Canadian search for next Maria von Trapp begins
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Thousands of actresses throughout  Canada will be vying for a chance at stardom when auditions  begin on Friday to select who will play Maria von Trapp in a  new production of "The Sound of Music," which will debut in  Toronto in September.
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German actress Diane Kruger is well  aware she is Hollywood's latest rising star, but with new film  "Wicker Park" debuting on Friday and "National Treasure" this  fall, she wants to show some staying power.
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Canada has that seven-year itch. It&#39;s been that long since Canada won gold at the World Junior hockey Championship, something the team hopes to rectify starting Saturday in the opening game against Slovakia (4 pm et on TSN) in North Dakota.
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What will Germany's new polar bear celebrity be called?
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A small Swedish town is searching for a bride-to-be who is an Ingrid Bergman look-alike to take part in a reenactment of the film star's first wedding in 1937.
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The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal centre said it had so far identified 320 potential suspects in eight countries in its "Last Chance" campaign to catch remaining Nazi war criminals before they die out.
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The big names in women's skiing are hitting form just in time for the start of next week's world championships, promising some fascinating battles.
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Arts & entertainment: Sting and company play to an enthralled 20,000 - including Penelope Cruz - as their first tour in 23 years kicks off in Vancouver.
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By Autumn Grooms, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Jun. 11--For a young Rosalie "Roz" Schnick, vacation meant grabbing her rod and reel and heading to a Canadian lake in search of northern pike.
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Queensland Parks and Wildlife officers have begun searching for the dingo that entered a resort room on Fraser Island in the state&#39;s south-east and approached a baby lying on a bed.
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A London author wins a prize for her debut novel, which is set in Canada - a country she has never visited.
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Coordinated international efforts led to the capture in Brazil of a retired Uruguayan colonel wanted in "dirty war" probes in both Argentina and Uruguay, officials said Tuesday.
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Canada&#39;s Polaris Music Prize is  making rising stars from the country&#39;s mushrooming alternative  scene.
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Bowing to mounting pressure from sick and dying Canadians, the federal government will begin talks to compensate &quot;forgotten&quot; victims of the tainted blood scandal.
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Authorities search for the perpetrator who left a possible fuel-air explosive near Piccadilly Circus.
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By Melissa Eddy Associated Press  BUCHENWALD, Germany -- The hunt begins with a number.
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TORONTO (CP) - European cosmetics chain Sephora USA will open its first Canadian store in Toronto's Eaton Centre in November.