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Legal battle continues between smokers, tobacco companies and provincial govts
TORONTO - Lawyers representing Quebec smokers and provincial governments are pushing back against an Ontario court ruling that suspended legal proceedings against three major tobacco compani...
Apr 4, 2019
Pope names moderate Gregory as Washington, DC, archbishop
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Thursday named Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory as the new archbishop of Washington D.C., choosing a moderate, and the first African-American, to lead the archdiocese t...
Apr 4, 2019
In the news today, April 4
Five stories in the news for Thursday, April 4 --- FAMILIES HONOUR LOVED ONES FROM BRONCOS BUS CRASH Families of people who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash say scholarships, events and pla...
Apr 4, 2019
Nissan's Ghosn arrested again in financial misconduct case
Tokyo prosecutors arrested Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn on Thursday for a fourth time, on fresh allegations that cut short his brief time outside detention. Early in the morning, Ghosn was ta...
Apr 4, 2019
Slash's ex-wife auctioning items from marriage to guitarist
LOS ANGELES - The former wife of Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash is selling off exotic and erotic items from their 14 years of marriage. Julien's Auctions announced Thursday the collection from Slash an...
Apr 4, 2019
Spacey's lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
NANTUCKET, Mass. - A judge will consider motions filed by lawyers for Kevin Spacey, who's charged with groping an 18-year-old man on Nantucket in 2016. The Oscar-winning former "House of Cards" actor ...
Apr 4, 2019
Britney Spears says she's taking a little 'me time'
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears says she's decided to focus on self-care as she goes through a rough stretch. Spears posted animageon Instagram Wednesday with the words, "Fall in love with taking care of...
Apr 4, 2019
Deadline looms for Smollett to pay city investigative costs
CHICAGO - A deadline is looming for Jussie Smollett to pay more than $130,000 to Chicago for investigative costs into what city authorities say was a staged racist, anti-gay attack or risk getting sla...
Apr 4, 2019
Planning set to begin to address homelessness in the winter: City
With Rotary House imposing capacity regulations, the Saint Lawrence Centre has closed its doors for the coming weeks, and questions about what will happen come winter are starting to arise. The City's...
Apr 4, 2019
SPRA hands out awards
One individual and one group have been saluted by the South Peace Regional Archives with its Beth Sheehan Award.It is named for a local historian and philanthropist who used to keep an archival collec...
Apr 4, 2019 SPRA Executive Director Alyssa Currie presents Matthew Wozniak with his award. Photo supplied by the SPRA.