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US consumer spending, incomes rose in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumers boosted their spending again in October, while their incomes increased at the fastest clip in six months. A key gauge of inflation watched by the Federal Reserve posted the...
Nov 30, 2016
Nova Scotia lacks planning for schools, risk plans for infrastructure:auditor
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia approved a new $21 million, Halifax-area school despite evidence it wasn’t needed, the auditor general said Wednesday in a report that slammed the province for poor plannin...
Nov 30, 2016
Cubans line streets as Fidel Castro's ashes begin journey
HAVANA - Surrounded by white roses and drawn by a green military jeep, Fidel Castro’s ashes began a more than 500-mile (800-kilometre) journey on Wednesday across the country he ruled for nearly...
Nov 30, 2016
Trump says he's leaving businesses to avoid conflicts
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump declared Wednesday he will leave his business empire behind to focus on his presidency. But the prospect that he could simply shift more control to three of his...
Nov 30, 2016
As Trump claims to have saved Carrier jobs, details are hazy
WASHINGTON - In persuading Carrier to keep hundreds of jobs in Indiana, President-elect Donald Trump is claiming victory on behalf of factory workers whose positions were bound for Mexico. But the sca...
Nov 30, 2016
Tragically Hip's Gord Downie performing at We Day youth event in Halifax
HALIFAX - Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie will be performing at a We Day youth empowerment event in Halifax today. His appearance at the event was announced early Wednesday morning, a day after Do...
Nov 30, 2016
Hurricanes waive one defenseman, add another
LETHBRIDGE – The Hurricanes placed one overage defenseman on waivers Tuesday while claiming another. Shaun Dosanjh joins the team from the Kamloops Blazers, who had claimed him off waivers from ...
Nov 30, 2016
Amanda Seyfried expecting first child with Thomas Sadoski
NEW YORK - Amanda Seyfried is pregnant with her first child. People magazine reports the actress made the announcement and showed off her baby bump in New York on Tuesday. Seyfried was appearing at an...
Nov 30, 2016
Canadian Olympic Committee partners with Sid Lee, agency behind 'We the North'
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors’ iconic “We the North” campaign generated a whopping 160 million impressions on social media in its launch season alone. But Vito Piazza didn’t ne...
Nov 30, 2016
President Obama: 'Michelle will never run for office'
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has tamped down any speculation that first lady Michelle Obama may one day run for office herself. In an interview with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner conducted t...
Nov 30, 2016