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Nick Cannon’s 5-month-old son, Zen, has died of brain cancer
Nick Cannon's five-month-old son Zen has died from brain cancer. During a taping of The Nick Cannon Show on Tuesday — which Cannon referred to as a "celebration of life" — the former America's Got Talent host told the audience that his…
In grade 5, he wrote his favourite teacher a book. 25 years later, they’ve reconnecte…
A London, Ont., teacher and his former student have reconnected, just in time for the holidays. Longtime and semi-retired teacher Don Naylor was digging around his basement recently, looking for Christmas decorations when he found a…
Canada Post unveils stamp celebrating literary luminary Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is being celebrated for her contributions to Canadian literature with a special stamp, unveiled on Thursday. Canada Post launched the stamp at a Toronto event, which included speeches by filmmaker Sarah Polley and…
Not just Adele: Soaring vinyl sales have been causing capacity woes for years, indust…
Everybody seems to be blaming massive orders of Adele's new album for a historic backlog at vinyl manufacturers, but Nashville singer Lindsay Ell says people should go easy on the pop superstar. Last year, as the Calgary-born country…
Travis Scott concert death toll rises to 9
A 22-year-old college senior who was critically injured at the Astroworld music festival in Houston last week has died, the family's lawyer said Thursday, making her the ninth person to die in a crowd surge after fans pushed toward the…
Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by Kirk Douglas, her sister alleges
For decades, it's been one of Hollywood's darkest rumours: A teenage Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by a top movie star more than twice her age when she met with him at a hotel in Los Angeles. In a memoir coming out next week,…
Our Lady Peace looks to the future by bundling NFTs with new album
For Our Lady Peace lead vocalist and songwriter Raine Maida, "back to normal" was never the plan for coming out the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the Toronto-born singer and songwriter says he had his eyes on the future…
The dream comes alive – stepping into the world of Dune
Director Denis Villeneuve and actor Rebecca Ferguson talk about bringing the epic sci-fi novel Dune to life and gambling on a sequel. www.cbc.ca 2021-10-22 08:00:00
Schitt’s Creek star Noah Reid to make Broadway debut in The Minutes
Schitt's Creek star Noah Reid is set to make his Broadway debut. Producers say the Toronto actor and musician, who played Patrick on CBC's Schitt's Creek, has joined the cast of the Tracy Letts play The Minutes. The Steppenwolf Theatre…
Keanu Reeves among 2021 inductees to Canada’s Walk of Fame
Actors Keanu Reeves and Graham Greene, retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire and musician Bruce Cockburn are among this year's inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame. Singer-songwriter Jully Black, late blues artist Salome Bey,…