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CBS bets big with new talent show 'The World's Best'
PASADENA, Calif. - CBS is betting big on "The World's Best," handing over the post-Super Bowl time slot to the new talent competition shepherded by reality TV titans Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell. Bur...
Jan 30, 2019
Mould causing housing crisis for First Nations across Canada: NDP
OTTAWA - The federal NDP says a housing crisis in a northern Ontario First Nation is the tip of a deep, systemic problem in communities across the country that requires the&nb...
Jan 30, 2019
CONCACAF boss expects Canada and 2026 World Cup co-hosts to get automatic berths
TORONTO - No decision has been made yet but CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani expects Canada to get an automatic berth - along with co-hosts Mexico and the U.S. - for the 2026 World Cup. "That's m...
Jan 30, 2019
Canada to host Venezuela summit to support anti-Maduro forces: Freeland
OTTAWA - Canada will host a meeting of Western Hemisphere countries next Monday to address the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. The Lima Group, a coalition of more than...
Jan 30, 2019
Before it hits Netflix, Sundance previews 'Velvet Buzzsaw'
PARK CITY, Utah - Dan Gilroy's satirical contemporary art world thriller "Velvet Buzzsaw" will be available to Netflix subscribers worldwide this Friday, but he and his team gave audiences at the Sund...
Jan 30, 2019
Judges cannot be overly swayed by victim impact statements: legal experts
Legal experts say a sentencing judge must use caution and not be overwhelmed by victim impact statements. A Saskatchewan judge heard more than 70 victim impact statements this week...
Jan 30, 2019
'Debacle' with China latest foreign policy flub for Trudeau, says Scheer
OTTAWA - The "debacle" over the firing of Canada's ambassador to China is the latest in a string of foreign-policy failures for the prime minister, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer cha...
Jan 30, 2019
Canada sending deep freestyle, snowboard teams to world championships
Fresh off a bucket-list win, Cassie Sharpe wants to lock down yet another. The freestyle skier aims to carry the momentum from winning X Games halfpipe gold in Aspen, Colo., last week&n...
Jan 30, 2019
Moosehead Breweries donates to make Saskatchewan's Mac the Moose tallest again
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A New Brunswick brewery has donated $25,000 to the cause of making a beloved Saskatchewan moose statue the tallest in the world once again. Trevor Grant, wi...
Jan 30, 2019
Clarification: Working Longer-Dementia story
CHICAGO - In a story Jan. 30 on companies navigating dementia conversations with older workers, The Associated Press reported that former professor Mary Radnofsky had a rare form of leukoencephalopath...
Jan 30, 2019