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Tribeca plans in-person, outdoor film festival for June
NEW YORK - The Tribeca Film Festival said Monday that it plans to hold its 20th edition in-person this June and with outdoor screenings spread throughout New York's five boroughs. The springtime festi...
Mar 29, 2021
Table Mountain wraps challenging but successful ski season
As the month of March draws to a close, the skiing/snowboarding season has as well at Table Mountain.The local ski hill has announced the wrap-up of their season, following what was a challenging, yet...
Mar 29, 2021
Canadian Raphael Lessard notches third-place finish in NASCAR Truck race
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Canada's Raphael Lessard finished third on Monday in a NASCAR Truck Series race on the dirt surface at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Lessard's first podium appearance of the season. ...
Mar 29, 2021
RCMP looking for SUV's stolen in North Battleford
Two more thefts have been added to the growing list of stolen vehicles in the Battlefords.RCMP are asking the public to be on the lookout for these stolen vehicles, in order to help prevent them for b...
Mar 29, 2021
Unity High School fire clean-up work underway
Living Sky School Division discussed its plans for the clean up work at Unity Composite High School, following a small fire earlier this month.The school announced on its Facebook page there was a fir...
Mar 29, 2021
Denis Coderre says he's running again against Valerie Plante for mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Denis Coderre says he's running again against the woman who made him a one-term mayor in 2017. Coderre announced his run Sunday on the popular talk show "Tout le monde en parle," where he i...
Mar 29, 2021
Facebook Canada head rejects idea of Australia-style news payment rules
OTTAWA - The head of Facebook Canada says rules requiring it to pay publishers for news content linked on its site would be a worst-case scenario for the social media behemoth. At a parliamentary comm...
Mar 29, 2021
Finance Department sees issues with Facebook's digital currency, documents show
OTTAWA - Internal Finance Department documents show officials have deep concerns about the effect of Facebook's planned digital currency on Canada's financial stability. Officials wrote in the briefin...
Mar 29, 2021
NY to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to those over 30
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York state residents over 30 will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, and everyone over 16 will be eligible starting April 6, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday....
Mar 29, 2021
New guidelines coming on Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as PEI suspends use
CHARLOTTETOWN - Health Canada is set to issue new recommendations on the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Canada's Health Minister said Monday, as Prince Edward Island suspended its use...
Mar 29, 2021