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CHICAGO — These are children of the pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus.

TORONTO — "Battle of the Blades" won't have a live audience. And "Family Feud Canada" is searching virtually for season 2 contestants.

There may have been a point — say, oh, a few months ago? — when we’d have demanded a lot more edge from a movie like “The High Note,” and been less forgiving of its more implausible moments.

NEW YORK — The U.S. is hitting a tragic milestone: 100,000 dead from the coronavirus. But is that number right? The accuracy of U.S. coronavirus death count has been both a scientific and political issue.

Like many Canadians, Erin Riediger cancelled her gym membership when the country went into lockdown in March. For the first few days of quarantine, the Winnipeg-based architect tried crafting her own yoga routine, to no avail.

NEW YORK — Reaction to the death of Larry Kramer, the AIDS activist and playwright who turned his fury into mass protests and helped raise the profile of the disease: "If you remember the early days of the AIDS crisis then you remember Larry Kramer.

NEW YORK — Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatregoers ’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the early years of the epidemic, has died at 84.

TORONTO — CBC has unveiled its fall-winter TV lineup, promising to deliver "more entertainment and escapism" over the next year.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Movie enthusiasts in Cape Breton looking for a big screen fix to watch their favourite film will get that opportunity next month at a small regional theatre in Sydney.

Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? AT&T sure hopes so.