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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Canadians spend more money and time online during COVID pandemic: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Canadians have been spending more time and money online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency found in a survey conducted last month that 44 pe...
Oct 14, 2020
Online fall Broadway play revivals attract starry casts
NEW YORK - Broadway theatres may be dark, but there will be plenty of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with some starry self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Mor...
Oct 14, 2020
No 'magic bullet' to solve toxic social-media content, LeBlanc says
OTTAWA - There is no magic legislative bullet to control objectionable content on social media, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says. LeBlanc told a virtual conference on democracy ...
Oct 14, 2020
Japanese director known for single shots releases Zoom film
TOKYO - The Japanese director who shot to stardom with a zombie movie featuring a delightfully long single shot has for his latest project turned to a video tool that's become an everyday part of this...
Oct 14, 2020
Golden Globes group gives $5.1 million in grants
LOS ANGELES - Some of entertainment's biggest names from Nicole Kidman to John David Washington shared encouraging words for aspiring young creators whose organizations were collectively granted milli...
Oct 14, 2020
Woman testifies founder of Just for Laughs comedy festival raped her 40 years ago
MONTREAL - A woman told Gilbert Rozon's sex assault trial Tuesday that the founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival raped her 40 years ago in a ski-resort town north of Montreal. "It was n...
Oct 13, 2020
Actor Jon Cryer turns to B.C. ring-finder to search for lost wedding band
VANCOUVER - An actor is sharing his gratitude towards a Vancouver service specializing in finding lost rings after losing his own wedding band, kicking off a panicked search attempt. Jon Cryer, known ...
Oct 12, 2020
Connecticut city OKs renaming sewage plant for John Oliver
It's official. Every time residents of Danbury, Connecticut, flush, they will be sending their special deliveries to the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant. The City Council voted 18-1 Thursday night to...
Oct 09, 2020
Pixar's 'Soul' bypasses theatres, will stream on Christmas
NEW YORK - The Pixar film "Soul" will skip theatres and instead premiere on Disney+ on Christmas, the Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday, sending one of the fall's last big movies straight to streamin...
Oct 09, 2020
Successful heart operation for Norway's aging monarch
COPENHAGEN - Norway's 83-year-old King Harald V on Friday underwent an operation to replace a heart valve at the main hospital in Oslo. The palace said it was successful and his condition was describe...
Oct 09, 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...