The cast of 'Pitch Perfect 3' talks about the emotional end of their franchise
Yahoo Entertainment chatted with Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld and more of the cast of 'Pitch Perfect 3' about the emotional end of their franchise.
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Andrew Scheer Says He Supports Reducing Global Emissions Rather Than Domestic
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has dropped some breadcrumbs for what his eventual climate plan will look like, saying he believes Canada can reduce global emissions rather than domestic — and without a carbon tax. Scheer took shots at the Liberal government's plan to impose a carbon price on recalcitrant provinces during an interview with CBC Radio's Michael Enright on Sunday, framing the environmental policy proposal as a tax issue. "Don't tell Canadians that you've got an environmental plan and that's it's really just in fact a new taxation tool," Scheer said.
NewsReutersRussia pledges 'balance' if U.S. quits nuclear pact; Trump eyes more weapons
In Washington, the U.S. president reiterated his concern about the treaty and said the United States would build up its nuclear arsenal. "Russia has not adhered to the agreement. When they do, then we’ll all be smart and we’ll all stop." Asked if that were a threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said: "It’s a threat to whoever you want.
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Notley calls on Ottawa buy more rail cars to get Alberta oil to market
Premier Rachel Notley is calling on the federal government to buy more rail cars to transport Alberta oil. Notley said the differential between West Texas Intermediate and Western Canadian Select, which has vaulted above $50 US a barrel in recent weeks, is a "punishing" number that's costing the federal government tens of millions of dollars a day. Notley pointed out that the federal government supports grain transportation by rail, and said it's time to increase the capacity for oil as well.
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Outcomes of 10 Ontario municipal races to watch
Voters across Ontario cast ballots Monday to elect their next municipal governments. The veteran politician secured a significant lead over his main challenger, former chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat. Patrick Brown, the former leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives, made a political comeback after snatching the mayoralty from incumbent Linda Jeffrey in this city northwest of Toronto. Brown was forced to give up the party reins in January amid allegations of sexual misconduct he denies, months before the Tories went on to win a majority under Ford.
NewsReutersAmazon.com, Qualcomm to put Alexa assistant in more headphones
Under the deal, Qualcomm will release a set of chips that any maker of Bluetooth headphones can use to embed Alexa directly into the device. When the headphones are paired to a phone with the Alexa app on it, users will be able to talk to the voice assistant by tapping a button on the headphones. The functionality would be similar to Apple Inc's AirPods wireless earbuds, which enable users can tap the devices to talk to Apple's virtual assistant, Siri.
Global NewsOntario Municipal election: Keesmat campaign chair reflects on 'succession' tweet
Global Toronto's Queens Park bureau chief Travis Dhanraj spoke with Alex Maether, Jennifer Keesmaat's communications director, about the now-infamous "succession" tweet with spurred her campaign.
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Bible Museum admits some of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake
When Washington's $500 million Museum of the Bible held its grand opening in November 2017, attended by Vice-President Mike Pence, there were questions even then about the authenticity of its centerpiece collection of Dead Sea Scrolls. The announcement has serious implications not only for the Bible Museum but for other evangelical Christian individuals and institutions who paid top dollar for what now seems to be a massive case of archaeological fraud. The scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish religious texts first discovered in the mid-1940s in caves on the western shore of the Dead Sea in what is now Israel.
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Air Canada jet damaged while on LaGuardia taxiway by another jet
Airport officials in New York say an Air Canada flight that had just landed at the city's LaGuardia Airport late Monday afternoon was damaged as it sat on the taxiway by another passing plane. Rudy King, spokesman for the Port Authority New York and New Jersey, says the Air Canada jet was stationary on the taxiway when an American Eagle plane operated by Republic Airlines that was attempting to turn clipped its wing. Air Canada spokeswoman Angela Mah says the A320 jet was arriving from Toronto with 142 passengers and everyone on board disembarked normally, but the aircraft is now out of service.
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Toronto Mayor John Tory cruises to victory; tech issues extend voting elsewhere
Toronto Mayor John Tory easily won re-election on Monday after a spirited campaign marked by unprecedented interference from the provincial government, while dozens of Ontario communities were forced to extend voting due to widespread technical difficulties. Tory took 63 per cent of the vote while his main rival, former chief city planner Jennifer Keesmaat, took 24 per cent — giving the incumbent mayor a far more significant victory than when he was first elected four years ago.
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No kicking back for Redblacks record-breaker
A few days after setting an all-time world record for the most consecutive field goals in pro football history, Redblacks kicker Lewis Ward says he's got his eyes fixed firmly on the next game, and the next field goal. Ward made his 45th consecutive field goal during the Redblacks' home game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Friday, eclipsing the previous mark of 44 held by Adam Vinatieri of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts for the longest streak in pro football history.
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Canadian rapper dies after falling off airplane wing in failed stunt
A 34-year-old rapper who fell to his death in British Columbia while performing a stunt that involved rapping while walking on the wing of a plane was a "beacon of light to follow your dreams," his management team says. Jon James McMurray died Saturday filming a project he had been working on for months, a statement from the team said. McMurray was born in Calgary and grew up skiing in the Rocky Mountains, the team said, and he became an accredited professional skier.
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Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.6B, thanks to worsening odds
If it seems like lottery jackpots are getting larger and larger, it's because they are getting larger and larger. Tuesday night's Mega Millions estimated grand prize has hit a staggering $1.6 billion, continuing a trend of giant jackpots. Lottery officials changed the odds in recent years to lessen the chance of winning a jackpot, which in turn increased the opportunity for top prizes to reach stratospheric levels.
