A strong Canadian contingent is heading to La Croisette for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, which will screen new movies from both established names like David Cronenberg and budding directors invited to the French fest for the first time.
A painting bought at a Vancouver garage sale and believed to the work of iconic Canadian artist Tom Thomson has been sold at auction for $110,000, considerably less than its estimated value.
Soprano Measha Brueggergosman and singer-songwriter Feist, two Canadian artists who have achieved international success, are the latest honorary fellows of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Passengers aboard a delayed Air Canada flight got a welcome surprise when a travelling Balkan Klezmer band broke out their instruments and treated them to a four-song set.