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What's the big hairy deal about Sasquatch Sunset? The Bigfoot movie is dumb, gross and satisfying
News/Entertainment | Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTThough it can be confusing and sometimes repulsive, this story about a family of sasquatch is actually a mostly competent, heartfelt and touching story about simple humanity. Mostly. read more
Why Noah Kahan worried his song Growing Sideways was sending out a 'false message' about his mental health
Arts/Q | Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:04:00 EDTThe singer-songwriter sits down with Q’s Tom Power for a conversation about his mental health journey, authenticity and his latest album, Stick Season. read more
Norval Morrisseau's nephew, among those charged in massive art fraud case, reaches resolution with elders
News/Canada/Thunder Bay | Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:33:53 EDTBenjamin Morrisseau, the artist's nephew and one of the accused in the Norval Morrisseau art fraud ring case, has reached a resolution with elders as part of the restorative justice process. He appeared in a Thunder Bay, Ont., court on Thursday. read more
Taylor Swift's new album apparently leaks, causing social media chaos
News/Entertainment | Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:24:16 EDTThe hype behind Taylor Swift’s new album went into overdrive as it appeared to leak online two days ahead of its Friday release. Swifties started sharing tracks on X that they claimed to be from the singer's upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department. read more
Decades of rug hooking gave this 99-year-old a lifetime of friendship
| Thu, 18 Apr 2024 05:00:00 EDTShirley Carey has been an avid rug hooker for the last 40 or so years, but as she nears her 100th birthday, she's decided it's time to hang up her hooks. The CBC's Jane Sponagle visited Carey at her home in Avonport, N.S., to learn more about her storied time as a rug hooker. read more
The Rooms exhibit referring to Beothuk as 'Indians' unchanged years after promised review
News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador | Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:53:38 EDTChanges still haven't been made to an exhibit at Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial museum in St. John's that describes the Beothuk as "Indians," despite a promise that The Rooms's CEO made almost five years ago. read more
5 writers make the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize shortlist
Books/CBC Literary Prizes | Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:48:44 EDTRead the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on April 25, 2024. read more
Shopaholic author Sophie Kinsella reveals aggressive brain cancer diagnosis
News/Entertainment | Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:16:17 EDTBest-selling British author Sophie Kinsella announced Wednesday that she has glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. read more
Kanien'kehá:ka artist and activist is 1st Indigenous winner of Montreal arts prize
News/Indigenous | Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:11:35 EDTKatsi'tsakwas (Ellen Gabriel) is the first Indigenous artist to win the Grand Prix of the Conseil des arts de Montréal since the prize's launch in 1985. read more
Salman Rushdie details the 27 seconds of the knife attack that nearly ended his life
Radio/The Current | Wed, 17 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTAcclaimed author Salman Rushdie was attacked on a New York stage in August 2022 and suffered life-changing injuries. He spoke to CBC's The Current about his new book, in which he details the stabbing, imagines a conversation with the alleged attacker and shares how he beat the odds to survive. read more
Hugh Grant settles phone-hacking lawsuit with Murdoch-owned British tabloid the Sun
News/Entertainment | Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:02:22 EDTBritish actor Hugh Grant has settled a lawsuit against the publisher of the Sun tabloid newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house, his lawyer said in court documents on Wednesday. read more
Vancouver poet and translator George McWhirter makes shortlist for $130K Griffin Poetry Prize
Books | Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:47:43 EDTThe $130,000 prize is the world's largest prize for a single book of poetry written in or translated into English. It was also announced that St. John's poet Don McKay has won this year's $25K lifetime achievement award. read more
Israeli artist and curators decline to show work at Venice Biennale, call for ceasefire
News/World | Tue, 16 Apr 2024 08:47:15 EDTThe artist and curators representing Israel at this year's Venice Biennale announced Tuesday they won't open the Israeli pavilion exhibition until there is a ceasefire in Gaza and an agreement to release hostages. read more
Céline Dion's new documentary has an official release date
Music | Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:53:06 ESTPrime Video will premiere the film on June 25. read more
Deryck Whibley didn't know he'd end Sum 41 until he listened to their final album
Arts/Q | Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:02:33 EDTAfter 27 years, the Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41 is calling it quits. The frontman joins Tom to explain how the writing process helped him reach a decision he’s been debating for years, and how he told the band he was ending things. read more
Quebec wants to stop sky-high prices from ticket resellers. It won't be easy
News/Canada/Montreal | Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:00:00 EDTAfter several recent high-profile incidents where sports and music fans were gouged on ticket resale prices, the CAQ government is vowing to clean up the industry. Other provinces have tried, and failed. read more
Rust armourer sentenced to 18 months over fatal on-set shooting by Alec Baldwin
News/Entertainment | Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:32:32 EDTA New Mexico judge sentenced Rust movie armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to 18 months in prison for fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer by Alec Baldwin. read more
The Bluey season finale is here and grownups are not OK
News/Entertainment | Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:35:47 EDTGive parents some extra grace today. They've been through the emotional wringer thanks to a cartoon television show for children. read more
New miniseries delves into the murder of Victoria's Reena Virk
News/Canada/British Columbia | Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:00:00 EDTIn the fall of 1997, the community of Saanich was shaken by the murder of 14-year- old Reena Virk. She was killed by a group of teenagers, which sent shock waves across the rest of the country. Now Hulu has adapted the tragedy into a miniseries that’s set to stream on Disney+ in Canada starting May 8. read more
