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Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news

Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press said Tuesday that it is assigning more than two dozen journalists across the world to cover climate issues , in the news organization's largest single expansion paid for through philanthropic grants.
Catalan family drama 'Alcarràs' wins Berlin's Golden Bear

Catalan family drama 'Alcarràs' wins Berlin's Golden Bear

BERLIN (AP) — The Catalan family drama “Alcarràs” won the Golden Bear award for best movie at the Berlin International Film Festival on Wednesday.
'Layer upon layer of issues': Grocery bills climb as food inflation rate hits 6.5%

'Layer upon layer of issues': Grocery bills climb as food inflation rate hits 6.5%

Food prices in Canada are soaring as higher input costs, shipping fees and wages push the food inflation rate to 6.5 per cent — the biggest year-over-year jump in grocery bills in more than a decade.

Kevin Costner lobbies Utah for more tax rebates for films

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Costner, the Academy Award-winning actor-director known for films such as “Dances With Wolves" and the current TV hit “Yellowstone,” is lobbying Utah lawmakers to offer more tax rebates to films that choose to shoot in rur
Troy Kotsur's road to making history at the Oscars

Troy Kotsur's road to making history at the Oscars

NEW YORK (AP) — In his Oscar-nominated performance in “CODA,” Troy Kotsur has one spoken line, but it’s a good one.
Judge blocks release of Bob Saget's autopsy records for now

Judge blocks release of Bob Saget's autopsy records for now

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Researchers find potential to create universal type O blood organs for transplants

Researchers find potential to create universal type O blood organs for transplants

Elizabeth Ostrander spent two years on an organ transplant wait list, worrying about her oxygen levels any time she left home and wondering if she'd ever get the lungs she needed. The Niagara, Ont.
Home lighting update: Designers get creative, clever, cozy

Home lighting update: Designers get creative, clever, cozy

Designers and lighting companies have been busy coming up with new ways to hold a lightbulb and project light, and winter is a great time to explore their latest solutions. Some are inspired by the skies overhead.
Canadian musician Duane Lavold, whose "Hey Mister" was banned on MTV, dies at 54

Canadian musician Duane Lavold, whose "Hey Mister" was banned on MTV, dies at 54

TORONTO — Alt-rock raconteur Duane Lavold rattled MTV censors who banned his salacious "Hey Mister" music video from the airwaves, but those closest to the musician say he was a gentle giant who aspired to greater heights than the controversy he drew
Review: Sheila Heti offers a story strained by the surreal

Review: Sheila Heti offers a story strained by the surreal

“Pure Colour,” by Sheila Heti (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) A world determined by death and desire drives Sheila Heti’s “Pure Colour.
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