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Dixie Chicks drop 'dixie' from name, now known as The Chicks
NASHVILLE - Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks. The band's social media accounts and website were changed on Thursday to...
Jun 25, 2020
‘Antebellum’ brings racial justice call to reopened theatres
NEW YORK - Back in March, filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz gathered their artist friends and a few journalists at Manhattan's members-only social club, Soho House, for a screening of their ...
Jun 25, 2020
WestJet to lay off more than 3,300 workers under restructuring plan
WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it will permanently lay off 3,333 employees as part of a major restructuring amid the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated the travel industry.The company plans to conso...
Jun 25, 2020
Summer Liquor Survivor
Get your team in quick so you don't miss out on the fun. 6 people @ $40 each gets you a teamGrab some teammates and enter our Summer Liquor Survivor! Winners will be able to stock their fridges for su...
Jun 25, 2020
Worth the Wait: Doug Wilson, Kevin Lowe finally get Hall of Fame call
TORONTO - Doug Wilson was in the pool playing with his grandkids when the phone rang. Lanny McDonald was on the other end of the line. Wilson passed it to his wife, Kathy, so she would be the fir...
Jun 25, 2020
Audit: US sent $1.4B in virus relief payments to dead people
WASHINGTON - A government watchdog says nearly 1.1 million relief payments totalling some $1.4 billion went to dead people in the government's coronavirus aid program. More than 130 million so-called ...
Jun 25, 2020
Cineplex, Landmark Cinemas to reopen their doors in Saskatchewan July 3
Sonic The Hedgehog, Jumanji, and Birds of Prey characters will all be waiting inside movie theatres next Friday, three months after both Cineplex and Landmark Cinemas had to close their doors.While mo...
Jun 25, 2020
Resort village elections delayed
The 2020 elections for the District of Lakeland and the Resort Village of Candle Lake have been moved from July 25 to Aug. 29.The five-week delay comes as a result of the provincial government's recen...
Jun 25, 2020
Bowing to Beijing would put 'an awful lot more Canadians' at risk, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would put "an awful lot more" citizens at risk by signalling Canada can be intimidated, Prime Minister Justin Trude...
Jun 25, 2020
Unilever to drop terms like 'whitening' from beauty products
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Consumer products giant Unilever said Thursday it is aiming for a "more inclusive vision of beauty" in its skin care products and will remove words such as "fair," "whitening"...
Jun 25, 2020