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Heroic Florida drama teacher to get special Tony Award
NEW YORK - The special Tony Award that honours educators this year will go to a drama teacher who picks her high school’s shows, builds the sets, hems the costumes - and nurtured many of the you...
May 31, 2018
Ed Sheeran named songwriter of year at UK's Novello awards
LONDON - Ed Sheeran has been named songwriter of the year at Britain’s prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards. The inescapable singer won the prize Thursday for his “exceptional body ...
May 31, 2018
Bank of Canada deputy governor says trade uncertainty restraining investment
QUEBEC - Uncertainty on the trade front is restraining business investment, a senior Bank of Canada official said Thursday. Deputy governor Sylvain Leduc said in a speech in Quebec City that the ...
May 31, 2018
U.S. tariffs on steel will drive up cost of military gear: ministers
OTTAWA - The Trump administration’s decision to impose punishing new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum could have dire consequences for Canada’s defence sector and drive up the p...
May 31, 2018
St. Paul archdiocese to pay $210M to clergy abuse victims
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced a $210 million settlement Thursday with 450 victims of clergy sexual abuse as part of its plan for bankruptcy reorganization, ma...
May 31, 2018
Comic Samantha Bee apologizes to Ivanka Trump for slur
NEW YORK - Samantha Bee apologized to Ivanka Trump and viewers on Thursday for using an obscenity to describe her on a segment of her TBS comedy show. Bee said her language was “inappropriate an...
May 31, 2018
Aluminum and steel users disappointed with imposition of hefty U.S. tariffs
Consumers on both sides of the border could be caught in the middle of a trade war as businesses slap them with higher prices to offset the impact of billions of dollars ...
May 31, 2018
STC 1 year on, few private companies filling bus service
It has been exactly one year since the doors were shut on the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC). The Saskatchewan Party government announced the closure of the 70-year old provincial bus ...
May 31, 2018
STC 1 year on, few private companies filling bus service
It has been exactly one year since the doors were shut on the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC). The Saskatchewan Party government announced the closure of the 70-year old provincial bus ...
May 31, 2018
N.S. gives $1.6 million to movie starring Pattinson, Dafoe filmed in Yarmouth
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia says it has given more than $1.6 million to a Robert Pattinson movie filmed near Yarmouth, N.S. “The Lighthouse,” directed by Robert Eggers, is a fantasy horror movie...
May 31, 2018