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Shaw Festival reports operating deficit amid other festivals’ financial woes
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. – A popular southern Ontario theatre festival is the latest to speak up…
‘Dragon Ball’ creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68
TOKYO (AP) — Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular…
Virginia budget bill leaves out governor’s $2 billion deal to lure NBA and NHL teams from Washington
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A proposal to lure the the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s…
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra will tour Asia for the first time in June
NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra will tour Asia for the first time…
In the news today: Six people dead in Ottawa, Israeli real estate controversy
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Calgary Stampede banned from 2024 Pride parade ‘for the foreseeable future’
CALGARY – The Calgary Stampede has been banned from participating in this year’s Pride parade…
Top Virginia Senate negotiator vows to keep Alexandria arena out of the budget
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A top Democratic Virginia lawmaker vowed Wednesday to keep language enabling…
How Putin’s crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When charismatic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a…
Movie Review: ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ is a sweet, fun and well executed passing of the torch
“Kung Fu Panda 4” finds our trusty, rotund hero Po at a career crossroads and…
A Missouri boarding school employee is charged with abuse
An employee of a rural Missouri boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy’s face…
Eight winners of Governor General’s Arts Awards announced
OTTAWA – The Canada Council for the Arts has named this year’s eight winners of…
Fantasy, reality, nostalgia: Shuvinai Ashoona among Governor General’s Awards winners
Dozens, maybe hundreds, of Inuit artists have sketched polar bears. Only one is likely to…
Chopin lovers can’t meet their hero, but this pianist got to do the next best thing
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pianist Eric Guo did everything but travel through time to commune…
Colin Firth’s costume from famous ‘Pride and Prejudice’ wet-shirt scene nets a tidy sum at auction
LONDON (AP) — What’s arguably the most famous wet shirt in television history sold for…
Best cameo? Best hat? Ahead of the Oscars, AP hands out its own awards
The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important.…
Booth where Tony Soprano may have been whacked – or not – sells for a cool $82K to mystery buyer
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. (AP) — The ice cream parlor booth where Tony Soprano may or may…
Stories of migration from around the world are longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
LONDON (AP) — Novels that give voice to the often unheard stories of migrants around…
Music Review: Bleachers edge past The Boss as Jack Antonoff finds a new sort of peace
Self-titled albums are the traditional way for a musical act to introduce themselves. Here I…
With release of 10th novel, Allison Winn Scotch explains ways writers need help from their readers
For her 10th novel, best-selling author Allison Winn Scotch was inspired by the idea of…
Former Speaker Gingrich donates congressional papers to New Orleans’ Tulane University
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has donated his congressional papers to…
Some urban lit authors see fiction in the Oscar-nominated ‘American Fiction’
NEW YORK (AP) — Omar Tyree, author of such urban lit narratives as “Flyy Girl”…
Like Banksy, France’s mystery ‘Invader’ marks cities with art. He could surprise the Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — For the Paris Olympics, it could almost be a new sport: Score…
DeSantis names Disney World district administrator to run elections in Democratic Orange County
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new job for the man who…
Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it’s an election year
NEW YORK (AP) — Through one of the most tumultuous periods in Oscar history, through…