Tag Archives: Arts

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Facebook has reversed its decision to prevent a seed company in Newfoundland from using a photo of a pile of onions, which the social media giant had deemed "overtly sexual."  ...

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - An art display paying tribute to Viola Desmond is nearing completion on the building where the civil rights icon took her most high-profile stand against racial inequality in ...

A Quebec author acquitted last week of child pornography charges in connection with passages in a horror novel says he - and fiction writers across the country - can "breathe again." "I...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have named broadcaster Marci Ien as their candidate in the riding formerly held by Bill Morneau. Morneau represented Toronto Centre for the Liberals during his time in th...

TORONTO - A memorial tribute to Nick Cordero, the Canadian stage icon who died from COVID-19 in July, is set to air on a new streaming platform tonight. The tribute, which is free to watch via Broadwa...

MIAMI - The high brow Art Basel fair, known for glamorous parties and celebrity sightings, on Wednesday announced the cancellation of its annual Miami event amid the coronavirus pandemic. The prestigi...

LONDON - Street artist Banksy has released a video with a strong political message explaining why he became involved in a search-and-rescue ship helping migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. "Like most p...

LOS ANGELES - Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his...

NEW YORK - The sole photograph related to the Houston Riot of 1917 shows 64 Black soldiers sitting with arms folded and legs crossed behind a rope. Their sheer number, in a courtroom otherwise populat...

Montreal has been having its quietest summer in recent memory, as COVID-19 put an end to a world-renowned festival circuit celebrating everything from jazz to circus arts. While ma...