Tag Archives: Entertainment

TORONTO - John Vaillant's bestselling book about the Fort McMurray wildfire is shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. "Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast" is one of five n...

MONTREAL - For decades, Cecile Thornton had little motivation to speak French. Born into the minority francophone community in Lewiston, Maine, she says she and her family were often the target of rid...

MONTREAL - An underachieving comedy festival in England and attempts by Facebook and YouTube to compete with the increasingly popular TikTok are among the factors that led revenue to plummet at the Ju...

MONTREAL - Documents made public by an insolvency trustee show Montreal comedy festival Just for Laughs and affiliated companies owe millions of dollars in unpaid debts beyond what was included in a c...

NEW YORK (AP) - Bannings and attempted bannings of books soared again in the U.S. last year, continuing to set record highs, according to a new report from the American Library Association. On Thursda...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The shakeup of Walt Disney World's governing district more than a year after it was taken over by Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees continued Wednesday with the departure of its board...

NEW YORK (AP) - Longtime newsman Chris Wallace isn't only thinking about this year's presidential election. The CNN anchor has written a book on the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, nar...

CALGARY - A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sex...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The court fight between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointees over control of Walt Disney World's government won't be decided until at least this summer, provided the t...

MONTREAL - Some of Hollywood's top actors and directors are getting a treat made exclusively in Quebec to sweeten their Oscar night victories - or make bitter losses a little easier to swallow. Sagar,...