Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Picture book on Kamala Harris coming Aug. 25
NEW YORK - That didn't take long: Just weeks after making history as the running mate for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, Sen. Kamala Harris will be the subject of a new picture book. Simon & Schust...
Aug 19, 2020
Detailed plans in place for careful removal of Lee statue
RICHMOND, Va. - When the bronze equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived by rail in Richmond from Paris in 1890, it took 10,000 men, women and children to haul its pieces more than a mile to th...
Aug 19, 2020
Official: Kanye signature work in Wyoming too close to polls
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Rapper and music producer Kanye West's campaign ran into trouble Tuesday on his first day of trying to get on the presidential ballot in his home state of Wyoming. People gathering si...
Aug 19, 2020
'60 Minutes' leads quiet week in Nielsen ratings
NEW YORK - Led by the reliable "60 Minutes" on CBS, news programming dominated the television rankings on a quiet week in mid-August. Nine of the 20 most popular programs were news or commentary shows...
Aug 19, 2020
Lawsuit: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. raped New York woman in 2013
NEW YORK - Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of raping a woman twice in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013, according to a lawsuit that escalates the severity of the growing number of claims against him. ...
Aug 19, 2020
‘Tenet’ to screen early at theatres in some U.S. cities
Some U.S. moviegoers will be able to see Christopher Nolan's "Tenet" a few days early. Warner Bros. on Tuesday said that it would be offering early access screenings starting Aug. 31 as a gesture of s...
Aug 18, 2020
Review: 'Hi, My Name is Dicky' a gritty account of a former NHLer's path to sobriety
TORONTO - Richard Clune remembers the drive - the pain, the anxiety, the uncertainty, the fear. It was the spring of 2010 and Clune, who had made his NHL debut earlier that season, was final...
Aug 18, 2020
Singer kneels near top of CN Towner for 'O Canada' prior to Raps playoff debut
TORONTO - Juno Award-winning Toronto singer Jessie Reyez performed a recorded version of "O Canada" while kneeling on the outdoor EdgeWalk at the top of the CN Tower before the Raptors' playoff o...
Aug 17, 2020
Kanye West qualifies as presidential candidate in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Utah's ballot this November as an unaffiliated presidential candidate, an elections official said Monday. State Elections Director Justin ...
Aug 17, 2020
In 'The 24th,' police brutality and unrest, 103 years ago
NEW YORK - The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope. Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populat...
Aug 17, 2020
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
