Category Archives: Entertainment
Canadians need to cut contacts by a quarter to control COVID-19 outbreak: Tam
New federal projections suggest that Canadians need to cut a quarter of their contacts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak under control, as several provinces wrestle with how far their lockdown measures should go to reinforce that message. The government re...
Ahead of the election, a landslide of documentaries
NEW YORK — The election has unleashed an avalanche of documentaries like no season before it. Dozens of films, exploring issues from gerrymandering to white supremacists, have sought to illuminate the many issues and trends voters are confronting at th...
Media election planners prepare for a night of mystery
NEW YORK — This coming weekend, CNN's Sam Feist will distribute to his staff copies of the testimony news executives gave to Congress when they tried to explain how television networks got 2000's disputed election so spectacularly wrong. It's required ...
Oosterhoff party was ‘reminded several times’ to follow COVID rules, restaurant says
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — A southern Ontario restaurant says members of a recent private party that included a provincial politician ignored pandemic-related safety guidelines. In a post on its Facebook page this week, Betty's Restaurant in Niagara Falls, ...
Canadians come together online to ring in U.S. election with cross-border stakes
In 2008, avid politico Daniel Roukema was moved to tears while watching the U.S. election at an Ottawa pub, the elated crowd around him breaking into cheers, when the newscaster announced that Barack Obama had been elected the first Black
Planned class-action suit against Facebook alleges misuse of personal information
OTTAWA — Two Facebook users are seeking damages on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Canadians whose personal data may have been improperly used for political purposes.The proposed class-action lawsuit filed by Calgary residents Saul Benary and Karma ...
Trudeau dodges questions on Trump, breaks down COVID Alert app on ’22 Minutes’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau didn’t take the bait when asked to weigh in on the coming U.S. presidential election during a recent appearance on a prominent Canadian comedy television show. Trudeau took questions from “This Hour has 22 Minutes” anchor ...
Trump rape accuser arrives to court for oral arguments
NEW YORK — A woman who says President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s arrived at a courthouse Wednesday to hear lawyers argue whether Trump can substitute the United States for himself as the defendant in her defamation lawsuit.
US hits Chinese media with new restrictions, upping tensions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is hitting Chinese media outlets in the U.S. with new restrictions, a move that will further foment tensions in already deteriorating ties between the world’s two largest economies as President Donald Trump seeks t...
Dutch king expresses regret at Greek family vacation
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch king issued a video message Wednesday saying he had “regret in the heart” and he shouldn't have flown to Greece for a family vacation last week, a trip that was quickly broken off amid
