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Edmonton Fringe festival's porta-potty fundraising campaign flushed with donors
April 21, 2025 - 1:00 AM

EDMONTON - One of North America’s largest Fringe festivals says a new fundraising campaign that lets donors "adopt" and then name a portable toilet has helped prevent the event from getting dumped.
'Sinners' surges past 'Minecraft' to lead box office
April 20, 2025 - 9:28 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days. But Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” led by twin Michael B. Jordans, proved a bloody exception to modern movie rules, launching with $45.6 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Zimbabwe's stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy
April 20, 2025 - 12:26 AM

CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (AP) — A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a pregnant woman.
Australia celebrates end to 'Vegemite-gate' after product back on shelves in Toronto
April 19, 2025 - 4:15 PM

Canada and Australia have shaken hands to end a potential diplomatic dust-up over a yeast-based spread that many Aussies like on toast and crackers.
Visitor buildings burn in grass fire that swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
April 19, 2025 - 2:42 PM

EDMONTON - Firefighters who battled a wind-fanned grass fire that spread to the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village east of Edmonton managed to save the historic structures at the open-air museum, but provincial officials say the visitor centre buildings were lost.
Universal Epic Universe is the theme park resort's biggest bang yet in Florida
April 18, 2025 - 9:13 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — From Harry Potter to Super Mario Bros. to Frankenstein's monster, Universal Orlando Resort is pulling out all the pop culture stops at its newest and largest theme park in Florida.
Keri Hilson's 'We Need to Talk' marks her return to music after a 15-year absence
April 18, 2025 - 7:16 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The last time Keri Hilson put out an album, Barack Obama was in the second year of his first term as U.S. president, the iPad was released and Instagram was brand new.
Canadian drummer arrested on child sexual abuse material charges in California
April 18, 2025 - 4:08 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Seiders, drummer for Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, has been arrested and charged with possessing child sex abuse materials, authorities said.
Jacob Elordi talks weight loss and on-screen romance for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'
April 18, 2025 - 1:43 PM

BERLIN (AP) — Jacob Elordi is gearing up for another busy year.
Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration
April 18, 2025 - 1:31 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge who ordered the Trump administration to stop blocking The Associated Press from presidential events refused Friday to take immediate steps to get White House officials to comply — an incremental development in a two-month dispute between the global news agency and administration officials over access.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

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Edmonton Fringe festival's porta-potty fundraising campaign flushed with donors

'Sinners' surges past 'Minecraft' to lead box office

Zimbabwe's stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy

Australia celebrates end to 'Vegemite-gate' after product back on shelves in Toronto

Visitor buildings burn in grass fire that swept Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village

Universal Epic Universe is the theme park resort's biggest bang yet in Florida

Keri Hilson's 'We Need to Talk' marks her return to music after a 15-year absence

Canadian drummer arrested on child sexual abuse material charges in California

Jacob Elordi talks weight loss and on-screen romance for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North'

Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration

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