Sep 29 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Toronto Blue Jays have clinched a playoff spot. The team is idle today but secured a wild-card berth when the Baltimore Orioles dropped a 5-3 decision to the Boston Red Sox.
Sep 29 2022 — The Canadian Press — Prime Video is pulling a new documentary out of its tickle trunk. The Amazon-owned streaming service says production begins this fall on the feature-length look at the legacy of Canadian children’s entertainer Ernie Coombs, better known as Mr. Dressup. The as-yet-untitled project will trace the origins of “Mr. Dressup,” which saw Coombs draw on an […]
Sep 28 2022 — Associated Press — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said. Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., died at the Los Angeles home of a friend, longtime manager Jarez Posey told The Associated Press. The […]
Sep 28 2022 — CTV News — Canadian actor Robert Cormier, who appeared in shows like “Heartland” and “American Gods,” has died at age 33. An employee at Ridley Funeral Home confirmed the death to CTV News Toronto, but did not reveal the cause and declined to comment further. According to an obituary on the funeral home’s website, Cormier died on Sept. […]
Sep 26 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The trophy awarded to Canada's athlete of the year is getting a new name. The Lou Marsh Trophy has been handed to the country's top athlete, male or female, annually since 1936, with Nancy Greene, Wayne Gretzky, Bianca Andreescu and Alphonso...
Sep 26 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Barenaked Ladies will be decking concert halls with festive cheer over the Christmas season. The Toronto pop-rock quartet says it's laying down plans to take its Hometown Holidays with Barenaked Ladies tour across much of Canada. The 14-date ...
Sep 20 2022 — The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to one of the worst flood-hit areas in southern Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, as the death toll from months-long deluges rose to 1,559. T...
Sep 20 2022 — The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House will become a concert venue Friday evening when Elton John performs. The event is called “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to a poem by Seamus Heaney that President Joe Biden often quotes. ...
Sep 18 2022 — The Canadian Press — Political satirist and TV personality Rick Mercer has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The CBC star captured the $25,000 prize for his memoir “Talking to Canadians,” published by DoubleDay Canada. The book charts the Newfoundland and Labrador native’s rise to TV stardom and details behind-the-scenes moments from small-screen hits including “Rick Mercer […]
Sep 15 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — In the new sports documentary "Black Ice," viewers learn that in 1906 hockey player Eddie Martin became the first to use a technique known as the slapshot — a back swing of the stick known for its power as it makes contact with the puck. But ...
Sep 15 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — HALIFAX — The Halifax-based satirical magazine Frank has announced its demise after more than three decades of publication. A notice on the publication's website says the publishers "regret to announce the death of Frank Magazine Atlantic ... which occ...
Sep 15 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie has had enough. Coming off a difficult summer that included a bout of COVID-19, the acclaimed singer-songwriter's usually optimistic tone is undercut by a sense of frustration. Over the past few months, on at least two inst...
Sep 14 2022 — Associated Press — A federal jury in Chicago has found R. Kelly guilty on three counts of child pornography, but acquitted him on a charge of conspiracy to obstruct justice that accused him of fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.
Sep 14 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Standing in front of a bank of screens, Jen (LemonKiwi) Pichette's arms are in constant motion as she documents the carnage in front of her. "Toronto runs London over like a truck," she says, her voice rising. Down below at the other end of t...
Sep 14 2022 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — "The People's Joker," an unauthorized reimagining of Batman's universe through the eyes of a transgender woman, has been pulled from the Toronto International Film Festival after a single screening over rights issues. TIFF says on its website...