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'Pre-loved doesn't mean second-best': Young Canadians thrift holiday gifts

'Pre-loved doesn't mean second-best': Young Canadians thrift holiday gifts

MONTREAL — Marissa Myers has been shopping almost exclusively at second-hand stores for the past three years.
Music, exercise, gray hair: Pandemic practices that live on

Music, exercise, gray hair: Pandemic practices that live on

NEW YORK (AP) — Dusting off old musical instruments, appreciating the outdoors more meaningfully, dumping the hair dye and letting the gray fly forever.
Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize

Comedian and actor Adam Sandler to get 2023 Mark Twain Prize

Over the years, The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has gone to such luminaries as Richard Pryor, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, George Carlin and Ellen DeGeneres.
CBC's 'The Porter,' Nathan Fielder's 'The Rehearsal' nab Spirit Awards nominations

CBC's 'The Porter,' Nathan Fielder's 'The Rehearsal' nab Spirit Awards nominations

TORONTO — Canadian series "The Porter" has landed two nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Huge US study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers

Huge US study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers

More than 155,000 Americans who shared their DNA for science are about to learn something in return: Do they have some particularly worrisome genes? It’s part of a massive project to unravel how people’s genetics, environments and habits interact to
Broadway writer of '& Juliet' builds show with huge pop hits

Broadway writer of '& Juliet' builds show with huge pop hits

NEW YORK (AP) — We first see Juliet in the Capulet tomb, devastated. She's wakes up to see her Romeo dead. But before she plunges a dagger into her heart, she starts ... singing. What comes out is, improbably, a Britney Spears hit. “Oh, baby, baby.
'Supplies are tight': Canadian Blood Services concerned about current inventory

'Supplies are tight': Canadian Blood Services concerned about current inventory

OTTAWA — Canadian Blood Services says it's been successful in attracting new donors, but a slew of unfilled or cancelled appointments over the past few months has left the blood supply lower than it would like.
Review: Sam Fender whets appetites for his arena rock moment

Review: Sam Fender whets appetites for his arena rock moment

“Live From Finsbury Park" and “Seventeen Going Under Deluxe Edition" by Sam Fender (Geffen) It's an interesting play to release a live album just as you're emerging as an artist of arena rock stature.
Apple-Books-Top-10

Apple-Books-Top-10

US Bestseller List - Paid Books 1. Tom Clancy Red Winter by Marc Cameron - 9780593422762 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781668001233 - (Atria Books) 3.
Apple-Movies-Top-10

Apple-Movies-Top-10

Movies US charts: 1. Black Adam 2. Illumination Presents: Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch 3. Top Gun: Maverick 4. Triangle of Sadness 5. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas 6. She Said 7. Elf (2003) 8. Smile 9. Ticket to Paradise 10.
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