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Quebec unveils $603 million five-year plan to protect French language
By The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec is investing $603 million over the next five years to counter what its French-language minister describes as the decline of the French language in the province. Jean-François Roberge said today that the government’s nine priorities include better monitoring of language trends, boosting the French cultural offering, and improving students’ mastery of French. ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec singer and songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland dies of natural causes at 89
By Jean-Benoit Legault, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – Jean-Pierre Ferland, the singer-songwriter who became a fixture of Quebec’s cultural landscape over a career that spanned more than six decades, died Saturday at the age of 89. The agency representing Ferland confirmed the singer, who’s signature song “une chance qu’on s’a” is regarded as a classic of Quebec music, died of natural ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Zendaya tennis movie ‘Challengers’ scores at weekend box office
By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on April 28th, 2024
The sexy tennis drama ” Challengers “ won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Zendaya and castmates Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor have been on a globetrotting press tour to get the word out about Italian director Luca Guadagnino’s original film, which opened in 3,477 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Once dominant at CBS News before a bitter departure, Dan Rather makes his first return in 18 years
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on April 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Dan Rather returned to the CBS News airwaves for the first time since his bitter exit 18 years ago, appearing in a reflective interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” days before the debut of a Netflix documentary on the 92-year-old newsman’s life. After 44 years at the network, 24 as anchor of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nicole Kidman, who ‘makes movies better,’ gets AFI Life Achievement Award
By Andrew Dalton, The Associated Press on April 28th, 2024
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 »
Be the first to comment!What Trudeau’s podcast appearances say about the Liberals’ next ballot box question
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
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 »
Be the first to comment!Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale’s must-see prison show
By Nicole Winfield And Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press on April 28th, 2024
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 »
Be the first to comment!California Disney characters are unionizing decades after Florida peers. Hollywood plays a role
By Mike Schneider, The Associated Press on April 27th, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – During three years of working as a parade performer at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California, Zach Elefante always has had a second or third job to help him earn a living. Unlike the experiences of his peers at Disney’s parks in Orlando, Florida, where there is a much smaller talent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope visits Venice to speak to artists and inmates and finds a city taxing day-trippers like him
By Nicole Winfield And Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press on April 27th, 2024
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 »
Be the first to comment!Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza
By Farnoush Amiri And Ellen Knickmeyer, The Associated Press on April 27th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with protests outside the event condemning both Biden’s handling of the conflict and the Western news’ media coverage of it. In previous ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests arriving for the annual White House correspondents’ dinner
By Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press on April 27th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast Saturday night before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians against the backdrop of growing protests over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. In previous years, Biden, like most of his predecessors, has used the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner ... Read More »
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