Nearly 50 years ago, Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind took the trope of hostile space invaders and, vibing with new-age ’70s spiritualism, transformed it into a vision of benign cosmic travellers arriving in disco-baubles of sound and light. Fast facts about Name of Movie What: A whistleblower and a meteorologist race to reveal…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Griffin Poetry Prize has reinstated the $65,000 Canadian Poetry Prize, they announced in a press statement Wednesday. This news comes…
Six Australian filmmakers are travelling the world in search of a story, each tasked with making a weekly short film for ABC iview’s Race Around The World. This is contestant Elliot Constable’s experience from his week one travels in Moldova. Tatiana’s phone buzzes on the table in front of us. “Russian strikes are coming,” she…
Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The federal government has launched a new advisory committee on preventive health care to provide guidelines on screening for things like…
Meanwhile, vertebrate paleontologist Melanie During of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam told Reuters that any persisting collagen from inside bones couldn’t be used to create skin or leather, and Thomas R. Holtz Jr., a paleontologist at the University of Maryland, said even proteins that matched flawlessly wouldn’t have the larger-scale fibre organization necessary to create the…
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has denied having “victimised anyone” as he began closed-door testimony to US politicians over his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mr Gates, one of the world’s richest men and a leading philanthropist, appeared before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview about the disgraced financier, who died in…
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Canada’s Victoria Mboko withdrew from her first-round match at the HSBC Championships on Wednesday after appearing to sustain an injury during…
Essentially, the fortress idea is a growth plan centred on the principle that “economic security is national security,” which aims to create more jobs, lower prices, and strengthen continental security. To get there requires renewing CUSMA and eliminating the Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and auto.
Dorota Blumczynska didn’t even need to look at the Manitoba Museum’s bank accounts to know it couldn’t afford to buy the royal charter that formed Canada’s oldest business when the Hudson’s Bay Company faltered last year. “Our acquisition budget as a museum has a balance of just over $4,000,” the museum CEO said Monday. “Regrettably,…
Retired wrestler Tyler Mane, known for his role in the X-Men franchise, revealed Tuesday that he had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Mane posted a video on Instagram explaining that he was one of the “super rare” cases of breast…