National Lifestyle

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When it comes to acting, Maria Bakalova considers herself to be a person of extremes. “Cinema is supposed to be provoking.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Margret Yama’s phone screensaver is a picture of her cousin, Rifkatu Galang, who is still held by Boko Haram extremists nearly nine years after she and 275 other girls were seized from their school in northeastern Nigeria.

YELLOWKNIFE — From legislative chambers to classrooms, and on the radio and TV, Indigenous languages are spoken and heard every day across the North thanks to dedicated elders, teachers, translators and broadcasters.

The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travelers from China, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of rapper Theophilus London filed a missing persons report with Los Angeles police this week and are asking for the public's help, saying he hasn't been seen in months.

TORONTO — As the drummer of 1970s Canadian pop-rock band Wednesday, Randy Begg may have sat near the back of the stage, but friends say his energy and passion were always front and centre in life.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Things had gotten a little real on the set of “ Corsage ,” but nobody expected the star, Vicky Krieps, to jump out the window that day.

As of Jan. 1 pharmacists in Ontario will be allowed to prescribe treatments for 13 common conditions, but that doesn't mean they'll all be ready to do it.

Duey “Duke” Wright, a radio mogul who built Midwest Communications into a multistate operation, has died. He was 83. Wright passed away on Dec.

CLARK'S HARBOUR, N.S. — Coastal communities across Atlantic Canada were aching Wednesday after the loss of a fisherman in Nova Scotia this week.