Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Angst around French language boils over in Quebec, as politicians warn of 'decline'
MONTREAL - Perennial anxieties around the state of the French language in Quebec have boiled over in the past week, with politicians seizing on a Liberal legislator's initial brush-off of the issue as...
Nov 21, 2020
The show goes on at Madrid´s opera house despite pandemic
MADRID - No one performing onstage in Spain's Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic. And that's even before the second act scene in Antonn Dvork's "Rus...
Nov 21, 2020
Feds charge man in armed robbery of Kardashian pal Cheban
NEW YORK - Federal authorities in New York City have brought charges in the armed robbery of Jonathan Cheban, a reality TV pal of Kim Kardashian. Victor Rivera is accused of stealing a $250,000 watch ...
Nov 20, 2020
Ex-lacrosse star Delby Powless writes about mental health in novel 'Medicine Game'
Writing a novel is one of the hardest - but most cathartic - things former pro lacrosse player Delby Powless has ever done. "Medicine Game" centres on Tommy Henry as he struggles with violent outburst...
Nov 20, 2020
Judge to rule Dec. 15 in rape case of former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon
MONTREAL - The rape trial of former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon concluded Thursday with the Crown's final arguments, with the judge set to render her verdict on Dec. 15. Prosecutor Bruno Menard ...
Nov 19, 2020
'Shuggie Bain' writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize
LONDON - Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction Thursday for "Shuggie Bain," a novel about a boy's turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow that was turned down b...
Nov 19, 2020
Mossimo Giannulli reports to prison in college bribery case
BOSTON - Fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli reported to prison on Thursday to begin serving his five-month sentence for bribing his daughters' way into college, officials said. Giannulli's wife, "Full...
Nov 19, 2020
Ruff story: Picture book to honour Biden dogs Champ and Major
NEW YORK - The publishing world has a new pet project: A picture book about the Biden family dogs, the German shepherds Champ and Major. Dial Books for Young Readers announced Thursday that "Champ and...
Nov 19, 2020
'Champions Start Small' motto stuck with figure skater and new mom Meagan Duhamel
Meagan Duhamel noticed a small sign by a family room door while staying with her baby daughter in a neonatal intensive care unit last fall. It read: "Champions Start Small" - the motto for the S...
Nov 18, 2020
Bloc to promote bill on French-language proficiency for new citizens
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois will get to debate a bill Thursday that would require anyone applying for Canadian citizenship in Quebec to demonstrate functional proficiency in French. Bloc Leader Yves-Fra...
Nov 18, 2020
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