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Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war
April 01, 2025 - 1:00 AM

TORONTO - Canada's literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.
An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case
March 31, 2025 - 11:51 PM

TOKYO (AP) — An independent investigation of a sexual assault case linked to one of Japan’s top celebrities said Monday that Fuji Television Network failed to support its female employee, adding that management lacked human rights awareness.
From paper fish to flying penguins, April Fools’ Day is sure to bring plenty of practical jokes
March 31, 2025 - 11:05 PM

From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and don’t leave your back open to any stray sticky notes.
'JFK' director Oliver Stone to testify to Congress about the newly released assassination files
March 31, 2025 - 11:02 PM

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy's assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents surrounding the killing.
Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson to star in 4 biopics of The Beatles
March 31, 2025 - 8:56 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr — along with the newly announced stars set to play them.
Theater Review: The new Broadway 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Kieran Culkin is perfectly cast
March 31, 2025 - 8:36 PM

Here it comes, almost like clockwork: Another “Glengarry Glen Ross” opens on Broadway with a new set of actors trying their luck with David Mamet's cutthroat look at business, like a “Hunger Games” for real estate.
A court is allowing the release of most records in the Gene Hackman death investigation
March 31, 2025 - 7:04 PM

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A court on Monday cleared the way for the release of investigative records from the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, as long as depictions of the deceased couple are blocked from view.
Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for order targeting ticket scalpers
March 31, 2025 - 5:43 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump invited Kid Rock into the Oval Office on Monday and signed an executive order that he says will help curb ticket scalping and bring “commonsense” changes to the way live events are priced.
Comic Amber Ruffin cut from White House correspondents' event after angering Trump team
March 31, 2025 - 3:35 PM

When comic Amber Ruffin was announced as the featured entertainer at this year's White House Correspondents Association dinner, the group's president said she'd be “roasting the most powerful people on all sides of the aisle and the journalists who cover them.”
Broadway welcomes 'Real Women Have Curves: The Musical,' which lets the Latino community see itself
March 31, 2025 - 12:49 PM

The immigrant experience takes center stage on Broadway this spring as “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” explores Latino culture in America with a predominantly Latino cast playing characters not usually portrayed on the biggest stages.
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THOMPSON: Is dining etiquette a thing of the past?
OPINION I read a recent article that tried to make a case for getting rid of some rules of dining etiquette. Those rules, said the writer, “are made to be broken.” The writer’s logic seems flawed, at

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Don't demolish old Kelowna homes to make way development, recycle or move them
As Kelowna’s population grows the city is trying to densify housing and that means replacing single-family homes, but a business has proposed that those homes can be repurposed rather than destroyed. Renewal Development and Light Hous

Entertainment News

Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war

An outside probe says a Japanese TV station didn't support its worker in a sexual assault case

From paper fish to flying penguins, April Fools’ Day is sure to bring plenty of practical jokes

'JFK' director Oliver Stone to testify to Congress about the newly released assassination files

Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson to star in 4 biopics of The Beatles

Theater Review: The new Broadway 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Kieran Culkin is perfectly cast

A court is allowing the release of most records in the Gene Hackman death investigation

Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for order targeting ticket scalpers

Comic Amber Ruffin cut from White House correspondents' event after angering Trump team

Broadway welcomes 'Real Women Have Curves: The Musical,' which lets the Latino community see itself

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