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What will win best picture? It's a maddeningly close race
NEW YORK - On a year where one of the lead Oscar contenders is titled "The Favourite," the 91st Academy Awards lack a clear front-runner. Normally a fairly predictable process with one or two favourit...
Feb 20, 2019
Amal Clooney among the gang at Meghan Markle's baby shower
NEW YORK - The not-so-secret baby shower for the Duchess of Sussex has apparently occurred, with Gayle King and Amal Clooney among an intimate group of friends gathered at a swanky hotel on Manhattan'...
Feb 20, 2019
Minutes show Fed officials noted number of rising threats
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers last month noted greater threats to the U.S. economy, ranging from adverse effects of the government shutdown to rising trade tensions, and decided to emphasi...
Feb 20, 2019
Quebec taken to court over cancellation of 18,000 immigration applications
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is being sued over its decision to cancel a backlog of more than 18,000 immigration applications as it overhauls its system for selecting newcomers. An assoc...
Feb 20, 2019
Federal Liberal government to introduce pre-election budget on March 19
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government will introduce its pre-election budget on March 19. The document will be the Trudeau government's fourth budget since ...
Feb 20, 2019
Nunavut tables near-balanced budget for 20th-anniversary year
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has tabled a mostly stand-pat budget that plans modest spending increases to fight some of the territory's social problems. Finance minister George Hickes forecast...
Feb 20, 2019
Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-sign veteran Canadian centre Mike Filer to deal
HAMILTON - Mike Filer is staying put. The veteran Canadian centre re-signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Wednesday. The 28-year-old will return for his eighth season with the CFL club. Filer, a six...
Feb 20, 2019
Samsung folding phone is different - but also almost $2,000
SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung unveiled a highly anticipated smartphone with a foldable screen in an attempt to break the innovative funk that has beset the smartphones market. But it's far from clear that c...
Feb 20, 2019
Man charged in Amber Alert to spend two years in prison
A provincial court judge has sentenced Johnathan Gunville to 31 months in prison for stealing an SUV with a six-year-old girl inside in September 2018, triggering an Amber Alert.Gunville received 230 ...
Feb 20, 2019
Liberals promise $638M for urban Indigenous housing
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to spend $638 million on housing for Indigenous people in cities and urban centres. The money is part of the Liberals' $40-billion housing plan, which is sp...
Feb 20, 2019