Canada

Canada: Richmond's 'Food Street' offers near-endless Asian options

2013-05-22 08:15:00

Fans of Asian food can sample dishes from a variety of nations without any jet lag during a visit to Richmond, British Columbia, the city that’s home to Vancouver’s international airport (YVR). Within three blocks along Richmond’s...

Vancouver, Canada, sees sharp drop-off in movie, TV production

2013-05-01 06:00:00

Hollywood North is going south. That's the fear among many in the once-booming production community in Vancouver, Canada. Although Vancouver still attracts high-profile movies and television shows, including A&E's recently launched "Bates Motel,"...

Sarah Polley explores her uprooted, twisted family tree

2013-05-11 07:00:00

Two days after her 11th birthday, Sarah Polley lost her mother to cancer. The death came as a shock, even though her father and older siblings had watched Diane Polley battle the disease for months. As she grew up in Toronto under the care of her father,...

Margaret Atwood connects across the lines

2013-04-20 06:00:00

Atwood�will appear at the Festival of Books in conversation with Michael Silverblatt at 11 a.m. on Saturday. More information: latimes.com/festivalofbooks If you want a sense of how Margaret Atwood operates, you could do a lot worse than to watch her...

Toronto imam provided tip in alleged Canada terror plot

2013-04-23 10:48:00

An imam in the Toronto area came forward more than a year ago with concerns about one of the two suspects now charged with an alleged terrorism plot, an attorney who handled the tip said Tuesday. Toronto attorney Naseer Syed said the imam, who wants...

Generating stunning visual effects, but not enough revenue

2013-03-24 05:00:00

This should be a golden age for visual effects in movies. Thanks to the box office success of movies such as "The Avengers" and "Life of Pi," demand for visual effects has never been greater. Studios are spending $100 million or more to put ever more...

A fateful call keeps filming of 'The Call' in L.A.

2013-03-20 05:00:00

The low-budget thriller "The Call" had a surprisingly strong debut this weekend, pulling in $17.1 million in ticket sales to beat out the Warner Bros. comedy "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" to come in second place at the domestic box office. But...

Nalo Hopkinson's science fiction and real-life family

2013-03-21 12:40:00

Nalo Hopkinson is trying to mess with your mind. The much-lauded writer of science fiction and fantasy sits at one of her favorite Mexican joints, Tio's Tacos, a funky art-strewn restaurant near the campus of UC Riverside, where she has taught creative...

L.A. Opera drama: In minutes, Julie Makerov steps into lead role

2013-03-10 08:27:00

There’s no shortage of drama in the Wagner opera “The Flying Dutchman,” a ghostly love story that opened at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Saturday. But the opening night drama came backstage about 12 minutes before the curtain was to...

Canada: Victoria's new market to flaunt British Columbia's bounty

2013-01-23 07:30:00

A new indoor market in downtown Victoria, Canada, will open in the spring, making Vancouver Island’s abundant produce available year-round. The Victoria Public Market at the Hudson will be home to goods produced by bakers, butchers, fishermen and...

Mystery surrounds woman's body found in hotel water tank

2013-02-20 07:42:49

John Sheardown dies at 88; Canadian envoy who aided Americans in Tehran

2013-01-08 00:00:00

John Sheardown, a former Canadian diplomat who sheltered fugitive American Embassy staffers at his Tehran home at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, has died. He was 88. Sheardown died Dec. 30 at an Ottawa hospital, his wife, Zena,...

A luggage sticker from Toyko's Imperial Hotel evokes a bygone era in a broad-ranging exhibition about hotels at the Vancouver Art Gallery in Canada.

2013-04-16 20:12:19

! Or rather, I was. Now there is hope: There is peameal bacon in Chicago. Yes, peameal bacon, glorious curiosity from the north! Peameal bacon, brined loin rolled in cornmeal! Peameal bacon, never smoked like ordinary Canuck pig!

2012-12-06 15:06:39

Brian Tillekeratne of Toronto, Canada checks his phone as he awaits a flight to Atlanta where he will connect with flights leading to Toronto, Canada. Tillekeratne was in town on business and was hoping to make it home in time for Thanksgiving.

2012-11-21 00:00:00