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TORONTO — The annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards says it's skipping its annual celebration of Toronto's past theatre season because of a dearth of live shows amid the pandemic.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Norwegian Cruise Line has resumed ticket sales for voyages to Alaska after the U.S. Senate passed a bill last week that could help save the state's upcoming cruise season.

TORONTO — Philosopher and author Joseph Heath has won the Donner Prize for "The Machinery of Government: Public Administration and the Liberal State.

MADRID (AP) — A senior Spanish government official says he expects British and other vacationers to return to Spain within weeks as the country races to revive its tourism industry amid the COVID-9 pandemic.

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A married couple has pleaded guilty to using doughnuts and pastries to lure black bears in rural Florida, allowing packs of dogs to attack them and then posting the gruesome videos on social media.

LONDON (AP) — A final novel by John le Carré will be published this fall, 10 months after the spy writer’s death at the age of 89. Publisher Viking said Wednesday that “Silverview,” le Carré’s 26th novel, will be published Oct.

NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Porter has broken his silence over his HIV diagnosis, saying he told nearly no one for 14 years out of shame and fear of retaliation and marginalization in his industry. “The truth is the healing. And I hope this frees me.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A recent increase of people giving up pets to an animal shelter in Juneau has shelter managers concerned that people going back to work as coronavirus pandemic restrictions ease can no longer care for the pets they had.

WINNIPEG — A Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada to get out of jail.

TORONTO — The pandemic-era challenges of last month's Oscars struck a chord with Beth Janson, head of the Canadian Screen Awards academy, and not just on a planning level.