Kevin Maimann

Some Canadians are celebrating a major autism organization's decision to pull out of the country, highlighting a shift in the way people think about autism. But others say the group's positive contributions shouldn't be dismissed so quickly.

A major Canadian music grant provider alleges that nearly $10 million of federal government money was stolen from its bank account, in a case that will go before a judge in Toronto on Friday morning.

Authors are voicing concerns after a major book publisher offered payments in exchange for permission to use their books to train artificial intelligence.

Chappell Roan is the latest pop star to venture into country music after recently debuting a provocative new song on Saturday Night Live. Roan’s song The Giver, with lyrics that discuss sexual relationships with women, has resurrected conversations about queer representation in country music.

What’s old is new again as television studios revert to the classics. This fall's TV lineup is flooded with reboots of shows that were popular decades ago — from legal drama Matlock and popular sitcom Frasier to And Just Like That, a continuation of romantic comedy Sex and the City, which aired from 1998 to 2004.

Exploring society’s treatment of aging women has emerged as a major theme at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, including a dark comedy about a new mother turning into a feral dog, a drama focusing on a Vegas showgirl's final curtain and a horror about an age-reversing beauty treatment. But critics and industry insiders say there's a lack of progress when it comes to roles for women.

Mat Auryn has been fighting for two years to stop the sale of books by mysterious authors he says blatantly plagiarized his work. He's one of many writers in the realm of spirituality and occult literature who has noticed a recent proliferation of self-published books on Amazon by authors who don't appear to actually exist.

Gunshots were fired into the Vancouver Island home of popular Punjabi singer and music producer AP Dhillon early Monday morning. A video posted by media in India showed a person firing 14 shots into the front windows of a house and a garage while a black truck and another smaller vehicle were on fire.

Canada’s Cineplex theatres are embracing international films as the company seeks new ways to lure audiences back in the streaming era in the wake of the pandemic and Hollywood strikes. The theatre chain said last moth that international content captured more than 11 per cent of its box office this year to date.

Instagram ignored 926 out of 1,000 abusive comments targeting the accounts of female politicians after they were flagged to the app, according to a new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate.