Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Queen Elizabeth II wears mask at tribute to Unknown Warrior
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II donned a face mask in public for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic when attending a brief ceremony at Westminster Abbey last week to mark the centenary of the ...
Nov 08, 2020
Amidst a tough and sad year, a Halifax choir creates a concert of communal lament
HALIFAX - In a year of pandemic, mass murder and military tragedies, a choir on Canada's East Coast has created a concert that gives singers, a poet and their online audience an outlet for communal la...
Nov 07, 2020
Judge hears defence arguments at rape trial of ex-entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon
MONTREAL - A lawyer for former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon told the court Friday that the testimony of the complainant at her client's rape trial was unreliable and inconsistent.Rozon, 65, is ch...
Nov 06, 2020
Human rights museum in Winnipeg releases framework to address racism
WINNIPEG - The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has laid out how it will move forward after allegations of racism, homophobia and censorship. Museum president and CEO Isha Khan says ...
Nov 05, 2020
James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days
NEW YORK - James Corden may not be allowed in a theatre these days but there's still a way to laugh with him onstage. Lea Salonga isn't permitted to sing to a crowd right now but there's still a way t...
Nov 05, 2020
COVID-19: 'The Bitter End' for nation's live music venues?
NEW ORLEANS - The venerable New Orleans funk band Galactic purchased the historic music club Tipitina's in late November 2018 and, according to bassist Robert Mercurio, was making a go of it. "It's a ...
Nov 05, 2020
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine's kidnapper is sentenced to 24 years
NEW YORK - A man convicted in the kidnapping of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to 24 years in prison Wednesday by a judge who cited his leadership role in a gang active nationwide. U.S. District...
Nov 05, 2020
Like the NHL, Electronic Arts forced to adapt to pandemic in making hockey game
TORONTO - Like the NHL, EA Sports was forced to adapt to the pandemic. While the league opted to finish out its season in a bubble, the video game developer moved to remote production. "It's been inte...
Nov 05, 2020
Dying for movies: Suicide highlights labour issues in Canada's visual effects sector
MONTREAL - Last April, Malcolm Angell, a 41-year-old New Zealander who moved to Montreal to work in the city's famed visual effects industry, was taken to hospital after attempting suicide. He was bac...
Nov 04, 2020
After tense night, election mystery remains for media
After an extraordinary night of shifting vote counts and a rebuke of President Donald Trump, news organizations kept vigil Wednesday as Americans waited to learn who their next president would be. Met...
Nov 03, 2020
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...