January 31st, 2026
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Pet sounds: Why some dog owners share music with their 4-legged friends

By Canadian Press on January 31st, 2026

People use music to set moods, create a desired atmosphere and evoke memories of family and friends. The right song at the right time can have similar effects for some dogs. Pet owners, trainers and animal shelter workers sometimes use music as a training tool, a distraction from triggers and to create a relaxing environment ... Read More »

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Catherine O’Hara was the best part of any scene

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

Catherine O’Hara was never afraid to go big. The wild accent as Moira Rose on “Schitt’s Creek.” Delia Deetz’s possessed dance to “Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)” in “Beetlejuice.” The way she screamed “KEVIN!” in two “Home Alones” as Kate McCallister. But it wasn’t boldness alone that made her one of the greats, and her ... Read More »

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‘This is my home’: How Catherine O’Hara never forgot her Second City Toronto roots

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

Before Catherine O’Hara became a trailblazing, uproarious, fearlessly singular force in comedy, she was a young artist cutting her teeth at The Second City Toronto. It was a place where, according to the sketch comedy troupe’s former CEO, her genius was visible from the very beginning. “She was a gifted comedian and a gifted actress ... Read More »

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From stilettos to safety concerns on Inauguration Day: 4 takeaways from Melania Trump’s new movie

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new documentary “Melania” opens on a close-up of the trademark stilettos of first lady Melania Trump as she walks the halls of Mar-a-Lago, her Palm Beach home, in early January 2025, following her as she climbs into a dark SUV for the short drive to the airport and a flight aboard ... Read More »

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Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning comic actor of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ fame, dies at 71

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday. She was 71. O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following ... Read More »

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‘This is my home’: How Catherine O’Hara never forgot her The Second City roots

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

Before Catherine O’Hara became a trailblazing, uproarious, fearlessly singular force in comedy, she was a young artist cutting her teeth at The Second City Toronto. It was a place where, according to the sketch comedy troupe’s former CEO, her genius was visible from the very beginning. “She was a gifted comedian and a gifted actress ... Read More »

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Journalist Don Lemon charged with federal civil rights crimes after covering anti-ICE church protest

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. Lemon was arrested overnight in Los Angeles, while another independent journalist and two protest participants were ... Read More »

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‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse convicted on sexual assault charges

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury on Friday convicted “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls in a case that sent shock waves through Indian Country. The jurors in Las Vegas found Chasing Horse guilty of 13 of the 21 charges he faced. Most of the guilty ... Read More »

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Journalist Don Lemon is charged with federal civil rights crimes during anti-ICE church protest

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon was released from custody Friday after he was arrested and hit with federal civil rights charges over his coverage of an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church. Lemon was arrested overnight in Los Angeles, while another independent journalist and two protest participants were ... Read More »

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Moira Rose, Delia Deetz, Cookie Fleck and Kevin’s mom: Catherine O’Hara’s memorable roles

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

Now is certainly not the time for pettifogging. But can we confabulate about the comic brilliance of Catherine O’Hara? These radically arcane words, like so many others, dripped off the gifted comedian’s tongue so silkily as Moira, her singularly eccentric matriarch in “Schitt’s Creek,” that you laughed well before you wondered what the heck they ... Read More »

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Man seeks to be freed after his conviction was tossed in Jam Master Jay murder case

By Canadian Press on January 30th, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — A man whose conviction was recently thrown out in the killing of hip-hop luminary Jam Master Jay is asking to go free on a $1 million bond while prosecutors appeal, and he continues facing unrelated drug charges. Since a judge scrapped Karl Jordan Jr.’s murder conviction in the death of the ... Read More »

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