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Top nominee Polanski to skip French Oscars after rape claim
PARIS - Filmmaker Roman Polanski is skipping the awards ceremony for France's equivalent of the Oscars - where his latest movie leads this year's nominations - because of protests prompted by a new ra...
Feb 27, 2020

Plácido Domingo drops upcoming shows at Spanish opera venue
MADRID - Global opera star Plcido Domingo has cancelled his upcoming performances at one of Spain's main opera houses as officials and music venues in the tenor's home country reassess their ties afte...
Feb 27, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 9:50 p.m. Toronto police are responding to a protest in the city's...
Feb 27, 2020

Federal government has room to spend more: PBO
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says the federal government has room to increase spending and still remain financially sustainable over the long run, though the same can't be said for many provi...
Feb 27, 2020

Democrats band together to knock Sanders during debate clash
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Democrats unleashed a roaring assault against Bernie Sanders and seized on Mike Bloomberg's past with women in the workplace during a contentious debate Tuesday night that tested th...
Feb 27, 2020

Two Kodiaks volleyball players named to ACAC men’s all-conference team
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge College Kodiaks volleyball duo has been named to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) all-conference team.The annual conference awards banquet was held in Leth...
Feb 27, 2020 Carter Hansen (left) and Quinn Buchanan have been named to the ACAC all-conference team (Photos provided by Lethbridge College)

Virus outbreak stalks markets as 2020 gains get wiped out
LONDON - Global shares fell sharply once again Wednesday as fears over the speed of the new coronavirus around the world accentuated. With the spread around Europe gathering pace - Greece became the l...
Feb 27, 2020

Stocks open sharply lower; Dow 10% below recent record high
NEW YORK - Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street, extending a weeklong rout and bringing the Dow Jones Industrial Average 10% below the record high it hit two weeks ago. Investors continue t...
Feb 27, 2020

Nova Scotia coast chosen as potential home for retired whales raised in captivity
SHERBROOKE, N.S. - A U.S.-based conservation group has chosen a site in Nova Scotia where it plans to build a kind of retirement home for whales raised in captivity. The Whale Sanctuary...
Feb 27, 2020

Canada's quest to buy new fighter jets delayed another three months
OTTAWA - Canada's long-running effort to buy new fighter jets is facing another delay. The federal government announced Tuesday it is giving jet makers another three months to submit their propos...
Feb 27, 2020