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  • Jennifer Lawrence brother being stalked

    Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence and her brother Blaine Lawrence are reportedly being stalked by a Canadian named Han Cong Zhao. Han, 23, was said to be remanded on bail after Judge Annette Karem at Kentucky court here heard he sent Blaine 200 messages and a threatening voicemail. "You got me really upset, when I am upset, wait and see what happens," thesun.co.uk quoted Han as ...

  • Stanley Cup Stories Senators stun Penguins

    Ottawa Senators' Colin Greening, right, celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal on Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tomas Vokoun, left, during the second overtime in Game 3 on Sunday. (Chris ...

  • Wharnsby Colin Greening rescues Senators

    Senators forward Colin Greening acknowledges the cheers of the Scotiabank crowd after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins with a goal in double overtime Sunday night. (Chris ...

  • Fleetwood Mac rekindles the classics in Vancouver

    A love-in. That was last night's Fleetwood Mac concert. From the moment Mick Fleetwood bounded onstage, dropped his giant, lanky self behind his kit and started the drum roll leading into Second Hand News, it was on your feet and sing along to every song at Rogers Arena. On the basis of three albums made in the seventies, the second configuration of what began as a very fine UK blues-rock ...

  • NHL Colin Greening goal lifts Ottawa Senators over Pittsburgh Penguins

    Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime as and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their deficit in ...

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Scream 4

Scream 4

When Scream debuted to unexpected box office success in the winter of 1996, it came at a time when the horror genre in general, but the slasher film in particular, was bottoming out (which was, incidentally, hardly the first time a genre as cyclical as horror had reached that point). An ... ...

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  • West Vancouver landslide leads to steep bill for homeowner

    THE District of West Vancouver will complete remediation work in the British Properties after illegal landscaping work triggered a landslide that damaged a tributary of fish-bearing Rodgers Creek.However, the hefty bill - estimated to be between $100,000 and $150,000 - will be going to the homeowner.Council resolved to undertake the work at 2785 Chelsea Close and bill the homeowner last week.The ...

  • Ontario elevator technicians continue strike action

    One thousand four hundred elevator technicians across Ontario are entering their fourth week onstrike against transnational elevator companies Otis, KONE, Schindler and ThyssenKrupp. The workers went on strike May 1, when talks broke down between the International Union ofElevator Constructors (IUEC) and the National Elevator and Escalator Association (NEEA)--thebargaining agent for the ...

  • World Canada PM aide quits in expenses scandal

    Canada say. Sen Mike Duffy, a former journalist, resigned from the Conservative caucus on Thursday two days after revelations about the cheque ...

  • Leapfrogging development not likely say Calgary’s neighbours

    As Calgary aims to place a tighter grip on its suburban expansion, developers and wary aldermen have consistently issued a warning: the city's loss will be its neighbours' gain, to our detriment.The risk of residential development shifting from Calgary to surrounding communities comes with it the threat of losing property taxpayers, and facing more out-of-towners using the roads, ...

  • Top hockeynight tweets of the night

    Top #hockeynight tweets of the night As Canadians celebrated the long weekend, we brought the action from Ottawa to them in an exciting game between the Senators and the Penguins. The energy between these two teams reached an all-time high and the Twitter world ...

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