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EntertainmentYahoo News CanadaAcademy Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Chris Williams steers Netflix Animation ship to success
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Williams, born in Missouri but raised in Waterloo, Ont., is a driving force in the rise of Netflix Animation projects, with his film The Sea Beast landing on the streaming platform Friday, July 8.
NewsYahoo News Canada'It's the definition of discrimination': Toronto not doing enough for security guards who lost jobs for having beards, expert says
The City of Toronto is urging its contractors to bring back security personnel who were forced out of a job, after new requirements stipulated they must be clean-shaved to accommodate a masking mandate.
EntertainmentYahoo News Canada'The Amazing Race Canada' Season 8: Host Jon Montgomery teases 'super competitive' teams
It’s been a long COVID-19 hiatus for The Amazing Race Canada but the show is finally back with Season 8 (premiering July 5 at 9:00 p.m. ET on CTV, CTV.ca and the CTV app), with host Jon Montgomery teasing that this year’s teams are “super competitive.”
EntertainmentYahoo News CanadaNetflix 'Stranger Things': Jamie Campbell Bower on falling love with Vecna, why we're attracted to the villain
'Stranger Things' star Jamie Campbell Bower on falling in love with Vecna, what makes Vecna/Henry/One an attractive character to watch, and how he felt "drained" after filming Season 4 of this hit Netflix show.
NewsYahoo News Canada'If they ask you to pause, you pause': Reconsider Canada Day, leaders urge in shadow of country's atrocious Indigenous record
There is a movement stirring across the country, encouraging Canadians to rethink the meaning of Canada Day and how we celebrate it.
EntertainmentYahoo News CanadaJenny Slate brings us back to 2010s tiniest viral star in 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'
Small in stature but big in personality and wisdom, Jenny Slate voicing the tiny animated shell Marcel in Dean Fleischer-Camp’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On will make you laugh, as much as it makes part of your heart break.
NewsYahoo News CanadaLotto Max jackpot: $70 million ticket sold in Toronto
The $70 million Lotto Max jackpot from Tuesday, draw was sold in Toronto, according to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG).
NewsYahoo News CanadaAirport baggage issues? This is why luggage is piling up at Canada's airports
The chaos continues at some of Canada’s largest airports, with stories of hours-long waits and mountains of lost luggage.
NewsYahoo News CanadaUnabomber link to 'Dungeons & Dragons': New detail on terrorist case in Apple 'Project Unabom' podcast
The new Apple Original podcast “Project Unabom,” with reporting from host Eric Benson, reveals new information about the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, and the Dungeons & Dragons group that were original suspect in the terrorist case.
NewsYahoo News Canada'I’m not optimistic’: Canada’s flight delays and cancellations are not improving, expert says
Ray Harris, founder of Fredricton-based data company DataWazo, experienced a number of flight delays trying to travel from Fredericton to Toronto. It’s from that “blind rage" that the flight statistics project was created.
NewsYahoo News CanadaJackpot: How one Alberta woman turned $100 into $1,000,000 between laundry loads
It seems that there could be some luck to be found in buying a lotto ticket when killing some time. Juanita Melenko purchased a $1-million winning ULTIMATE ticket at a gas station for $100.
NewsYahoo News CanadaToronto police looking for third suspect in moving scam, thousands of dollars stolen
Three suspect are facing charges in a Toronto moving scam that occurred in the city, with thousands of dollars stollen from customers.
NewsYahoo News Canada'Abortion is healthcare': Canadians protest the Roe v. Wade reversal in U.S., but advocates reveal where Canada is failing
The weekend was filled with Canadians protesting the Roe v. Wade reversal in the U.S., and local advocates want more acton for sexual and reproductive health rights in Canada.
NewsYahoo News CanadaAre we making progress on attitude and acceptance towards the LGBTQ+ community?
Pride month is a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and realize how much progress has been made, but it also highlights how much work is left to be done.
