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Gory murders, stabbings, kids slain: Killers found not criminally responsible  Souris Plain DealerEDMONTON — A review board at Alberta Hospital in Edmonton is deciding whether a man who killed five young people at a house party in Calgary should be ...

Gaming heavyweights raise $17M for new esports network  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — A new venture backed by many of video gaming's biggest publishers is unveiling a network that hopes to be to esports what ESPN has been to ...

Veteran television newsman Sander Vanocur dies at 91  Souris Plain DealerLOS ANGELES — Sander Vanocur, who for decades covered the biggest moments in U.S. politics for NBC and ABC news, has died.Chris Vanocur tells The ...

Tekashi 6ix9ine testifies for prosecution at gang trial  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (six-NYN') is testifying against two reputed members of a violent New York City street gang.The rapper took the witness ...

Old-fashioned reporting most compelling aspect of 'She Said'  Souris Plain Dealer"She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement" (Penguin Press), by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey"She Said: Breaking the ...

Tiny New Brunswick community hosts major celebration of Hockeyville  Souris Plain DealerRENOUS, N.B. — A tiny New Brunswick community, known mainly for its federal maximum-security prison, has been transformed into Hockeyville in celebration ...

Review: Emeli Sandé returns with anthems for the every day  Souris Plain DealerEmeli Sandé, "Real Life" (Capitol Records)Emeli Sandé's music has always leaned into the epic. Her clear, full voice powers sweeping anthems, most of which ...

Serial rapist shows no sign of controlling violent sexual urges: court  Souris Plain DealerTORONTO — An Ontario judge has ordered a serial rapist jailed indefinitely, saying the man's refusal to receive treatment for his violent sexual urges means he ...

Man who scammed romantic partner wants mistrial despite guilty finding  Souris Plain DealerTORONTO — A con artist who scammed the romantic partner he met online out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has asked a judge to declare a mistrial ...

'Blood money'? Purdue settlement would rely on opioid sales  Souris Plain DealerThe tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by ... selling more ...

Families launch claims against N.L. government over deaths in custody  Souris Plain DealerST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The families of two inmates who died in Newfoundland jails have filed lawsuits claiming that negligence by the province exacerbated their ...

Comedian Baron Cohen asks judge to dismiss Roy Moore lawsuit  Souris Plain DealerMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen asked a federal judge to dismiss Roy Moore's defamation lawsuit over a television segment that ...

Lisa Unger's 'The Stranger Inside' is psychological thriller  Souris Plain Dealer"The Stranger Inside," Park Row, by Lisa UngerA woman is forced to confront her past in Lisa Unger's latest psychological thriller, "The Stranger Inside."When ...

APTN enters competitive streaming market with paid service, APTN Lumi  Souris Plain DealerWINNIPEG — Canada's national Indigenous broadcaster is entering the subscription streaming world.APTN says its new paid *service* — dubbed APTN Lumi ...

Nurse's battle over fine for Facebook comments before Saskatchewan Appeal Court  Souris Plain DealerREGINA — A lawyer for a Saskatchewan nurse who was disciplined for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook says the decision to punish her was based ...

Surrey parent charged in admissions scam, linked to $400K bribe  Souris Plain DealerBOSTON — A woman accused of paying $400000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd ...

Montreal Impact hope to snap Toronto FC's Canadian Championship run  Souris Plain DealerMONTREAL — The Montreal Impact's Major League Soccer playoff hopes are fading, but they still have a championship to play for this month."I don't know if it ...

B.C. parent charged in alleged admissions scam in the United States  Souris Plain DealerBOSTON — A woman accused of paying $400000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd ...

WeWork delays its IPO amid tepid investor interest  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — WeWork's parent company put its stock market debut on the backburner Tuesday, struggling to drum up investor enthusiasm for a fast-growing ...

Detour on the road to WeWork IPO  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — WeWork is pushing back its public debut with investor confidence appearing to grow shaky in the office share company that had recently been ...

Author takes deep dive into creation of TV show "Friends"  Souris Plain Dealer"Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era," (Dutton), by Saul AusterlitzIn 1994, NBC was trying to find a show that could ...

Review: Linwood Barclay's 'Elevator Pitch' is vivid story  Souris Plain Dealer"Elevator Pitch: a Novel" (William Morrow), by Linwood BarclayIt first seems like an accident when a Manhattan office tower elevator smashes to the basement ...

