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Roots not seeing 'pullback' in consumer spending as retailer reports $7.9M Q1 loss

Roots not seeing 'pullback' in consumer spending as retailer reports $7.9M Q1 loss

TORONTO — Consumers grappling with a global tariff war have yet to drop Roots Corp. from their shopping trips, the apparel retailer's CEO said Friday, as the company reported a $7.9 million loss.
What’s big, glowing and no longer Olympic? Paris has the answer

What’s big, glowing and no longer Olympic? Paris has the answer

PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic.
PSP Investments earns 12.6 per cent return, tops reference portfolio

PSP Investments earns 12.6 per cent return, tops reference portfolio

MONTREAL — The Public Sector Pension Investment Board says it earned a return of 12.6 per cent for its latest financial year ended March 31. The results topped the investment fund's reference portfolio, which showed a one-year return of 11.
Republican enthusiasm for Musk cools after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds

Republican enthusiasm for Musk cools after his feud with Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk has lost some of his luster with Republicans since his messy public falling-out with President Donald Trump last week, a new survey finds.
CN Rail warns of 'catastrophic impacts' as it seeks anti-flood barrier in Jasper park

CN Rail warns of 'catastrophic impacts' as it seeks anti-flood barrier in Jasper park

The railway says Parks Canada is opposed to a proposal to use gravel dredged from the river to construct an anti-flooding berm.
Pope Leo XIV's fashion choices make waves, and many wonder what they mean

Pope Leo XIV's fashion choices make waves, and many wonder what they mean

The Pope's clothing choices are a “return to form,” and his attire similar to that worn by Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II and other popes going back to the middle ages, says one professor.
Downtown businesses in Vancouver, Victoria decry desperate public safety situation

Downtown businesses in Vancouver, Victoria decry desperate public safety situation

VANCOUVER — Alan Goodall has owned the Aura nightclub in Vancouver's entertainment district for 16 years, and says the situation for his business has never been worse.
Music Review: Dierks Bentley's 'Broken Branches' offers safe, familiar, cold beer country

Music Review: Dierks Bentley's 'Broken Branches' offers safe, familiar, cold beer country

Nashville hitmaker Dierks Bentley has delivered “Broken Branches,” his eleventh studio album that leans into some well-tread country rock territory, the kind that invariably involves broken hearts, trucks and a cold beer.
Mike Love celebrates Brian Wilson and George Clinton shines at 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame

Mike Love celebrates Brian Wilson and George Clinton shines at 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame

NEW YORK (AP) — The Beach Boys' Mike Love was inducted into the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night, just one day after it was announced that his inimitable bandmate Brian Wilson had died.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer complains about trial secrecy as a famous rapper's name goes unmentioned

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer complains about trial secrecy as a famous rapper's name goes unmentioned

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Sean “Diddy” Combs protested the rising tide of secrecy at the hip-hop icon’s federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial on Thursday after Combs and the public were excluded from arguments over whether another famous
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