Category Archives: Arts
Quebec to compensate movie theatres for lost snack revenue after ‘Popcorngate’
MONTREAL — The Quebec government will compensate movie theatre owners for lost concession stand revenue, Premier Francois Legault said Thursday, following a disagreement that he dubbed "Popcorngate." The province has said movie theatres can reopen Feb....
Museum must ask ‘hard questions’ after racism, toxic workplace reports, says chair
VICTORIA — The Royal British Columbia Museum has been thrust into a public modernization of its internal and external culture after reports alleging racism and toxic working conditions at the institution, says the Crown corporation's board chairman.Dan...
Netflix plans to open an office in Canada and grow its relationship with its creators
TORONTO — Netflix plans to open an office in Canada in what the streaming giant calls "a big first step" toward content creation in this country. Netflix co-CEO and chief content officer Ted Sarandos says the California-based company is still figuring...
B.C. premier ‘alarmed’ by systemic racism allegations, promises anti-racism law
VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier says the government is working on anti-racism legislation that may be introduced this year. John Horgan also said Wednesday he was "alarmed" to hear allegations of racism at the Royal B.C. Museum, which should be a...
Royal B.C. Museum CEO Jack Lohman resigns, statement cites ‘internal issues’
VICTORIA — The chief executive officer of the Royal B.C. Museum is resigning.The museum's board of directors says Jack Lohman will step down Friday after nine years as CEO.In a news release, the board says Lohman's departure was "mutually agreed"
Politics, meet PlayStation: how 2020 ushered in the era of campaign videogaming
WASHINGTON — Call it the age of PlayStation politics. Where Bill Clinton went on MTV and Barack Obama seized on social media, modern-day Democrats see online video gaming as the next high-tech frontier for reaching young voters. And a Canadian compan...
Supreme Court sides with Germany in Nazi-era art dispute
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday in a multimillion-dollar dispute over a collection of religious artworks will make it harder for some lawsuits to be tried in U.S. courts over claims that property was taken from Jews during the
No longer sustainable for social media giants to self-police on content: Facebook
OTTAWA — It's no longer sustainable for social media companies to self-police content and time for governments to step in, the head of public policy for Facebook Canada said Friday. That's why the social media giant is welcoming ongoing work by
Heritage Ministry reviewing workplace harassment probe at Canadian Museum of History
OTTAWA — The Heritage Ministry says it’s reviewing the results of an independent investigation into harassment allegations at the Canadian Museum of History. The ministry revealed no details, citing the Privacy Act in guarding specific complaints and t...
Kitsch or artwork? Controversial monument unveiled in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia — Kitsch or an extraordinary piece of art? Depends on who you ask. Serbia’s president attended the unveiling on Wednesday night of a grandiose monument to a medieval monk and historic ruler which has come under fire from critics
