4+ hour, 5+ min ago  (661+ words) Stephen Lawrence Levitan: Family man. Traveller. Artist. Trampolinist. Born July 9, 1951, in Ottawa; died April 1, 2026, in Toronto, of heart failure; aged 74. Stephen Levitan's life was filled with travel, adventure and child-rearing.Courtesy of family Stephen Levitan’s favourite expression was “Wow!” “Wow…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago  (207+ words) Mary Jo “M.J.” Shannon, grandmother of the Kardashian-Jenner family and a frequent guest on their U.S. reality television show, died on Thursday at the age of 91. Shannon was Kris Jenner’s mother and grandmother to Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (410+ words) Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew arrives for a meeting in Ottawa, in January. The former rapper became the premier of the province in 2023.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Rollie Pemberton, who performs as Cadence Weapon, is a Polaris Prize-winning musician, and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (364+ words) Marissa Stapley’s book Lucky became an international bestseller after it was picked to be a part of actress Reese Witherspoon's book club.Dahlia Katz/Supplied Stapley burst into tears. She’d worked hard on all her books, but Lucky was particularly…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1777+ words) The lithe elegance and delicate beauty of the London-born, Montreal-reared actor Joanna Pettet lent her work an ethereal quality, whether as a skimpily clad spy in the sixties James Bond spoof Casino Royale or as a blithely vampiric model in…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (349+ words) Wayne Kaulbach, 64, plays in a Tragically Hip cover band in Vancouver and has embarked on a cross-country, one-man tribute show to raise money for the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund.Supplied The organizer: Wayne Kaulbach The pitch: Raising $10,000 The cause:…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (906+ words) The drama that seems to surround Prince Harry returns to the U.K. this week, and the previews already have the British press buzzing with anticipation. King Charles III’s estranged son is travelling to the land of his birth for a series…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (648+ words) Marilyn Brooks of Toronto is invested as a member of the Order of Canada by former governor general Michaelle Jean on behalf of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, in 2022.Justin Tang/The Canadian…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1656+ words) What started with a friendship bracelet has resulted in wedding rings. Taylor Swift, the pop superstar, and Travis Kelce, the football champion, have officially tied the knot. The couple, both 36, were married Friday at Madison Square Garden, according to Swift’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (562+ words) You don’t need to be a Swiftie – or a Chiefs fan – to have had your social media feeds flooded with coverage of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s reported multi-day wedding celebration, which is set to culminate on U.S. Independence…...