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Review: Yawn, is it Monday yet? The Weeknd bores at halftime
NEW YORK - His name is The Weeknd but his Super Bowl performance felt like a dreary Monday morning. The pop star headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, running through his many hits like an Olympic r...
Feb 08, 2021
Writer Mick Herron’s ‘Slow Horses’ are spies for our times
LONDON - Like a spy in the night, writer Mick Herron's success has been stealthy. It took a while for the world to catch up with him. A decade after he introduced a crew of flawed secret agents caught...
Feb 08, 2021
Edmonton Football Team asks fans to vote on seven possible names
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name. Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on a...
Feb 08, 2021
City examining ways to address Nanaimo's downtown battered by social disorder
NANAIMO - A pair of projects addressing downtown social disorder are pushing forward, while City officials monitor how to react to an expected increase in challenges in the months ahead.Dave LaBerge, ...
Feb 08, 2021
'A blessing:' Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco finds way back on the ice during COVID-19
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Ryan Straschnitzki says there is nothing like the feel of being back on the ice. The former Humboldt Bronco junior hockey player, paralyzed from the chest down when a semi-trailer ble...
Feb 08, 2021
Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar - despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic. Brady threw two touchdown passes to old friend Rob Gronko...
Feb 08, 2021
Bad weather halts Pakistani army search for missing climbers
ISLAMABAD - Bad weather on Monday forced Pakistani army helicopters to temporarily halt their search for three mountaineers who went missing while attempting to scale K2, the world's second-highest mo...
Feb 08, 2021
Bad weather halts Pakistani army search for missing climbers
ISLAMABAD - Bad weather on Monday forced Pakistani army helicopters to temporarily halt their search for three mountaineers who went missing while attempting to scale K2, the world's second-highest mo...
Feb 08, 2021
Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. The metal block was found by a farmer on Friday in Sanliurfa province with old Turkic s...
Feb 08, 2021
In Denmark, some school classes resume amid lockdown easing
COPENHAGEN - Danish schools on Monday resumed teaching younger children - from pre-school to the fourth grade - as Denmark has seen a steady reduction in COVID-19 infection numbers in recent weeks. Ho...
Feb 08, 2021