Albert is formally tossing his hat into the ring for the city's civic election.Don Wood, 54, has announced plans to run in Ward 5, and will therefore chal...
Sep 17, 2020
Mouth wash test coming for school-aged children in British Columbia
VICTORIA - British Columbia is introducing a new saline gargle test for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to help make it easier for children and teenagers to check whether they have COVID-19. Pr...
Sep 17, 2020
Suspect on the run after foiled robbery attempt
Perhaps it was because he could not see what he was doing, or maybe he just had second thoughts, but a man wearing orange goggles and a face mask left a store in the west flat empty handed.The inciden...
Sep 17, 2020
