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Shaw Festival hoping to bring productions to Toronto's Harbourfront Centre

The Shaw Festival is hopping across the pond — just not the one you might be thinking of.

Paul McCartney leans into Beatles archive for Hamilton arena opening

Paul McCartney dug into the Beatles' archive in Hamilton, Ont., bringing some of his oldest songs to life on a freshly renovated stage Friday.

Alan Doyle loves a challenge. His latest? Co-writing the musical Tell Tale Harbour

Doyle hopes his involvement will motivate a whole new audience to see a musical for the first time.

Jim Bradley, Ontario's 2nd-longest-serving MPP, dead at 80

Jim Bradley served as MPP for 41 years, from 1977 to 2018. He died Friday after a brief illness.

Here are the 10 Canadian films up for the Windsor International Film Festival's $25K prize

WIFF will announce the winner on Oct. 26. The festival runs from Oct. 23 to Nov. 2. Flag keeps local (but flagged to Entertainment) -- J.Maz.

Hot Docs sells its cinema for $6.25M, but will continue leasing it

Hot Docs has sold its flagship cinema to a local family who will allow the organization to keep running the space year-round.

Coldplay's Chris Martin says he didn't mean to insult Rogers Stadium after calling it 'weird'

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says he didn't mean to insult Toronto's newest concert venue when he called it a "weird stadium in the middle of nowhere."

Ontario labour ministry investigating injury on Toronto set of Beast Games

Ontario's labour ministry is investigating an industrial accident on the Toronto set of Beast Games, the newly released Prime Video competition series from YouTube star MrBeast.

Ontario reports spike in measles cases linked to N.B. exposure

Public Health Ontario says all but 2 cases were in people who weren't immunized against the disease. The agency says between 2013 and 2023, the province didn't record more than 22 cases in any one year.

Women's fiction among most-borrowed books at some Canadian libraries in 2024

Many of this year's most-borrowed Canadian and international titles — including works by Carley Fortune, Kristin Hannah and Rebecca Yarros — centre on strong female characters.