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Placido Domingo's European cultural award delayed
MILAN - Placido Domingo will not receive a European cultural award this weekend in Vienna as previously announced. It was the first change in the opera legend's European schedule since numerous accusa...
Oct 19, 2019
'A failing grade:' First Nations say Scheer absent in his Saskatchewan riding
REGINA - First Nations chiefs in Andrew Scheer's home riding say they haven't seen much of him in advance of Monday's federal vote, and feel like they're not a priority f...
Oct 19, 2019
Business excellence award winners announced
The best in business and community service were celebrated during the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce's Business Excellence Awards Friday night. With close to 350 people on hand at the Prestige Ver...
Oct 19, 2019
Justin Thomas takes 2-stroke after 2 rounds at CJ Cup
JEJU ISLAND, Korea, Republic Of - Justin Thomas shot a 9-under 63 Friday to take a two-stroke lead at the CJ Cup, putting himself in position to win his second PGA Tour event in South Korea in three y...
Oct 19, 2019
Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died
BALTIMORE - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of Pre...
Oct 19, 2019
Attawapiskat musician releases protest song with Justin Trudeau in mind
TORONTO - Attawapiskat singer Adrian Sutherland says he was thinking of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau when he wrote a protest song ahead of the federal election about broken political promises. B...
Oct 19, 2019
Bloc election strategy struck chord with appeal to Quebec pride, not sovereignty
MONTREAL - Elyse Bodnar, a long-time Liberal voter, says she thinks Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is just "terrific." Bodnar, who was in the audience when Blanchet visite...
Oct 19, 2019
UK's Prince William, Kate tour Pakistani cultural hub Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan - Britain's Prince William and wife Kate toured Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, where they undertook an emotional visit to a cancer hospital previously visited by Willi...
Oct 19, 2019
Attention everyone: Something's fishy with In-The-News for Oct. 17
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 17. What we are watching i...
Oct 19, 2019
Farrow books sells across Australia despite legal threat
CANBERRA, Australia - Ronan Farrow's new book is being sold in Australia despite threats of defamation lawsuits that the Pulitzer-winning journalist believes led some Australian retailers to drop the ...
Oct 19, 2019

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