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Movie of Miranda's 'In the Heights' set for summer 2020
NEW YORK - Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical “In the Heights” will hit theatres in 2020 as a summer-event movie. Warner Bros. won the rights to the 2008 Tony-winner after a b...
Jun 07, 2018
Spanish royal couple to visit US, meet President Trump
MADRID - Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will travel later this month to the United States, where they will visit the White House as well as Louisiana and Texas. Authorities said in a s...
Jun 07, 2018

Alberta eyes pub time changes so fans can gather, hoist a few during World Cup
EDMONTON - Alberta is considering whether to change its bar hours so soccer fans can gather in the early mornings to watch the World Cup and hoist a few. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says he will ha...
Jun 07, 2018
Gilles Villeneuve's 1978 winning car to get show drive by son at Canada GP
MONTREAL - It will be an special moment for Joann Villeneuve when her son Jacques leads out the field in her late husband’s Ferrari for the parade lap at the Canadian Grand Prix. ...
Jun 07, 2018

Riders bid farewell to Saskatoon for another year
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are runnin' back to Regina. It may not be the correct city in the Guess Who song, but it signals another end to training camp in Saskatoon. Head coach Chris Jones had noth...
Jun 07, 2018

Riders bid farewell to Saskatoon for another year
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are runnin' back to Regina. It may not be the correct city in the Guess Who song, but it signals another end to training camp in Saskatoon. Head coach Chris Jones had noth...
Jun 07, 2018
Alabama lawmaker indicted, charged with paying kickbacks
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - An Alabama lawmaker was arrested Thursday on federal charges that he paid kickbacks to a doctor’s office that referred Medicare patients to his health care business - accusati...
Jun 07, 2018
Calgary to allow festivals to set up tents where cannabis can be consumed
CALGARY - The City of Calgary will allow festivals to set up tents where marijuana can be consumed once it’s legalized. The so-called cannabis festival tents will have to undergo a review a...
Jun 07, 2018

Schmitt returns to Canadian men's volleyball team for Nations League
Gavin Schmitt doesn’t want his return to the Canadian men’s volleyball team to mess with its success. The six-foot-10 outside hitter from Saskatoon, whose crushing kills and laser jum...
Jun 07, 2018
Canadian men's short-track speedskating coach Campbell takes job in China
The Canadian men’s short-track speedskating team has lost its head coach. Derrick Campbell, who has been at the helm of one of Canada’s more successful winter sports programs since 2006, s...
Jun 07, 2018