Refugee recalls Syrian torture
This isn’t a memoir for the faint of heart. Author Jamal Saeed arrived in Canada as a refugee in 2016, after spending 12 years as a...
A quiet charm
Emily Urquhart is a Kitchener-based journalist and folklorist, which is to say, she is more than unusually interested in stories and how stories are told. Not...
Queen of clubs
Decadence paired with debauchery makes for a delicious glimpse into 1920s London nightlife in acclaimed writer Kate Atkinson’s Shrines of Gaiety. Known the world over for...
Weston’s memoir a riveting, emotional romp
Roz Weston, best known for his work on the nightly TV show, Entertainment Tonight Canada, and a Toronto morning radio show called The Roz and Mocha...
Collaborative novel brings beauty and pain
Olivia McAfee took over caring for her father’s hobby bees after he died suddenly, and “…became, almost by accident, the first commercially successful beekeeper in the...
Props for 50
Carman Johnston, the director of development for Prairie Theatre Exchange, was tasked with the job this year to mark the semi-centennial anniversary of his organization, which...
Iranian state media: Construction begins on nuclear plant
CAIRO (AP) — Iran on Saturday began construction on a new nuclear power plant in the country’s southwest, Iranian state TV announced, amid tensions with the...
Estonia to buy U.S. rocket artillery system in $200M deal
HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member and Russia’s neighbor Estonia is boosting its defense capabilities by acquiring an advanced U.S. rocket artillery system in the Baltic country’s...
Ministers decline request to testify on Afghan aid blockade as desperation grows
OTTAWA – Three Liberal ministers have declined invitations to testify at the Senate as the upper chamber probes why Canada still won’t allow humanitarian workers to...
Built to disappear: World Cup stadium 974
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the tournament. That’s what the games’ organizers have...