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French-born artist finds inspiration on remote Easter Island

French-born artist finds inspiration on remote Easter Island

RAPA NUI, Chile (AP) — Rapa Nui – the remote Chilean territory in the mid-Pacific widely known as Easter Island – is home to a Catholic church featuring artwork that reflects that islanders’ ancestral culture as well as Christian beliefs.
Full speed ahead: 'Avatar' sequel again dominates box office

Full speed ahead: 'Avatar' sequel again dominates box office

NEW YORK (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water" is the box office king for a third straight week, and shows no sign of slowing down.
Veganuary: Why some Canadians are switching to a plant-based diet in the new year

Veganuary: Why some Canadians are switching to a plant-based diet in the new year

Growing up in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. with a father working as a butcher, Toni Vernelli loved eating meat. But it wasn’t long before she noticed that the food she was eating was coming from the farm animals she loved.
Singer Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74

Singer Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Anita Pointer, one of four sibling singers who earned pop success and critical acclaim as The Pointer Sisters, died Saturday at the age of 74, her publicist announced.
Ontario pharmacists can now prescribe treatments for 13 common ailments

Ontario pharmacists can now prescribe treatments for 13 common ailments

TORONTO — Ontarians with 13 common ailments can skip the doctor's office and head straight to the pharmacist to get a prescription as of today.
Tradition of hiking in the new year reaches all 50 US states

Tradition of hiking in the new year reaches all 50 US states

BOSTON (AP) — A simple plan to get more people enjoying the outdoors on New Year’s Day has become a nationwide movement after a hike at a Massachusetts park more than three decades ago.
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022

One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen guitarist, women's soccer team top UK honors list

Queen guitarist, women's soccer team top UK honors list

LONDON (AP) — Those at the forefront of the U.K.'s response to Russia's war in Ukraine joined Queen guitarist Brian May and a fashion designer dubbed “the mother of the miniskirt” on the country’s New Year's Honors list on Friday.
Quebecers are listening to less local music; artists hope Bill C-11 will change that

Quebecers are listening to less local music; artists hope Bill C-11 will change that

MONTREAL — Quebecers are increasingly streaming music online but listening less often to francophone artists, a trend members of the province's music industry hope will be reversed with a new federal bill.
'Trailblazer': Barbara Walters mourned as broadcasting icon

'Trailblazer': Barbara Walters mourned as broadcasting icon

NEW YORK (AP) — Reaction poured in from the worlds of journalism, politics, sports and entertainment following the death of TV news pioneer and “The View” creator Barbara Walters. She died Friday at her home in New York at age 93.
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