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The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:25 a.m. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is asking the federal government to give local governments bill...
Apr 23, 2020
Canada Post delivering at "Christmas-level" volumes
With many Canadians isolating at home and shopping more online, Canada Post says it is now processing and delivering parcels at levels only experienced during the busiest weeks of the Christmas season...
Apr 23, 2020
New home sales plunge 15.4% in March as virus hits
WASHINGTON - U.S. new home sales plunged 15.4% in March as the coronavirus-related shutdowns that began in the middle of the month began to rattle the housing market. The Commerce Department reported ...
Apr 23, 2020
Dozens join lineup for star-studded broadcast this Sunday
More than four dozen big-name Canadians have signed on for the historic broadcast STRONGER TOGETHER, TOUS ENSEMBLE, it was announced on Thursday. Airing commercial-free Sunday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. a...
Apr 23, 2020
Supreme Court will not hear appeal challenging law on succession to the throne
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a bid to throw out a law that modified the rules governing succession to the throne. The Canadian law stems from a 2011 agreement among Commonwealth ...
Apr 23, 2020
Top court won't hear bid to broaden Phoenix pay system class action
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a bid to have more federal civil servants included in a class-action lawsuit against the government over the faulty Phoenix pay system. The system, i...
Apr 23, 2020
Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home
Yetur Gross-Matos would have liked to have been in Las Vegas for the NFL draft on Thursday night, but the Penn State defensive lineman is OK participating from home. Gross-Matos is one of 58 prospects...
Apr 23, 2020
Stuntmen are increasingly Hollywood's go-to action directors
Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Neo and Wolverine. Increasingly, filmmakers are coming from the ranks of stuntmen and stunt co-ordinators, whose years of accompl...
Apr 23, 2020
Whitney Houston biopic in the works
LOS ANGELES - A feature film about Whitney Houston's life is in the works from the screenwriter of "Bohemian Rhapsody." The biopic is being shepherded by the Whitney Houston Estate, music producer Cli...
Apr 23, 2020
A teeming, violent pre-pandemic world in 'Extraction'
NEW YORK - The big-budget action thriller "Extraction" belongs, in many ways, to another world. It's set in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, one of the most densely populated cities in the world. It's...
Apr 23, 2020