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  • Rolling Stones joined by Dave Grohl in Anaheim

    also joined the band for his token two songs "Midnight Rambler" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and the University Of Southern California Thornton Chamber ...

  • Prominent Canadians back effort to rename Victoria Day

    Residents light fireworks along their street during the Victoria Day long weekend in Toronto on Monday, May 24, 2010. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan ...

  • Canadian military gear stranded in Afghanistan

    Canadians soldiers load baggage at Kandahar airbase in 2011. Hundreds of shipping containers filled with military supplies remain stranded in Afghanistan. (Rafiq Maqbool/Associated ...

  • Seniors targeted by Edmonton jewellery thieves

    After receiving reports about two recent daytime robberies, Edmonton Police are warning about jewellery thieves who appear to be targeting seniors. On Thursday, a man and a woman approached a 97-year-old man who was sitting outside a long-term care home near 110th Avenue and 76th Street around 6:30 p.m. One of the suspects forcibly removed a gold ring worth $1,000 from the man's finger. ...

  • Six campers rescued after getting lost in Kananaskis Country

    (Lauren Krugel/Canadian Press) A group of six campers was rescued Sunday morning after becoming lost when they wandered away from their campsite near Gorge Creek Trail. The group was able to take shelter at an old hunting site overnight before climbing a ridge and getting cell service. One of the campers is a diabetic but rescuers say no one was seriously injured. "That Elbow area of ...

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Scandal [DVD]

Scandal [DVD]

In 1963, the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was rocked with a sex scandal involving Macmillan's Secretary of War, John Profumo, and a young woman named Christine Keeler. The fact that the married Profumo was having an illicit relationship with a woman that many characterized as a high-price call girl was certainly questionable, but not enough to topple a go ... ...

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  • RCMP ‘relieved’ to see charges in Baby Taylor case

    A 30-year-old New Brunswick woman has been charged in connection with the discovery of the body of a newborn boy found on Taylor Road near Monteagle, N.B. in 2009. ...

  • Meet Ray Novak the PMs new chief of staff

    : "Ray is really good, and trusted. He's quiet and handles lots of tough issues. And yes, he stays out of the limelight." -- Jason Lietaer, former head of the Conservative Resource ...

  • Busy weekend for OPP at Wasaga Beach

    The good weather has flooded the Wasaga Beach area with people seeking good times this weekend, though police say they are seeing some people enjoy themselves a little too much. In just the first few hours of the holiday weekend, the OPP reported that 14 people ended up behind bars, mostly for alcohol-related offences. OPP Const. Mark Kinney said a number of people were drinking too much and ...

  • 1 dead 6 injured in Edson crash

    A 39-year-old man from Edson died early Sunday morning in a collision between a pickup truck and a minivan. The crash occurred around 12:50 a.m. where Range Road 184 meets the westbound lane of Highway 16. The man who was driving the minivan died at the scene. Six other people were injured. Two were flown to hospital in Edmonton. RCMP believe alcohol was a factor in the ...

  • 6 lost hikers rescued after cold night in Alberta wilderness

    Area near Ware creek in Kananaskis Country. Photo courtesy Mike Koppang CALGARY -- Six lost hikers were rescued Sunday morning after a short stroll turned into an overnight stay in the Kananaskis Country wilderness. The group of friends from Black Diamond, Alta., were random camping along the Gorge Creek Trail and decided to go for a short walk about 11 a.m. Saturday, Kananaskis public safety ...

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