Murray Wood: Drop in reading rates a sad trend to see
New data suggests people are spending less time reading for pleasure. Murray Wood says it's sad that people are drawn to...
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Online booking fees 'completely avoidable,' Cineplex argues in junk fee case
OTTAWA - The Competition Tribunal is hearing a second day of arguments today in a case that could decide whether Cineplex can keep charging customers an extra fee for buying movie tickets online. Lawy...
Feb 29, 2024
Arguments begin at competition body in case against Cineplex over online booking fees
OTTAWA - Cineplex Inc. is engaging in harmful "drip pricing" with its online booking fees, and moviegoers have no way to avoid them, says Canada's competition czar. A lawyer representing the competiti...
Feb 28, 2024
Proposed Quebec language rules will lead to fewer products, higher prices: lawyer
MONTREAL - Proposed Quebec regulations that would require more French markings on consumer products will lead to fewer choices and higher costs for things such as home appliances, according to an indu...
Feb 27, 2024
Country star Corb Lund criticizes Alberta minister over coal application support
TABER, Alta. - An Alberta country music star is criticizing the province's energy minister for advising its energy regulator to accept initial applications for a coal mine project in the eastern slope...
Feb 24, 2024
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked ...
Feb 23, 2024
DeSantis calls takeover of Disney government a 'success' despite worker exodus, litigation
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Almost a year after state lawmakers passed a law giving Florida's governor control over Walt Disney World's governing district, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday called the takeover a...
Feb 22, 2024
It's an election year, and Biden's team is signaling a more aggressive posture toward the press
NEW YORK (AP) - Occupants of the White House have grumbled over news coverage practically since the place was built. Now it's Joe Biden's turn: With a reelection campaign underway, there are signs tha...
Feb 20, 2024
A Black author takes a new look at Georgia's white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments...
Feb 16, 2024
New book on 'whistle-stop' campaign trains describes politics and adventure throughout history
CRESTLINE, Ohio (AP) - From its earliest days as a village, Crestline was synonymous with trains. A railroad station inspired this northern Ohio town, railroad workers populated it and the passengers ...
Feb 16, 2024
Hundreds of nonprofit newsrooms will get free US election results and graphics from the AP
NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press is making some of its U.S. elections data available for free to more than 400 nonprofit news organizations in a program funded by the Google News Initiative, the c...
Feb 14, 2024
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Evan talks with Fraser Institute Senior Fellow Michael Zwaagstra aobut his recent research about university student beha...
