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Review: The pain and beauty of ‘Crimes of the Future’

Review: The pain and beauty of ‘Crimes of the Future’

Pain is a essentially a thing of the past for some in David Cronenberg’s “ Crimes of the Future ,” a dense, gorgeous and grotesque meditation on bodies, creation and art.
Austin is largest US city to challenge 2020 census numbers

Austin is largest US city to challenge 2020 census numbers

One of the most booming cities in the U.S. over the past decade thinks that it grew even bigger than the U.S. Census Bureau says it did. Austin, Texas, became the largest U.S.
Stylish, green, available: Antique furniture is new again

Stylish, green, available: Antique furniture is new again

There’s always been a taste for antique furnishings. These days, a widely acquired taste. Antiques are hot partly because of supply chain delays and higher prices for many custom or mass-market pieces.
Quebec is no Louisiana, experts say as premier accused of stoking immigration fears

Quebec is no Louisiana, experts say as premier accused of stoking immigration fears

MONTREAL — Premier François Legault's assertion that Quebec risks turning into Louisiana if the province doesn't have more control over immigration is based more in pre-election posturing than reality, opposition politicians and experts said this wee
Doja Cat, Drake, Ari Lennox lead BET Awards nominations

Doja Cat, Drake, Ari Lennox lead BET Awards nominations

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Doja Cat could make the BET Awards her world later this month. The chart-topping performer scored six nominations at the show airing live on June 26 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Tenille Townes, Lindsay Ell, the Reklaws to play Nashville North at Calgary Stampede

Tenille Townes, Lindsay Ell, the Reklaws to play Nashville North at Calgary Stampede

TORONTO — Tenille Townes, Lindsay Ell and the Reklaws are among the stars of Canadian country music booked for this year's Nashville North at the Calgary Stampede.
Author Dionne Brand to helm new publishing program with Knopf

Author Dionne Brand to helm new publishing program with Knopf

TORONTO — Dionne Brand, a formidable figure of Canadian poetry, is set to helm a new publishing program.
France to give queen Republican Guard horse for her jubilee

France to give queen Republican Guard horse for her jubilee

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said his country would make a present of a horse to Queen Elizabeth II, to mark the celebrations of her 70 years on the throne .
The mint's one-kilogram platinum coin fetches more than $1.2 million at auction

The mint's one-kilogram platinum coin fetches more than $1.2 million at auction

OTTAWA — A one-kilogram platinum coin encrusted with hundreds of diamonds fetched more than $1.2 million at auction.
Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere

Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere

OSUN, Nigeria (AP) — As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease's spread have long b
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