PoliticsYahoo News Canada'What ends today ... is LEGAL abortion': U.S. court ruling on abortion slammed
People across the world are reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
EntertainmentYahoo News Canada'Tehran' on AppleTV+: 'Glenn Close moved far outside her comfort zone' for Season 2
The highly thrilling AppleTV+ series Tehran has closed out Season 2, ending with Glenn Close’s character Marjan being left for dead by Faraz (Shaun Toub) and his wife Nahid (Shila Ommi), and Milad (Shervin Alenabi), Tamar’s (Niv Sultan) boyfriend, caught in flames in a car explosion, and we can't stop thinking about it.
EntertainmentYahoo News CanadaBaz Luhrmann’s 'Elvis' starring Austin Butler: Olivia DeJonge's Priscilla is a 'break' from male-dominated story
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis has all eyes on Austin Butler but don’t underestimate Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley, giving us a “break” from the male-dominated narrative that's told from the perspective of Tom Hanks’ character Colonel Tom Parker.
NewsYahoo News Canada'I couldn’t sleep that night!': B.C. woman bought winning Lotto 649 ticket while passing time waiting for tardy friend
A B.C. woman’s choice to pass the time while waiting on a tardy friend has made her a multi-millionaire. Trang Dang of Burnaby had picked up a Lotto 649 ticket at a grocery store in New Westminster while waiting for a friend who was late to meet her for dinner. The $10.9-million draw took place on May 28.
NewsYahoo News CanadaScam alert: This subject line is the most obvious sign an email is fraudulent, study reveals
If an unfamiliar email shows up in your inbox with an empty subject line, there’s a likely chance that it’s from a scammer.
NewsYahoo News CanadaOntario father who lost three children to drunk driver Marco Muzzo dies
An Ontario father who tragically lost his three children to a drunk driver in 2015 has died. Jennifer Neville-Lake, the wife of Edward Lake, posted a heartbreaking Tweet on Sunday, Father’s Day, which included a photo of their children’s grave site.
EntertainmentYahoo News Canada'The Lake': Amazon's Prime Video bites back at stereotype that U.S. TV is better than Canadian shows
Bringing us comedy, turbulent family dynamics and the quintessentially Canadian cottage experience, The Lake, Prime Video’s first scripted Amazon original series in Canada, is a spectacularly funny show, starring Julia Stiles and Madison Shamoun, among Canadian talents like Jordan Gavaris, Jon Dore and Natalie Lisinska.
EntertainmentYahoo News CanadaAppleTV+ 'Cha Cha Real Smooth': Cooper Raiff’s movie with Dakota Johnson, Vanessa Burghardt is the nostalgic dramedy we need
In a refreshingly funny, honest and heartwarming coming-of-age story, Cooper Raiff’s movie Cha Cha Real Smooth, starring Dakota Johnson and Vanessa Burghardt (on AppleTV+ June 17) is the drama-comedy film we needed, dare we say the dramedy of the year.
NewsYahoo News CanadaCanada's COVID-19 vaccine travel changes: The rules you still need to follow before taking a trip
Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing up around the country and the world, people are gearing up for a summer of travel. But with reports of long lineups at several major Canadian airports, and many other countries still implementing travel restrictions and mandates, there are a few things to know before embarking on vacation plans.
EntertainmentYahoo News Canada'Lightyear' banned in 14 countries: Canadian Disney, Pixar animator talks about character that sparked a protest
With Disney’s Pixar animated film Lightyear being banned in 14 countries in Asia and the Middle East, starring Chris Evans voicing Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear, a Canadian animator who worked on the character Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba), at the centre of the ban for a marriage in the movie, is highlighting the joy of bringing that character to the screen.
NewsYahoo News CanadaOne extra ticket leads to $1,000,000: Nova Scotia man's lottery back-up made him a millionaire
A Nova Scotia man who made a habit of buying an extra lotto ticket, every time he played the lottery, finally got lucky, thanks to his persistence. Greg Abbass from New Waterford, N.S. had bought an additional lotto ticket for the May 31 $70-million draw, which had 33 Maximillions, additional $1 million prizes.
