National Lifestyle

Holly Nover grew up trying to hide her stutter. “I was very self conscious,” said the 40-year-old St. Johns, Florida mom, whose 10-year-old son Colton also has a speech impediment. “So I developed habits to switch my words so it wouldn’t be noticed.

TORONTO — A New York Times feature about an upcoming book by Toronto filmmaker Sarah Polley says it includes allegations of a decades-old violent encounter between her and former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi.

HALIFAX — There has been no shortage of media coverage of the plight of the endangered North Atlantic right whale, but documentary filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza felt there was still something missing in the fight to save the species.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Nick Cline gets calls about all kinds of items people want to sell through the Anchorage auction house where he works.

Fellow musicians are remembering Dallas Good as someone who fostered community within the Canadian music scene, supported new artists and gave them a chance to showcase their skills.

“Manticore,” Shovels & Rope (Dualtone Music) Fans of Shovels, Rope or both need not be alarmed by “Divide & Conquer,” a wrenching breakup song on the new album “Manticore.

NEW YORK (AP) — We’ve seen her on the legal drama “All Rise'' originally on CBS and “First Wives Club” for BET+, but Ryan Michelle Bathé has jumped to the top of the marquee as a star of “ The Endgame ” on NBC, debuting Monday.

HALIFAX — Spain’s foreign minister says the search for 12 missing fishers who went down with their Spanish vessel in the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean this week should resume as soon as weather conditions permit.

When CBC's "The Porter" debuts Monday, it will become one of the network's largest Black-led television series, ringing in Black History Month in a "powerful" way, says Toronto star Ronnie Rowe Jr.

NEW YORK (AP) — This winter's mild flu season has faded to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health officials aren't ready to call it over.