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Sign language choreography a logistical challenge on CBC comedy ‘One More Time’
TORONTO – What do you get when you combine two lonely singles and three sign language interpreters? The fourth episode of D.J. Demers’ half-hour comedy “One More Time.” Miscommunication is hardly new ground for comedy, but the CBC/Accessible Media Inc., series about the hard-of-hearing manager of a used sporting goods store aims to pull from ... Read More »
Neil Peart’s posthumous book ‘Silver Surfers’ set for spring release
Rush drummer Neil Peart’s final book is set for release this spring. “Silver Surfers: Sports Cars of the Sixties” will be published by Insight Editions on May 7 as a celebration of the late musician’s lifelong passion for collecting cars. The 96-page coffee table book features an array of colourful images, many of which Peart ... Read More »
Dying thief who stole ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers from Minnesota museum gets no prison time
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) – A dying thief who confessed to stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of Oz” because he wanted to pull off “one last score” was given no prison time at his sentencing hearing Monday. Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the slippers in 2005 from the ... Read More »
Flair Airlines owes feds $67 million in unpaid taxes, prompting seizure order
Court documents show Flair Airlines owes Ottawa $67.2 million in unpaid taxes, prompting the federal government to obtain an order for the seizure and sale of the carrier’s property. The money relates to import duties on the 20 Boeing 737 Max jetliners that make up the budget airline’s fleet. In an emailed statement, Flair CEO ... Read More »
Maple Leafs score three times in third period to ground Jets 4-2
WINNIPEG – Auston Matthews credited hard work and consistency for scoring his NHL-leading 40th goal of the season and reaching a special milestone in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. Matthews’ power-play goal in the third period was the game-winner and gave him 600 career points, the fastest Leaf ... Read More »
Foreign interference inquiry’s goal is to ‘uncover the truth,’ commissioner says
OTTAWA – The head of an inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian affairs says the commission’s job is to uncover the truth, whatever it may be. In opening remarks today, commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue says the task requires the inquiry team to investigate, analyze and reflect as thoroughly as possible. The inquiry begins a week of ... Read More »
Coroner’s inquest into mass stabbing in Saskatchewan begins final week
MELFORT, Sask. – A coroner’s inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation is expected to hear today from elders and the Parole Board of Canada. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and wounded 17 on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby community of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, on Sept. 4, ... Read More »
Ceremony planned to honour memory of those killed in 2017 Quebec City mosque attack
QUEBEC – A ceremony commemorating victims of the deadly 2017 attack on a Quebec City mosque is scheduled to take place Monday evening. Six Muslim men were killed and five others were seriously injured when a gunman burst into the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre shortly after evening prayers on Jan. 29, 2017. Ibrahima Barry, ... Read More »
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89
NEW YORK (AP) – N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel “House Made of Dawn” is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, has died. He was 89. Momaday died Wednesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He had ... Read More »
King Charles III has been discharged from a London hospital after a prostate procedure
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III on Monday was discharged from a private London clinic after undergoing a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate. The 75-year-old monarch was admitted to the London Clinic, where the Princess of Wales, his daughter-in-law, also recently had abdominal surgery. Charles, who ascended the throne 16 months ago, was diagnosed ... Read More »
Valieva disqualified in Olympic doping case, Canada likely to be upgraded to bronze
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Canada should be upgraded to bronze after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the ... Read More »