Heroine yearns to build meaningful life in 'Single Thread'  Souris Plain Dealer"A Single Thread: a Novel," Viking, by Tracy ChevalierViolet Speedwell seems an unlikely heroine at the opening of Tracy Chevalier's "A Single Thread.

Four Mounties sue attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings  Souris Plain DealerMONCTON, N.B. — Four RCMP officers who responded to the 2014 shootings in Moncton, N.B., that claimed the lives of three of their colleagues are suing the ...

National Book Awards list for translation has global reach  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — Authors from Asia, Africa and South America are among those on the National Book Awards longlist for translated literature, a category started ...

Court denies Canadian bobsled pilot Kaillie Humphries' request for injunction  Souris Plain DealerCALGARY — Bobsled's governing body in Canada still wants Kaillie Humphries to race for her country despite their acrimonious relationship that has spilled ...

Stampeders teammates, Roughriders running back named CFL top performers  Souris Plain DealerTORONTO — Calgary defensive back Tre Roberson, Stampeders wide receiver Eric Rogers and Saskatchewan Roughriders running back William Powell are ...

Review: Robertson looks back at The Band in 'Sinematic'  Souris Plain DealerRobbie Robertson, "Sinematic" (UMe)Robbie Robertson, the former lead songwriter and guitar player for The Band, taps into his love of films for "Sinematic," his ...

Federal government posts $14B shortfall in 2018-19  Souris Plain DealerOTTAWA — The federal government ran a $14-billion deficit in 2018-19, according to its latest annual financial report, the third year in a row with a shortfall ...

Jailed tycoon, professor in Tunisian presidential runoff  Souris Plain DealerTUNIS, Tunisia — Jailed media magnate Nabil Karoui and independent law professor Kais Saied without a party are advancing to the runoff in Tunisia's ...

Wolfpack veteran Jon Wilkin brings lots to the rugby league table  Souris Plain DealerTORONTO — Jon Wilkin brought 16 years of Super League experience to the Toronto Wolfpack this season, hoping to use that knowledge to take the ...

NBC's 'Peacock' to join the streaming fray in April  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — Comcast's NBCUniversal said Tuesday that its upcoming streaming *service* will be called Peacock, in an homage to NBC's logo. It will become ...

Steve Martin's bluegrass award faces uncertain future  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — One morning last week in Boston, Victor Furtado woke up to a mailman's knock. He was handed a little unmarked package."I opened it up here in ...

Weinstein attorney: He's a sinner, but not 'a rapist'  Souris Plain DealerNEW YORK — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein said on Tuesday that her client is not without sin — but he's also not "a rapist."Donna Rotunno, speaking on ...

Kane Brown, Luke Combs among CMT Artists of the Year  Souris Plain DealerNASHVILLE — Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay and Thomas Rhett will be honoured as the country's top stars at the 10th annual CMT ...

Manitoba election outcome a precursor of federal parties' fate?  Souris Plain DealerSome elections in Canada are all about change. In Quebec, only diehard fans and misguided academics expected the Liberal party to somehow stay in power ...

Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales fell 1.3 per cent in July  Souris Plain DealerOTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 1.3 per cent to $57.2 billion in July as sales in the primary metal and motor vehicle industries moved ...

Outspoken Imperial Oil CEO Rich Kruger stepping down later this year  Souris Plain DealerCALGARY — One of the oilpatch's most outspoken critics of Canadian federal and provincial energy policy is retiring at the end of this year.Imperial Oil Ltd.

Bombing kills 24 at Afghan president's rally; Ghani unhurt  Souris Plain DealerKABUL — A suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people ...

Saudi Arabia says full production restored within the month  Souris Plain DealerDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia's energy minister said Tuesday that more than half of its daily crude oil production that was knocked out by a ...

Iran's supreme leader: No talk with the US at any level  Souris Plain DealerTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says "there will be no talks with the U.S. at any level" — remarks apparently meant to end all ...

Talks resume as UAW strike against GM enters second day  Souris Plain DealerDETROIT — Contract talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers were set to resume Tuesday as a strike by more than 49000 employees ...

Propane blast kills firefighter, injures his brother, others  Souris Plain DealerFARMINGTON, Maine — A fierce propane explosion levelled a newly constructed building after fire crews arrived to investigate the smell of gas Monday, killing ...