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CTV drama ‘Cardinal’ leads Canadian Screen Awards TV pack with seven wins
TORONTO – Three shows that have left the air for good in the past few…
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
NEW YORK – Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatregoers’ consciousness…
Cape Breton theatre company to host movie screenings for family ‘bubbles’
SYDNEY, N.S. – Movie enthusiasts in Cape Breton looking for a big screen fix to…
‘Amazing Race Canada’ wins big on second night of Canadian Screen Awards
TORONTO – “The Amazing Race Canada” was the big winner on the second night of…
‘Kim’s Convenience,’ ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ casts to do online table read
TORONTO – The casts of CBC’s “Kim’s Convenience” and ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” will…
George R.R. Martin joins group to buy historic railway
SANTA FE, N.M. – George R.R. Martin, the famed author of the “Game of Thrones”…
William Small, ‘hero to journalism’ at CBS, NBC, dies at 93
NEW YORK – Longtime broadcast news executive William J. Small, who led CBS News’ Washington…
Sociologist among $100K Killam Prize winners for work on health-care inequities
A sociologist whose work with marginalized communities has made her one of Canada’s leading women’s…
Indonesian choreographers provide digital stage for dancers
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Before the coronavirus pandemic arrived, 2020 seemed fated to be a great…
Procession for Snowbirds crash victim makes its way through Halifax
HALIFAX – A procession honouring the Canadian Forces Snowbirds team member killed in a recent…
Early results promising for potential COVID-19 vaccine to be tested on Canadians
HALIFAX – An early trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine that will soon be tested…
Egyptian acclaimed sculptor Adam Henein dies at 91
CAIRO – Acclaimed Egyptian artist Adam Henein, who joined ancient pharaonic themes with sleek modernism…
Boosting COVID-19 testing and signs in the sewage; In The News for May 22
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart…
Stratford Festival faces $20-million budget shortfall despite cost cutting
TORONTO – The Stratford Festival says despite efforts to rescue its finances from the impact…
Kelly Clarkson, Alex Trebek among Daytime Emmy nominees
LOS ANGELES – The first season of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” received Daytime Emmy Awards…
Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus
A saxophonist whose sounds helped birth international dance music. An actress who learned alongside one…
Unsold book returns in coming weeks could be another blow for publishers
As publishers try to deal with the massive disruption to the book industry in the…
Daytime Emmys back on TV, but with socially distanced show
LOS ANGELES – The Daytime Emmy Awards are skipping a theatre ceremony because of the…
Pandemic knocks out large sections of Hawaii’s economy
HONOLULU – In normal times, Roland Chang and his three sons start their day at…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump…
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
As the U.S. and other countries loosen their coronavirus restrictions, it’s back to business, but…
Tribes plan to partly open casinos; Lamont opposes the move
HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes on Wednesday announced plans to begin reopening…
Brazil expands use of unproven drug as virus toll rises
RIO DE JANEIRO – President Jair Bolsonaro unveiled rules Wednesday expanding the prescription of chloroquine,…
Reopening: It’s back to business, but not business as usual
NEW YORK – This is what “normal” will look like for the foreseeable future. In…