Pop superstar Madonna will become the first artist to charge admission for a major show on Quebec City’s historic Plains of Abraham on Sept. 1 as part of her 2012 World Tour.

Organizers of the Juno Awards, Canada’s highest-profile music honour, are announcing nominees in 41 categories on Tuesday in Toronto.

Catalan painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, one of the world’s top contemporary art figures, died Tuesday. He was 88.

Prince Charles led ceremonies Tuesday to mark the 200th birthday of novelist Charles Dickens — a writer as popular today as he was during his lifetime.