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Film industry declined by 5 per cent in pandemic, Hollywood productions grew: report
OTTAWA - Canada's film and TV industry remained afloat at the height of the pandemic, experiencing only a five per cent slump in the number of productions between April 2020 and March last year. A new...
Apr 12, 2022
17 people die on central Island from toxic illicit drugs through first two months of 2022
NANAIMO - Island Health started 2022 heading in the wrong direction for drug toxicity rates.The health authority was the only one in B.C. to not show a decline in deaths in February related to toxic d...
Apr 12, 2022
Canadian runner DeBues-Stafford leaves Portland for Victoria over Houlihan case
TORONTO - Canadian middle-distance runner Gabriela DeBues-Stafford has moved to Victoria to train, citing stress around the doping ban of her former Portland training partner Shelby Houlihan. DeBues-S...
Apr 12, 2022
Governing Coalition Avenir Québec wins Montreal-area byelection, Liberals take fifth
MONTREAL - The leader of Quebec's official Opposition says she's disappointed her party finished fifth in a Montreal-area byelection on Monday. Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade told reporters today th...
Apr 12, 2022
Multiple-property holders own upwards of 41% of housing in some provinces: StatCan
New data from Statistics Canada shows multiple-property owners held between 29 and 41 per cent of the housing stock in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 2019 and 2020. The da...
Apr 12, 2022
With aid to spend, schools look for students who need help
Schools across America are racing to make up for time they lost during the pandemic by budgeting billions of dollars for tutoring, summer camps and longer school days and trying to untangle which stud...
Apr 12, 2022
Oklahoma governor signs bill to make abortion illegal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, as part of an aggressive push in...
Apr 12, 2022
Treat our families as well as Ukrainian refugees: Afghan interpreters
OTTAWA - Afghan interpreters who have made it to Canada say they want the same treatment for family members fleeing the Taliban as Ukrainians escaping from Russian troops. They are accusing Immigratio...
Apr 12, 2022
NY Lt Gov Benjamin arrested in campaign donation scheme
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, whose seven months in that role has been overshadowed by probes into a previous campaign, was arrested Tuesday in a federal corruption investigation. ...
Apr 12, 2022
5 shot, unexploded devices found at NYC train station
NEW YORK (AP) - Five people were shot Tuesday morning at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, law enforcement sources said. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station ...
Apr 12, 2022