‘We are buying too much’: How a right-to-repair law could help the planet Research published by the University of Waterloo last week found that in 2020, Canadians generated close to one million tonnes of e-waste — things like cellphones, computers, TVs and home appliances that are old, broken or unwanted. By Abdul Matin Sarfraz | News, Entertainment | May 18th 2023
MOVIES about a Canadian success that crashed, a re-covened book club by four acting icons and mental health cutbacks decried Also a science fiction for children, a Manga knock-off and more By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | May 12th 2023
MOVIES: Bios of Michael J. Fox and hockey badman Harold Ballard, plus a big new Marvel Also two about climate change, an Indigenous woman's quest and an unlikely Carmen By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | May 4th 2023
MOVIES to save Chinatown, grow up via Judy Blume, re-work a children's classic and take on polite society Also reality with a legal failure, a champion's story, Ukraine and modern witches By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 27th 2023
MOVIES with a black composer in old France, Little Richard in early rock and roll and a crime thriller's pros and cons Also looking ahead to Canada's premier festival of documentary films By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 20th 2023
MOVIES: How to Blow up a Pipeline Also: a mushy romance, Jewish revenge and Toni Collette as Mafia Mamma By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 13th 2023
MOVIES with old friends like Jackie Chan and the Mario Brothers plus a rigorous climate change essay Also films on A.I., a movie fan in India and NIKE (as in this photo) chasing Michael Jordan By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | April 6th 2023
MOVIES: two from or about super popular games and a sequel that brings Sandler and Aniston together again Also a Canadian film about teenage lesbians among Jehovah's Witnesses. This scene is from Dungeon's And Dragons. By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 30th 2023
MOVIES: Big, big action by John Wick, a Can-Con fest and what you should know about ink Also a French supernatural mystery and a U.S. political drama cum expose By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 24th 2023
MOVIES: Chess Story's super intensity; Boston Strangler's real crime and 3 of Canada's best They include Brother, Riceboy Sleeps and Tenzin, all of them about immigrants By Volkmar Richter | Reviews, Entertainment | March 16th 2023