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Soy, oat, almond and other drinks that bill themselves as “milk” can keep using the name, according to draft federal rules released Wednesday.

Toronto filmmaker Clement Virgo has worked in the industry for over two decades, yet he says he was surprised to find out that his coming-of-age film set in Scarborough is this year's leading film nominee heading into the Canadian Screen Awards.

TORONTO — U.S.-Canadian artist Tim Whiten has won the $75,000 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the Art Gallery of Ontario. As part of the 2022 prize, Whiten will get a solo exhibition at the Toronto gallery in 2025.

NEW YORK (AP) — The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching the pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 season for the fewest since 14 in strike-shortened 1980-81.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's iconic band Laibach will hold a concert in Ukraine's capital next month, saying Wednesday this will make them the first foreign group to perform a full show in Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion las

TORONTO — The world premiere of U.S. choreographer Helen Pickett’s “Emma Bovary” will open the next season of the National Ballet of Canada.

TORONTO — Country-pop superstar Shania Twain and alternative rock favourite Weezer are hitting the stage at this year's Ottawa Bluesfest.

TORONTO — The sale of Freshii Inc. to Montreal-based Foodtastic Inc. is complete. In a deal originally announced in December, the healthy fast-food chain says Foodtastic has acquired all of its voting shares at $2.30 per share.

Marc Bains was an active 23-year-old when he got what he thought was the flu or bronchitis. He couldn’t climb the stairs without getting out of breath. When he finally made it up to his bed, he couldn’t lie down flat without coughing.

LONDON (AP) — “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, Ukrainian musician Julia Sanina and British singer Alesha Dixon will host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, organizers announced Wednesday.