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Nicole Kidman, who ‘makes movies better,’ gets AFI Life Achievement Award
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Morgan Freeman spoke the words, but pretty much everyone who took the stage at the presentation of the AFI Life Achievement Award agreed: ” Nicole Kidman. She makes movies better.” The line came in a video parody of Kidman’s AMC Theatres “we make movies better” ad that opened the Saturday night ... Read More »
Fair share: the right office solution can take finding the right partner
TORONTO – There’s more choice than ever for office space, but it can still be a challenge for smaller companies to find the right fit. The rise of remote and hybrid work has made it harder to justify a full office, so more are leaning on co-working spaces that they share with many others for ... Read More »
What Trudeau’s podcast appearances say about the Liberals’ next ballot box question
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knows Canadians aren’t listening. He knows his defence against Conservative attacks over his signature climate policy isn’t working, at least not yet. But he plans to keep trying. And while he’s at it, his office is trying something new to get the Liberal government’s message out. Trudeau recently appeared ... Read More »
First, she aimed to transform Canada’s military culture. The public service is next
OTTAWA – Corporate boardrooms. Military barracks. Federal government offices. They’re not locales with a reputation for fostering diversity. Anita Anand has been trying to change that. Ensuring people of all backgrounds feel accepted and heard no matter the venue is a mission that has followed her at every stage in her life and career, she ... Read More »
Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale’s must-see prison show
VENICE, Italy (AP) – Venice has always been a place of contrasts, of breathtaking beauty and devastating fragility, where history, religion, art and nature have collided over the centuries to produce an otherworldly gem of a city. But even for a place that prides itself on its culture of unusual encounters, Pope Francis’ visit Sunday ... Read More »
NHL roundup: Islanders avoid sweep by beating Hurricanes 3-2 in double overtime
NEW YORK (AP) – Mathew Barzal scored his second goal of the game on a deflection 1:24 into the second overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in Game 4 on Saturday to avoid a sweep in their first-round, best-of-seven NHL playoff series. Jean-Gabriel Pageau also scored and Semyon Varlamov stopped ... Read More »
Wyatt Johnston scores in OT, Stars beat Golden Knights 3-2 to cut series deficit to 2-1
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Wyatt Johnston scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory over Vegas on Saturday night, cutting the defending champion Golden Knights’ series lead to 2-1. Johnston, who had a team-high eight shots, dragged the puck down the left side to the goal ... Read More »
Sports scoreboard for Saturday, April 27, 2024
Saturday’s Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round Boston 3 Toronto 1 (Boston leads best-of-seven series 3-1) Dallas 3 Vegas 2 (OT) (Vegas leads best-of-seven series 2-1) N.Y. Islanders 3 Carolina 2 (2OT) (Carolina leads best-of-seven series 3-1) Tampa Bay 6 Florida 3 (Florida leads best-of-seven series 3-1) — PWHL Montreal 2 Ottawa 0 Boston 2 Minnesota ... Read More »
Utah GOP convention picks Trump-backed mayor Trent Staggs as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Mayor Trent Staggs of Riverton, Utah, was selected Saturday as the state Republican Party’s nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. While the endorsement carried Staggs, 49, through the convention, his party support may not translate to ... Read More »
Marchand stars again, Swayman solid as Bruins push disjointed Leafs to the brink
TORONTO – Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were having an animated discussion on the bench. William Nylander was caught by cameras muttering to himself during the second-period exchange. Marner then took off his gloves and slammed them on the ground. The Maple Leafs were down 2-0 in a game they desperately needed Saturday. The angst ... Read More »
WHL roundup: Winterhawks earn split with 5-3 win over Cougars
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – James Stefan’s power-play goal at 7:33 of the third period snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the visiting Portland Winterhawks to a 5-3 victory on Saturday night over the Prince George Cougars to tie the Western Hockey League’s Western Conference final series at a game apiece. Gabe Klassen, Jack O’Brien, Diego ... Read More »
