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Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, dies at 47
April 19, 2024 - 3:59 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47.
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department' is here. Is it poetry? This is what experts say
April 19, 2024 - 3:58 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”
Here’s how Phish is using the Sphere's technology to give fans something completely different
April 19, 2024 - 3:39 PM

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phish opened its four-night stay at the Sphere Thursday with a four-hour show that used the advanced technology in the $2.3 billion arena to deliver a show that even the band's most ardent fans have never experienced before.
Jonathan Tetelman recalls his journey from a nightclub DJ to an international opera star
April 19, 2024 - 2:41 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Tetelman transformed from a nightclub DJ to an international opera star, a music detour that was quite, well, operatic.
Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist
April 19, 2024 - 2:14 PM

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground dominated by a riot of gigantic red podiums.
John Adams' Nativity oratorio 'El Nino' gets colorful staging at the Met
April 19, 2024 - 1:53 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The children crumple and fall to the stage, victims of King Herod’s assassins. Then the Virgin Mary, in a voice brimming with anguish and outrage, memorializes the student protesters who were massacred by Mexican armed forces in 1968.
Has Salman Rushdie changed after his stabbing? Well, he feels about 25, the author tells AP
April 19, 2024 - 12:50 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two years after the knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same.
TikTok testing Instagram-rival app TikTok Notes in Canada
April 19, 2024 - 12:31 PM

TORONTO - TikTok is testing an app that rivals Instagram in Canada.
The Body Shop Canada explores sale as demand outpaces inventory: court filing
April 19, 2024 - 11:51 AM

TORONTO - The Body Shop Canada is exploring a sale as it struggles to get its hands on enough inventory to keep up with "robust" sales the retailer landed after announcing it would file for creditor protection and close 33 stores.
Not a toddler, not a parent, but still love 'Bluey'? You're not alone
April 19, 2024 - 10:59 AM

PHOENIX (AP) — A small blue dog with an Australian accent has captured the hearts of people across the world.
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JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Penticton business set to launch cannabis consumption patio on 4/20
A Penticton cannabis retailer will be opening its consumption patio this weekend and the owner says it'll be the perfect spot for customers to safely enjoy a toke. Cannabis Cottage is hosting a launch party for its all-new designat

Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. go back to long-term May 1
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby is warning real estate investors and speculators that his government is tilting the rules towards families seeking homes as it tightens the rules on short-term rentals. Eby said Thursday th

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