Category Archives: Canadian Press
Amazon buys 'Brittany Runs a Marathon' at Sundance for $14M
PARK CITY, Utah - In its third major buy of the Sundance Film Festival, Amazon Studios has acquired the world rights for the inspirational comedy “Brittany Runs a Marathon ” for $14 millio...
Jan 30, 2019
Peter Jackson making new documentary of Beatles' 'Let It Be'
NEW YORK - The Beatles’ farewell documentary “Let It Be” is getting an encore, and a reinvention. “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson announced Wednesday that he i...
Jan 30, 2019
'It's too cold!' Mr. Hot Dog says no school in South Dakota
PARKER, S.D. - A South Dakota school district is using a talking hot dog to announce closures due to the extreme cold . In a video posted to the Parker School District’s Facebook page, Mr. Hot D...
Jan 30, 2019
Police: Photos soon of people of interest in attack on actor
CHICAGO - Detectives reviewed surveillance footage of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett walking to his downtown Chicago apartment, but so far none of the video shows him being attacked by two...
Jan 30, 2019
Trapped in Gaza, star of Sundance doc misses film festival
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A new documentary called “Gaza” is hitting the screens at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival this week, providing a colorful glimpse of life in the blocka...
Jan 30, 2019
Feds indict powerful Philly union boss, councilman, others
PHILADELPHIA - A powerful union boss with a tight grip on construction jobs in the Philadelphia region and outsized influence in city and state politics has been indicted in alleged schemes to embezzl...
Jan 30, 2019
Struggling seal pup receiving treatment after rescue off Vancouver Island
VANCOUVER - A dehydrated, severely underweight northern fur seal pup is being treated at a rescue centre in Vancouver after being scooped from the waters off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. T...
Jan 30, 2019
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum buys rare 'Ritz Tower' painting
SANTA FE, N.M. - The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has announced it has purchased a rare painting of the American artist’s take on a New York skyscraper. The Santa Fe, New Mexico, museum said th...
Jan 30, 2019
Five top public servants to warn of major meddling with next federal election
OTTAWA - An impartial group of senior bureaucrats will warn Canadians if malicious actors try to manipulate the outcome of this fall’s federal election. The Trudeau government announced the R...
Jan 30, 2019
Halifax councillors join Vancouver in declaring climate emergency
Halifax has become the second Canadian city to declare a climate emergency. Council voted Tuesday to pass a mostly symbolic acknowledgment that climate change is a serious and urgent threat. The munic...
Jan 30, 2019