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Mayor: Family was to celebrate child’s birthday when NYC sightseeing helicopter crashed
NEW YORK (AP) — A family from Spain was about to celebrate the ninth birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing ...
Buy Canadian, and support your local farmer
One way to accomplish that is to purchase at least some of your groceries at your local farmers’ market. Across Ontario alone there are 180 farmers’ markets and to find the one closest to you, a great ...
Every home deserves good design
The Stephanie Martin Interior Design team likes to get up close and personal with clients. It’s part of their process for understanding how people live so they can craft interiors that reflect their ...
The City Gardener: Perfect pruning for perennial perfection
A basic pruning kit includes three tools: secateurs, the fancy name for the handheld pruners that no gardener can do without; loppers, which come in different sizes; and a folding pruning saw, strong ...
Colin and Justin: Mid-century modern leaves its mark
Think Colin Firth’s ‘Single Man’, a visual feast that plays against the 1949 John Lautner designed Californian ‘Schaffer Residence’. Or perhaps Mad Men, starring John Hamm, set as it is in the teak ...
China will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125%
BEIJING (AP) — China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% — the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled ...
Walmart employee kills co-worker in Georgia store, woman at nearby home, wounds 3rd
OVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — A Walmart employee shot and killed a co-worker inside a Georgia store and critically wounded another worker outside early Friday while the business was closed to the public, ...
THE LATEST: Carney suspends campaign to chair meeting as PM
Mark Carney has paused his election campaign for a third time to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. But according to columnist Lorne Gunter, Trump’s tariffs are the campaign.
Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A woman in Australia unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after she received another patient’s embryo from her in vitro fertilization clinic due to “human error,” ...
Australian opposition leader says his home was the target of an alleged bomb plot
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton confirmed on Friday that his family home had been the ...
Carney in Ottawa today for cabinet committee meeting on U.S. relations
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended his election campaign yet again to deal with the fallout of U.S. tariffs. Carney is expected to chair a meeting this morning with his cabinet ...
Duty-free shops see business ’falling off the cliff’ as travellers shun U.S.
MONTREAL — A group of duty-free shop owners says sales are plunging as Canadian travellers steer clear of the U.S. amid anger ...