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Hulu's 'We Were the Lucky Ones' is a good reminder to talk to your elders while you still can

Hulu's 'We Were the Lucky Ones' is a good reminder to talk to your elders while you still can

In Hulu's limited-series “ We Were the Lucky Ones, " the Kurc family in Poland is separated during World War II and spends years trying to reunite. This was before the Internet and cell phones so tracking each other's whereabouts was hard.
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Latest milestones move Cedar LNG closer to getting a green light

Latest milestones move Cedar LNG closer to getting a green light

CALGARY — The proposed US$3.4-billion Cedar LNG facility is looking more likely to become a reality in the wake of recent positive statements by the project partners. RBC Capital Markets said Friday it expects Pembina Pipeline Corp.
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'Plan for the worst': Eclipse viewings expected to put pressure on cellphone networks

'Plan for the worst': Eclipse viewings expected to put pressure on cellphone networks

With Monday's solar eclipse expected to draw tens of thousands to regions along the path of totality in Eastern Canada, major cellphone and internet providers say they're ready to handle a surge in wireless traffic in those areas.
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Right to children or children’s rights? Surrogacy debate comes to a head in Rome

Right to children or children’s rights? Surrogacy debate comes to a head in Rome

ROME (AP) — An international campaign to ban surrogacy received a strong endorsement Friday from the Vatican, with a top official calling for a broad-based alliance to stop the “commercialization of life.
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Music Review: Lizzy McAlpine tells intimate folk-pop stories on her third album, 'Older'

Music Review: Lizzy McAlpine tells intimate folk-pop stories on her third album, 'Older'

The opening track on folk-pop singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine’s third album , “Older,” is only one minute and 40 seconds long.
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What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects

What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects

Colin Farrell playing a private investigator in the new series “Sugar” for Apple TV+ and Andrew Scott stepping into the role of fraudster-turned-killer Tom Ripley for Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device
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Another month of robust US job growth points to continued economic strength

Another month of robust US job growth points to continued economic strength

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers delivered another outpouring of jobs in March, adding a sizzling 303,000 workers to their payrolls and bolstering hopes that the economy can vanquish inflation without succumbing to a recession in the face of hig
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Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for March, by Canadian city

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.1 per cent in March. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for March, by province

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.1 per cent in March. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 10.1 per cent (10.2) _ Prince Edward Island 7.
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