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Please enable Javascript to watch this video BRANSON, Mo. – New fun coming to Silver Dollar City this fall. The Branson theme park is going full glow with more than 10,000 pumpkins lighting up the night sky well into the evening. The event—Craft Days, Pumpkin Nights Harvest Festival—starts September 25 and runs through October 26….
The Liberal Party has brought Laura Huang’s surprising bid to run in next month’s federal election to a sudden end, adding another wrinkle to a nomination contest already marked by marital drama and tragedy.The party has rejected Huang as a potential candidate in Toronto’s Don Valley North riding, currently held by her husband, rookie MP…
OAKLAND — Maria Pelayo and Rosa Gaona have called an East Oakland apartment building home for more than a decade — it’s where they raised their children, helping them through Oakland Unified schools while working as housecleaners to put food on the table and pay the rent for their two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartments. But on Tuesday,…
It’s the four-letter F-word that Andrew Scheer dares not speak.Ford — as in Premier Doug Ford.While the premier’s Progressive Conservatives won 76 of Ontario’s 124 provincial ridings in last year’s election, Scheer’s federal Conservatives fear he could hurt them where they need to win most.Yes, Ford did his national counterparts a favour by postponing this…
San Juan is seen during a total blackout after Hurricane Maria made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 20, 2017. (Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images) San Juan is seen during a total blackout after Hurricane Maria made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 20, 2017. (Credit: Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images) Federal prosecutors charged…
Barbara Gard calls her three-hectare property, nestled below the forested peak of Sumas Mountain, a “miniature Stanley Park.” Its lush trees and flowing creek reminded her of Vancouver’s majestic park, and she immediately knew she wanted to call it home.But she said her peaceful retreat in Abbotsford now feels more like a nightmare. Gard is…
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau will ask Canada’s Governor General to ring the bell Wednesday for a 40-day federal election campaign, one that pits a scandal-ridden Liberal government against a Conservative opposition that has yet to capitalize on the struggles of its principal rival. The 2019 campaign leading up to election day Oct. 21 is also…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 50-year-old Las Vegas man who died in police custody after a pre-dawn bicycle and foot… LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 50-year-old Las Vegas man who died in police custody after a pre-dawn bicycle and foot chase repeatedly told officers handcuffing him he couldn’t breathe, a top police department official said….
Galleries and exhibitionsThe Lakeshore Creative Stitchery Guild holds an embroidery exhibition on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Stewart Hall, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire. Free.Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd., Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Secret Plans, featuring works by artists Mathew Borrett, Rebecca…
Opening day lineups at Hobo Cannabis on Bank Street. The company plans a second store in the ByWard Market. Julie Oliver / Postmedia Marijuana vendor Hobo Recreational Cannabis Store, which says it has had $8.3 million in net sales since opening in April, is already set to expand.The company says it has reached an agreement…