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Israeli model Bar Refaeli signs plea bargain for tax evasion
JERUSALEM - Israeli top model Bar Refaeli signed a plea bargain agreement with authorities on Tuesday to settle a long-standing tax evasion case against her and her family. The deal will require Refae...
Jun 09, 2020

Still beside the queen at 99: Prince Philip to mark birthday
LONDON - There certainly won't be fuss. Count on that. When Britain's Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it quietly and in much the same way he's spent most of his a...
Jun 09, 2020

ROTHENBURGER: Police body cams won’t fix everything but they’ll be a start
KAMLOOPS - IT LOOKS VERY MUCH as though all front-line police in Canada will be wearing body cameras in the future and it's about time. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he'll talk to premiers...
Jun 09, 2020

Salzburg Festival will go on this year but in shortened form
The Salzburg Festival will be one of classical music's few offerings in the summer of the coronavirus pandemic, staging a reduced 100th anniversary celebration with capacities limited to about 50%. Eu...
Jun 09, 2020

Floyd mourned and U.S. not investigating Prince Andrew; In The News for June 9
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 June 9 ... --- C...
Jun 09, 2020

France announces $16.9 billion in aid to aviation industry
PARIS - France's government has announced 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in aid for the virus-battered aerospace industry, including plane maker Airbus and national airline Air France. Finance Minis...
Jun 09, 2020

Family relations expert counsels communication between roommates during COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Living with other people doesn't always mix with a pandemic that forces people to stay inside, and an expert in family relations says COVID-19 is causing some people to reassess ...
Jun 09, 2020

Cautious Canadians increasingly wearing masks, fear second wave of COVID: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are increasingly wearing protective face masks as they emerge from months of isolating at home to curb the spread of COVID-19. And it suggests that fear of a sec...
Jun 09, 2020

Hubert Gagnon, who played Homer Simpson in Quebec version of show, dies at 73
MONTREAL - For generations of Quebec viewers, the bumbling, doughnut-loving cartoon dad Homer Simpson didn't speak with the American accent of voice actor Dan Castellaneta, but rather the&nb...
Jun 08, 2020

Canada West confirms cancellation of first term sports season
KAMLOOPS --- The Canada West Univesity fall season this year will have a different look --- there won't be any!USPORTS and Canada West have cancelled the first term of the 2020-21 season, which would ...
Jun 08, 2020

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