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Commons approval sought for $9-billion emergency student aid package
OTTAWA - The House of Commons will be asked today to give rapid approval to legislation authorizing $9 billion in promised financial assistance for students facing bleak summer job prospects in t...
Apr 29, 2020
'I just want to make some people happy:' anonymous cookie crusader strikes again
NANAIMO - In times of great uncertainty for local Girl Guides, an anonymous donor has provided another massive, albeit unique, financial boost.Following a $1,200 order of Girl Guide Cookies in Novembe...
Apr 29, 2020 Girl Guides' Sarah Bramley delivered a portion of the donated cookies to Haven Society. The donation came from an anonymous purchase totalling $2,500. (Sarah Bramley)
Irrfan Khan, of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' 'Life of Pi,' dies
NEW DELHI - Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India's best-known exports to Hollywood, has died. He was 54. Khan played the police inspector in "Slumdog Millionaire...
Apr 29, 2020
UK leader Boris Johnson, partner announce birth of baby boy
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a baby boy. Johnson's office says Symonds gave birth to a "healthy baby boy at a London hospita...
Apr 29, 2020
Financial aid for students and Canadian YouTube series; In The News for April 29
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 29 ... ---...
Apr 29, 2020
'Trolls' went straight to homes. Movie theatres are fuming.
NEW YORK - The most controversial movie of the year is ... "Trolls World Tour"? As innocuous as the rainbow-colored, music-blaring animated movie may seem, the digital release of the "Trolls" sequel h...
Apr 28, 2020
Google's growth slows as pandemic infests advertising market
BERKELEY, Calif. - Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter. The January-March earni...
Apr 28, 2020
Rourke looking ahead to CFL draft after being bypassed in NFL selection process
The 2020 NFL draft is over but won't be easily forgotten by Canadian Nathan Rourke. The six-foot-two, 209-pound Ohio University quarterback was bypassed in the draft then...
Apr 28, 2020
Canadian UFC bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras returns to action in May
TORONTO - Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras, who had been slated to fight on the postponed UFC 249 card, is returning to action May 13. The 31-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., who trains out ...
Apr 28, 2020
West Fraser Timber withdraws 2020 production outlook due to COVID-19
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is withdrawing its production outlook for the year due to the uncertain impact of measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vancouver-based fores...
Apr 28, 2020