The Grammys add 5 new categories, announce changes to best new artist

The academy on Tuesday announced the addition of best Asian pop music performance, best traditional pop vocal performance and best Latin categories, plus changes to the R&B and folk categories. The Grammys will also now allow artists to submit in the best new artist category four times, up from three.


Netflix announces Icebreaker, the latest hockey romance based on a bestselling novel

Netflix announced Monday that it’s adapting the bestselling book Icebreaker by English author Hannah Grace into a “college romance drama series." The young adult romance novel, published in 2022, is about an ambitious figure skater, Anastasia Allen, and a hunky hockey team captain, Nate Hawkins, who fall in love after they’re forced to share the ice.


Justice minister says new bail and sentencing law is a 'major step forward'

The Liberal government's long-promised reforms to Canada's bail and sentencing legislation are now law. Bill C-14, theThe Bail and Sentencing Reform Act, received royal assent on Monday. The new law amends the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act to tighten bail and sentencing across all three.


Canada's 'completely nuts' tax code could complicate automated filing plan: watchdog

Taxpayers' Ombudsperson François Boileau is pushing for simplified, automated tax filing as his office faces its highest number of complaints in three years.


37-year-old convicted in 2006 Sask. fatal stabbing receives maximum youth sentence of 7 years

The now-37-year-old was sentenced to four years in custody followed by three years of supervision.


Toy Story 5 is the best sequel yet. It's still barely about kids

Toy Story 5 is a surprisingly strong entry in a franchise that two movies ago struggled to justify returning to its plush, plastic and porcelain characters. Though it’s undercut by the fact that like virtually every other children’s film nowadays, Toy Story is hardly about kids at all.


Country rock star Jelly Roll and podcaster wife, Bunnie Xo, file for divorce

American rapper and singer Jelly Roll has filed for divorce from his wife, podcaster Bunnie XO, citing "irreconcilable differences." Jelly Roll had credited his wife for helping him in his recovery from addiction and crime.


E-scooter injuries rising among children, B.C. hospital data shows

E-scooter-related injuries among children are on the rise, according to new data from B.C. Children’s Hospital, as the devices grow in popularity across the province.


CBC will no longer show NHL games as sublicense with rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet ends

The NHL will no longer be shown on CBC after it and national rights-holder Rogers Sportsnet were unable to come to agreement on a new sublicensing deal that would have allowed the public broadcaster to air games on its Saturday program Hockey Night in Canada.


Conservatives pitch legalizing some psychedelics with bill to revamp Canada's drug laws

Conservative MP Corey Tochor introduced legislation on Tuesday to legalize prescribing psychedelics like psilocybin, which researchers and patients say can effectively treat some mental health disorders.