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'This really turned the tide': The Enigma machine and World War II in spotlight at U of A
It was created to be an unsolvable puzzle and its moniker, the Enigma, indicates as much. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first patent for the Enigma machine, a device used to encrypt secret communications for the German military during World War II. The machine exists at the nexus of military history, computing science, and mathematics, which could explain the 500-person crowd that's expected to attend a public lecture on the Enigma at the University of Alberta this week.
NewsReutersFacebook shuts accounts of marketing group in Brazil election
Facebook Inc said on Monday it had removed 68 pages and 43 accounts associated with a Brazilian marketing group, Raposo Fernandes Associados (RFA), for violating the social media network's misrepresentation and spam policies. The newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo said the group was the main network of support for far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro on the internet. Bolsonaro is expected to win a runoff on Sunday in Brazil's most polarized election in a generation in which social media has become the main battleground between the candidates.
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Police cleared in death of carjacking suspect at B.C. ferry terminal: watchdog
Police officers acted appropriately in dealing with a carjacking suspect as they attempted to arrest him at a ferry terminal in Nanaimo before he was fatally shot, British Columbia's police watchdog said in a report released Monday. The report from the Independent Investigations Office determined that the male, whose name and age have not released, shot himself as police also opened fire during the confrontation on May 8 at the Departure Bay ferry terminal .
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New Brunswick village lowers 'straight flag' after public backlash
Chipman's village council issued a statement Monday afternoon saying the flag was raised as a sign of support for all groups in the community, but it was removed as a result of "unintentional attention," and based on residents' feedback. "The straight flag is being seen as a flag of privilege and anti-minorities which our community and our council does not support," Mayor Carson Atkinson wrote.
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This is the end for Edmonton's End of the World
A popular but perilous lookout over Edmonton's river valley is getting a facelift and a new name. A set of stairs will cover a steep, dirt slope that leads to what is locally called the End of the World off Saskatchewan Drive near 74th Avenue. A railing will go up along the concrete wall at the top of the river bank.
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Launch of new iPhones helps chipmaker AMS's profit surge
In particular they hope for good sales of Apple's three new iPhones, which analysts think all include AMS's face recognition sensors. AMS does not identify its customers, but this was believed to be a reference to Apple. The optimism is also based on the fact that it has started to produce 3D face recognition sensors for two Android customers, the Swiss-listed company said.
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Whitehorse cemetery mystery laid to rest, partly
An amateur historian in Whitehorse has settled one gravesite mystery, while another lives on. Murray Lundberg started sleuthing earlier this month after renovation work at the Pioneer Cemetery uncovered a pair of large, unmarked graves. Lundberg had a hunch it might be the final resting place of Otto and Kate Partridge — the prominent couple who built Ben-My-Chree, an idyllic tourist retreat on Tagish Lake, a century ago — but he had no proof.
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'A great knowledge keeper': Mi'kmaw elder Murdena Marshall dies
Murdena Marshall, a Cape Breton Mi'kmaw elder and spiritual leader, has died. Marshall, 76, died Sunday night at her home in Eskasoni First Nation. Her health had been failing for years. Eskasoni Chief Leroy Denny said he is "overwhelmed" by the great loss to his community and nation.
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Calgary librarian's poem tapped for Alberta's first literary 'bookmark' in East Village
A poem written by a Calgary librarian will soon become Alberta's first bookmark, to be installed in the East Village, as part of a national literary initiative called Project Bookmark Canada. Rosemary Griebel's Walking with Walt Whitman Through Calgary's Eastside on a Winter Day is the poem that will be installed next fall. Shaun Hunter of the Calgary Bookmark Reading Circle says the bookmarks — Canadian literature printed on plaques and installed in locations relevant to the story or poem — are about putting a story in the place where it's set.
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Building playgrounds and relationships: Ahmadiyya Muslims and Standing Buffalo celebrate new play structure
A new playground for the children of the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation could also act as a way to learn and expand knowledge. Redman said the band paid for the materials while the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at volunteered to build it. In addition to exposing the children to new cultures, the new structure is also just safer, said Noella Eagle, principal of the Standing Buffalo school where the playground was built.
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Report casts doubt on value of protecting Chapter 19 in Cda-US trade talks
A new report from a left-wing think tank says the dispute-resolution tool at the heart of Canada's year-long trade battle with the United States has a spotty track record of helping Canadian exporters. The report, to be released Tuesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, explores whether protecting Chapter 19, one of the most intractable issues during the NAFTA talks, was worth all the grief. It says out of 54 complaints filed against the U.S. since 1994, Canada obtained some form of relief in only 12 of them, with the majority being terminated before any finding was issued.
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Author incomes drop to average of $9K in three years, says writers' union
A new survey suggests Canadian writers are earning 27 per cent less than they were three years ago. The Writers' Union of Canada says average incomes plunged to $9,380 in 2017 from $12,879 in 2014. The survey, titled "Diminishing Returns: Creative Culture at Risk," was conducted in spring 2018 and asked union members and other writers to share details of their 2017 income.
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Doctors see spike in limb paralysis in kids, following viral infections
Cases of a rare polio-like condition have begun turning up in some Canadian children, following reports of dozens of cases in the U.S. in recent weeks. Known as acute flaccid myelitis, the condition causes muscle weakness in one or more limbs, and typically occurs after some kind of viral infection. Dr. Jeremy Friedman, pediatrician-in-chief at the Hospital for Sick Children, wouldn't give an exact number, but said doctors at the Toronto hospital have seen less than 20 cases of limb-based paralysis since the beginning of September — with about a dozen of them confirmed as acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.
