1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1667+ words) Winnipeg 6° C, Clear For decades, Brazilians have lamented that the country and its cultural makeup and output have long gone under-appreciated in what has become known as the “mongrel complex.” But as attention from abroad pours in and consolidates itself…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (325+ words) Winnipeg 28° C, Windy The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks this week with displays of dozens of rarely seen objects that tell the story of that day in often searingly personal terms....

4+ day, 41+ min ago   (828+ words) Winnipeg 28° C, Windy “I remember somebody told me that when Ray(mond) Carver got some major American award, he described himself as being ‘out there in literature now.’ And I thought, ‘Maybe I’m out there in American literature now,’” Rushdie…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1536+ words) Frontman Caleb Followill was working on new music last spring and about to join his bandmates on a European tour when he broke his foot playing with his kids one night before bed. “I thought I was in better shape…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1760+ words) Winnipeg 10° C, Sunny “When will the senior citizen passes be available?” Aliquippa High athletic director Jennifer Damico’s office heard more than once as the countdown to the latest season of Quips football inched forward. At the school perched atop a…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1087+ words) Winnipeg 10° C, Clear One of them, juggling woven hats, breaks away and approaches the drivers of vehicles that have come to a halt. He’s hoping for generous tips as he presents his hat to driver after driver while his mates…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1132+ words) Winnipeg 11° C, Clear TORONTO – The global film industry is coming to Canada’s doorstep for the Toronto International Film Festival amid a trade war that has the United States looking to produce more movies at home. More than 200 feature-length and short…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1026+ words) The Ralph Lauren womenswear brand is a love letter to the designer’s wife of more than 60 years. Ricky Lauren, his lifelong muse, is present in each of the designer’s collections. At the designer’s New York Fashion Week show, Ricky Lauren…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (953+ words) The arc of Garfield’s character — only known as “Ploughman,” a nod to William Langland’s poem “Piers Plowman” — is fascinating, going from a humble widower-farmer to leading ragtag armies of urchins against the mighty crown like an English version of “Les…...