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Manito Ahbee: Manitoba powwow, one of North America’s largest, celebrates 20 years
WINNIPEG — For many familiar with Canada’s powwow scene, Maggie White is known as the…
Musician charged with Chris Brown in alleged London nightclub assault
LONDON (AP) — A fellow musician and friend of Chris Brown has been charged alongside…
CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
OTTAWA — At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect…
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen faces showdown against ‘the world.’ Will it end in a draw?
BERLIN (AP) — Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game of chess against…
How to watch and vote in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Sprinkle on the sequins or settle down on the sofa: It’s…
Key moments from first week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Testimony in the sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy”…
Cassie testimony against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ends after she spent days describing abuse
NEW YORK (AP) — R&B singer Cassie finished testifying in the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex…
Ostrich cull opponents swamp rural B.C. officials with gratitude over landfill ruling
Aidan McLaren-Caux is used to being stopped in grocery store aisles by people who want…
Eurovision explained as the extravagant pop contest reaches its grand final
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — There has already been triumph and tears, singing onstage and in…
Kazuo Ishiguro: ‘When you go from book to film, that’s a fireside moment’
CANNES, France (AP) — Kazuo Ishiguro ‘s mother was in Nagasaki when the atomic bomb…
Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the…
The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie on stage has been sentenced to 25 years in prison
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A man who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife in front…
Cannes promotional stunts, once a feature of the festival, go missing
CANNES, France (AP) — You can get nostalgic about almost anything at the Cannes Film…
Melanoma is on the rise and young people aren’t using enough sunscreen, doctors say
TORONTO — When Christie Garofalo’s husband asked her about a mole on her abdomen, she…
TIFF to introduce new audience choice award for international films
TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is introducing a new people’s choice award for…
‘Doctor Who’ and Eurovision will unite for a night of music and intergalactic adventure
LONDON (AP) — “Doctor Who” and Eurovision unite for an evening of music and intergalactic…
US cable giants Charter and Cox, under assault by streaming services, pursue $34.5 billion merger
Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine…
BBC report of Céline Dion’s jet landing in Basel fuels Eurovision excitement
TORONTO — Rumours that Céline Dion might swoop into Switzerland for the Eurovision Song Contest…
Filipino-Canadian creator Isabel Kanaan turned TikTok videos about immigrant experience into sitcom success with ‘Abroad’
TORONTO — When Isabel Kanaan moved from the Philippines to Burlington, Ont., at 16, she…
What Depardieu’s conviction and Cannes’ response means for #MeToo in France
PARIS (AP) — For powerful men in France’s film industry, this was a week of…
Estonia’s Tommy Cash says Italians aren’t in a froth over his Eurovision song ‘Espresso Macchiato’
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — One song generating a lot of froth at the Eurovision Song…
Former President George W. Bush draws inspiration close to his Dallas home in his latest paintings
DALLAS (AP) — Former President George W. Bush didn’t need to look too far for…
Sebastián Yatra releases new album ‘Milagro’ inspired by life’s small miracles
MEXICO CITY (AP) — For Colombian singer-songwriter Sebastián Yatra, life is full of small miracles…
War reaches Ukrainian rock band Ziferblat even at the Eurovision Song Contest
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s musicians can’t escape war, even at the Eurovision Song Contest.…