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TORONTO — Canadian astronaut and author Chris Hadfield says he drew on his combat pilot experience for an upcoming Soviet-era novel. "The Defector" follows NASA flight controller and former U.S.

TORONTO — The current season ofCBC's detective dramedy “Pretty Hard Cases” will be itslast. The series broke the news on its Twitter account andCBC confirmed the cancellation by email to The Canadian Press.

“Long Way From Home," JD Clayton (Mulberry Records) Singer-songwriter JD Clayton brings an earnestness to his promising full-length debut album, “Long Way From Home," that makes you want to forgive him for the occasional cliche.

TORONTO — Hot off winning two Grammys on Sunday, Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. has sold the rights for part of his song catalogue to a prominent music investment company.

MONTREAL — A new television series based on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster is dividing opinion in the Quebec town where it is set.

TORONTO — Canadian director Atom Egoyan is reuniting with actor Amanda Seyfried for an opera-set feature film.

BOSTON (AP) — An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced Wednesday, Williams' 91st birthday.

“A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend Them Back” by Bruce Schneier (W.W. Norton & Company) Hacking is universally understood as the exploitation of a software vulnerability by a malicious actor.

“Pollen” by Tennis (Mutually Detrimental) The band Tennis started at sea. Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley formed the musical collaboration in 2010 while on an extended sailing trip.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, will undergo “major back surgery” later this month, the royal palace said Wednesday.