National Lifestyle

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons.

TORONTO — The Writers Guild of Canada says its members have voted to authorize a strike if negotiators can't reach a deal with the Canadian Media Producers Association. The WGC says 96.

Anthony Roth Costanzo was hired Thursday as general director and president of Opera Philadelphia and will continue his career as a leading countertenor while taking over an ambitious company dealing with post-pandemic economic challenges.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “ Barbenheimer ” is a hard act to follow.

TORONTO — Shawn Hook is making his return to pop music after a tonsil cancer diagnosis threatened to silence his singing career.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from outside access.

TORONTO — The union representing hundreds of striking Art Gallery of Ontario workers says it's reached a tentative deal with the museum.

After the death of their father in 2019, Amy Mushinski and her sister Dawn wanted to honour his wish that they keep the Scarborough, Ont., home they inherited rather than selling it to a new owner.

PARIS (AP) — The iconic windmill sails of the Moulin Rouge, a vibrant emblem of Paris’s bohemian lifestyle, collapsed Thursday after a show. No injuries were reported. The incident took place shortly before 2 a.m.

In the last year, Tim Hortons has treated cottaging Canadians to a boat drivethru, revived its beloved Dutchie doughnut and launched flatbread pizzas.