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Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide people

Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide people

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese writer Haruki Murakami says walls are increasingly built and dividing people and countries after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic fueled fear and skepticism.
Edmunds compares the 2023 Honda HR-V and Toyota Corolla Cross

Edmunds compares the 2023 Honda HR-V and Toyota Corolla Cross

The Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 are two of the most popular SUVs on sale today.
Looking back on the last time a senior British royal testified in court - in the 19th century

Looking back on the last time a senior British royal testified in court - in the 19th century

When Prince Harry entered the witness box in his lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mirror, he became the first senior member of the royal family to testify in court since the late 19th century.
Marlon Wayans, Leslie Jones headed to this year's Just for Laughs Toronto festival

Marlon Wayans, Leslie Jones headed to this year's Just for Laughs Toronto festival

TORONTO — Marlon Wayans, Leslie Jones and Jonathan Van Ness are among the performers headed to this year’s Just For Laughs Toronto comedy festival.
Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation

Font gives fresh look to B.C. Indigenous languages while working on reconciliation

VANCOUVER — A new font to typeset Salish Indigenous languages means so much more than just the words that it will be used to write, one of the people behind its creation says.
ER staff say recruit more doctors, nurses or risk worse conditions

ER staff say recruit more doctors, nurses or risk worse conditions

Resuscitating trauma patients on the floor of emergency roomsandexamining sick people on stretchers instead of beds has become an increasingly tough reality for staff, says the head of a group that represents ER physicians across the country. Dr.
Poet Vivek Shraya duets with Donovan Woods in new song 'Colonizer'

Poet Vivek Shraya duets with Donovan Woods in new song 'Colonizer'

TORONTO — Poet, playwright and musician Vivek Shraya has contemplated the layers of white supremacy in her work, but on a new project, she's getting far more personal about the subject.
Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101

Artist Françoise Gilot, acclaimed painter who loved and later left Picasso, is dead at 101

NEW YORK (AP) — Françoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a half-century but was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso — and for leaving him — died Tuesday in New York Ci
Apple's Vision Pro goggles unleash a mixed reality that could lead to more innovation and isolation

Apple's Vision Pro goggles unleash a mixed reality that could lead to more innovation and isolation

CUPERTINO, Calif.
Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting

Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting

NANAIMO, B.C. — Connor McTavish and three companions had just planned to explore the site of a shipwreck in Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island last month when he spotted something in the corner of his eye — a two-metre-long sixgill shark.
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