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Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down ...
Jan 13, 2020
Jason Reynolds named 'Young People's Literature' ambassador
NEW YORK - A ward-winning children's author Jason Reynolds has taken on a new project: He has been named the country's next National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a two-year position. The ...
Jan 13, 2020
Riding Globes, '1917' ends 'Star Wars' box-office reign
LOS ANGELES - It took the Great War to finally take down "Star Wars." Director Sam Mendes' World War I story "1917" brought in $36.5 million in its first weekend of wide release, easily topping the bo...
Jan 13, 2020
Ronan Farrow among nominees for book critic prizes
NEW YORK - Ronan Farrow has already won a Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement. Now he's up for a literary honour, a National Book Critics...
Jan 13, 2020
First batch of nominees for 2020 Oscars announced
The nominees for the Academy Awards are being announced in Los Angeles. Issa Rae and John Cho are announcing nominees in 24 categories that honour the best achievements in films released in 2019. The ...
Jan 13, 2020
Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iranian security forces fired both live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the Islamic Republic's initial denial that it shot down a Ukr...
Jan 13, 2020
Regina family calls for more paramedics after 81-year-old waits 45 minutes for ambulance
A quiet winter afternoon with his grandmother turned traumatizing for Dallas Kalaman. On Jan. 5, the Regina man was helping prepare supper for his 81-year-old grandmother when she began having stroke-...
Jan 13, 2020
US troops clear rubble from Iraq base days after Iran strike
AIN AL-ASAD BASE, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops were clearing rubble and debris on Monday from a military base housing American soldiers in western Iraq, days after it was struck by Iranian ballistic missil...
Jan 13, 2020
Vigils held for plane crash victims and assisted dying; In The News for Jan. 13
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 13. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...
Jan 13, 2020
Feds to delete near-death requirement but could impose new limits to MAID
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is launching public consultations today on how best to respond to a court ruling that concluded it's unconstitutional to allow only Canadians who are already ...
Jan 13, 2020
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