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EDMONTON — A disc jockey playing alt-rock tunes on Edmonton's airwaves on a late Sunday night introduces herself and jokes about being regularly asked about firmware updates. Her sarcasm, she says, also gets auto-corrected.

TORONTO — It's TIFF's 50th edition — TIFFty feels like something of a missed branding opportunity — and the event once known as the Festival of Festivals is going big. More than 200 features are scheduled to screen between Sept. 4 and 14.

Richard Linklater's film-about-a-film "Nouvelle Vague" will open the Vancouver International Film Festival in October.

MONTRÉAL — Less than seven per cent of music consumed in Quebec in 2024 on major streaming platforms came from Québécois artists.

EDMONTON — An Alberta cabinet minister is promising to follow the rules after an unusual late-night tour of the legislature last week for controversial American Christian singer Sean Feucht.

TORONTO — When Oasis fans said they wanted to be soaked in nostalgia, this isn't exactly what they had in mind.

TORONTO — Oasis has lifted restrictions for photojournalists covering the band's world tour just as it prepares for a series of shows in North America.

WEST KELOWNA — The City of West Kelowna, B.C., has cited public safety to deny a permit for a concert by American Christian singer Sean Feucht, who is outspoken in the Make America Great Again movement.

In 2021, a TikTok of Canadian rapper bbno$ raising his eyebrows to the beat of his single “Edamame” started gaining traction — and eventually changed the course of his career.

LAKE COWICHAN — Police on Vancouver Island say roadside checks set up for a Nickelback concert this month resulted in 142 breath demands and netted 18 alleged drunk drivers.