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Apple cancels film premiere of The Banker after unspecified ‘concerns’
Apple Inc has cancelled the world premiere of movie The Banker, one of its first original films, as it investigates unspecified concerns surrounding the period drama. The Banker had been scheduled to...
Picasso portrait snags Canadian record-setting $9.1M at Toronto auction
A Pablo Picasso portrait has sold for $9.1 million, making it the most valuable work by a non-Canadian artist to sell at auction in the country. The 1941 painting sold...
Eleanor Collins, Canada’s first lady of jazz, turns 100
At 100 years age, Canadian jazz icon Eleanor Collins has one mantra — just take it one day at a time. "That's the thing that my mother said to me...
Maestro Fresh-Wes hip hop classic gets thumbs-up from Canadian Songwriters’ Hall of Fame
Groundbreaking hip hop artist Wes Williams, better known to many as Maestro Fresh-Wes, is happy to celebrate his past success, but he's not content to rest on his sacroiliac. On...
B.C. politicians view screening of supermodel’s transition journey on Transgender Day
Members of British Columbia's legislature marked Canada's Transgender Day of Remembrance by viewing a documentary that follows a depressed, suicidal female teenager's three-year surgical and life-changing transition to a beaming...
TIFF lays off 15 employees ‘across all departments’
The organization behind the Toronto International Film Festival says it has laid off 15 staff members after what it calls "a comprehensive review" of its five-year strategic plan. A TIFF...
Grammy snubs and surprises: New artists reign supreme, K-pop falls short
The 62nd Grammy Awards nominations opened with a pronouncement — and what could be seen as a warning. "What happens this year on the Grammys stage will be unexpected and unapologetically authentic,"...
Canadians Shawn Mendes, Drake, Jessie Reyez earn Grammy nods
Shawn Mendes, Drake, Jessie Reyez, Michael Bublé and Northern Cree are among the Canadians headed to the Grammy Awards. The U.S. Recording Academy announced the latest batch of contenders for the...
Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X nominated for Grammy Awards
Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X — new artists who made musical breakthroughs over the past year — lead this year's contenders vying for the Grammy Awards. Singer, rapper...
Emily Carr, Joan Mitchell artworks take the auction spotlight
Artwork by Emily Carr, Joan Mitchell and a solid contingent of female artists takes the spotlight at auction in Toronto Wednesday, at a time when the art world is making greater efforts at...