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Lebanese rock band takes centre stage in freedoms debate
BEIRUT - A popular Mideast rock band known for its rousing concerts and lyrics challenging social norms in the conservative Arab world is once again at the centre of a heated debate about freedom of e...
Jul 24, 2019
Social Scientists at U of L receiving nearly $440,000 in funding
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Graduate students and faculty members at the University of Lethbridge have received some research funding.Close to $440,000 has been awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Rese...
Jul 24, 2019
Aiming Haya: Canada's Jumaa a medal contender in karate at Pan Am Games
Haya Jumaa's first Pan Am assignment came as a volunteer four years ago in Toronto. Her next one will see her compete as an athlete at the 2019 Games in Lima, Peru. Jumaa, 25,...
Jul 24, 2019
Police seek B.C. murder suspects in swamp, bush, bugs of northern Manitoba
The deputy mayor of a remote northern Manitoba town says residents are locking their doors earlier than usual after word of a police manhunt in the area for two suspects in the deaths o...
Jul 24, 2019
Review: In Tarantino's latest, a radiant Hollywood fable
Quentin Tarantino has, for a while now, been reminding us what's so great about movies - or at least, what he thinks is so great about them. He's made an old-fashioned double-feature ("Death Proof," o...
Jul 24, 2019
Slow ratings start for CBS' O'Donnell after first week
NEW YORK - CBS chose the middle of the summer for Norah O'Donnell to debut as "CBS Evening News" anchor, so probably should not be surprised that not too many people noticed. The Nielsen company said ...
Jul 24, 2019
John Prine postpones shows due to stent surgery
NASHVILLE - Americana singer-songwriter John Prine is postponing several shows this summer so he can have surgery to insert a stent to prevent a stroke. A statement on Prine's website on Tuesday said ...
Jul 24, 2019
Stars to frame global poverty issues in new NatGeo series
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Common, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Hugh Jackman are enlisting in the Global Citizen movement. They're among the celebrities featured in a National Geographic docuseries highligh...
Jul 24, 2019
Trump to host state dinner for Australian prime minister
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are hosting an official visit and state dinner in September for the prime minister of Australia, a conservative, who like Trump, defied...
Jul 24, 2019
Indian celebrities protest attacks on dissent, minorities
NEW DELHI - Dozens of Indian celebrities have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and stop rising incidents of attacks on minorities, misuse of religion by Hindu hard-liners and intoleranc...
Jul 24, 2019