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Matthew Perry's family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose

Matthew Perry paid Kenneth Iwamasa $150,000 a year to be his live-in personal assistant. His role for the “Friends” star would expand to drug messenger, addiction enabler and de facto doctor, according...

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Hudson's Bay painting with mysterious past sells for $217,250 in auction

A Prince Rupert painting with a mysterious backstory has sold for $217,250 in an auction. The 361-year-old portrait was once owned by collapsed department store Hudson's Bay Co., which has hired Heffel...

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CRTC triples streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content

OTTAWA — The federal broadcast regulator says large online streaming services must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content. That’s three times the five-per-cent initial...

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'Just keep going': Vancouver comedian to spend 24 hours on stage fundraising for charity

The marathon comedy event of the season will return to Vancouver Friday.

May 21, 2026 12:10 pm PST PST

Documents show Queen Elizabeth was eager for ex-Prince Andrew to become trade envoy

Documents show Queen Elizabeth II was “very keen” that the former Prince Andrew be given the job of UK trade envoy. The U.K. government on Thursday released the confidential papers related to the...

May 21, 2026 3:19 am PST PST

Gilbert Rozon, Just for Laughs founder, agrees to pay $930K to nine accusers: lawyers

The lawyers for nine women who sued Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon for sexual assault say the media mogul has agreed to pay the complainants $930,000. The settlement comes after Quebec Superior...

May 20, 2026 8:22 pm PST PST

Owner of 'Peanuts' music sues 3 companies and US government alleging illegal use of its catchy tunes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The owner of the music of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and other “Peanuts” television specials filed four lawsuits Wednesday against defendants including the U.S. Department...

May 20, 2026 3:50 pm PST PST

Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

NEW YORK (AP) — On his very first time hosting “The Late Show” back in 2015, Stephen Colbert ripped into Donald Trump while gorging on Oreos, likening his inability to resist the cookies to his inability...

May 20, 2026 5:40 am PST PST

48 hours or less: Filmmakers race the clock as part of B.C.'s largest indie film competition

Thousands of British Columbians have been sprinting through the filmmaking process this weekend as part of the province's largest indie film festival.

May 18, 2026 11:16 am PST PST

Vancouver’s Italian Day asking for emergency grant due to FIFA ads

The Italian Day Festival Society says it is at risk of a scaled-back festival this year.

May 17, 2026 4:30 pm PST PST