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Jordan Peele's 'Us' scares up $70.3M debut
NEW YORK - Jordan Peele has done it again. Two years after the filmmaker's "Get Out" became a box-office sensation, his frightening follow-up, "Us," debuted with $70.3 million in ticket sales, accordi...
Mar 24, 2019

Judges on Twitter? Ethical guidance for those on the bench under review
TORONTO - Whether Canadian judges should be active on Twitter, Facebook or other social media and what involvement they should have in community life are among issues under a review that aims to moder...
Mar 24, 2019

Father of seven children who were killed in Halifax house fire remains in coma
HALIFAX - The father of seven children who were killed in a ferocious fire remains in a coma, a month after flames engulfed their Halifax home. Muslim community leaders said on Friday&n...
Mar 24, 2019

Kenyan who gave earnings to poor wins $1M teacher prize
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Kenyan science teacher from a remote village who gave away most of his earnings to the poor and tutored students on the weekends won a $1 million prize on Sunday that h...
Mar 24, 2019

Wilson-Raybould to reveal more details, documents on SNC-Lavalin affair
OTTAWA - Liberals are urging former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to use her parliamentary privilege to tell the House of Commons whatever she wants about the SNC-Lavalin affair. But they want...
Mar 24, 2019

Trudeau calls May 6 byelection for B.C. riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a May byelection in British Columbia to fill a seat vacated by a former New Democrat. The Prime Minister's Office has set May 6 as the date for the...
Mar 24, 2019

Criticism over failure to mention Muslims 'completely baseless,' says Scheer
OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer says criticism over his initial failure to mention that Muslims were targeted in the recent mass murder in New Zealand is "completely baseless" and driven by "disgusting"&n...
Mar 24, 2019

Online real estate auctions try to shake up sales with novel approach
An online auction for a luxury home in Abbotsford, B.C., is drawing attention for its novel approach, which some observers say has potential to inspire new sales even if it doesn't have any notab...
Mar 24, 2019

Dubai denies there were plans for R. Kelly concert
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's government on Sunday forcefully denied a claim by R&B singer R. Kelly that the artist had planned concerts in the sheikhdom after he had sought permission fro...
Mar 24, 2019

Researchers try to shed light on secret Canadian Cold War archive
OTTAWA - The prime minister's bureaucrats are hoarding a trove of decades-old records that chronicle Canada's Cold War intelligence history, say security researchers who are pushing to make ...
Mar 24, 2019