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Chick Corea, jazz great with 23 Grammy Awards, dies at 79
NEW YORK – Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards…
Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network debuts January 2022
LOS ANGELES – “Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia enterprise is finally coming…
‘Judas and the Black Messiah”s Fred Hampton visited Canada weeks before his murder
TORONTO – Just two weeks before he was assassinated by the FBI in 1969, Chicago…
B.C. premier ‘alarmed’ by systemic racism allegations, promises anti-racism law
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s premier says the government is working on anti-racism legislation that may…
Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist released from prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists was released…
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs uses annual speech to highlight economic growth
FREDERICTON – The premier of New Brunswick says more than $200 million in new, private…
Oscars will be broadcast from multiple locations
Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre has been the home of the Oscars since 2001 and the organizers…
Dartmouth expanding Hopkins arts centre, selects architect
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth College is planning a major expansion of its Hopkins Center for…
Canada’s Oscars pick ’14 Days 12 Nights’ not on short list for international film
TORONTO – Fifteen films are moving forward in the race for best international feature film…
Margaret Atwood joins music project to raise awareness for gender-based violence
OTTAWA – A brother of one of three women slain by their ex-partner in the…
N.L.’s election is safe and U.A.E. spacecraft in Mars orbit: In The News for Feb. 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart…
Bezos and Bloomberg among top 50 US charity donors for 2020
As the world grappled with COVID-19, a recession and a racial reckoning, the ultrawealthy gave…
Restaurants, gyms, churches: Manitoba opts to loosen some COVID-19 restrictions
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government on Tuesday announced plans to reopen restaurants, museums, gyms and…
California uses ZIP codes, outreach to boost vaccine equity
SAN FRANCISCO – Hing Yiu Chung lives in a racially diverse San Francisco neighbourhood hit…
US hiring plunged in December even as job openings ticked up
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers cut back sharply on hiring in December, particularly industries slammed by…
Cuomo says indoor restaurant dining in NYC can start Friday
NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that indoor restaurant dining can reopen in…
Election turmoil splits West Virginia city’s evangelicals
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. – If you’re Christian in Bluefield — and most everyone is, in this…
Federal funding to help former GGs set up charitable foundations is discretionary
OTTAWA – The federal government has allocated $30 million over the past 15 years to…
Savannah museum awarded $15,000 grant for folk art exhibit
SAVANNAH, Ga. – A Savannah museum has been awarded a $15,000 grant for an exhibit…
Andrews, Evans, Mirren pay tribute to Christopher Plummer
Reactions to the death at 91 of Oscar winner and “Sound of Music” star Christopher…
Legendary Canadian actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91
TORONTO – Christopher Plummer, the Oscar-winning acting legend whose storied career encompassed stage, television and…
Government financial support pushes Canadian insolvencies to lowest level in 20 years
OTTAWA – Canadian insolvency filings hit a 20-year low last year as government financial support…
Turkish court refuses to free philanthropist, merges cases
ISTANBUL – A Turkish court on Friday again rejected a request for businessman and human…
New museum traces history of Black music across genres
NASHVILLE – A new museum two decades in the making is telling the interconnected story…