Category Archives: Canadian Press
Marvel head Kevin Feige to receive David O. Selznick Award
LOS ANGELES - Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is set to receive the prestigious David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the 2019 Producers Guild Awards. The Producers Guild of America says Thursda...
Aug 30, 2018
Olympic skater Michelle Kwan sells her Rhode Island estate
NEWPORT, R.I. - Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan has sold her Rhode Island estate. The Providence Journal reports that the Newport estate, named Casa del Sole, sold for nearly $4 million. Kwan took...
Aug 30, 2018
Tennessee defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo tops CFL scouting bureau
TORONTO - Tennessee defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo was named the top prospect for the 2019 CFL draft Thursday in the league scouting bureau’s first top-20 list. The native of Surrey, B.C., ha...
Aug 30, 2018
Nova Scotia formally signs 2016 health funding deal with federal government
HALIFAX - A bilateral health deal that will see Nova Scotia get $286 million over 10 years from Ottawa for home care and mental health was formally signed in Halifax on Thursday. Nova Scotia Health Mi...
Aug 30, 2018
Mummified baby found in Quebec home likely hidden pregnancy from 1940s: coroner
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says the mummified remains of a baby found hidden in the basement ceiling of a Montreal-area home was most likely a hidden pregnancy dating back to the late 1940s. There ar...
Aug 30, 2018
LPGA bag used by Canadian golfer honouring Humboldt Broncos raises $19,000
SASKATOON - A golf bag sporting the Humboldt Broncos logo as a tribute to the Saskatchewan junior hockey team has been auctioned off for $19,000. Canadian golfer Alena Sharp had the bag made for last ...
Aug 30, 2018
Alec Baldwin to speak at New Hampshire Democrats' dinner
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Alec Baldwin will be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s annual fall fundraising dinner. The actor, who won an Emmy last year for his portrayal of Pres...
Aug 30, 2018
Franklin's casket moved from museum that hosted viewings
DETROIT - Aretha Franklin’s body has been transported from a Detroit museum that hosted two days of public viewings of the Queen of Soul, the next step in a journey leading up to her funeral on ...
Aug 30, 2018
Internal strife put aside as Miss America hopefuls arrive
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The official arrival of the 51 hopefuls vying for the title of Miss America went off Thursday without direct mention of the recent public tensions between the reigning titleholde...
Aug 30, 2018
3 members of Nobel literature prize body to return
COPENHAGEN - Three members who quit the prestigious body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature amid a scandal and internal feud are returning to the Swedish Academy, saying differences with a memb...
Aug 30, 2018