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Micah Johnson could soon rejoin dominant Riders defence
Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Micah Johnson is ready to get back out onto the gridiron.Johnson has been on the shelf for the Roughriders' past two CFL games while dealing with a high ankl...
Aug 31, 2019 Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman Micah Johnson during practice on Aug. 30, 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)

Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh nominated in Burnaby South riding
BURNABY, B.C. - NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was nominated Friday night as his party's candidate for the B.C. riding of Burnaby South in the October federal election. Surrounded by family, supporters and ...
Aug 31, 2019

Super Saturday: Gauff, Osaka meet under the US Open lights
NEW YORK - Coco Gauff is on another captivating run at a Grand Slam tournament. Now she has get through defending champion Naomi Osaka to continue it. The 15-year-old Gauff and the top-ranked Osaka me...
Aug 31, 2019

Kansas movie theatre recognized for its longevity
OTTAWA, Kan. - The oldest continuously operating movie theatre in the world might figure to be in New York or Hollywood. How about Kansas? The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Ottawa, some 50 miles...
Aug 31, 2019

Watchdog: Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos
WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump, the Justice Department's inspector general sa...
Aug 31, 2019

Brad Pitt goes deep into space, masculinity in 'Ad Astra'
VENICE, Italy - "Ad Astra" looks and sounds like a space epic with a movie star lead in Brad Pitt, but there's a lot more going on beneath the surface. Pitt said Thursday at the Venice International F...
Aug 31, 2019

Scarlett Johansson says 'Marriage Story' felt fated
VENICE, Italy - When Noah Baumbach asked Scarlett Johansson to meet with him about a new film he was going to write about a divorce, he didn't know she was going through one in real life. "It felt fat...
Aug 31, 2019

Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again
BOGOTA - Colombian President Ivan Duque offered a nearly $1 million reward for the arrest of the top peace negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on Thursday after the rebel and a s...
Aug 31, 2019

ICYMI: Top stories of the week around the Battlefords
Here is what made headlines in and around the Battlefords from August 24 to 30.Here is what made headlines in and around the Battlefords from Aug. 24 to 30.Suspect in Laverdiere case victim of stabbin...
Aug 31, 2019

Spain: ex-king says feeling "phenomenal" after heart surgery
MADRID - Spain's former monarch Juan Carlos I says he's feeling "phenomenal" with "new plumbing" after a successful triple bypass heart surgery. "It feels like a truck ran me over, but now it's about ...
Aug 31, 2019