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Indie bookstores avoid the worst - so far - from pandemic
May 27, 2021 - 6:47 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Through the first year of the pandemic, the country's independent booksellers have — so far — avoided disaster.
Apple CEO faces tough questions about app store competition
May 21, 2021 - 3:18 PM

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook described the company's ironclad control over its mobile app store as the best way to serve and protect iPhone users, but he faced tough questions about competition issues from a judge Friday about allegations he oversees an illegal monopoly.
Philip J. Smith, who led Shubert Organization, dies at 89
January 15, 2021 - 3:13 PM

NEW YORK - Philip J. Smith, who rose from box office treasurer at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway to chairman and co-CEO of the theatrical giant Shubert Organization, has died from complications from COVID-19, according to his daughters. He was 89.
Indie bookstores launch anti-Amazon 'Boxed Out' campaign
October 13, 2020 - 11:42 AM

NEW YORK - With many independent bookstore owners facing the most dire financial crisis in their lifetimes, the American Booksellers Association has teamed with an award-winning advertising agency known for “culture hacking” to dramatize the threats of the pandemic and the growing dominance of Amazon.com.
Retailers reinventing brick-and-mortar stores to lure back wary shoppers
September 30, 2020 - 7:15 AM

HALIFAX - A sparkly jewelry store with interactive displays. An upscale parka retailer with a walk-in freezer. A cosmetics store with virtual makeup to try on.
NY Fashion Week 2020: Pared down, and virtually all virtual
September 11, 2020 - 10:58 AM

NEW YORK - No celebs packing the front rows. No paparazzi chasing models down the streets. No stiletto-heeled crowds. No crowds at all, actually. Is there even a point to doing New York Fashion Week in 2020?
Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe
May 27, 2020 - 11:04 AM

Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? AT&T sure hopes so.
Unsold book returns in coming weeks could be another blow for publishers
May 21, 2020 - 12:52 PM

As publishers try to deal with the massive disruption to the book industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are bracing for another big blow that could arrive over the coming weeks as more retailers open their doors.
Film featuring Property Brother Jonathan Scott in Hot Docs lineup, but no dates set
April 14, 2020 - 11:51 AM

TORONTO - The Hot Docs festival hasn't set a new date for this year's postponed event but it's unveiled the full lineup nonetheless, including an environmental film featuring "Property Brothers" star Jonathan Scott and a look at the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Streaming platforms boost offers, studios release movies at home in response to COVID-19
March 17, 2020 - 2:34 PM

TORONTO - Streaming platforms are joining Hollywood in throwing away the rule book in hopes to attract viewers stuck inside during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ghosts of Kelowna partiers past heard between rows of ill-fated trees
- This story was first published March 17, 2021. If you’ve ever walked through the rows of eastern white cedars near Kelowna’s Guisachan house, you may have heard the faint clip-clop of horses and echoes of laughter that has

When to pick those pumpkins as nights get colder in Kamloops, Okanagan
Pumpkins are reaching maturity and turning orange in many backyards in Kamloops and the Okanagan as Halloween approaches but with reports of frosty nights coming, some residents are wondering if they should pull their pumpkins off the vine early.

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Entertainment News

Indie bookstores avoid the worst - so far - from pandemic

Apple CEO faces tough questions about app store competition

Philip J. Smith, who led Shubert Organization, dies at 89

Indie bookstores launch anti-Amazon 'Boxed Out' campaign

Retailers reinventing brick-and-mortar stores to lure back wary shoppers

NY Fashion Week 2020: Pared down, and virtually all virtual

Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe

Unsold book returns in coming weeks could be another blow for publishers

Film featuring Property Brother Jonathan Scott in Hot Docs lineup, but no dates set

Streaming platforms boost offers, studios release movies at home in response to COVID-19

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