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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The RCMP are investigating an allegation that the principal and founder of a local planning consulting …
Read More »Russia sentences 19 people for deadly concert hall attack that killed 149 people
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A court in Moscow on Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage …
Read More »Hall of Famer and former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens dies at 88
Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88. The family said Wilkens was surrounded by loved ones when he died and did not immediately release a cause of …
Read More »Who’s who of rock ‘n’ roll — from young stars to legends — celebrate Hall of Fame inductees
Cyndi Lauper turned True Colors into a defiant call for courage, and the music of Outkast, Soundgarden and the White Stripes moved the house on Saturday night at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Partway through the song, Lauper shouted the line “don’t be afraid!,” thrust her …
Read More »Chara, Keith, Thornton and rest of Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2025 class set for Monday induction
Zdeno Chara could hardly believe what had just unfolded. Duncan Keith was in the same boat, at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum. Chara and his Boston Bruins held a 2-1 lead late in Game 6 of the 2013 Stanley Cup final against Keith and Chicago. A victory on …
Read More »Premier’s Alberta Next Panel closes out tour in tense Calgary town hall
Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel closed out its cross-province tour on a tense note in Calgary on Monday night as the premier heard from residents with grievances directed at Ottawa and her own government. The slightest whiff of manure hung in the air at the south Calgary event centre, …
Read More »Son of Winnipeg Blue Bombers hall of famer Milt Stegall dies suddenly – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are mourning the death of a family member of one of their all-time legends. The Bombers revealed on Monday night that the oldest son of hall of famer Milt Stegall, Chase Stegall, died suddenly Monday. Chase was finishing …
Read More »Ichiro Suzuki becomes 1st Japanese player elected into baseball’s Hall of Fame, joined by Sabathia, Wagner
Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Sabathia was on 342 ballots and …
Read More »Outrage after guests wearing KKK costumes attend N.S. fire hall dance
A deputy fire chief in Cape Breton has apologized after some guests attended a Halloween dance at a fire hall dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan. Photos circulating on social media from Saturday’s event at the North Sydney Firefighters Club show four people wearing white sheets and white pointed hoods — garb synonymous with …
Read More »Cher, Dionne Warwick among 2024 class inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Dua Lipa and Cher opened the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night singing Believe, before giving way to a medley of rump shakers by funk masters Kool & the Gang and a powerhouse performance by Dionne Warwick, bringing the house down at 83. The inductees …
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