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Health authorities say 66 died in Montreal during last year's heat wave
Montreal health authorities now say 66 people died in the city during a heat wave between June 30 and July 8 last year. An investigation has shown two-thirds of the victims were over th...
May 15, 2019
Julianne Moore on gender parity: 'I believe in quotas'
CANNES, France - Julianne Moore says that for the movie industry to reach gender parity, it's necessary to implement quotas. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, Moore said measures are ...
May 15, 2019
CFL, CFLPA reach tentative agreement
It looks like the CFL season will go ahead as planned.The league and Canadian Football Players Association announced Wednesday they have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining ag...
May 15, 2019 (file photo/CKOM News Staff)
End of U.S. tariffs on Canadian, Mexican steel and aluminum close: Mnuchin
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration cabinet member says the end of punishing steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada and Mexico is close at hand. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sa...
May 15, 2019
Leap of faith: Cavs sign Michigan's Beilein to 5-year deal
CLEVELAND - John Beilein has spent a coaching lifetime taking ordinary programs and turning them into consistent winning ones. All in college. He's getting his NBA shot. The Cavaliers ended a monthlon...
May 15, 2019
Stronach Group at centre of best and worst of horse racing
The Stronach Group isn't well known outside horse racing. In the public eye, the big players are the likes of recent Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify, trainer Bob Baffert and legendar...
May 15, 2019
Correction: Houston-Missing Girl story
HOUSTON - In a story May 9 about a missing Houston girl, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the police, misspelled the name of the man who told investigators that the girl had be...
May 15, 2019
TV's Sandra Lee, NY Gov. Cuomo are selling house
NEW CASTLE, N.Y. - Food Network star Sandra Lee says she and her longtime partner, Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, are selling their house in the New York City suburbs. Lee tells The New York T...
May 15, 2019
Toronto mayor jokes that he supports calls for Raptors Kawhi Leonard as mayor
TORONTO - Jubilant fans took to social media after the Toronto Raptors' series-winning, buzzer beating basket to demand the team's soft-spoken star be handed the mayor's job, along with anything else ...
May 15, 2019
Welcome Back to Candle Lake Cabaret
The Candle Lake Golf Resort is hosting Welcome Back to the Lake Cabaret on Saturday, May 18.This 19+ event will feature live music by the country rock band, Grid Road.Tickets are $15 advance available...
May 15, 2019