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  • Montreal’s ‘Gandhi of hip hop’ takes on the musical

    A telling thing happens as Josh Dolgin, the Montreal musical performance artist who goes by the moniker "Socalled," sits down to talk about his two latest projects. Dolgin spent the winter creating a soundtrack album ...

  • Prominent Canadians back petition to rename holiday Victoria and First Peoples Day

    A television presenter watches a monitor which shows Prince Charles and his wife Camilla as they wait to watch the Victoria Day firework celebrations at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on May 21, 2012. 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 ...

  • Police search for missing southwest Calgary teen

    (Courtesy: Calgary Police Service) Calgary police are seeking the public's assistance to locate a missing 15-year-old boy who disappeared on his way to a mall in southwest Calgary. Trey Kayseas was last seen leaving his home in southwest Calgary at about 4 p.m. Saturday. He was reported missing by a family member at 2 a.m. Sunday morning after he did not return home. Kayseas has a medical ...

  • RCMP looking for man who robbed wheelchair-bound woman in Agassiz

    5/19/2013 The RCMP in Agassiz is asking for the public's help in locating a thief who knocked a woman out of her wheelchair and dragged her on the ground by her purse on Friday afternoon. Corporal Dwayne Farlin says the attack happened on Morrow Road east of Highway 9 in Agassiz. "The female in her wheelchair was grabbed from behind and pulled to the ground after the strap on ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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