Lifestyles
Vancouver Island University students make the world’s largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO — A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of…
Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction
MONTREAL — The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure,…
Kristen Stewart was always ready to direct
CANNES, France (AP) — Kristen Stewart has been talking about directing as long as she’s…
Drake shares petition calling for Tory Lanez’ release from prison: ‘Come home soon’
TORONTO — Drake has shared a petition calling for Canadian rapper Tory Lanez to be…
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…
CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
OTTAWA — At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect…
Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song ‘Wasted Love.’ Israel comes 2nd
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Classically trained Austrian singer JJ won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest…
Musician charged with Chris Brown in alleged London nightclub assault
LONDON (AP) — A fellow musician and friend of Chris Brown has been charged alongside…
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…
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…
Still finding trouble in the woods: ‘Blair Witch Project’ star at center of Maine road dispute
FREEDOM, Maine (AP) — Heather Donahue is walking through the woods once again. The star…
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”…
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…
Patients in Quebec’s Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province’s…
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington,’ about America losing its mind in 2020, finds a mixed reception at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — Ari Aster’s COVID-era Western “Eddington,” about a 2020 America quickly losing…