Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2023
From movie and TV stars to musicians and other notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.
Entertainment
Dec 30, 2023
Robbie Robertson, Canadian music legend, dead at 80
Toronto-born Robbie Robertson, guitarist and main songwriter in The Band, has died at the age of 80, his manager said on Wednesday.
Entertainment
Aug 9, 2023
Remembering the golden era of music magazines
It was once easy to leave a magazine rack with a back-breaking pile of music magazines that were devoured page by page. That time is long gone.
Entertainment
Aug 6, 2023
Simple, delicious Easter recipes
Eat North food writer Dan Clapson joins Global News Calgary with tips for whipping up a delicious Easter meal.
Apr 1, 2023
Eat North shares Superbowl party recipes everyone can cheer for
Good food for the win. Eat North food writer Dan Clapson joins Global News Calgary with some sharable recipes for your Superbowl party.
Feb 11, 2023
Jeff Beck, guitar legend who influenced generations of players, dies at 78
Beck, who rose to fame as a member of 1960s group The Yardbirds and collaborated with some of rock's biggest stars, died of bacterial meningitis, his representatives said.
Entertainment
Jan 11, 2023
Entertaining tips, gifts and brining 101
Whether you are hosting or heading out, Eat North can elevate your holiday entertaining. Food writer Dan Clapson shares suggestions for the perfect “foodie” gift and covers the basics of brining.
Dec 10, 2022
Owner offers reward after she says puppies were stolen from her B.C. home
The two Maltese Shih Tzu puppies were taken from owner Kate Classon's home in Abbotsford on Monday, Sept. 21 when they were only seven weeks old and not ready to leave their mom yet.
Crime
Oct 1, 2020
Was 1991 one of the greatest years in rock? Alan Cross votes ‘yes’
Every generation or so, there's a moment when the music world shifts on its axis, and everything changes. Such a moment happened 30 years ago this month.
Entertainment
Sep 19, 2021
Poll: Stress over personal debt return as U.S. public doubts economic recovery
WASHINGTON - Just last fall, Americans were feeling better about their personal finances. Now they're starting to worry more about how they'll pay off debts as they feel the nation's economic recovery wobbling.
Money
Jul 26, 2011
Gibson Guitar acknowledges exotic wood violation, agrees to pay penalties
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Gibson Guitar Corp. avoided a criminal prosecution after the instrument maker acknowledged its importations of exotic wood violated environmental laws.
Entertainment
Aug 6, 2012
Pete Townshend traces drug use, child abuse, aging in wide-ranging biography
TORONTO - Legendary Who guitarist Pete Townshend has weathered drug abuse, alcohol addiction, infidelity, near-deafening rock 'n' roll assaults to his ears and, of course, those infamous child pornography charges.
Entertainment
Nov 28, 2012
Hoffman, Letterman among 7 to receive Kennedy Center Honors with Led Zeppelin members
WASHINGTON - Years after playing a Washington newspaper reporter, Dustin Hoffman is returning to the nation's capital to share an honour with David Letterman — who appears surprised at how culturally important his Top 10 lists have been.
Entertainment
Sep 12, 2012
September 14th on the Global Edmonton Morning News
The Morning News on Global Edmonton - With Shaye Ganam and Jennifer Crosby.
Sep 15, 2011
Iran defiant over UN nuclear report as West studies options for ‘last big sanction’
With Iran angrily defiant about a U.N. report accusing it of developing nuclear weapons, Western powers and allies faced complicated questions Wednesday on how to further tighten pressure on the oil giant without shaking the fragile world economy.
World
Nov 9, 2011
Music legend inspires youth at Wetaskiwin guitar camp
A man who Eric Clapton once called the best guitar player in the world is in Wetaskiwin this weekend, teaching at a summer guitar camp.
Aug 17, 2012
Ravi Shankar, sitar virtuoso who brought Indian music to West, mentored Beatles, dies at 92
NEW DELHI - With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso mentored a Beatle, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century.
Entertainment
Dec 12, 2012
Friends, fans gather at Woodstock home of singer-drummer Levon Helm, recall his talents
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. - There was a reunion, of sorts, at Woodstock on Thursday.
Entertainment
Apr 26, 2012
B.B. King’s family loses bid for control of his affairs
Noted blues man B.B. King — his health failing at age 89 — is in the middle of tug of war between some of children and his longtime manager.
Entertainment
May 8, 2015
Comfort food recipes to warm you up this winter
Food blogger and chef features three comfort food recipes using lentils on Global's Morning News.
Feb 15, 2016