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Complete list of nominees for the 27th SAG Awards
LOS ANGELES - List of nominees for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards: MOVIES Actor: Riz Ahmed, "Sound of Metal"; Chadwick Boseman, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"; Anthony Hopkins, "The Father"; Gary Old...
Feb 04, 2021

Vancouver police cite delivery of 100 cheeseburgers in search warrant application
VANCOUVER - An application for search warrants to enter a Vancouver penthouse that police have described as a makeshift nightclub amid COVID-19 restrictions says officers noticed a delivery of 100 che...
Feb 04, 2021

Vancouver police cite delivery of 100 cheeseburgers in search warrant application
VANCOUVER - An application for search warrants to enter a Vancouver penthouse that police have described as a makeshift nightclub amid COVID-19 restrictions says officers noticed a delivery of 100 che...
Feb 04, 2021

Ice dance star Scott Moir named head coach of second Ice Academy campus
Olympic ice dance champion Scott Moir will be guiding Canada's future stars. The 33-year-old from Ilderton, Ont., has been hired as head coach and managing director of the Ice Academy of Montreal's se...
Feb 04, 2021

Former flight attendant lands 7-figure deal for 2 novels
NEW YORK - A onetime flight attendant who conjured fictional nightmares during breaks on cross country red-eyes has a 7-figure deal for two novels. The Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press a...
Feb 04, 2021

McKinsey agrees to pay nearly $600M over opioid crisis
The global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $600 million for its role in advising businesses on how to sell more prescription opioid painkillers amid a nationwide overdose c...
Feb 04, 2021

Wisconsin governor issues new mask mandate after GOP repeal
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order on Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate saying he didn't have ...
Feb 04, 2021

COVID-19 ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters extended to 2022
The federal government says a ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters will stay in place for one more year. The ban until Feb. 28, 2022 applies to cruise ships carrying more than 100 people as well as ...
Feb 04, 2021

Nurse excited for "tremendous challenge" of writing up game plan vs. Nets
Led by a trio of superstars, the Brooklyn Nets have the most potent offence in the NBA, averaging a league-leading 122.3 points a night, on a NBA-best 50.1 per cent shooting. And the roster beyond Kev...
Feb 04, 2021

Navalny urges Russians from jail to overcome their fear
MOSCOW - In a note from jail, opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged Russians Thursday to overcome their fear and "free" the country from a "bunch of thieves," while the Kremlin cast the arrests of th...
Feb 04, 2021