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US consumer spending up inflation-adjusted 0.3 per cent
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending rose by an inflation-adjusted 0.3 per cent in September, led by increased spending on health care services and motor vehicles. The Commerce Department also said Mon...
Oct 29, 2018
Student dies after fight ends in gunfire at NC high school
A North Carolina high school student shot and killed a fellow student during a fight in a crowded school hallway Monday, officials said, calling the incident a case of bullying that “escalated o...
Oct 29, 2018
Actress tells Australian court she heard Rush's career over
SYDNEY, Australia - Award-winning actress Judy Davis told a court on Monday that she had heard comments in the film industry that Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush’s career was finished after he was ac...
Oct 29, 2018
First jurors selected for trial of Dennis Oland, accused of murdering father
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The first jurors have been selected for the retrial of Dennis Oland, who is charged with the second-degree murder of his multi-millionaire father. The process of picking a jury for ...
Oct 29, 2018
CARTOON 10-29-2018
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Source: CARTOON 10-29-2018
Oct 29, 2018
In the news today, Oct. 29
Six stories in the news for Monday, Oct. 29 --- CANADIAN VIGILS HONOUR PITTSBURGH VICTIMS Jewish communities and citizens across Canada gathered over the weekend to honour the victims of the Pittsburg...
Oct 29, 2018
'Should be enforced:' Paralyzed Broncos player, parents want seatbelts on buses
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Michelle Straschnitzki had a moment of panic when her 16-year-old son Jett was preparing to board a team bus for a recent hockey game. “I didn’t watch him go get on the bu...
Oct 29, 2018
'Never give up,' says mother who reunited with son who went missing 31 years ago
TORONTO - A Toronto-area mother who spent three anguished decades wondering whether her son was alive or dead said their recent, happy reunion should offer hope to other families grappling with the pa...
Oct 29, 2018
Toronto Sun newspaper pulls column skeptical of vaccines after backlash
TORONTO - A major newspaper has removed an opinion piece that urged readers to consider “both sides of the vaccine debate” from its website after the column was the subject of widespread o...
Oct 29, 2018
Canada Post rotating strikes spread to Winnipeg and Brandon, Man.
OTTAWA - Manitoba is the latest province to be hit by rotating strikes by members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. CUPW says 1,500 members walked off the job in Winnipeg at 10 p.m. local time ...
Oct 28, 2018