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TORONTO — Beloved TV sitcom dad Alan Thicke is being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Friday for a trio of popular theme songs he helped create. The late actor, who grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ont.

Is it safe for schools to reopen during the pandemic? It depends on how widespread COVID-19 infections are in the community and the safety measures the school takes.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The first cruise in an already decimated southeast Alaska cruise season came to a devastating end Wednesday when a small ship carrying 36 passengers returned to Juneau because one of the guests had tested positive for COVID-19.

LOS ANGELES — The brazen humour of “The Ren & Stimpy Show” will be revisited in a new Comedy Central version of the animated series.

LOS ANGELES — Kaley Cuoco was looking for her next project three years before “The Big Bang Theory” ended. She found it reading a snippet about a book on Amazon.

Selena Gomez is taking the heat in the kitchen. The singer-actress slices and dices in “Selena + Chef,” debuting Aug. 13 on the new HBO Max streaming service. The 10-episode series was shot in the kitchen of Gomez’s new Los Angeles-area house.

LOS ANGELES — For Bette Midler and Sarah Paulson, making HBO's “Coastal Elites” in pandemic-forced isolation proved an unsettling challenge. “It was just bizarre, completely bizarre, because it leads you ...

TORONTO — Sports fans can't pack into arenas this summer, but a new Toronto drive-in theatre hopes to get them a bit closer to the action.

TORONTO — When Andrea MacDonald begins working from home each morning, keeping her daughters busy is rarely a worry. Grace, 9, and Rose, 5, have spent the last two months being read Dr. Seuss books by Twitter Inc.

TORONTO — A couple dozen sportswriters sat physically distanced at a makeshift work area on the 200 level at Rogers Centre for the Toronto Blue Jays' first intrasquad game of summer training camp.