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US factory activity picked up in October
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing expanded in the United States and China last month, good news for a sputtering global economy. The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday that its manufacturing index ...
Nov 01, 2016
US construction spending slumped in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. builders cut their spending on construction projects in September, the second straight monthly decline. Much of the decrease came as government spending for schools, sewers and trans...
Nov 01, 2016
October US sales fall as auto boom slows
DETROIT - It’s a chilly autumn for U.S. auto sales. Sales of new cars and trucks fell an estimated 4 per cent in October as consumer demand waned, according to Autodata Corp. Hyundai and Subaru ...
Nov 01, 2016
Cosby lawyers press judge to exclude deposition from trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s lawyers pressed a judge Tuesday to keep the comedian’s damaging deposition in a decade-old lawsuit out of his sexual assault trial, saying Cosby agreed to an...
Nov 01, 2016
Classes disrupted as picket lines go up at Manitoba's largest university
WINNIPEG - Professors at the University of Manitoba left their classrooms for the picket line Tuesday, creating uncertainty for 29,000 students at the province’s largest university. The strike b...
Nov 01, 2016
Paul Bernardo's day-parole hearing scheduled for March; victims' families 'gutted'
TORONTO - The families of two school girls brutally raped and killed by Paul Bernardo say the notorious killer’s application for day parole is “gut wrenching.” Bernardo is scheduled ...
Nov 01, 2016
Halifax police investigating reports of razor blades found in Halloween treats
HALIFAX - Police in Halifax are investigating a pair of incidents where razor blades were reportedly found in candy bars given to children on Halloween. Investigators say a 12-year-old boy was going t...
Nov 01, 2016
Flush with victory! Outhouse vote favours Hillary Clinton
ASHLAND, N.H. - A week before Election Day, a New Hampshire farm stand owner has decided to tally customers’ votes for president from an outhouse-turned-fake-voting booth. The winner: Hillary Cl...
Nov 01, 2016
PBO says tax revenues on legal marijuana to be less than $1 billion at outset
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget watchdog is being a bit of a buzz kill when it comes to forecasting government revenue windfalls from legalized marijuana. “We’re talking millions and mil...
Nov 01, 2016
Newspaper deal falls apart as Gannett gives up on Tronc
NEW YORK - USA Today publisher Gannett walked away Tuesday from its attempted takeover of Tronc, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other major dailies. Gannett’s target was...
Nov 01, 2016