Kendrick Lamar gave music listeners an early holiday present Friday with the surprise drop of a new album.

The ‘no escape’ rule is one of several changes the league has made to try to improve play in its second year. In this case, it’s aimed at increasing scoring in a league where goals were hard to come by last season.

A 3.3-metre oarfish — an elusive deepsea creature shaped like an eel — washed up earlier this month in California. Also known as a “doomsday fish,” this is the third one to wash ashore in as many months.

Canadian crooner Michael Bublé has been announced as the host for the Juno Awards’ 2025 show.

FunGuyz has closed all of its locations across Canada after hundreds of police raids made it impossible to carry on with business as usual.

Sean “Diddy” Combs returned to court on Friday for a hearing over his bid to be released on $50-million US bail from the Brooklyn jail where the music mogul has been held for 10 weeks ahead of his May 5, 2025 trial on sex-trafficking charges.

Some teachers say kids are just plain ruder these days, with a sharp increase in interruptions and outbursts in the classroom. New research from Brock University backs up those observations.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, one of Asia’s richest men, may be facing his biggest challenge yet with an indictment by U.S. prosecutors for alleged fraud and bribery. But it’s unclear just how the case will affect his businesses and own future — as well as the Indian economy and government.

Environment and Climate Change Canada issued snowfall warnings throughout southern and central Alberta on Friday, from a system that’s a remnant of the recent bomb cyclone in B.C.

Opposition MPs are aghast that after buying up two major Canadian companies, the foreign owner of one of Canada’s biggest forestry businesses is now also formally taking over an Indonesian-Chinese pulp and paper conglomerate from his family — a company he has long denied operating in tandem with.

Wicked, led by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande is impressively faithful to the movie-musical format. But with a full year remaining until Part 2 is released, there’s still a lot to be desired.

A spokesperson for the Yukon Government says the territory does not want to force a municipal byelection in Dawson City, despite legislation saying that may be necessary.