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Performers anxious as East Coast Music Awards week set to begin in Fredericton

Performers anxious as East Coast Music Awards week set to begin in Fredericton

FREDERICTON — Andy McLean remembers arriving in Saskatoon in March 2020 for the Juno Awards, only for the event celebrating Canada's music industry to be cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As restrictions ease and offices reopen, Tim Hortons' downtown restaurants rebound

As restrictions ease and offices reopen, Tim Hortons' downtown restaurants rebound

In one of the surest signs Canadian workers are returning to downtown offices, Tim Hortons says sales at its "super urban" restaurants are rebounding to near pre-pandemic levels.
Cast of Broadway's 'Spring Awakening' reunite and reminisce

Cast of Broadway's 'Spring Awakening' reunite and reminisce

NEW YORK (AP) — While many of John Gallagher Jr.'s peers went to college, he didn't. His university became “Spring Awakening.
UN: Obesity levels in Europe at 'epidemic proportions'

UN: Obesity levels in Europe at 'epidemic proportions'

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic proportions," with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories.
Review: 'Doctor Strange 2’ gets weirder, scarier, messier

Review: 'Doctor Strange 2’ gets weirder, scarier, messier

Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it’s hard to go back.
Sunflowers: Popular, native and, for some, newly meaningful

Sunflowers: Popular, native and, for some, newly meaningful

The annual sunflower (Helianthus annus) has a long history in North America, with evidence of its cultivation for food, ceremonial and medical use by Native Americans dating back to at least 1,000 B.C.
Review: In 'Happening,' a riveting abortion drama

Review: In 'Happening,' a riveting abortion drama

“Happening,” Audrey Diwan's Golden Lion-winner at last year's Venice Film Festival , is set in 1963 France but the period detail isn't prominent.
Powerful French abortion drama ‘Happening’ lands in US

Powerful French abortion drama ‘Happening’ lands in US

It’s 1963 in France and Anne is an ambitious, 23-year-old college student who becomes pregnant. She doesn't want to be. She's not ready to be a mother. But abortion isn’t legal in the country and won’t be for another 12 years.
Instacart adds Metro and Giant Tiger to app as it aims to spur easing pandemic demand

Instacart adds Metro and Giant Tiger to app as it aims to spur easing pandemic demand

Grocery delivery startup Instacart is adding more Canadian stores to its app as it expands despite mounting competition, rising inflation and easing demand.
Nunavut Inuit 25 per cent more likely to face complications after surgery: study

Nunavut Inuit 25 per cent more likely to face complications after surgery: study

A study from an Ottawa hospital suggests that Nunavut Inuit are 25 per cent more likely to experience complications after surgery than non-Inuit patients, a result researchers say may be because of barriers to timely and culturally sensitive health c
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