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Cineplex drip pricing case headed for appeal could serve as warning
October 07, 2025 - 7:46 AM

TORONTO — Cineplex Inc. is headed to court Wednesday to fight a decision — and record $38.9-million penalty — that experts say should serve as a warning for other companies.
Venice Film Festival kicks off with Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia' and questions about Gaza
August 27, 2025 - 1:44 PM

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Venice Film Festival kicked off with the world premiere of Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” Wednesday night on the Lido. The opening ceremony of the festival also saw Francis Ford Coppola presenting filmmaker Werner Herzog with a lifetime achievement prize.
Inside the high-stakes battle to win a New York City casino license
July 17, 2025 - 1:06 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A Caesars Palace casino in the heart of Times Square. A sprawling gambling hall along Coney Island’s iconic boardwalk. A Hard Rock casino complex next to the home stadium of baseball’s New York Mets.
Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit
June 30, 2025 - 8:15 AM

MONTREAL — For 100 years, H. Fisher & Fils was a fixture of Montreal’s garment industry, serving up orders of buttons, bolts of cloth and sewing supplies from its storefront on St-Laurent Boulevard in the city's Plateau neighbourhood.
'Sinners’ mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler’s 1st original film
April 15, 2025 - 6:29 AM

Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies.
Kashmir's Sufi music lovers are sticking with the audio cassette
March 15, 2025 - 8:08 PM

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine crackles for a moment before Ghulam Ahmad Sofi's otherworldly voice fills his shop with verses about divine love and the pain of separation from the beloved creator of the universe.
'It's beautiful to see': Regina non-profit looks to open ribbon skirt regalia library
January 04, 2025 - 5:00 AM

REGINA - It's not uncommon for Claire Tuckanow to hear a sewing machine whirring in the background while she works inside Regina's mâmawêyatitân centre.
Nintendo reports lower profits as demand drops for its aging Switch console
November 05, 2024 - 1:34 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, said Tuesday that its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale.
Apparel retailers like Arc'teryx see in-store repair centres as 'the future'
October 30, 2024 - 1:00 AM

TORONTO - In a nook of the gleaming new Arc'teryx store on Toronto's Bloor Street West, Jesse Chan and Yamel Zacarias rifled through a rack of jackets most would consider misfits one October afternoon.
Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld will all close ahead of Milton
October 08, 2024 - 2:16 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando’s tourism machine began grinding to a halt Tuesday with at least three major theme parks and the main airport announcing closures ahead of Hurricane Milton ’s expected hit as a major storm in Florida.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

Entertainment News

Cineplex drip pricing case headed for appeal could serve as warning

Venice Film Festival kicks off with Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia' and questions about Gaza

Inside the high-stakes battle to win a New York City casino license

Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit

'Sinners’ mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler’s 1st original film

Kashmir's Sufi music lovers are sticking with the audio cassette

'It's beautiful to see': Regina non-profit looks to open ribbon skirt regalia library

Nintendo reports lower profits as demand drops for its aging Switch console

Apparel retailers like Arc'teryx see in-store repair centres as 'the future'

Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld will all close ahead of Milton

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