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New this week: Jingle Ball 2020 & 2 doses of Meryl Streep

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

Dec 8, 2020 6:46 AM Read more >

For baking season, a primer on an essential: vanilla

I used to take vanilla for granted. Then, I was making chocolate chip cookies one day and ran out of vanilla extract. So I left it out. It was like leaving salt out of the recipe. The cookies lacked the round, full flavours they usually had.

Dec 8, 2020 5:41 AM Read more >

Millennial Money: 10 money insights distilled over 25 years

The importance of money has less to do with affording the newest iPhone or measuring career success, and far more to do with the core of being human: freedom, ego, stress and relationships.

Dec 8, 2020 4:08 AM Read more >

Should I wipe down groceries during the pandemic?

Should I wipe down groceries during the pandemic? Experts say it’s not necessary for most people. The coronavirus spreads mainly through the respiratory droplets people spray when talking, coughing, sneezing or singing.

Dec 8, 2020 1:11 AM Read more >

Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehands

NEW YORK — The shuttered Metropolitan Opera said it will lock out its stagehands in Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees at midnight on Monday because it has been unable to negotiate wage cuts during the novel coronav

Dec 7, 2020 5:32 PM Read more >

Pandemic financial pressures deplete finances, spirits as festive season approaches

TORONTO — Pandemic restrictions and financial strain mean Christmas will look different than past years for Tia Cyr and her family, so she enlisted Santa in breaking the news to her son.

Dec 7, 2020 5:13 PM Read more >

Years of research laid groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

How could scientists race out COVID-19 vaccines so fast without cutting corners? A head start helped -- over a decade of behind-the-scenes research that had new vaccine technology poised for a challenge just as the coronavirus erupted.

Dec 7, 2020 3:15 PM Read more >

Manitoba government offers money for online performances so people will stay home

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is hoping that free online entertainment and classes will help people through the pandemic winter and convince more folks to stay home.

Dec 7, 2020 3:13 PM Read more >

Longtime National Spelling Bee director steps down

The longtime executive director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee has stepped down. Scripps announced Paige Kimble's departure on Monday, effective immediately, after 22 years in charge of the world's preeminent spelling competition.

Dec 7, 2020 3:09 PM Read more >

"Epicentre for syphilis:' Alberta to try dual syphilis, HIV test to fight outbreak

EDMONTON — The University of Alberta has started a clinical trial to try to fight a syphilis outbreak in Edmonton and across northern Alberta.

Dec 7, 2020 2:50 PM Read more >