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Former CBC host Cathy Alex, who died this week at 62, is being remembered for her resounding laughter, love of the outdoors and commitment to the communities she served during her 33-year career. Here's what former colleagues shared about their time working with Alex in Thunder Bay, Ont.
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The Louvre is putting a higher price on attendees, raising admission prices on Wednesday for most non-European visitors by nearly half as it tries to shore up finances after repeated strikes, chronic overcrowding — and a brazen French Crown Jewels heist that shook the institution.
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Rachel Reid, the Canadian author behind the Game Changer book series that inspired the show, has previously confirmed on Reddit that Shane is "probably autistic" — though she didn't set out to write him as such. However, she said she doubted he'd "ever realize it himself."
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Jazz supergroup The Cookers have cancelled their New Year's Eve performance at the Kennedy Center, after a folk singer and dance group did the same in previous days. The cancellations come after a Trump-appointed board voted to add the current president's name to the building, which was named in memorial for assassinated former president John F....
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Tickets for the finale — which runs in select theatres on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day — were released early in December and sold out quickly. That's left fans scouring Facebook Marketplace for resale tickets and disappointed that resale has come to the cinema.
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The Chinese-born and Toronto-bred actor says Hollywood has backtracked on the diversity improvements it had made in recent years, and is once again treating Asian-led projects as a gamble — despite numerous box office hits with Asian leads proving otherwise. That's why he says the new TV show he's starring in feels rare.
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British police had been investigating comments by the rap duo Bob Vylan, which included an on-stage chant of "death, death to the IDF," made at the Glastonbury music festival in June. Police concluded on Tuesday that the comments did not meet the threshold for criminal prosecution.
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Rapper Nicki Minaj on Sunday made a surprise appearance at a gathering of conservatives in Arizona that was memorializing lateactivist Charlie Kirk, and used her time on stage to praise U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance, calling them"role models" for young men.
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Given how weird they've gotten, why are language experts picking internet-based fads as the words of the year? What arcane process leads to words of the year that vacillate from the brain-numbing to the politically charged? And, given how mad it makes everyone, why are they even bothering to do it?
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Despite a seemingly unending wave of bad news about the industry, 2025 managed to serve up more than a few phenomenal movies. From historical biopics to animated outings to a water polo camp from hell, here are some of our favourite releases from the past year.
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Nick struggled with drug addiction and homelessness from the time he was a teenager, and made a film in his 20s alongside his dad about a young man's struggles with addiction. Los Angeles Police said Monday that Nick was in custody related to their death and was being held without bail.
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The word "slop" was first used to refer to soft mud in the 1700s, but has since evolved to mean of little value — especially when referring to online content of low quality that's made with artificial intelligence. Runners-up include "touch grass," "performative" and "6-7."
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Most people are familiar with the pains associated with buying tickets for high-profile events: Face value tickets are expensive — if they're even available, and tickets often sell out fast, only to pop up on resale sites, where they're sold for exorbitant prices. But there are ways to push back, experts say, especially as people voice increasing...
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After a lifetime of writing beloved children's books, Robert Munsch is now living with dementia and Parkinson's disease. In an exclusive interview that he calls his "last hurrah," the bestselling author tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault about the world that shaped his stories, revealing a secret plan to release dozens of books...
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Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia have also announced their plans to boycott the event, citing Israel's conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza. This comes after the European Broadcasting Union, made up of a number of European public broadcasters, cleared Israel to participate last week.
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One Battle After Another collected nine nominations for the 83rd Golden Globes, while Sentimental Value has eight, Sinners seven, and Hamnet six. Performances by stars of The White Lotus and Adolescence helped those films rack up a number of nominations on the TV side, too.
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From hit dramas like Stranger Things and The Summer I Turned Pretty, to attention grabbing reality shows, many shows on streaming platforms that made their name on binge watching are now releasing episodes weekly or in bite-sized chunks. Experts say the format and social factors are driving some fans to catch episodes when they air, though with...
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Music streaming giant Spotify has delivered its annual recap — giving its hundreds of millions of users worldwide a look at the top songs, artists, podcasts and other audio that filled their ears over the past year. Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Drake and Billie Eilish garnered lots of attention in 2025.
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