HALIFAX—Libraries can conjure up images of dim, musty spaces and stern librarians with index fingers pressed to their lips, ready to shush. But the Halifax Central...
Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan’s award-winning biography on Stalin’s daughter is a finalist for another lucrative prize—British Columbia’s National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. “Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary...
LOS ANGELES – In the latest Pixar release, “The Good Dinosaur,” little Arlo’s dad is dramatically washed away by a raging river. And Arlo isn’t the...
LOS ANGELES – Right now, in a store not too far away, there is a galaxy of new merchandise connected to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”...
TORONTO – Make a list and check it twice – and then again and again. That’s Ricardo Larrivee’s advice for planning a holiday party, which he...
MANILA, Dec. 7 (PNA)—Pantone, the world-renowned authority on color, has revealed for the first time two colors of the year for 2016. Let’s bid farewell to...
WELLINGTON, (PNA/Xinhua)—High-performance athletes and common people can burn more fat and be fitter by cutting carbohydrate intake and eating more fat, according to New Zealand research...
LOUIS—As part of Michelle Obama’s healthy eating initiative, a group of major food retailers promised in 2011 to open or expand 1,500 grocery or convenience stores...
NEW YORK—Dana Gioia, the poet and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is returning to public life. This time as California Poet Laureate....
NEW YORK—Hard rock’s two fingered hand gesture is back on Broadway, thanks to an English lord. The crowd-pleasing, upbeat musical based on the beloved film “School...