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English O Canada lyrics have never been static, musicologist says
TORONTO - Changing the lyrics of a national anthem is often considered taboo, but Chantal Kreviazuk's tweak to the words of O Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off Final in Boston on Thursday night may hav...
Feb 21, 2025
Invictus Games for wounded veterans kicks off in Vancouver with star-studded ceremony
VANCOUVER - Entertainers and dignitaries led by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, officially kicked off the 2025 Invictus Games in British Columbia on Saturday in a star-studded opening ceremony. The kick...
Feb 08, 2025
Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Order of Canada
OTTAWA - The appointment of singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada has been terminated by the Governor General. The move was announced in the Canada Gazette, the federal governmen...
Feb 08, 2025 Buffy Sainte-Marie speaks in Halifax on April 17, 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)
Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy for narrating an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, died in Decem...
Feb 02, 2025
Late President Jimmy Carter wins posthumous Grammy
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy award. Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, died in Decem...
Feb 02, 2025
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin to perform at Invictus Games' opening ceremony
VANCOUVER - Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has been added to the lineup for the opening ceremonies of the 2025 Invictus Games in Vancouver. Games organizers announced Friday that the English vocalist ...
Jan 31, 2025
Former 'Meet the Press' moderator Chuck Todd exits NBC News after nearly two decades
Former "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd is leaving NBC News after nearly 18 years at the network. Todd said in a memo to NBC News colleagues that Friday was his last day. He'll continue doing his...
Jan 31, 2025
Google payments for news organizations to begin later than expected
Canadian journalism organizations are having to wait a bit longer for their share of the $100 million Google agreed to pay news outlets to be exempt from the Online News Act. The organization administ...
Jan 31, 2025
Funding for Canadian scripted shows, children's TV facing steep decline, report says
A report says Canadian scripted shows, children's programs and documentaries are projected to see a nearly $200 million drop in financing from the country's private broadcasters over the next five yea...
Jan 30, 2025
B.C. chief wants Oscar-nominated residential school film to be part of curriculum
Warning: This story contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting to some readers. Find the 24-hour Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - An Os...
Jan 26, 2025 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars, and Minister of Crown Indigenous Relations Marc Miller walk together on the former grounds of St. Joseph's Mission Residential School, in Williams Lake, B.C., on March 30, 2022. An Academy-Award-nominated film that follows an investigation into deaths, abuse and missing children at a former British Columbia residential school should be shown in schools across Canada, says a First Nations leader. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
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