Whitney Rydbeck, ‘Friday the 13th’ and ‘M*A*S*H’ actor, dead at 79

Whitney Rydbeck in “M*A*S*H.” 20th Century Fox Television Whitney Rydbeck, the actor best known for his role in “Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives,” died at the age of 79. He passed away last Monday from prostate cancer complications while in hospice care in Chatsworth, California. Tommy McLoughlin, who directed the sixth “Friday the 13th” … Read more

The world is on the brink. Canada is not ready

Former defence minister Perrin Beatty understands the Russian threat. He says the world is more dangerous than during the Cold War FILE: Perrin Beatty, President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce chats with Postmedia during the 2022 Global Business Forum in Banff, Canada on Friday, September 23, 2022.Jim Wells/Postmedia Perrin Beatty was Canada’s … Read more

It’s last call for iconic Midtown bar Neary’s

Neary’s, the wonderful pub that Jimmy Neary launched at 348 E. 57th St. in 1967, closed its doors on Friday for the last time. Not surprisingly, it’s been called the end of an era. But while I’m sad to lose Neary’s fabled Irish coffee and lamb chops, I couldn’t care less about the era. An … Read more

California lawmaker pushes to tax online sales

A Berkeley lawmaker, backed by a coalition of large and small retailers, is pursuing a controversial bill to require Amazon.com Inc. and many other Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by California consumers. Democratic Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner touted a bill Wednesday that she said could raise $300 million in badly needed state … Read more

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