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'Roseanne' cancellation brings unemployment, uncertainty
LOS ANGELES - The unprecedented sudden cancellation of one of television’s top comedies has left a wave of unemployment and uncertainty in its wake. Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet and the sw...
May 31, 2018
Canadian Denis Shapovalov drops second-round match at French Open
PARIS - Denis Shapovalov’s first career Grand Slam as a seeded player didn’t last long. The No. 24 seed, from Richmond Hill, Ont., lost 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-4 to world No. 70 Maximili...
May 31, 2018
Prince Charles talks to jam, honey producers in Transylvania
VISCRI, Romania - Britain’s Prince Charles has arrived at his house in Romania’s Transylvania region, where he advised honey and jam producers on how to market their goods. Charles, who wi...
May 31, 2018
US consumer spending up 0.6 per cent, best in 5 months
WASHINGTON - Americans boosted their spending by 0.6 per cent in April, the biggest increase in five months and a strong indication that the economy is reviving after a winter slowdown. The Commerce D...
May 31, 2018
Statistics Canada says the pace of economic growth slowed in first quarter
OTTAWA - Canada’s pace of economic growth slowed in the first quarter to its lowest rate in nearly two years, but the weaker-than-expected data did little to tamp down&n...
May 31, 2018
Zidane quits as Real Madrid coach after 3rd Champions League
MADRID - Zinedine Zidane quit as Real Madrid coach on Thursday, less than a week after leading the team to its third straight Champions League title, saying the club needed a change in command. The 45...
May 31, 2018
Pipeline assets will attract buyers if feds can complete expansion, experts say
CALGARY - If the federal government manages to overcome strong opposition in British Columbia and complete construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, experts say&n...
May 31, 2018
New Brunswick town stakes claim to world's oldest basketball court
ST. STEPHEN, N.B. - For years, it lay hidden under drab blue carpet on the top floor of a non-descript building that housed everything from a printing press and dance hall to a gym and storeroom. But ...
May 31, 2018
Original map of Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood up for auction
LONDON - The original version of a map that entranced generations of children is up for auction at Sotheby’s. The auctioneer said Thursday that E.H. Shepard’s map of the Hundred Acre Wood,...
May 31, 2018
Transportation Safety Board to release findings on sunken tugboat off B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - Results are expected today from an investigation into what caused a tugboat to run aground off British Columbia’s coast in October 2016, spilling thousands of litres of fue...
May 31, 2018