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Broadway reaches for normalcy with Tony Award nominations
NEW YORK - Broadway's coronavirus-shortened season is getting an awards process that reflects this tumultuous year - incomplete, seemingly unfair and filled with loss. Nominations for Tony Awards will...
Oct 15, 2020
Roman Polanski honours Poles who saved him from the Holocaust
WARSAW, Poland - Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski returned to Poland, the country of his youth, and paid tribute on Thursday to a Polish couple who took him in and protected him when he was a ch...
Oct 15, 2020
Canadian Cory Johnston challenging for Bassmaster Elite angler-of-the-year honours
Consistency is really paying off for Canadian Cory Johnston. The Cavan, Ont., resident has qualified for the final day of competition in four of the last five Bassmaster Elite tournaments, including a...
Oct 15, 2020
'Bad Hombres' film uses baseball to show the game of borders
RIO RANCHO, N.M. - People have always crossed borders to play baseball, and the sport routinely reaches across borders to fans. But rarely do players have to cross a border almost every day to partici...
Oct 15, 2020
Quebec reports 969 new cases of COVID-19 as death toll linked to virus rises by 28
MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 969 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Health authorities said today another 22 deaths newly linked to the ...
Oct 15, 2020
Canada's Chenard calls an end to storied career as international soccer referee
Veteran Canadian official Carol Anne Chenard has retired from International soccer after some 15 years as a FIFA international referee. The 43-year-old from Summerside, P.E.I., was slated to work the ...
Oct 15, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 783 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths related to the coronavirus. Health Minister Christ...
Oct 15, 2020
Top court to examine payment for classroom use of copyrighted works
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will delve into the issue of fair payment for the use of copyrighted works in the classroom. The top court agreed to hear the case in response to appeals from York...
Oct 15, 2020
Seven day advanced polling window opens ahead of Oct. 24 vote
NANAIMO - Voting officially gets underway in the 42nd BC General Election on Thursday.An extended, seven day advanced voting opportunity begins Thursday, Oct. 15 and runs through Wednesday, Oct. 21.El...
Oct 15, 2020
Supreme Court decision paves way for Lascaris libel action against B'nai Brith
OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision gives lawyer and human-rights advocate Dimitri Lascaris the green light to pursue a libel action against a national Jewish group. The top court has declined...
Oct 15, 2020