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  • Prominent Canadians back petition to rename Victoria Day to honour aboriginals

    A group of certain Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day. The group -- which includes author Margaret Atwood, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, and actor Gordon Pinsent -- has signed an online petition to rename this Monday's public holiday "Victoria and First Peoples Day." Peter Keleghan, an actor ...

  • 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 ...

  • Canadas Paul Henderson Danielle Goyette enter IIHF Hall of Fame

    Paul Henderson, flanked by IIHF president Rene Fasel, left, and 1972 Soviet Union team goalkeeper Vladislav Tretiak, is inducted at the IIHF Hall of Fame at the world hockey championship in Stockholm Sweden, Sunday. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian ...

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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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  • Blue Jays washed out of the Bronx

    Toronto Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey will now start on Monday at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday after his scheduled start on Sunday at Yankee Stadium was postponed by rain. (Mike Carlson/Associated ...

  • Jeep driver apologizes after stunt kills Edmonton woman

    A man claiming to be the driver of a Jeep that struck and killed a spectator at a charity event in Edmonton Saturday says he is sorry for what happened. "I have never been so terrified in my life and I am soooooooooo sorry," he wrote on the site for a local Jeep drivers' group. "I know there will be a ton of hatred and speculation regarding what happened, and I accept that. ...

  • East Vancouver residents in guerrilla gardening campaign

    Frustrated Vancouver residents have spent the weekend "guerrilla gardening" after repeated calls to the city to clean up the area's green spaces have fallen on deaf ears. "This isn't a high traffic area for people coming into the city," says Sharole Tylor, who lives near the 4,300-block of Fraser Street. On Saturday, Tylor was joined by other residents of the East ...

  • Group wants Victoria Day holiday to be renamed

    Thousands of people witness a spectacular fireworks show to cap off the 11th annual Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks and Family Night on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Del Crary Park in Peterborough, Ont. (Clifford Skarstedt/QMI AGENCY) A group of prominent Canadians is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Canada’s national Victoria Day holiday to Victoria and First Peoples ...

  • ‘Teen Mom’ star Maci Bookout ‘I really just want to be with Bentley’

    Taylor . The two have been traveling back and forth to see each other and they even spend lots of time in FaceTime together to make things work. However, when Maci is visiting Taylor, she misses her son Bentley. In fact, whenever she is traveling, she is missing her son. And according to a new tweet released on May ...

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