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Johansson, Sterling K. Brown among SAG Awards presenters
LOS ANGELES - Scarlett Johansson, Sterling K. Brown and Taika Waititi will be up for Screen Actors Guild Awards and also handing them out at Sunday's ceremony. They're part of a new batch of SAG Award...
Jan 19, 2020

U of L Chess for Life program receives $8,300 donation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Chess for Life program has received a nice financial boost.100 Women Who Care's Lethbridge chapter has donated $8,300 to the program.Chess for Life was set up at the University of...
Jan 19, 2020 File photo of a University of Lethbridge Sign (Lethbridge News Now)

US housing construction jumps 16.9% in December
WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes surged in December to the highest level in 13 years, capping a year in which falling mortgage rates and a strong labour market helped lift the prospects of the h...
Jan 19, 2020

Screen Actors Guild Awards might not offer Oscars preview
Scarlett Johansson and Nicole Kidman will have two chances to win Sunday night at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards, while the night's top movie winner may offer a forecast of the Academy Awards. Am...
Jan 19, 2020

Canada to give $25,000 to families of each Canadian who died on Flight PS752
OTTAWA - Families of the Canadian victims on the Ukrainian passenger jet shot down over Iran last week will receive $25,000 each to help with immediate costs they have for travel or funerals, Prime Mi...
Jan 19, 2020

Canada to give $25,000 to families of each Canadian who died on Flight PS752
OTTAWA - Families of the Canadian victims on the Ukrainian passenger jet shot down over Iran last week will receive $25,000 each to help with immediate costs they have for travel or funerals, Prime Mi...
Jan 19, 2020

Votto, Morneau backing Canada's Walker ahead of Hall of Fame vote reveal
Joey Votto admittedly didn't pay much attention to fellow Canadian Larry Walker during his 17-year playing career. It wasn't until after the 1997 National League MVP reti...
Jan 19, 2020

Drury leads host Canadian ski cross team into chilly World Cup at Nakiska
NAKISKA, Alta. - It's too cold for penguins, but not for ski cross racer Kevin Drury. A cold front enveloping Alberta this week cancelled penguin walks at the Calgary Zoo, where to...
Jan 19, 2020

Recent string of Quebec domestic homicides spur call for action to protect women
MONTREAL - Francis Lalonde Langlois's favourite memory of his mother is when he was five years old and she blew up 2,000 balloons on New Year's Eve because she wanted her three children to r...
Jan 19, 2020

Fire kills 8 at asylum for mentally ill in Czech Republic
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A fire official says eight people have been killed in a fire at an asylum for the mentally ill in the Czech Republic. Prokop Volenik, spokesman for the regional rescue service...
Jan 19, 2020