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Kai Thomas on the 'surreality' of winning the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut

Kai Thomas on the 'surreality' of winning the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut

TORONTO — Debut novelist Kai Thomas said he was struck by "surreality" when Margaret Atwood announced he had won the top fiction prize at the Writers' Trust Awards on Tuesday evening.
Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight, a moment they hope can be more than that

Native American storytellers enjoying a rare spotlight, a moment they hope can be more than that

NEW YORK (AP) — The financial crisis of 2008 hit Mary Kathryn Nagle differently. As a playwright and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, she saw parallels to events that negatively impacted Indigenous people centuries ago.
How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Hawaii's lush Kauai Island

How a massive all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple ended up on Hawaii's lush Kauai Island

KAPAA, Hawaii (AP) — It is the only all-granite, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West built without power tools or electricity, and it's nestled on one of the smaller islands in Hawaii surrounded by lush gardens and forests.
Accuser sues Bill Cosby for alleged abuse dating to 1980s under expiring New York survivors law

Accuser sues Bill Cosby for alleged abuse dating to 1980s under expiring New York survivors law

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who worked as a stand-in at “The Cosby Show” in the 1980s said in a lawsuit Tuesday that Bill Cosby drugged and sexually abused her after offering to mentor her in her acting career.
Feds set aside $7B from Canada Growth Fund for carbon-price contract guarantees

Feds set aside $7B from Canada Growth Fund for carbon-price contract guarantees

OTTAWA — Almost half of the Canada Growth Fund for clean technology investments will be allocated to special contracts intended to give companies the confidence they need to make major investments to lower their greenhouse-gas emissions.
Freeland's fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check

Freeland's fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check

OTTAWA — The Liberal government's fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it, while pledging to keep deficits in check.
Review: Bradley Cooper's 'Maestro' leaves many notes of Bernstein unplayed

Review: Bradley Cooper's 'Maestro' leaves many notes of Bernstein unplayed

Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” a high-wire act of a biopic, leaps constantly between on stage and off, flying through Leonard Bernstein’s very public life as a conductor while diving into his more private marriage to Felicia Montealegre.
Best Buy posts better-than-expected 3Q profits but sales sluggish amid spending malaise

Best Buy posts better-than-expected 3Q profits but sales sluggish amid spending malaise

NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 12-18

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 12-18

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 12-18: Nov. 12: Singer Brian Hyland is 80. Playwright-actor Wallace Shawn (“The Princess Bride”) is 80. Keyboardist Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MG’s is 79. Sportscaster Al Michaels is 79.
Federal government posts $8.2 billion deficit between April and September this year

Federal government posts $8.2 billion deficit between April and September this year

OTTAWA — The federal government recorded a budgetary deficit of $8.2 billion between April and September, $3.9 billion of which was in September.
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