Barney Panofsky is one of Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler’s finest creations. He smokes too many cigars, drinks too much whiskey and has a life of dashed hopes to reflect on as he approaches old ...

Some might consider a movie featuring Barney, the singing purple dinosaur, to be priceless. But for a Quincy Point man, its value may have been $1,163 – the dollar amount, in cash, that police say he ...