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Every CFL game has its own intrigue, and Saturday night’s meeting between the Stampeders and Lions is no exception. With both teams still searching for their first win, there are plenty of storylines worth following in Kelowna. Calgary and BC are not rebuilding teams coming off losing seasons where finishing .500 would be viewed as a positive result. Both are coming off 11-win seasons with veteran quarterbacks under centre. Many picked the Lions to win the West, while Calgary’s ceiling is equally as high. The point is, this is a clash of two franchises that have started slower than expected,…

Billionaire investor Leon Black said Friday that Jeffrey Epstein deceived him during a yearslong relationship in which he paid the disgraced financier $158 million, but insisted he committed no criminal wrongdoing as he appeared before the House Oversight Committee. Black is the 16th person to appear before the committee as part of their broader investigation into the web of wealth and influence around Epstein. Before entering the closed-door deposition, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the House committee chairman, told reporters he believed it might be the most “groundbreaking” yet. “This could be a pretty significant deposition as we try to get…

You can’t beat a slice of Aardman Animation and this Autumn Shaun The Sheep will be back with another adventure. Today we get a look at the film’s latest Trailer, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom and it’s a wild one! Studiocanal UK and Sky are releasing the film in UK and Ireland. Everyone’s favourite animated sheep is aiming to save Halloween from Beast of Mossy Bottom. A precious pumpkin patch destroyed, Shaun turned mad scientist only leading to things running out of control! This is trademark Aardman humour, very funny regardless of your age. Safe family fun…

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the arson case against the man accused of sparking the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles after the jury said it could not agree on a verdict. Prosecutors said they will try again. Jurors said a day prior they had come to a standstill in deliberations in the trial of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht on three federal charges: arson, malicious destruction by means of a fire and timber set aflame. “The court finds there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial because the jury is deadlocked,” Judge Anne…

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Most of the U.S. stock market is rising Friday after oil prices eased back to where they were before the war with Iran, but drops for AI stocks are keeping the market in check. The S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent after recovering from an early loss of 0.9 per cent. The index at the heart of many 401(k) accounts is still on track for its second losing week in the last 13, largely because of drops for stocks swept up in the mania around artificial-intelligence technology.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 194 points, or 0.4 per cent, as…

Retailers are warning consumers that they likely won’t have enough consoles to meet demand when GTA VI is finally released. This is the sentiment from multiple retailers, as reported by The Game Business, including one unnamed senior games buyer at a company who spoke to the publication. “We’ve been informed that because of the on-going issues around hardware component availability, we won’t be getting the units we want ahead of GTA,” said the source. “Demand will likely outstrip supply during the year end period.” It’s a testament to the power of GTA during a time when people are buying fewer consoles than…

Rockies southpaw Sammy Peralta cleared waivers following his recent DFA and has been assigned outright to their Triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. He’s been outrighted in the past and will thus have the right to reject this assignment in favor of free agency if he prefers to explore other opportunities. The 28-year-old Peralta pitched 2 2/3 innings with the Rox prior to his DFA, surrendering three runs on three hits and a pair of walks. He struck out four of the 15 batters he faced. This marked the lefty’s fourth straight season with at…

Two of the most closely scrutinized aspects of the U.S. immigration detention system during Donald Trump’s second term — deaths in custody and the use of force — will be reviewed by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, which announced new investigations to assess the operation of facilities run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).The investigations will seek to determine whether systemic factors, policies, or processes have contributed to the increase in deaths of detained individuals since 2022, as well as to verify whether facilities comply with federal standards on the use of force. Fieldwork for both…

Social media users are weighing IN after Willie Taylor said Day 26 would have “smoked” Pretty Ricky and B2K in a Verzuz. RELATED: Raz-B Turns Heads With “PSA” Message For Pretty Ricky As Pleasure P Spills Tea On Verzuz Plans (PHOTO + VIDEOS) Willie Taylor Says Day 26 Would Have “Smoked” Pretty Ricky & B2K In Verzuz On the evening of Thursday, June 25, Willie Taylor took to Instagram, initially sharing a brief text post. “Honestly Speaking… We would have SMOKED both Groups Tonight!!!! SMOKED!!” he wrote before adding an additional caption. “Great Show tonight fellas. But for what verzuz consist…