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Actor, director and producer Will MacMillan died Dec. 2 in Burbank, Calif. He was 71. Will MacMillan’s long career on TV, in film and on the stage included playing Boris on “General Hospital.” He made a string of guest appearances on TV from the 1970s through the 2000s, on shows including “Charlie’s Angels,” “Hill Street Blues,” “Moonlighting,” “L.A. Law” and …

A new study from SFU’s Beedie School of Business suggests using plus-sized models in advertising might have a detrimental effect on people’s health, particularly when it comes to obesity. The study says using plus-sized models as a way to encourage body positivity might actually promote consumption of unhealthy foods and discourage people from exercising on the premise that obesity is …

The Alberta government is adding demerit points to the existing $287 fine for distracted driving. Beginning Jan. 1, drivers will be hit with three demerit points if they are found violating the provincial distracted driving law by texting, using a hand-held phone, personal grooming or fiddling with GPS controls.

Doctor ‘depression epidemic’? In a recent study, researchers have found that doctors who are doing their internships and residencies may develop depression during the course of their study. Researchers reviewed 54 studies involving 17,500 medical residents conducted worldwide over 50 years. They found that 28.8% of the residents showed signs of depression, and that the rate of depression among medical …

Karen Montgomery, an actress, producer and film executive, died Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a decade-long struggle with breast cancer, her husband, director Christopher Monger, said. She was 66. She was best known for playing Princess Beata in a 1988 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

German police have arrested five South Korean family members suspected of beating to death a 41-year-old woman in a religious exorcism ritual in a hotel room, prosecutors said. The body of the 41-year-old was discovered at the Hotel Intercontinental in Frankfurt on Saturday after the suspects called a priest.

A study found out that being happy or unhappy doesn’t have a significant impact on longevity. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford and published in the Lancet on Wednesday, stated that the popular belief of stress and unhappiness causing health problems originated from studies that provided unclear cause and effect relationship, as noted in a report …

Hyperloop Technologies announced Tuesday it will begin testing in the Nevada desert in 2016. The land that the company has secured is located in the Mountain View Industrial Park in Apex industrial Park and hardware for the testing to be done there will begin arriving this month.

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas’ marriage is officially over. The Hollywood divorce between the two stars marked another expensive financial agreement, with Banderas and Griffith sharing most of their assets. Court documents obtained by Entertainment Tonight showed that the income they both received from movie projects between 2004 and 2014 will be divided equally amongst the former couple. For Banderas, …

Facelifted sports cars to get new four-cylinder turbo engines, while 718 Boxster will sit above the 718 Cayman in the new model range Porsche has confirmed the facelifted Boxster and Cayman will be powered by four-cylinder turbocharged engines, while both models will be known as the 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman respectively when they arrive next year.

Taylor Hill Remembers High School: “I Didn’t Exist in High School”. The 5’9″ beauty, who was named a Victoria’s Secret Angel earlier this year, admitted that when she was a student, she was the “butt of everyone’s jokes” and known as “tall, skinny Taylor”.