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Country's night to party sobers up amid pandemic
NASHVILLE - In a pre-pandemic world, the Academy of Country Music Awards advertised itself as country music's night to party with gambling, after-parties and a Las Vegas-style attitude. This year the ...
Sep 16, 2020
'The Nest' author has new novel scheduled for 2021
NEW YORK - The author of the million-selling debut novel "The Nest" has another story of family drama coming out next year. Ecco announced Wednesday that Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's "Good Company" will ...
Sep 16, 2020
Madonna to direct, co-write biopic about herself
NEW YORK - A biopic about Madonna has found a uniquely qualified director: Madonna, herself. Universal Pictures announced Tuesday that the studio is developing an untitled film about the pop star that...
Sep 16, 2020
Retail sales rise for 4th straight month as growth slows
NEW YORK - Americans kept spending in August, but the pace of that growth is slowing as millions of people who lost jobs have now lost a $600 a week boost in their unemployment checks. Retail sales ro...
Sep 16, 2020
Feds outline sweeping plan to provide
free COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON - The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism ripplin...
Sep 16, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 16
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. EDT on Sept. 16, 2020: There are 138,803 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 65,554 confirmed (including 5,785 deaths, 57,628 res...
Sep 16, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: If Horgan calls a snap election, he doesn’t deserve to win
KAMLOOPS - SPECULATION IS RAMPANT that Premier John Horgan will announce a provincial election tomorrow. It might just be the media feeding off each other but it certainly feels like a possibility.Onl...
Sep 16, 2020
Cabinet meetings wrap up and new Joni Mitchell release: In The News for Sept. 16
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 Sept. 16 ... Wha...
Sep 16, 2020
Statistics Canada to unveil August inflation figure
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will reveal today how the country's official measure of inflation fared in August, with expectations for another month of near-zero readings. In July, the annual pace of inf...
Sep 16, 2020
Trudeau wraps up cabinet retreat aimed at plotting course through pandemic, beyond
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to wrap up two and a half days of cabinet meetings today aimed at plotting a course through the COVID-19 health crisis.Bold talk of an audacious plan to rebui...
Sep 16, 2020
