Sarah Mills: The zipper merge brings law and order to our streets
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Looking to pick up carpentry skills? In Newfoundland, you can learn to build a boat
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - There are many reasons a dozen people gathered two evenings a week this year in St. John's to build a traditional Newfoundland boat, bending and clamping long planks of wood and han...
Apr 07, 2024
Whitehorse Star newspaper to cease publication after 124 years covering Yukon
WHITEHORSE - The Whitehorse Star newspaper in Yukon is closing after 124 years. The newspaper's front page on Friday announced that its last publication day will be May 17. An online article says the ...
Apr 05, 2024
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces book detailing her rapid rise in Democratic politics
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will detail her rapid ascent in Democratic politics in a book out this summer, a move that will undoubtedly spark fresh speculation about her poten...
Apr 04, 2024
Quebec music festival cancelled after band makes censorship accusation
MONTREAL - A music festival in northwestern Quebec has been cancelled after a local band accused organizers of rescinding an invitation to perform because of its criticism of an arsenic-emitting coppe...
Apr 04, 2024
Supreme Court won't hear Ticketmaster, Live Nation 'ticket bot' appeal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear an appeal by Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which face class-action lawsuits in multiple provinces for allegedly profiting from third-party tic...
Apr 04, 2024
As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in 'Girls State'
NEW YORK (AP) - In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in which they elected t...
Apr 03, 2024
Movie Review: In ‘Girls State,’ Missouri teens start a mock government
What would an all-female government look like in the U.S.? Or even a majority female government? It's something that remains a fantasy. But for the ambitious high school students in the Girls State pr...
Apr 03, 2024
Anthony M. Kennedy to reflect on his life and his years on the Supreme Court in two-volume memoir
NEW YORK (AP) - Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has a two-volume memoir coming out this fall, tracking his life from growing up in California to his 30 years on the court, when he cas...
Apr 02, 2024
'Like a cartel:' Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The day Thomas Sajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans. Sajan,...
Mar 31, 2024
Network political contributors have a long history. But are they more trouble than they're worth?
NEW YORK (AP) - One of the nation's most prominent news outlets has found itself in an embarrassing mess over the hiring - and quick firing - of someone who isn't even a journalist in the first place....
Mar 28, 2024
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