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Joey Senft photo Laura Olafson (front) plays the soul-searching writer helping her correspondents, played by Arne MacPherson, Gislina Patterson and Honey Pham (back, from left).

Nia Vardalos’s Tiny Beautiful Things stage adaptation finds the beauty in book of advice columns

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Home gardeners have new way to share bumper crops

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Projection device guides playful excursion of discovery

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Projection device guides playful excursion of discovery

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When Hélène Langevin looks back at her childhood, her memory often travels downstairs.

The basement of her grandmother’s house in Trois Rivières, Que., is where the Montreal-based choreographer first practised the time-honoured tradition of snooping for inspiration.

Inside steam chests and armoires, she found finely preserved wedding dresses, tutus, top hats and canes — just a few of the narrative materials necessary for transformation, disguise and devised theatrical escape.

A few years ago, with the pandemic shuttering theatres across the country, Langevin returned to those early experiments in self-discovery and forgivable mischief.

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Glitch tells its story through body language, which has allowed it to travel to dozens of countries.
Suzane ONeill photo Glitch tells its story through body language, which has allowed it to travel to dozens of countries.

Keeping a promise, I’ll share a story that we need to hear

Deborah Schnitzer 5 minute read Yesterday at 2:00 AM CDT

I promised my late husband, Mendel, I would write a novel dedicated to the memory of his half-brother and half-sister, who were murdered in a Nazi extermination camp when they were nine and 10.

Canadian rockers July Talk take on the myth of the midlife crisis in new rom-com

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Canadian rockers July Talk take on the myth of the midlife crisis in new rom-com

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Updated: 10:52 AM CDT

TORONTO -  If there’s one thing July Talk knows, it’s tension.

The Juno-winning Toronto band built its sound on the contrast between Peter Dreimanis’ raspy growl and Leah Fay Goldstein’s sugar-soft delivery — a push-and-pull that keeps their live shows feeling unpredictable, even feral.

So when the longtime partners in work and life decided to co-star in a romantic comedy, it was a surprise, but not a leap.

“It felt like the right time to collaborate in a different way other than music, because we've been making records together for a long time, over a decade now,” says Goldstein over coffee at one of the band’s haunts in Toronto’s Junction area.

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Leah Fay Goldstein and Peter Dreimanis are photographed in Toronto as they promote the move 'Middle Life' on Thursday, April 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Leah Fay Goldstein and Peter Dreimanis are photographed in Toronto as they promote the move 'Middle Life' on Thursday, April 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

‘End of an era’: Canadian clothing brand Horses Atelier to close after 14 years

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‘End of an era’: Canadian clothing brand Horses Atelier to close after 14 years

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Canadian clothing brand Horses Atelier says it's closing after 14 years and expects its final collection will quickly sell out online.

The founders of the Toronto-based brand, Claudia Dey and Heidi Sopinka, say in a social media post that is has become "near impossible" for them to continue their vision as an independent business.

Horses Atelier says its clothing has been worn by actors, artists and authors such as Sarah Polley, Nadia Litz, Leslie Feist and Margaret Atwood.

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The website of Canadian clothing brand Horses Atelier is shown in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Horses Atelier (Mandatory credit)
The website of Canadian clothing brand Horses Atelier is shown in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Horses Atelier (Mandatory credit)

‘Malcolm in the Middle’ returns after 20 years with questions of legacy and its trademark craziness

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‘Malcolm in the Middle’ returns after 20 years with questions of legacy and its trademark craziness

Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 10:53 AM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A very grown-up Malcolm turns to the camera at the beginning of the new “Malcolm in the Middle” revival and, weirdly, has nothing to complain about.

“Yeah, I look different, but, hey, everything about me is different. I’m happy. I’m successful,” he says. “My life is fantastic now. You want to know how I did it? All I had to do is stay completely away from my family.”

That's going to be very hard to do in Hulu's four-part return to “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair,” which reunites one of the zaniest and chaotic families ever on prime time. The episodes premiere Friday.

Twenty years after the last episode aired, we learn that Malcolm — a nervous, sputtering Frankie Muniz — is now a father of a teen and desperate to shield her from his dysfunctional parents and siblings.

