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S&P/TSX composite edges lower, U.S. stock markets climb as Nasdaq posts new record

S&P/TSX composite edges lower, U.S. stock markets climb as Nasdaq posts new record

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index edged lower Tuesday, led by weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. markets rose and the Nasdaq posted a new record high.
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Via Rail hopes to beat 2019 ridership levels this year, even as losses deepen

Via Rail hopes to beat 2019 ridership levels this year, even as losses deepen

MONTREAL — Via Rail notched a big jump in ridership last year, continuing a three-year trend ahead of an expected record number of customers in 2024. In its annual report Tuesday, the Crown corporation said some 4.
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Stock market today: Wall Street ends higher, sending Nasdaq to a record high

Stock market today: Wall Street ends higher, sending Nasdaq to a record high

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended higher on Wall Street, sending the Nasdaq composite to another record. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, and is sitting just shy of its own all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3%.
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Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets swoon and costs hit home

Argentina reports its first single-digit inflation in 6 months as markets swoon and costs hit home

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s monthly inflation rate eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year, data released Tuesday showed, a closely watched indicator that bolsters President Javier Milei’s severe
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As his star rises, Canadian country singer Owen Riegling returns to his roots

As his star rises, Canadian country singer Owen Riegling returns to his roots

TORONTO — Owen Riegling wants to savour this fleeting small-town Canadian moment. Not every day is a rising country music star afforded the chance to rewind their career just as it’s picking up speed.
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Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?

Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?

WASHINGTON (AP) — How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job? It’s a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold conversations , write stories and even generate songs and images within
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Westminster dog show has its first mixed-breed agility winner, and her name is Nimble

Westminster dog show has its first mixed-breed agility winner, and her name is Nimble

NEW YORK (AP) — When the Westminster Kennel Club dog show added an agility competition a decade ago, it opened U.S. dogdom's most elite door to mixed breeds for the first time since the late 1800s.
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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92

Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.
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Nonfiction 1. Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg, narrated by the author (Blackstone Publishing) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3.
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Federal Tory Leader Poilievre targets illicit drugs in B.C. hospitals

Federal Tory Leader Poilievre targets illicit drugs in B.C. hospitals

VANCOUVER — Federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Conservatives will put forward legislation that would forbid Ottawa from "ever" granting provinces exemptions to allow illicit drug use in hospitals.
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