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TORONTO — Ontario's restaurant industry is demanding the provincial government pick up a $100-million tab following the abrupt closure of indoor and outdoor dining last week.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s first Netflix series will centre on the Invictus Games, which gives sick and injured military personnel and veterans the opportunity to compete in sports.

TORONTO — A Tribe Called Red have changed their name to the Halluci Nation. The electronic producers made the announcement official on their Facebook page after performing under their new identity in recent months.

Most children with a serious inflammatory illness linked to the coronavirus had initial COVID-19 infections with no symptoms or only mild ones, new U.S. research shows.

NEW YORK — Some unexpected free time in 2020 led Grammy winner Dave Grohl to put some thoughts and memories into words. Grohl's memoir “The Storyteller” will come out Oct. 5, Dey Street Books announced Tuesday.

In 1968, the year “Hey Jude” hit the charts, Richard Thompson turned down an invitation to Paul McCartney’s birthday party. On other occasions over the years, Thompson shared the stage with Jimi Hendrix. He also pranked Buck Owens.

TOKYO — Renowned Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, best known for the internationally popular TV drama series “Oshin," has died of lymphoma. She was 95. Hashida had been treated for the illness since earlier this year.

NEW YORK — Ron Nixon, global investigations editor at The Associated Press, has won the first-ever News Leader of the Year award from the News Leaders Association.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press) 2. “Win” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 3. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig (Viking) 4. “Life After Death” by Sister Souljah (Atria) 5.

NEW YORK — More than a year after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, his lawyers are demanding a new trial, arguing in court papers Monday that the landmark #MeToo prosecution that put him behind bars was buoyed by improper rulings from a judge who