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This image released by Disney shows Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston, right, in a scene from "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair." (David Bukach/Disney via AP)
This image released by Disney shows Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston, right, in a scene from

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Winnipeg-born author Kate Bowler faces hard facts on search for meaning of happiness in 'Joyful, Anyway'

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Hip-hop duo spread the word about social justice, education at STEM outreach program

photos by MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS Quinton (Yung Trybez) Nyce (left) and Darren (Young D) Metz perform for students of Elwick Community School.

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Puzzles Palace is home to your favourite word games and brain teasers. Enjoy seven Sudokus, five crosswords (including the Thomas Joseph and Premier) as well as two new puzzles: Word Sleuth and Plus One.

Puzzles Palace is home to your favourite word games and brain teasers. Enjoy seven Sudokus, five crosswords (including the Thomas Joseph and Premier) as well as two new puzzles: Word Sleuth and Plus One.

Fisheries expands mass marking of hatchery chinook in southern B.C.

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Fisheries expands mass marking of hatchery chinook in southern B.C.

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VANCOUVER - The Fisheries Department is expanding its program that marks chinook from hatcheries in southern British Columbia, distinguishing them from wild salmon. 

A statement from the department says the marking by removal of the adipose fin — a small dorsal near the tail — does not affect the health or survival of the fish.

It says differentiating between wild chinook and those from hatcheries is important for fishery management, hatchery operation, scientific understanding and supporting conservation objectives for struggling wild populations.

The department says the practice can facilitate more selective fisheries that focus on fish from hatcheries and avoid vulnerable wild stocks, while helping to protect the genetic diversity of wild salmon through improved hatchery management.

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada is expanding its program that marks chinook from hatcheries in southern British Columbia, distinguishing them from wild salmon. Salmon like this chinook, produced from the Clearwater Fish Hatchery, shown June 28, 2000, near Elk City, Idaho. (AP Photo/ The Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is expanding its program that marks chinook from hatcheries in southern British Columbia, distinguishing them from wild salmon. Salmon like this chinook, produced from the Clearwater Fish Hatchery, shown June 28, 2000, near Elk City, Idaho. (AP Photo/ The Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald)

Shaky ceasefire unlikely to stop cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers for long

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Shaky ceasefire unlikely to stop cyberattacks from Iran-linked hackers for long

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers backing Tehran say an uncertain ceasefire between Iran and the United States and Israel won't end their retaliatory cyberattacks, a warning that American cybersecurity experts say potential targets in the U.S. and Israel should take seriously.

One leading hacking group known as Handala said after the ceasefire announcement that it was temporarily postponing attacks on the U.S. but would continue to target Israel. It vowed to revive its efforts against America when the time was right — demonstrating again how digital warfare has become ingrained in military conflict. Already, the two-week ceasefire appears at risk of fraying over significant disagreements between the parties, which each are claiming victory in the war.

A pro-Palestinian, pro-Iranian network that operates independently of Tehran, Handala has claimed credit for disrupting the operations of the U.S. medical manufacturer Stryker and hacking into FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, among other cyberattacks. The group is just one of several proxy hacking networks allied with Iran.

"We did not begin this war, but we will be the ones to finish it,” Handala wrote on its X account. “And let it be clear: The cyber war did not begin with the military conflict, and it will not end with any military ceasefire.”

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From left, Acting Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command William Hartman, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, listen during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
From left, Acting Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command William Hartman, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, listen during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, March 19, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

Motor boats allowed to return to Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park

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Motor boats allowed to return to Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park

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WASAGAMING - Parks Canada is lifting a ban on motorized boats in a western Manitoba lake popular with tourists.

The department has had the ban in place for the last two years at Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park.

The ban was aimed at stopping the spread of zebra mussels — an invasive species that can disrupt the food chain and damage drinking water infrastructure.

Parks Canada says lifting the ban will be done in a way that protects bodies of water while allowing visitors to resume boating activities.

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Inland Seas Education Association instructor Conrad Heins holds a cluster of zebra mussels that were taken from Lake Michigan on May 3, 2007, during a school ship science outing on Lake Michigan off Suttons Bay, Michigan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, John L. Russell
Inland Seas Education Association instructor Conrad Heins holds a cluster of zebra mussels that were taken from Lake Michigan on May 3, 2007, during a school ship science outing on Lake Michigan off Suttons Bay, Michigan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, John L. Russell

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