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Nine art projects share $1.3 million Canadian Heritage grant for Riopelle anniversary

Nine art projects share $1.3 million Canadian Heritage grant for Riopelle anniversary

MONTREAL — Nine cultural projects have been chosen to share a $1.3-million Canadian Heritage grant to create artworks for the 100th anniversary of artist Jean Paul Riopelle’s birth.
Wall Street opens higher, on track to close March with gains

Wall Street opens higher, on track to close March with gains

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, keeping the market on track for a winning March despite a long list of worries being thrown at it. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher early Friday.
The $26-billion Rogers-Shaw deal: a timeline of key events

The $26-billion Rogers-Shaw deal: a timeline of key events

Rogers Communications Inc's $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. cleared the last regulatory hurdle Friday, more than two years after the deal was first announced.
Mena Massoud carves out his own path with ‘Evolving Vegan’ after post-'Aladdin' slump

Mena Massoud carves out his own path with ‘Evolving Vegan’ after post-'Aladdin' slump

TORONTO — Leading up to the opening of Disney's live-action "Aladdin" remake in 2019, Mena Massoud was at a pivotal moment in his career he felt would catapult him forward — he was the lead in the much-anticipated reboot alongside Will Smith and Naom
Berlin museum presents 100 works by artist Gerhard Richter

Berlin museum presents 100 works by artist Gerhard Richter

BERLIN (AP) — A new show of works by one of Germany's most famous living artists, Gerhard Richter, opened at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie museum on Friday. “Gerhard Richter.
Palm weaving workshops join faith, culture for Palm Sunday

Palm weaving workshops join faith, culture for Palm Sunday

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As new volunteers kept streaming into the Church of the Incarnation, Reynaldo Hidalgo prepped fresh palm fronds for them to weave into elaborate designs that will be blessed at services on Palm Sunday, the start of Christianity’s h
Charles III commorates WWII dead, child refugees in Hamburg

Charles III commorates WWII dead, child refugees in Hamburg

BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III commemorated the more than 30,000 people, mostly German civilians, who were killed in the Allied bombing of Hamburg almost 80 years ago as he visited the northern city Friday on the last leg of his first foreign trip si
Gwyneth Paltrow gets vindication at ski collision trial

Gwyneth Paltrow gets vindication at ski collision trial

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow wasn’t to blame for a 2016 collision with a retired optometrist on a beginner run at a posh Utah ski resort during a family vacation, a jury decided Thursday following a live-streamed trial that became a pop cul
Europe's inflation eases to 6.9% as energy falls but food up

Europe's inflation eases to 6.9% as energy falls but food up

LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency slowed to the lowest level in a year as energy prices dropped , but food costs were still on the rise, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to hike interest rates further
UK china maker rolls out souvenirs for king's May coronation

UK china maker rolls out souvenirs for king's May coronation

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England (AP) — With just five weeks before King Charles III's coronation, a British manufacturer of fine bone china is busy making “God Save The King” commemorative plates and mugs for the historic occasion.
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