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'All good things must come to an end': The Who announce North America farewell tour dates
May 08, 2025 - 9:45 AM

LONDON (AP) — British rock band The Who are to say their final goodbye to North America this summer.
A board game born in Mexican prisons is bringing together people from all walks of life
December 22, 2024 - 8:12 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a Sunday afternoon in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood, Rosa María Espinosa joins nearly 80 men under a park pavilion to play poleana, a board game requiring mental dexterity that was born in the city's prisons nearly a century ago.
Cineplex to make online purchase fee more obvious amid tribunal case
November 06, 2024 - 11:43 AM

TORONTO - Cineplex Inc. says it will continue adding a fee to some online ticket purchases but will adjust how the charge is communicated to moviegoers.
Ticketmaster's pricing for Oasis tickets is under investigation in the UK
September 05, 2024 - 11:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the way more than one million tickets were sold for next year's reunion concerts from iconic 1990s Britpop band Oasis.
In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there's more to the story
May 14, 2024 - 10:29 AM

Few artists have a neat origin story, but Kathleen Hanna, the feminist punk pioneer and celebrated frontwoman whose rallying cry of “girls to the front” inspired generations, may have a pretty convincing one.
A dozen fresh-picked holiday gift ideas for gardeners
November 20, 2023 - 12:22 PM

The best holiday gifts for gardeners are the ones that keep their minds in the dirt, even during the off-season.
A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know
September 21, 2023 - 10:32 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — There will be no Emmy Awards tonight and there are thousands of auto workers on picket lines in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio in a seemingly rapid reemergence of organized labor this year.
Kevin Conroy, a defining voice of Batman, dies at 66
November 11, 2022 - 12:35 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Conroy, the prolific voice actor whose gravely delivery on “Batman: The Animated Series" was for many Batman fans the definitive sound of the Caped Crusader, has died at 66.
'A backlist Christmas': Booksellers fear stockouts amid supply chain woes
November 18, 2021 - 12:34 PM

TORONTO - As COVID-19 restrictions shuttered bookstores across the country last year, Dundurn Press president and publisher Scott Fraser says he feared the crisis would deliver a death blow to one of Canada's largest independent publishing houses.
Humans back at work? Gifts that help dogs handle anxiety
November 09, 2021 - 5:53 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A lot of that human-pet bonding during the pandemic is slowly coming to an end as more offices reopen, so what's a lonely dog to do?
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THOMPSON: More questions than answers following Trump's attack on Iran
OPINION Just six months ago, President Donald Trump said he would “stop the chaos in the Middle East…prevent world war three”. Last week, President Trump ordered the bombing of three Iranian nuclear

iN NUMBERS: Beer, wine and spirits in Kamloops, Okanagan
Everyone loves to go on about how great the wine is in the Okanagan, but good ol’ beer and liquor is too often overlooked. Here are some numbers for wine, beer and spirits in Kamloops and the Okanagan: 8,830: Acres of viney

Texas governor calls for special session after vetoing a bill to ban THC-infused goods
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill that would have banned consumable hemp products containing THC ingredients in the state, but said he's open to lawmakers passing a new effort to regulate what has become a boomin

Central Okanagan needs 20,000 new homes in five years
Cities around the Central Okanagan have been figuring out how many homes they need to build to keep up with the rising demand, but the regional district has taken a step back to look at the bigger picture. The Regional District of the Centr

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'All good things must come to an end': The Who announce North America farewell tour dates

A board game born in Mexican prisons is bringing together people from all walks of life

Cineplex to make online purchase fee more obvious amid tribunal case

Ticketmaster's pricing for Oasis tickets is under investigation in the UK

In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there's more to the story

A dozen fresh-picked holiday gift ideas for gardeners

A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know

Kevin Conroy, a defining voice of Batman, dies at 66

'A backlist Christmas': Booksellers fear stockouts amid supply chain woes

Humans back at work? Gifts that help dogs handle anxiety

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