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As Nashville toasts Anne Murray, stars call for Country Music Hall of Fame induction
NASHVILLE — With Canadian flags waving in their hands and shouts of admiration echoing from…
Kelsey Grammer, 70, announces the birth of his 8th child: ‘Isn’t that lovely?’
It’s a boy — named Christopher — for 70-year-old actor Kelsey Grammer and his wife…
Pressure builds on Prince Andrew to vacate mansion he rents for the nominal sum of a peppercorn
LONDON (AP) — The latest chapter in the saga haunting the House of Windsor could…
Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in British sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers,’ dies at 93
LONDON (AP) — Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic…
The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits
NEW YORK (AP) — Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and…
French senators say security at the Louvre is ‘not in line’ with modern standards and demand action
PARIS (AP) — A delegation of French senators visited the Louvre on Tuesday and acknowledged…
How Americans will be celebrating Halloween, according to a new AP-NORC poll
NEW YORK (AP) — Sherry Jenkins is a Halloween person by default. She lives in…
Audit finds federal department couldn’t account for 132 Indigenous artworks
OTTAWA — The federal government has lost track of more than 130 Indigenous artworks and…
David Eby says British Columbia’s anti-tariff ads, aimed at Americans, will go ahead
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby said the province plans to push ahead with…
Ford says he won’t apologize for anti-tariff ads that scuttled trade talks with U.S.
OTTAWA — After Ontario’s anti-tariff TV ad blitz scuttled trade talks, Premier Doug Ford vowed…
Anne Murray says she’s ‘nervous’ but wants the Jays to ‘win so badly’ at World Series
NASHVILLE — Anne Murray is keeping her expectations in check, but says she desperately wants…
Louvre heist leaves a cultural wound – and may turn French crown jewels into legend
PARIS (AP) — The robbery at the Louvre has done what no marketing campaign ever…
Sean Baker, Finn Wolfhard among investors to rescue Vancouver’s art-deco Park Theatre
VANCOUVER — A beloved Vancouver movie theatre has been rescued from closure by an investment…
Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Jack DeJohnette, a celebrated jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis…
Producers pay damages to settle libel suit over movie about search for King Richard III
LONDON (AP) — It was a true story stranger than fiction: The body of England’s…
Drake surprises fans at dancehall star Vybz Kartel’s historic first Canadian show
TORONTO — When Drake was a teenager, he’d stand outside Toronto’s long-gone Escape Nightclub handing…
‘Yeah, boyeeee’: Flavor Flav gives bobsled and skeleton a try, joins team as hype man for Olympics
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — At 66 years old, Flavor Flav went 67 mph. That…
FIFA opens 2nd phase of World Cup ticket sales with exclusive slots for US, Canada, Mexico
FIFA began the process of selling another 1 million tickets for next year’s World Cup…
Judd Apatow welcomes us into his comedic life with the illuminating scrapbook memoir ‘Comedy Nerd’
NEW YORK (AP) — Judd Apatow likes to keep stuff. He even goes as far…
Mexican regional music went global – now women are demanding their turn
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda,…
‘Chainsaw Man’ anime film topples Springsteen biopic and ‘Black Phone 2’ at the box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A big-screen adaptation of the popular anime “Chainsaw Man” has beaten…
Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum
PARIS (AP) — Two suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels…
Nelly Furtado says in social media post she’s stepping away from performing
TORONTO — Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado says she’s stepping away from performing “for the foreseeable…
A documentary highlighting the 2021 Fairy Creek standoff makes its N.S. debut
HALIFAX — A documentary on British Columbia’s Fairy Creek blockade is making waves in Nova…