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Q&A: Christopher Nolan on ‘Tenet’ home release
Christopher Nolan movies almost demand another look and " Tenet " is no exception. On Tuesday, audiences will finally be able to watch, re-watch and dissect the palindromic spy thriller starring John ...
Dec 10, 2020
Canadian junior men's hockey team releases seven players
RED DEER, Alta. - Host Canada released seven players Thursday and named its three goaltenders for the upcoming world junior men's hockey championship. The departure of goalie Brett Brochu and Tristan ...
Dec 10, 2020
Health workers report burnout amid second wave, ask public to obey health rules
VANCOUVER - Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. But she says it rose to a new level as th...
Dec 10, 2020
Canadian Lance Stroll "very satisfied" with strides made in F1 season
Canada's Lance Stroll started the Formula One season hoping to end a run of three largely frustrating seasons on the circuit. He enters this week's 2020 finale feeling "very satisfied" with his year a...
Dec 10, 2020
Montreal's St-Laurent Boulevard hit by Christmas tree-stealing 'Grinch'
MONTREAL - The merchant's association on Montreal's St-Laurent Boulevard says it has been the victim of a Christmas tree-stealing "Grinch." Tasha Morizio, the head of the merchant's association, says ...
Dec 10, 2020
Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime
And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture.... Oh, wait. This was 2020. The year everything stopped cold. Well, not really. Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 - highb...
Dec 10, 2020
Time magazine names BTS its Entertainer of the Year
NEW YORK - BTS has had more than just a "Dynamite" year - they've become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year. The magazine announc...
Dec 10, 2020
Canada's Davies, Buchanan make player-voted list of top 55 footballers in the world
Canadians Alphonso Davies, in a historic first, and Kadeisha Buchanan have both made FIFPRO's list of the top 55 soccer players in the world. Davies, one of 11 newcomers to the honour roll, is the fir...
Dec 10, 2020
Syrian refugees take citizenship oath on fifth anniversary of first arrivals
OTTAWA - A group of Syrian refugees is taking the Canadian citizenship oath in an online ceremony today to mark the fifth anniversary of when the first plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Canada...
Dec 10, 2020
Christine Sinclair's milestone 185th goal named Canada Soccer's Moment of the Year
Christine Sinclair's record-breaking strike at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in January has been named the 2020 Canada Soccer Moment of the Year. The Canada captain scored caree...
Dec 10, 2020