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Logan Lucky, Step and Dave Made a Maze: late summer fun at the movies and a dash of uplift

Also The Hitman’s Bodyguard, which tries to be fun, Ingrid Goes West, a timely caution, and Nocturama’s musings on revolution or is it terrorism?

Warfare’s scary future, Mark Wahlberg’s terrorist hunt and Ben Affleck’s gangster flick

Also a Canadian woman’s porn-to-Bollywood odyssey and some ludicrous fun in a BC-filmed kids’ movie
John Nuttall and Amanda Korody in an artist's sketch

Entrapment hearing resumes in case of pair accused in Victoria terrorism plot

VANCOUVER — The entrapment trial resumes today for a British Columbia couple found guilty of terrorism who allege they were manipulated by police into plotting to blow up the provincial legislature....

Tina Fey goes to war; Judy Hopps goes to Zootopia and cultures clash in the Amazon

Also a Norwegian disaster movie, The Wave, machine gun attacks in London Has Fallen and a killer barber in The Legend of Barney Thompson

Vancouver mining executives trapped in their rooms as gunmen stormed Mali hotel

Employees of mining company B2Gold Corp. were trapped in their hotel rooms in Bamako for seven hours as Islamist terrorists stormed the building.

B.C. judge says RCMP may have acted illegally in terror case, orders disclosure

Justice Catherine Bruce hasn't ruled yet if the RCMP entrapped John Nuttall and Amanda Korody into plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature in 2012.

Islamic State massacres 129 people in Paris terror attacks

Islamic State claims responsibility for terror attacks that leave 129 dead in Paris - just one day after striking Beirut.
Bill C-51 protest in front of VAG. File photo by David Geselbracht

BC Civil Liberties joins fight for 'second-class' naturalized citizens' rights

The feds' Bill C-24 could impact millions of innocent Canadians, the civil rights coalition argues.
Mulcair in Vancouver (file photo - video still)

Don't fall for Harper's anti-terrorism gimmick, Mulcair tells reporters at Vancouver rally

With the shadow of the Mike Duffy trial looming larger than ever, Stephen Harper campaigns to crack down on homegrown terror threats.

Reza Aslan on Islamic nationalism and the challenge of jihad

Reza Aslan explained ISIS and Islamic violent extremism to a packed audience at the Indian Summer Festival Thursday.