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MEDIA ADVISORY: “The Mosquers” Muslim Film Festival Returns to Edmonton Sept 17-20, 2026 with Mahershala Ali’s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
1+ day, 16+ min ago (384+ words) EDMONTON, Alberta, Sept. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — General admission tickets are now on sale for The Mosquers Film Festival 2026, the world’s largest Muslim film and arts festival, returning to Edmonton for its 18th year. A celebration of Muslim talent, creativity, and diversity across…...
Movie Review: ‘Practical Magic 2’ should have stuck with the original spell book
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (522+ words) This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Stockard Channing, left, and Dianne Wiest in a scene from “Practical Magic 2.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP) This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Dianne Wiest, from left, Sandra Bullock, Stockard…...
Glitz, glam and geopolitical anxiety as TIFF gets underway
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (790+ words) Workers organize and set up last minute details ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette TORONTO - The global film industry is coming to Canada’s doorstep for the Toronto International Film…...
Soprano Brenda Rae flies in to replace Lauren Snouffer for Opera Philadelphia’s opening night
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (793+ words) This image released by Opera Philadelphia shows Soprano Brenda Rae, foreground, and tenor Lawrence Brownlee during a dress rehearsal of the season-opening production of Mozart’s “Mitridate” at the Academy of Music for Opera Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Dominic Mercier/Opera…...
Court asked to order Élections Québec to mail out English voting information
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (182+ words) MONTREAL - A lawyer is asking a judge to order Élections Québec to mail out voter information in both French and English, after the elections agency said earlier this month that it would be providing the documents in French only. Lawyer…...
Leclaire ready to join Writers’ Lab at Toronto International Film Festival
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (417+ words) Kahnawake’s Tai Leclaire has confirmed that he will take part in the prestigious Writers’ Lab at the Toronto International Film Festival next week. TIFF begins today and continues until September 20 at venues and theaters across Toronto. It includes the participation…...
Former Spec building hosts tween comedy-drama ‘The Next Step: Cheer’
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (802+ words) The tween comedy drama “The Next Step: Cheer” shot at the former Hamilton Spectator building on Frid Street during the summer. It’s about the world of competitive cheerleading. The third season of “The Office Movers” shot at locales all across…...
Hamilton cheap eats: The local spots this rising pop-rock band swears by when they’re not on tour
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (745+ words) Hamilton band Superstar Crush is performing at this year’s Supercrawl. Superstar Crush reflects on their first act, which will see them perform at Supercrawl this year. Band members from Superstar Crush discuss where they like to eat in Hamilton. When…...
Netflix series ‘Below’ blends Newfoundland heart and Atlantic noir at TIFF
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (965+ words) TORONTO - In “Below,” an upcoming Newfoundland-set Netflix miniseries, the horrors under the sea are just the tip of the iceberg. Jesse McKeown is the creator of the show, which falls into the North Atlantic noir sub-genre but also explores current-day…...
Building a New World Together: Josh Languedoc on Indigenous Theatre, Storytelling and Sovereignty
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (1091+ words) (ANNews) – For Josh Languedoc, theatre is more than a place where stories are performed. It is a space where Indigenous people can see themselves represented, reclaim ownership of their stories and explore what it means to build something different together....