National Lifestyle

OTTAWA — A House of Commons committee is asking the heads of Canada's major grocery chains to appear before MPs and explain their plans to stabilize food prices.

An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were hospitalized, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls.

NEW YORK (AP) — On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions of Shakespeare's plays, including one that sells for $1,500.

Think you’re ready for Halloween? Like me, you might have a pumpkin on the porch, a scarecrow by the lamppost and enough candy to guarantee leftovers, but do you have any spooky plants in your garden? Probably not. And that's too bad.

EDMONTON — Video game industry workers in Edmonton have voted unanimously in favour of strike action.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — How does a group follow up their biggest release to date? In the case of K-pop act SEVENTEEN , they continue to grow their successes — and release another mini-album in the same year.

Not quite dark pop, not quite techno, not quite any genre at all, Poppy's fifth studio album, “Zig," is rather a mix of several different styles and an example of how far she's come since her debut five years ago.

Nonfiction 1. Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith, narrated by the author (HarperAudio) 2. Prequel by Rachel Maddow, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 3.

TORONTO — Unifor is set to bargain on behalf of more than 2,800 grocery store workers at Loblaw-owned stores in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador, testing whether the union can bring the gains it made for Metro workers in Toronto to other grocery