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Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act
June 25, 2025 - 1:14 PM

OTTAWA — Google asked the federal broadcast regulator Wednesday to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms.
Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
June 20, 2025 - 1:38 PM

OTTAWA — Music streamer Spotify says Canada’s federal broadcast regulator shouldn’t impose rules meant for radio on streaming services.
House approves Trump's request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid
June 12, 2025 - 3:19 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly voted Thursday to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump's administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.
Trump booed and cheered at the Kennedy Center while attending 'Les Misérables'
June 11, 2025 - 8:49 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The drama in the audience rivaled the spectacle on stage on Wednesday at the Kennedy Center, where President Donald Trump went to the opening night of “Les Misérables” as he tightens his grip on the venerable performing arts institution.
Nintendo's Switch 2 soups up the graphics, but does it deliver the games?
June 09, 2025 - 8:46 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — I'm cruising around Bowser's Castle with my old pal Toad. It's not exactly relaxing, what with all the lava pits and banana peels and turtle shells littering the road. Add 23 other characters — is that a cow driving? — who are trying to get to the finish line first, and it's chaos.
Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies, dividing cable and streaming services
June 09, 2025 - 6:56 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery will calve off cable operations from its streaming service, creating two independent companies as the number of people “cutting the cord” brings with it a sustained upheaval in the entertainment industry.
NPR stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners during disasters
May 03, 2025 - 1:04 PM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a street at the top of a ridge trying to get cell service last fall was Blue Ridge Public Radio. And as they stood in line for water or food, the latest news they had heard on the station was a frequent topic of conversation.
Smurfs, dragons and aliens: Family movies lean into magic and wonder this summer
May 02, 2025 - 6:10 AM

“How to Train Your Dragon” filmmaker Dean DeBlois has heard the “remake fatigue” concerns. In Hollywood’s quest to get family audiences to movie theaters, the industry has often opted to re-package something familiar, lately in the form of a live-action, or hybrid remake. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
May 01, 2025 - 8:59 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
'TV is becoming niche': Streaming grows in Canada despite rising prices, report says
March 24, 2025 - 1:05 AM

Canadians are increasingly opting to watch TV through paid streaming platforms such as Netflix or Disney Plus despite the prices of those services continuing to rise.
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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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Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act

Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC

House approves Trump's request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid

Trump booed and cheered at the Kennedy Center while attending 'Les Misérables'

Nintendo's Switch 2 soups up the graphics, but does it deliver the games?

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies, dividing cable and streaming services

NPR stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners during disasters

Smurfs, dragons and aliens: Family movies lean into magic and wonder this summer

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR

'TV is becoming niche': Streaming grows in Canada despite rising prices, report says

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