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OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says Canadians have been spending more time and money online since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTREAL — Gilbert Rozon, the founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival, took the stand at his rape trial Wednesday and testified that it was his accuser who got into bed with him. He told the court he remembers thinking, "She's really weird.

NEW YORK — Stacey Abrams, the voting rights activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, also has a career in writing novels. Her next one, the Supreme Court thriller “While Justice Sleeps,” come out May 25.

NEW YORK — Most playwrights want their works to remain relevant for decades to come. Not Heidi Schreck, not with “What the Constitution Means to Me.” “I often say that I can’t wait until the play is obsolete.

LOS ANGELES — While “The West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin was gratified to bring an episode of the drama series to life on the stage, he’d rather discuss the bigger return he wants to see.

TORONTO — She's accurately predicted the Brexit vote, the 2016 American presidential outcome, and last year's federal election in Canada. Now, a Canadian-made artificial intelligence system called Polly is forecasting next month's U.S.

Percy Schmeiser, a Saskatchewan farmer who became famous during his legal battle with biotech giant Monsanto, has died. John Schmeiser said his father died quietly Tuesday afternoon at the age of 89.

Jurors say they couldn't settle on just four Canadian playwrights to put on this year's Siminovitch Prize short list, so they decided to nominate one more.

OTTAWA — There is no magic legislative bullet to control objectionable content on social media, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says.

CAIRO — Mahmoud Yassin, an Egyptian actor and pillar of the country's film industry during the second half of the 20th century, has died. He was 79.