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TORONTO — Like her character in her new film "Chick Fight," Toronto-raised actress Malin Akerman says she's faced a few struggles in her career.

Medical professionals around Canada have been calling for stricter restrictions this week to curb the unruly spread of COVID-19 in parts of the country.

AC/DC, “Power Up” (Columbia) A new AC/DC record may well be the only good thing to happen in 2020.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s 2014, and you’re relaxing with your best friend in a pastel-hued Florida condo the day after Thanksgiving. She’s checking Facebook and you’re on your iPad, playing a video game called Plague, Inc.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Fortune and Glory” by Janet Evanovich (Atria) 2. “A Time for Mercy” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 3. “The Sentinel” by Child/Child (Delacorte) 4. “The Return” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) 5.

Walt Disney Co. reported fiscal fourth-quarter loss on Thursday thanks largely to changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

LOS ANGELES — Through decades, deaths and disasters, AC/DC keeps thundering on. Forty-seven years along, and with the closest thing possible to their original lineup, the rockers on Friday are releasing “Power Up," their first album in six years.

BEIJING — A publicity stunt involving South Korean girl group Blackpink and a cuddly baby panda has prompted outraged comments and calls for an apology from some in China.

CALGARY — Western Canadians tired of isolating at home are filling the slopes at mountain ski resorts that have opened earlier than usual despite worries about surging cases of COVID-19.

TORONTO — One of Canada's leading teaching hospitals has launched an Indigenous-led centre dedicated to improving health-care services for First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities.