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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques announces winners of science contest
FREDERICTON - Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques took time from his busy schedule on the International Space Station today to encourage young students to pursue science - telling them th...
May 15, 2019

Tanya Tagaq, Joshua Whitehead among finalists for Indigenous Voices Awards
VANCOUVER - The Indigenous Voices Awards are building on their inaugural success as a launching pad for Indigenous literary talent with a fresh crop of finalists, an organizer says. Tanya Tagaq and Jo...
May 15, 2019

Health authorities say 66 died in Montreal during last year's heat wave
Montreal health authorities now say 66 people died in the city during a heat wave between June 30 and July 8 last year. An investigation has shown two-thirds of the victims were over th...
May 15, 2019

Julianne Moore on gender parity: 'I believe in quotas'
CANNES, France - Julianne Moore says that for the movie industry to reach gender parity, it's necessary to implement quotas. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, Moore said measures are ...
May 15, 2019

End of U.S. tariffs on Canadian, Mexican steel and aluminum close: Mnuchin
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration cabinet member says the end of punishing steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada and Mexico is close at hand. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sa...
May 15, 2019

Leap of faith: Cavs sign Michigan's Beilein to 5-year deal
CLEVELAND - John Beilein has spent a coaching lifetime taking ordinary programs and turning them into consistent winning ones. All in college. He's getting his NBA shot. The Cavaliers ended a monthlon...
May 15, 2019

Stronach Group at centre of best and worst of horse racing
The Stronach Group isn't well known outside horse racing. In the public eye, the big players are the likes of recent Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify, trainer Bob Baffert and legendar...
May 15, 2019

Correction: Houston-Missing Girl story
HOUSTON - In a story May 9 about a missing Houston girl, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the police, misspelled the name of the man who told investigators that the girl had be...
May 15, 2019

TV's Sandra Lee, NY Gov. Cuomo are selling house
NEW CASTLE, N.Y. - Food Network star Sandra Lee says she and her longtime partner, Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, are selling their house in the New York City suburbs. Lee tells The New York T...
May 15, 2019

Toronto mayor jokes that he supports calls for Raptors Kawhi Leonard as mayor
TORONTO - Jubilant fans took to social media after the Toronto Raptors' series-winning, buzzer beating basket to demand the team's soft-spoken star be handed the mayor's job, along with anything else ...
May 15, 2019

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