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Saskatchewan Roughriders re-sign all-star Canadian kicker Brett Lauther
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders added a free agent, kept one of their own and signed Canadian kicker Brett Lauther to a one-year extension through 2020 on Friday. Lauther, of...
Feb 17, 2019
Regina is already a King, but what about president?
NEW YORK - So, Regina King walked into a 99-cent store. And what'd she get? A prophecy on her life. No joke. King was shopping around - "sometimes people will say, 'You at the 99-cent store?' I like a...
Feb 17, 2019
21 Savage 'wasn't hiding' being British, feared deportation
ATLANTA - The Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage said in an interview aired Friday that he didn't talk about his British citizenship before because he didn't want to get deported. The Grammy-nominated art...
Feb 17, 2019
Stars fall just short of comeback in Melfort
The Battlefords North Stars fell 4-3 in the shootout Saturday to the Melfort Mustangs. Despite the loss, the North Stars do manage to pick up a single point in the standings, giving the team 68 on the...
Feb 17, 2019
'Black Panther' costume designer blazes trail to inspire
LOS ANGELES - Ruth E. Carter is a black woman blazing a trail as a costume designer in a film industry with not many who look like her. But through her upcoming career achievement award and Oscar nomi...
Feb 17, 2019
Canadians make harrowing trek to Haiti airport as Ottawa advises against travel
MONTREAL - An Ottawa physician who navigated the dangerous roads of Haiti Friday to get to the Port-au-Prince airport with three Canadian colleagues says he feel lucky to be alive ...
Feb 17, 2019
Fire in slum kills 9 in southeastern Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh - A devastating blaze raced through a crammed slum in southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring several others, a fire official said. The fire brok...
Feb 17, 2019
Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York
NEW YORK - Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine's Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce opposition from politicians angry about nearly $3 billion in tax...
Feb 17, 2019
Paradise area was heaven for victims of deadly wildfire
On that frantic morning, TK Huff was calm. The 71-year-old amputee sat in his wheelchair, pointing a garden hose at what quickly became the deadliest wildfire in California history. Nobody knew at the...
Feb 17, 2019
Trump tests presidential power, declares emergency at border
WASHINGTON - Defiant in the wake of a stinging budget defeat, President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving to secure more money for his long-promise...
Feb 17, 2019