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CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17. AMERICAN HUSTLE, GRAVITY LEAD NOMINEES. The Abscam scandal crime caper American Hustle and 3D space saga Gravity lead the race for the 86th annual Academy Awards, Hollywood's top film honour.

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CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17

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  1. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 AMERICAN HUSTLE, GRAVITY LEAD NOMINEES • The Abscam scandal crime caper American Hustle and 3D space saga Gravity lead the race for the 86th annual Academy Awards, Hollywood's top film honour. • American Hustle, a disco-era conman tale, and Gravity, which follows an astronaut adrift in space,each nabbed 10 nominations — with both included in the coveted best-picture category. • Dallas Buyers Club, Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée's indie drama about scrappy, HIV-positive, alternative medicine champion Ron Woodroof, is also up for best picture.

  2. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 • 12 Years a Slave, the story of a free black man forced into slavery. • Somali pirates kidnap thriller Captain Phillips. • Unusual, futuristic romance Her. • Father-son road-trip drama Nebraska. • Philomena, a heartfelt comedy-drama about a woman's search for the child she was forced to give up. • The Wolf of Wall Street, a dark comedy-drama about the rise of a debauched broker. • http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2430357480/

  3. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 • BEST ACTRESS • Amy Adams in American Hustle, • Cate Blanchett in as Blue Jasmine's • Sandra Bullock's in Gravity • Judi Dench in Philomena • Meryl Streep's in August: Osage County.

  4. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 • BEST ACTOR • Christian Bale in American Hustle • Bruce Dern in Nebraska • Leonardo DiCaprioin The Wolf of Wall Street • Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave • Matthew McConaughey's in Dallas Buyers Club.

  5. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 CANADA JOB GRANT ADS COST $2.5M FOR NON-EXISTENT PROGRAM • The federal government blanketed the internet with ads and bought pricey TV spots during playoff hockey as part a $2.5-million publicity blitz to promote a skills training program that doesn't yet exist • TV commercials for the Canada Job Grant often ran twice per game last May during the widely watched Hockey Night in Canada NHL playoff broadcasts • The problem: The program was never launched and is still on hold. The job grants were announced in the 2013 federal budget, but it called for an agreement with the provinces, which have so far refused to buy in.

  6. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 • The proposed job grants would give workers $15,000 each for training, with the provinces kicking in one-third of the cost. • But provinces have yet to sign on, complaining the proposed program claws back $300 million in federal funds now used to help disadvantaged workers. • http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-job-grant-ads-cost-2-5m-for-non-existent-program-1.2495196 Advertising Standards Canada, the advertising industry's self-regulating body, ruled the TV commercial was misleading because the job grant program hadn't been approved.

  7. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 HOUSE PRICES UP, HOUSE POOR CANADAINS ALSO RISE • The average price of a Canadian home increased 10.4 per cent to $389,119 in December, compared to the same month in 2012. • The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) released data Wednesday showing that a total of 457,893 homes changed hands in Canada last year, an increase of about 0.8 per cent from 2012's level. • As has been the case for some time now, CREA says the large jump in prices was largely due to what was happening in Canada's most active and expensive markets.

  8. CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17 • Economist consider someone house poor when they spend over 30% of their total income on housing related expenses • Using that indicator 25% of Canadian households are currently house poor, 3.3 million households • These owners are particularly vulnerable to interest rate hikes • http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/average-canadian-house-price-up-10-to-389-119-1.2497324 25% of the people seeing credit counsellors own their own home. Total sales have fell for three straight months

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