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‘Love Island USA’ crowns winning couple following tumultuous seventh season

By Canadian Press on July 13th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Love Island USA” culminated a tumultuous summer full of explosive breakups and shock exits Sunday. A public vote (spoilers ahead) crowned Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales as the winning couple of its seventh season. The season finale of the Peacock reality series followed a chart-topping run since the season premiered on ... Read More »

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‘Superman’ and DC Studios fly to a $122 million opening

By Canadian Press on July 13th, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — In a bid to kickoff a new era for DC Studios, James Gunn’s “Superman” opened with $122 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. DC and Warner Bros. had a lot riding on “Superman.” While the Walt Disney Co.’s Marvel Studios has had ... Read More »

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‘Talk to each other’: Edmonton public art installation up for global award

By Canadian Press on July 13th, 2025

EDMONTON — Born out of a time when it was almost impossible to reach out and touch someone, an Edmonton art installation appears to be calling out to those on the global stage. “Play it by Ear,” an interactive art installation by Calgary artists Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett, has been nominated as one of ... Read More »

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‘Love Island USA’ prepares to crown winning couple following tumultuous seventh season

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Love Island USA” will crown the winning couple of its seventh season Sunday evening, culminating a tumultuous summer full of explosive breakups and shock exits. The finale will air on Peacock at 6 p.m. Pacific/9 p.m. Eastern, following a chart-topping run since the season premiered on June 3. The show brings ... Read More »

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Canadian musician Matthew Good cancels U.S. shows due to Trump administration

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

Canadian musician Matthew Good says he’s cancelling his U.S. tour dates because of President Donald Trump’s government. The “Load Me Up” rocker is pointing to Canada’s cancellation of the digital services tax as a main factor in the decision. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced late last month that Canada would cancel the planned tax as ... Read More »

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Trump says he’s considering ‘taking away’ Rosie O’Donnell’s US citizenship

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is considering “taking away” the U.S. citizenship of a longtime rival, actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a decades-old Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits such an action by the government. “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great ... Read More »

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A London music festival cancels its final night after ELO’s Jeff Lynne pulls out

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — A two-week-long music festival in central London has cancelled its final night after Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra pulled out of the headline slot on Sunday. Lynne, 77, who was billed to play alongside his band Sunday at the The BST Hyde Park festival, withdrew on Saturday on the advice of doctors ... Read More »

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Puerto Ricans hope for change as Bad Bunny sings about the island’s turmoil and identity

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In a small bookstore in the Caribbean’s largest mall, dozens of people gathered on a recent evening for the launch of a slim dictionary. Its title is “The ABC of DtMF,” which is short for “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” the newest album from Puerto Rico’s latest prodigious son, Benito ... Read More »

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Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says he never meant to insult Toronto’s Rogers Stadium

By Canadian Press on July 12th, 2025

TORONTO — Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says he didn’t mean to insult Toronto’s newest concert venue when he called it a “weird stadium in the middle of nowhere.” Martin issued the clarification Friday during the third of four concerts at the newly built Rogers Stadium, which is on the outskirts of the city. He says ... Read More »

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‘The Salt Path’ is a book that captured the hearts of millions. Now it’s mired in controversy

By Canadian Press on July 11th, 2025

LONDON (AP) — “The Salt Path” is a memoir of resilience and courage that captured the hearts of millions and which was subsequently adapted for the big screen, with actors Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs taking the lead roles. But now, the book and the film are mired in a controversy that could see them ... Read More »

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David Gergen, adviser to four presidents, has died

By Canadian Press on July 11th, 2025

David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83. Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over the years, he served as a speechwriter, communications director and ... Read More »

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