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Riding Globes, '1917' ends 'Star Wars' box-office reign
LOS ANGELES - It took the Great War to finally take down "Star Wars." Director Sam Mendes' World War I story "1917" brought in $36.5 million in its first weekend of wide release, easily topping the bo...
Jan 13, 2020
Ronan Farrow among nominees for book critic prizes
NEW YORK - Ronan Farrow has already won a Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement. Now he's up for a literary honour, a National Book Critics...
Jan 13, 2020
First batch of nominees for 2020 Oscars announced
The nominees for the Academy Awards are being announced in Los Angeles. Issa Rae and John Cho are announcing nominees in 24 categories that honour the best achievements in films released in 2019. The ...
Jan 13, 2020
Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down a Ukr...
Jan 13, 2020
Regina family calls for more paramedics after 81-year-old waits 45 minutes for ambulance
A quiet winter afternoon with his grandmother turned traumatizing for Dallas Kalaman. On Jan. 5, the Regina man was helping prepare supper for his 81-year-old grandmother when she began having stroke-...
Jan 13, 2020
US troops clear rubble from Iraq base days after Iran strike
AIN AL-ASAD BASE, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops were clearing rubble and debris on Monday from a military base housing American soldiers in western Iraq, days after it was struck by Iranian ballistic missil...
Jan 13, 2020
Vigils held for plane crash victims and assisted dying; In The News for Jan. 13
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 13. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...
Jan 13, 2020
Feds to delete near-death requirement but could impose new limits to MAID
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is launching public consultations today on how best to respond to a court ruling that concluded it's unconstitutional to allow only Canadians who are already ...
Jan 13, 2020
Manitoba reserve going to court to demand Ottawa extend flood evacuee benefits
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation plans to argue in court that the federal government is cutting off evacuee benefits without providing secure housing more than eight years after flooding forced...
Jan 13, 2020
2 officers hurt after crash with semi truck north of Saskatoon
A Saskatoon police SUV was left mangled after a crash with a semi truck and trailer early Monday morning north of the city. Police said the east-bound SUV and south-bound semi collided at the intersec...
Jan 13, 2020 A Saskatoon police SUV was involved in a two vehicle crash north of Saskatoon on Highway 12 Monday morning (Jay Thomas/650 CKOM)
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