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Calgary-born composer Sarah Davachi wins the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale

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The Biennale judges called Davachi, 39, “one of the most interesting and coherent voices in the contemporary musical landscape.” The composer and organist works across electronic and acoustic music.

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Canadian poet Anne Carson wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

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The Swedish Academy honoured the Toronto-born poet, translator and classics scholar, 76, for “her bold and inventive oeuvre” in playful dialogue with the classical tradition.

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk shares his first impressions from space

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Kutryk, from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, launched with three crewmates on Oct 1 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9. He is now one of seven astronauts on the International Space Station.

Alberta-born Joni Mitchell becomes a US citizen at 82

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“I became a citizen so I could vote,” Mitchell said after the ceremony on Tuesday, calling herself a proud Canerican like Neil Young.

Kelly Clarkson and a Brooklyn shop clash over a mechanical bird

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The singer said staff at Art of Play, a store in Brooklyn, New York, looked at her “as if I couldn't afford” a singing mechanical bird on Saturday. She said its price tag was US$15,000.

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk will make two spacewalks

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On Oct 29 and Nov 5, Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon will step outside the International Space Station to install two new solar arrays.

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Harry and Meghan make their first joint appearance since moving back to Britain

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The couple visited three charities in Nottingham, England, on Thursday, and Meghan told the crowd: "It's great to be back."

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Sophie Grégoire Trudeau says she never saw Justin Trudeau as a prime minister

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Snap out of every role you're in, because if you believe it for half a second you're doomed.