Features, explainers and long-form stories from across Canada.
Few moments in cinema are as instantly recognizable as the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. For Janet Leigh, that role defined much of her public legacy, but her career spanned decades and dozens of films, from MGM musicals to political thrillers, making her story one of resilience, family, and unanswered questions. Full Name: Jeanette … Read more
Few stories capture the entanglement of business ambition and legal consequences quite like that of Vijay Mallya. Once hailed as India’s “King of Good Times,” the former airline tycoon now faces an ongoing extradition battle from his residence in London, while Indian banks say approximately ₹8,752 crore remains recoverable from loans linked to his defunct … Read more
Bob Barker spent 35 years as the host of The Price Is Right, a career that made him one of the most recognizable faces on American television. When he died in August 2023 at the age of 99, the questions about his private life — his money, his family, and the stories that never quite … Read more
Bobby Flay made New Mexican flavors famous on a national stage, but the timeline running alongside the grill marks and TV hits has drawn just as much attention—a divorce settled in 2015, a harassment case closed in 2023, and gaps a cookbook cannot fill. The evidence separates documented facts from unresolved rumors. Full name: Robert … Read more
There’s something about the guy who played Clark Kent for a decade that makes people feel personally invested in his choices. Tom Welling stepped into the role of a lifetime at just 24 years old, and for ten seasons, he was the Smallville. Net Worth: $14 million · Years Active: 1996 – Present · Known … Read more
Few WWE fans forgot AJ Lee, even after she vanished from the roster; a decade later she walked back onto SmackDown in September 2025 with her husband CM Punk at the center of the story. The old questions came with her — did she retire, why did she leave, is she back for good — … Read more
Few pop artists inspire the kind of devotion that turns listeners into detectives, but Lana Del Rey has spent more than a decade making fans want to decode her every line. She is the rare star who says she does not view herself as naturally controversial, yet she keeps ending up at the center of … Read more
Every so often, a criminal case stops being a courtroom story and becomes a diplomatic one. The killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Sikh gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, 2023, turned into exactly that kind of flashpoint — and in July 2026, U.S. prosecutors charged jailed gang leader Lawrence Bishnoi and … Read more
Few K-drama stars carry a double identity the way Song Hye Kyo does: on screen, she’s the easy smile behind Descendants of the Sun; off screen, she’s a famously private celebrity who lets the public draw its own conclusions. For years, searches have piled onto the same questions — is she dating, does she have … Read more
Few stories show how quickly a towering business reputation can be overtaken by a courtroom drama quite like Frank Stronach’s. The Austrian-Canadian entrepreneur spent decades building Magna International, the automotive parts empire he founded in 1957, before a sexual assault trial ended with a conviction in 2026. Net worth: Est. $2 billion (Forbes, 2022) · … Read more