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Grammy Awards ceremony postponed due to Omicron variant risks
The upcoming Grammy Awards were postponed Wednesday due to what organizers called “too many risks” due to the Omicron variant. No new date has been announced.
05 Jan 2022 | Canada -
Defined-benefit pensions can withstand possible Omicron challenges, reports say
Canadian defined-benefit pension plans are in stronger positions to withstand the potential challenges ahead from the Omicron variant after performing well in 2021,…
04 Jan 2022 | Canada -
Canada’s richest CEOs saw their second-best year during COVID
Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had their second-best year ever in 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic left this country in the worst economic downturn since the Gre…
04 Jan 2022 | Canada -
BlackBerry scraps services for several models, phones to stop working this week
Many of BlackBerry Ltd.’s mobile phones will stop reliably working on Tuesday, after the company decommissions several of its services.
03 Jan 2022 | Canada -
Apple becomes 1st company to reach $3 trillion market value
Apple Inc on Monday became the first company with a $3 trillion stock market value, lifted by investor confidence that the iPhone maker will keep launching best-sel…
03 Jan 2022 | Canada -
Betty White’s death garners reaction from Hollywood’s old and young
Celebrity reactions poured in after beloved Hollywood star Betty White died on Friday at age 99, weeks away from her 100th birthday.
31 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Unvaccinated Joe Rogan cancels Vancouver show due to B.C. vaccine mandates
Joe Rogan has cancelled his upcoming Vancouver show due to COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the province.
30 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2021
Saying goodbye is never an easy thing to do. Every year we say farewell to people in our lives — sometimes it’s to our loved ones, and sometimes it’s to the people …
30 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Canada Pension Plan premiums are going up more than planned. Here’s what we know
Jan. 1 is going to feel like Groundhog Day for all those paying into the Canada Pension Plan. Like last year, contributions are going up again by more than original…
29 Dec 2021 | Canada -
‘Come From Away’ permanently closes in Toronto
em>Come From Away</em> has permanently closed in Toronto.
28 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Canadian director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58
Québécois director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series “Big Little Lies” and whose 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” earne…
27 Dec 2021 | Canada -
‘Exceptional day’: Canadian scientists rejoice successful launch of space telescope
As the world tuned in on Christmas morning to see NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope lift off, Canadian scientists who played a crucial part in its creation were emo…
25 Dec 2021 | Canada -
‘Home Alone’ actor who played Buzz arrested for domestic assault
em>Home Alone</em> actor Devin Ratray surrendered to authorities in Oklahoma on Wednesday after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend, police said.
24 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Actor Alicia Witt’s parents found dead inside home during wellness check
The parents of actor Alicia Witt were found dead inside their Massachusetts home by police after she hadn’t heard from them in several days and asked a relative to …
23 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Alan Cross: How do we solve a problem like Mariah?
Mariah Carey is everywhere at this time of year. You can’t leave the house without being exposed to her ultra-perky 1994 Christmas hit, <em>All I Want for Christmas is …</em>
19 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Mario Lopez talks ‘Saved By the Bell’ reboot success and saying goodbye to Screech
Mario Lopez talks about Saved By the Bell as if it’s an old friend.
17 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Bruce Springsteen sells entire song catalogue to Sony in $500M deal
Multiple Grammy winner Bruce Springsteen has sold his masters and music publishing rights to Sony Music in a deal worth about US$500 million, entertainment publicat…
16 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Reddit files paperwork to go public
Reddit Inc, whose message boards became the go-to destination for day traders during this year’s meme stock frenzy, said on Wednesday it had confidentially filed f…
16 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Line 5: Enbridge seeks to have oil pipeline case decided in U.S. federal court
Enbridge moved Wednesday to shift to federal court a Michigan lawsuit seeking shutdown of an oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes.
16 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Amazon Web Services outage resolved, company says
Amazon Web Services was among several online platforms reporting outages Wednesday morning, according to an online monitoring platform.
15 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Inflation: What Omicron could mean for prices in 2022
If you’re wondering what inflation will be like in 2022, economists have a go-to answer: it really depends on just how the Omicron wave of COVID-19 evolves.
15 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Kim Kardashian passes California ‘baby bar’ exam on 4th attempt
Kim Kardashian has cleared a key hurdle in her unconventional quest to become a lawyer.
14 Dec 2021 | Canada -
‘General Hospital’ star Ingo Rademacher sues ABC over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Former <em>General Hospital</em> star Ingo Rademacher is suing the soap’s network ABC for discrimination after he left the TV show following his refusal to get a COVID-19 va…
14 Dec 2021 | Canada -
2022 Golden Globe nominations: ‘Power of the Dog,’ ‘Belfast’ lead the pack
After widespread criticism forced the organization that puts on the Golden Globes to lose its televised award show and overhaul its membership, the Hollywood Foreig…
14 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Tesla to accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise
Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk said on Tuesday the electric carmaker will accept dogecoin as payment for merchandise on a test basis, sending the meme-based cryptocurren…
14 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Elon Musk named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable c…
13 Dec 2021 | Canada -
‘The internet’s on fire’: Software vulnerability causes scramble to stop growing threat
A critical vulnerability in a widely used software tool — one quickly exploited in the online game Minecraft — is rapidly emerging as a major threat to organization…
11 Dec 2021 | Canada -
‘West Side Story’ movie review: Spielberg remake a musical masterpiece
em>West Side Story</em> isn’t only the 1962 Oscar winner for best picture, it’s also one of the most iconic musicals in history — most people know of it, a vast majority…
10 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Canadian families could pay $1K more a year for food in 2022: report
Food prices will climb by between five and seven per cent in 2022, adding nearly $1,000 a year to the grocery bill of the average family of four, according to estim…
09 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Dollarama well-stocked for holidays despite supply chain, inflation woes
Dollarama Inc. says it’s well-stocked for the busy holiday shopping period despite facing ongoing supply chain issues, inflationary pressure and a tight labour mark…
08 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Tips to protect against ransomware attacks
Cybercriminals have zeroed in on a lucrative tactic, holding the digital files of crucial enterprises hostage until a hefty fee is paid, often in hard-to-trace virt…
08 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Amazon Web Services seeing widespread outages, impacting major websites: reports
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is facing a major outage that’s impacting websites and services for universities, governments and companies, according to The Associated P…
07 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Jussie Smollett takes stand at trial after being accused of lying to police, staging attack
Jussie Smollett took the witness stand Monday at his trial on charges of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself and lying to Chicago police about it.
06 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Bitcoin price plummets after steep weekend decline
Bitcoin tumbled almost five per cent on Monday as the start of the week offered little respite to the world’s largest cryptocurrency after a bruising weekend where …
06 Dec 2021 | Canada -
Loblaw wins case over offshore tax dispute in Supreme Court
Loblaw Financial Holdings should not have to pay Canadian taxes on income from a subsidiary the company ran in Barbados, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.
03 Dec 2021 | Canada