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Survey: US companies added just 428,000 jobs last month
WASHINGTON - U.S. companies added jobs at a modest pace last month, a private survey found, a sign that while hiring continues, it is only soaking up a relatively small proportion of the unemployed. P...
Sep 02, 2020
Tired of Waiting - Local Musicians Wanted!
Tired Of Waiting Community Music VideoThe E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts is putting together a music video, and we want to bring all genres, ages, and experience levels together on this one projec...
Sep 02, 2020
Blanchett on Venice, virus and why lessons weren't learned
VENICE, Italy - Australian actress Cate Blanchett said Wednesday she is baffled that other countries didn't learn from Italy's pain to be better prepared to fight the coronavirus outbreak when it spre...
Sep 02, 2020
'Tiger King' star Carole Baskin to 'Dancing With the Stars'
Like all cool cats and kittens, Carole Baskin is going to "Dancing With the Stars." The reality TV star who became a pop culture sensation with Netflix's docuseries "Tiger King" is joining the new cro...
Sep 02, 2020
Female directors close to parity at Venice Film Festival
A spot in competition at the Venice Film Festival can launch careers and Oscar winners, but in recent years, films directed by women have been mostly excluded from vying for the coveted Golden Lion. A...
Sep 02, 2020
Germany says Russia's Navalny poisoned with nerve agent
BERLIN - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack and poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said Wednesday, citing new test results. Nava...
Sep 02, 2020
AP Analysis: Trump's 2020 mantra channels Nixon, Wallace
KENOSHA, Wis. - After struggling for much of the year to settle on a clear and concise reelection message, President Donald Trump appears to have found his 2020 rallying cry. Four years ago, it was "B...
Sep 02, 2020
After blasting Trump on violence, Biden now turns to schools
Joe Biden plans to hammer President Donald Trump on Wednesday for not helping the nation's schools reopen safely during the coronavirus pandemic, as the Democratic challenger tries to keep the spotlig...
Sep 02, 2020
Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects go on trial in Paris
PARIS - Thirteen men and a woman went on trial Wednesday over the 2015 attacks against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket in Paris that marked the beginning of a wave of vi...
Sep 02, 2020
Canadian population of at-risk species declined over last 50 years, WWF says
TORONTO - A wildlife organization says species that are at risk of global extinction have seen their Canadian populations decline by an average of 42 per cent in the last 50 years. The ...
Sep 02, 2020