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Jully Black and Tonya Williams among those set to be honoured at the Legacy Awards

Jully Black and Tonya Williams among those set to be honoured at the Legacy Awards

TORONTO — The Legacy Awards return for a second annual bash tonight with TV host and singer Keshia Chanté leading a celebration of Black Canadian talent.
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Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project

Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project.
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'Spirit of MuchMusic' still alive at doc premiere with former VJs in attendance

'Spirit of MuchMusic' still alive at doc premiere with former VJs in attendance

TORONTO — While the party died years ago at MuchMusic's broadcast centre on the corner of Queen and John streets in Toronto, the screening of a new documentary on Friday proved nostalgia for the nation's music station is still very much alive.
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As the world's diplomacy roils a few feet away, a little UN oasis offers a riverside pocket of peace

As the world's diplomacy roils a few feet away, a little UN oasis offers a riverside pocket of peace

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Inside, with speeches and machinations and carefully deployed elbows, those who administer the world persist in their search for the elusive path to peace.
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Louisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows

Louisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L.
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With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball history

With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball history

NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Suzyn Waldman fell madly in love with two things: baseball and Broadway shows. During the 1950s and '60s, the long arm of AM radio brought both into her home.
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A rare Truman Capote story from the early 1950s is being published for the first time

A rare Truman Capote story from the early 1950s is being published for the first time

NEW YORK (AP) — Along with such classics as “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany's,” Truman Capote had a history of work left uncompleted and unpublished.
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'Ajuinnata Ukraine': Gov. Gen. Mary Simon inspires Zelenskyy with Inuktitut word

'Ajuinnata Ukraine': Gov. Gen. Mary Simon inspires Zelenskyy with Inuktitut word

OTTAWA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ended his historic wartime address to Canada's House of Commons with an Inuktitut message of inspiration and reliance that he learned from the Governor General. Gov. Gen.
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Sabato De Sarno makes highly anticipated debut at Gucci under the gaze of Hollywood stars

Sabato De Sarno makes highly anticipated debut at Gucci under the gaze of Hollywood stars

MILAN (AP) — Sabato De Sarno wants people to fall in love anew with Gucci — his Gucci — calling his debut collection “Gucci Ancora,” Italian for “Gucci Again.
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RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns

RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Friday recommended RSV vaccinations for moms-to-be, a second new option to protect newborns from serious lung infections.
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