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Australian 'Egg Boy' donates $70,000 to Christchurch victims
SYDNEY, Australia - The Australian teenager who cracked an egg on the head of a politician for his remarks about the New Zealand mosque massacre has donated almost $70,000 to people affected by the ki...
May 29, 2019
Kit Harington checks into wellness centre post-'Thrones'
LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has checked into a wellness retreat to work on what his representative says are "personal issues." A representative for Harington said Tuesday the Br...
May 29, 2019
Alex Trebek shares 'mind-boggling' pancreatic cancer update
LOS ANGELES - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says his doctors say he's in "near remission" of advanced pancreatic cancer and his response to the treatment is "kind of mind-boggling." The 78-year-old TV ...
May 29, 2019
Review: 'Godzilla' is back and doing just fine
It's been a bit since moviegoers had the chance to catch up with Godzilla, five years in fact, which in cinematic franchise time feels like at least a few decades. In other words, it's understandable ...
May 29, 2019
Prosecutors aim to reverse bail decision in Kodak Black case
MIAMI - Rapper Kodak Black is due back in federal court after his arrest at a Miami hip-hop festival around which several violent incidents occurred. Federal prosecutors are appealing a judge's decisi...
May 29, 2019
Juno Beach museum feeling financial pinch despite federal support
OTTAWA - Garth Webb was a 25-year-old lieutenant when he landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, one of thousands of Canadian soldiers to take part in the greatest amphibious landing in mil...
May 29, 2019
Wilson-Raybould and Philpott to run as Independents in fall election campaign
OTTAWA - Former Liberal cabinet ministers Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott will run as Independents in the upcoming federal election, they declared Monday. The pair...
May 29, 2019
A chronology of Canada's participation in the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy
OTTAWA - A short chronology of Canada's participation in the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy: May 1943: Allies make final decision to invade. Initial invasion date May 1, 1944, then June 4, 1944. Summ...
May 29, 2019
Dispatches from Juno: How CP's war correspondents told the story of D-Day
OTTAWA - Dispatches from Ross Munro, William (Bill) Stewart and other war correspondents were how many Canadians in 1944 learned details of the June 6 D-Day landings and the fighting that followed. Th...
May 29, 2019
Hotline to help human trafficking victims, educate public launches across Canada
A national hotline to help victims and survivors of human trafficking is now taking calls, with the organization behind the service saying it hoped the new resource would also fill crucial gaps i...
May 29, 2019
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