Amelia Eqbal

3 weeks ago | autism.einnews.com | Natalie Stechyson |Amelia Eqbal |Kevin Maimann |Eddie Pells

Can autistic people hold down jobs, pay taxes or find love? Reaction from the autism community has been swift and damning after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s press conference last week. In discussing the CDC's new report that autism numbers increased in 2022, Kennedy called autism an "epidemic" and claimed it "destroys families.""These are kids who will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem.

3 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Amelia Eqbal

Film critic Rad Simonpillai, comedian and podcast host Ashley Ray, and entertainment reporter Teri Hart talk about how Pope Francis and the papacy are portrayed in film and TV, and what it says about this moment.

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Amelia Eqbal

One of the biggest names in K-pop music at the moment is Mark Lee, known to his millions of fans simply as Mark. The Korean-Canadian K-pop star is with SM Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop labels in the industry. He is best known for debuting in the group NCT nine years ago. But now, after almost a decade in the business, he has released his first solo album called The Firstfruit.

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Amelia Eqbal

Arts·CommotionCulture writers Jovanté Anderson and Siddhant Adlakha, as well as author Jael Richardson talk about how the rom-com is flipping the genre’s tropes for the better. Culture critics Jovanté Anderson, Siddhant Adlakha and Jael Richardson talk about the fresh, nuanced filmAmelia Eqbal · CBC Arts · Posted: Apr 11, 2025 4:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 23 minutes agoA still from A Nice Indian Boy.

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Amelia Eqbal

For more than four decades, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky has been celebrated as a national hero across Canada, with statues, arenas and freeways named in his honour. However, Gretzky's public alliances with U.S. President Donald Trump in the midst of the president's tariff-induced trade war with Canada has caused many hockey fans to disown the man they once called "the Great One." But will this political moment be strong enough to permanently alter Gretzky's place in our national history?