Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: Grammy history and a ‘Wicked’ mistake Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz, where this week’s 10 handcrafted, California-leaning, multiple choice questions mine my colleagues’ work (in print and online) from the last seven days. This time around, I’m quizzing you on a new Grammy Awards record, … Read more
Canada is the largest foreign energy provider to the United States, supplying 60 per cent of American oil imports last year Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.David Bloom/Postmedia Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t think Canadian oil and gas will face a Trump tariff once the former U.S. … Read more
Will you be adding it to your Christmas spread? (Picture: Getty Images) We all have our Christmas foodie traditions, and for some families, December 25 would not be complete without a pork pie. The Leicestershire-born pastry treat appears on buffet tables and Boxing Day spreads year after year. But let’s face it, the pork pie … Read more
Take in the Enchanted Forest, improv comedy, a local artisan market, a book discussion and signing, and a film festival anniversary. Take in the Enchanted Forest lights tour on foot on Nov. 14-15, 2024 before it opens for vehicles for the rest of the holiday season at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm.Photo by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon … Read more
The Montreal Canadiens only mustered 19 shots in a 3-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Montreal Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson (8) checks Minnesota Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn.Photo by Matt Krohn /AP Twin titans Matthew Boldy … Read more
The order had been issued to those within an 800-metre zone surrounding the derailment at the Canadian National rail yard. Police and firefighters respond to a train derailment in Longueuil, on the south shore of Montreal, Nov. 14, 2024.Photo by Christinne Muschi /The Canadian Press The order was rescinded at 4:30 a.m. Since Thursday night, … Read more
If after centuries of continuing conflicts it became possible to create a peaceful European Union, surely it is not illusory to dream of duplicating its example in the Middle East and elsewhere. Former South African president Nelson Mandela chose truth and reconciliation rather than revenge, which the brutal inhumanity of apartheid presented as a justifiable … Read more
Some L.A. farmers markets thrive, while others struggle. Here are two at risk of shutting down On a Friday afternoon in late October at the Echo Park Farmers Market, activity among multiple vendors in the sparsely populated parking lot just off of Sunset Boulevard is feeling a bit slow. Fall is usually slow, several vendors … Read more
Months after a boy was attacked while swimming in the lake on Île Notre-Dame by what experts believe was a muskie, many questions remain. George Mandl and his eight-year-old son, Max, were visiting Montreal from California on June 26 when they decided to visit Jean-Doré Beach. They were playing hide-and-seek on an inflatable structure anchored … Read more
The once and future president’s love of “The Deal” might outweigh his antipathy toward electric vehicles President-elect Donald Trump dances off stage at the conclusion of a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 4, 2024 in Raleigh, North CarolinaPhoto by Chip Somodevilla /Getty I just watched Darkest Hour, the Winston Churchill biopic, … Read more
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