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TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie says she has returned her Order of Canada medals “with a good heart” and reasserts that she never lied about her identity, as more institutions deliberate what to do about the musician's many accolades in the absence of p

TORONTO — Ontario will ban American companies from $30 billion worth of procurement contracts, rip up a $100-million Starlink deal and eradicate U.S. booze in its first wave of retaliations against U.S.

TORONTO — The Canadian Live Music Association says it's responding to the U.S. tariffs with a new campaign to promote homegrown musicians and venues.

NEW YORK (AP) — Antonio Pappano has gone underground since leaving The Royal Opera for the London Symphony Orchestra. “Now, more often than not, I take the Tube, which I never did when I was at the opera house because I had a car service,” he said.

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — On a boat, surrounded by snow-covered mountains and icebergs in shades of blue, Qooqu Berthelsen points to the breaking sea ice as a worrisome sign.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Battle Mountain by C. J. Box (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Midnight Black by Mark Greaney (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled Publishing, LLC) 4.

Nonfiction 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. Sound Therapy: Bliss (396Hz) by Audible Sleep and Audio up, narrated by Scarlett Burke (Audible Originals) 3.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. A Complete Unknown 2. Anora 3. The Substance 4. Conclave 5. The Brutalist 6. Dog Man 7. Wicked 8. Moana 2 9. Mufasa: The Lion King 10. The Wild Robot The Associated Press

Top New Shows (US): 1. Exporting America’s Immigration Problem , The Daily 2. She Fell in Love with ChatGPT. Like, Actual Love. With Sex. , The Daily 3. He Was America’s Highest-Ranking Military Officer. Then Came the War on D.E.I. , The Daily 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — George Clooney made waves in July when he called on Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, citing diminished capacity. For Clooney, there wasn't a choice to stay silent.