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Sheryl Crow says 2008 fire destroyed all her master tapes
LONDON - Singer Sheryl Crow says the original tapes of albums such as "Tuesday Night Music Club" and the track "All I Wanna Do" perished in a 2008 fire at Universal Music Group. Crow told the BBC Wedn...
Jun 26, 2019
IOC to change process of Olympic bid races, host elections
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Olympics hosted in multiple cities or countries. Bidders pro-actively invited. Candidates recommended with possibly no opponents. Radical changes in how and when Olympic hosts ...
Jun 26, 2019
Prince William says he'd be 'absolutely fine" with gay child
LONDON - Britain's Prince William says it would be "absolutely fine" if one of his children came out as gay though he'd worry about how the public would respond. William made the comment on Wednesday ...
Jun 26, 2019
Montreal's costly new Champlain Bridge opens to northbound traffic
MONTREAL - Six months late and millions of dollars over budget, Montreal's new Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to northbound traffic Monday morning, officially beginning the replacement of...
Jun 26, 2019
Sebastian Maniscalco to host MTV's 2019 Video Music Awards
NEW YORK - Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco will host MTV's 2019 Video Music Awards. He'll be joined at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Aug. 26 by some of the industry's biggest...
Jun 26, 2019
Canada extends leadership of NATO training mission in Iraq to November 2020
OTTAWA - Canada will lead a NATO training mission in Iraq until November 2020 after the federal government approved an extension to the operation. News of the extension comes as Defence Minister Harji...
Jun 26, 2019
US durable goods orders fall 1.3% in May with aircraft down
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for long-lasting manufactured goods fell sharply in May while demand in a category that tracks business investment rose modestly. Orders fell 1.3% in May followin...
Jun 26, 2019
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse lands same job with Canada's men's team
TORONTO - With a potential deep playoff run cutting in on his summer, and with a new addition to his family on the way, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse was on the fence when approached with...
Jun 26, 2019
ATA challenges Bill 9
EDMONTON- The Alberta Teachers' Association says it will file a constitutional challenge of new provincial legislation that defers discussions on teacher salaries.The United Conservative government pa...
Jun 26, 2019
Legislature boss chides both sides in earplug spat
EDMONTON - Alberta's legislature boss is telling both the government and Opposition members to do better following an angry confrontation in the house over earplugs.Speaker Nathan Cooper says the New ...
Jun 26, 2019 (Dumb and Dumber)