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NDP uses BC United research to mount attacks on ‘crackpot’ B.C. Conservatives
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
VICTORIA – Almost 200 pages of research on the B.C. Conservative Party, which sources within BC United confirm were compiled before the party dropped out of the British Columbia election campaign to support their former rivals, have come back to haunt the new alliance. The New Democrats are using the leaked documents to depict B.C. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane to be toasted at Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on September 28th, 2024
TORONTO – Tom Cochrane, Sarah McLachlan and two members of Blue Rodeo are being ushered into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame tonight. The celebration of Canada’s most influential songwriters will pay tribute to Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor as well as Quebec singer Diane Tell during a musical celebration at Toronto’s Massey ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Saturday Night Live’ launches 50th season with Jean Smart, Jelly Roll and maybe Maya as Kamala
By The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – “Saturday Night Live” is set to set off its 50th season with host Jean Smart and musical guest Jelly Roll. Smart, the 73-year-old “Hacks” and “Designing Women” star who just won her sixth Emmy, has never hosted the NBC sketch comedy institution before in her more than 40-year career. She said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As political scandal grips NYC, a fictional press conference puzzles some New Yorkers
By Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Stone-faced authorities stepping up to a podium. A scrum of reporters jostling for a quote. Popping flashbulbs and pandemonium. The spectacle played out across a public plaza from the federal courthouse where New York City Mayor Eric Adams was arraigned on federal bribery charges Friday morning – but it had nothing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prince fans can party overnight like it’s 1999 with Airbnb rental of ‘Purple Rain’ house
By By Mark Vancleave And John Hanna, The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – For a short time, up to 100 Prince fans visiting the music superstar’s hometown will have a place to stay when the party’s over that will let them go crazy over his cultural legacy, a home featured in the film “Purple Rain.” Although the white, two-story home with brown trim in Minneapolis ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign’s third debate next week, says it will be up to the politicians – not the moderators – to check the facts of their opponents. The 90-minute debate, scheduled for 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At NY’s beloved Fall for Dance, highlights come from as far as Ukraine and as close as a few blocks
By Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – The eclectic annual Fall for Dance festival is a beloved tradition among dance fans, not least for its $30 tickets – still quite a deal in New York, even if they began at $10 two decades ago. But the best thing about it is still the variety it brings to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBS News says it will be up to Harris and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate
By David Bauder, The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – CBS News, hosting vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz for the general election campaign’s third debate next week, says it will be up to the politicians – not the moderators – to check the facts of their opponents. The 90-minute debate, scheduled for 9 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bob Geldof hopes Live Aid musical inspires younger generation to take action
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on September 27th, 2024
TORONTO – Bob Geldof doesn’t think Live Aid – or a global benefit concert of its size – could have the same impact today that it once did. But he hopes a new musical he’s hitched his name to might inspire younger people to take his lead in making a difference. The Irish singer-songwriter was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kennedy Center’s opening gala is back on after musicians strike ends with a new deal
By The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Kennedy Center and the union representing musicians in the National Symphony Orchestra have come to an agreement on a short-term contract after a brief strike that threatened to derail Saturday’s season-opening gala. The DC Federation of Musicians, local 161-710 of the American Federation of Musicians, went on strike Friday following the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces new sex assault allegations in woman’s lawsuit
By Dave Collins, The Associated Press on September 27th, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with new sexual assault allegations Friday as a woman filed a lawsuit in New York saying she was repeatedly raped and drugged at the music mogul’s homes and became pregnant after one of the encounters. It’s the latest of several similar lawsuits by women against Combs, who also was arrested ... Read More »
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