• People

    “We're Here”'s New Stars Recall Spreading 'Joy and Sparkle' amid Drag Ban and Finding 'Purpose' in Season 4 (Exclusive)

    The new season of Emmy-winning HBO show features drag queens Sasha Velour, Priyanka, Jaida Essence Hall, and Latrice Royale and filmed in states where drag performances were banned

  • The Canadian Press

    Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, first US bank failure this year

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had seized the Philadelphia-based bank, which did business as Republic Bank and had roughly $6 billion in assets and $4 billion in deposits as of Jan. 31. Fulton Bank, which is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, agreed to assume substantially all of the failed bank's deposits and buy essentially all of its assets, th

  • The Canadian Press

    Evacuation alert lifted as wildfire in northeastern B.C. now 'held'

    CHETWYND, B.C. — An evacuation alert for residents in areas around Chetwynd, B.C., has been lifted just days after a wildfire forced some residents from their homes. Peace River Regional District in B.C.'s northeast cancelled the alert and lifted a state of local emergency that had been in place. BC Wildfire Services lists the nearby 76-hectare Wildmare Creek fire as "being held" after it led to the first evacuation order of the wildfire season in the province earlier this week. The evacuation o