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Mexican film wins top prize at Moscow International Film Festival while major studios boycott Russia
By The Associated Press on April 26th, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – A Mexican film has won the top prize Friday at the Moscow International Film Festival, which took place as major Western studios boycott the Russian market and as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds into its third year. “Shame,” a film by director Miguel Salgado and co-produced by Mexico and Qatar, was the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Giannis Antetokounmpo ruled out of third game in Bucks-Pacers playoff series
By The Associated Press on April 26th, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out of Game 3 of the NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Thursday that Antetokounmpo did more at practice than he had been during a nearly three-week absence with a strained left calf, though he still avoided live ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Joe Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump. Trump says he’s ready to go
By Aamer Madhani And Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall ““ his most definitive comment yet on the issue. Trump said he was ready, though he questioned Bidens’s willingness. Biden’s comment came during an interview with the Sirius XM radio host ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AFN chief says Air Canada offered a 15% discount after her headdress was mishandled
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
OTTAWA – After the Assembly of First Nations’ national chief complained to Air Canada about how staffers treated her and her ceremonial headdress on a flight this week, she says the airline responded by offering a 15 per cent discount on her next flight. “It must have been a generic response,” Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Schmidt returns to lineup for Jets in Game 3, fellow defenceman Stanley to sit
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
DENVER – The Winnipeg Jets are making a lineup change after splitting the first two games of their first-round NHL playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche. Head coach Rick Bowness says that Nate Schmidt will be in the lineup for Game 3 on Friday night and fellow blueliner Logan Stanley will sit. Schmidt was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!William Nylander practises with Leafs ahead of Game 4 against Bruins
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
TORONTO – Maple Leafs winger William Nylander appears on course to suit for the first time in this spring’s Stanley Cup playoffs. The 27-year-old was a full participant at today’s practice after missing the first three games of Toronto’s opening-round series against the Boston Bruins with an undisclosed injury. Nylander wouldn’t say what’s kept him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bin there, dumped that: Trash cans to be reinstalled along Montreal’s Lachine Canal
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
MONTREAL – Parks Canada will reinstall around 30 garbage bins along Montreal’s Lachine Canal after some visitors expressed frustration at their sudden disappearance earlier this month. The federal agency says the measure was a pilot project to encourage visitors to take responsibility for waste destined for landfills. Parks Canada says in a statement today that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein’s conviction is overturned
By Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press on April 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again. So Burke, who nearly two decades ago coined the phrase “Me too” from her work with sexual assault survivors, found herself ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!T. Rex an intelligent tool-user and culture-builder? Not so fast, says new research
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
EDMONTON – Recent research suggested a truly horrifying thought – that T. Rex, perhaps the most fearsome predator to walk the earth, was also smart enough to use tools, hunt in packs and pass down knowledge. But a new paper throws cold water on those dinosaur fever dreams. A year ago, an American researcher published ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Imperial Oil marks record Q1 production at Kearl ahead of Trans Mountain start
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
CALGARY – Imperial Oil Ltd. pushed its Kearl oilsands project to record production for its first quarter as it continues to ramp up output ahead of the opening of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The company averaged production of 277,000 barrels per day at the project, up about seven per cent from the same quarter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voice of ‘Hockey Night in Canada’ Bob Cole never considered moving out of St. John’s
By The Canadian Press on April 26th, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Legendary sportscaster Bob Cole was a Newfoundlander through and through, and his daughter says his connection to the province was “everything” to him. Megan Cole says her father was asked to move away many times throughout his career with the CBC, for which he became the voice of “Hockey Night in ... Read More »
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