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Toronto cop Forcillo granted bail, returns to court in November
Constable James Forcillo arrives at a Toronto courthouse on Thursday, July 28, 2016 to be sentenced for the attempted murder of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim in 2013.
Thai police arrest alleged Japanese stock market manipulator
Exxon misses Street 2Q forecasts
FILE - This Jan. 30, 2012, file photo, shows the sign for the Exxon Mobil Torrance Refinery in Torrance, Calif. Exxon Mobile Corp. reports financial results Friday, July 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Florida bus driver fired, accused of pulling student's hair
Search ending for missing Canadian fisherman in western NY
George Strait to honour Jim Lauderdale at Americana Awards
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015, file photo, country music legend George Strait poses for a portrait in Las Vegas. Strait will honor singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale with a lifetime achievement award at the Americana Honors and Awards Show on Sept. 21, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP, File)
Friday’s TSX breakouts: This strong multi-year performer has a secure dividend
Business chart with glowing arrows and world map
UPS meets 2Q profit forecasts
FILE - In this June 20, 2014, file photo, a United Parcel Service driver starts his truck after making a delivery in Cumming, Ga. UPS reports financial results on Friday, July 29, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
U.S. has crossed ‘red line,’ declared war, says North Korea
Han Song Ryol, director-general of the U.S. affairs department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Pyongyang, North Korea, July 28, 2016.
Friday's small caps to watch
Logs to be processed are pictured at Interfor's Acorn Division mill in Delta, B.C., on Sept. 14, 2012.
German Pokemon fan irks trailer resident in small hours
The Latest: Russia: we will work with UN on Syria corridors
Officer says prosecutors silenced him in Sandra Bland case
FILE - This undated file handout photo provided by the Waller County Sheriff's Office shows Sandra Bland. A police officer in the small Texas town where Bland was pulled over and jailed says the county's top prosecutors threatened to end his career if he came forward with what he says is evidence of wrongdoing. (Waller County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Bikini-clad Swedish cop makes arrest while sunbathing
In this photo provided by Jenny Kitsune Adolffson Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner is pinning a man to the ground who is suspected to have stolen a friend's mobile phone as she said, in Stockholm Sweden, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. She was off duty and wearing a bikini but that didn't stop her from apprehending the man. (Jenny Kitsune Adolfsson via AP)
New mothers, get babies to the breast faster, UNICEF says
Drew Peterson gets 40-year sentence in murder-for-hire case
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013 file photo, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow leaves a courthouse in Joliet, Ill., during a hearing in former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson's request for a new trial. Peterson is set to appear in a southwestern Illinois courtroom Friday, July 29, 2016 for sentencing, after he was convicted in a May murder-for-hire trial. Jurors agreed that Peterson attempted to hire an inmate's uncle to kill State's Attorney Glasgow. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
UN must improve peacekeeping in South Sudan, say aid groups
WikiLeaks, NSA leaker Edward Snowden clash on Twitter
Those who focus on police reform are asking the wrong questions
Amanda Alexander is an assistant professor of Afro-American studies, postdoctoral fellow in law, University of Michigan.
Merck posts strong 2Q numbers, while building for long term
FILE - This Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, file photo shows the Merck logo on a stained glass panel at a Merck company building in Kenilworth, N.J. Drugmaker Merck reports financial results Friday, July 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
3 jailed over Ireland's biggest ever accounting fraud
FILE - This is a Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 file photo of former finance director of Anglo Irish Bank Willie McAteer as he arrives at Dublin Criminal Court, Ireland. Three former senior bankers have been imprisoned for their roles in hiding billions in losses at the defunct Anglo Irish Bank, the biggest accounting fraud in Irish corporate history. Judge Martin Nolan told the trio _ former Anglo executives Willie McAteer and John Bowe and former Irish Life and Permanent chief executive Denis Casey _ they were guilty of committing “sham transactions” designed to hide 7.2 billion euros ($8 billion) in deposit losses from shareholders in Anglo’s 2008 earnings report.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Air Canada's Q2 profit declines, revenue up slightly to $3.46 billion
Migration group: Over 3,000 died trying Med crossing in 2016
UK nuclear power project faces union protests, delay
FILE- In this Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 file photo, the EDF tower of French state-owned power giant Electricite de France (EDF), is seen in the La Defense business district, west of Paris. French energy company EDF is due to decide whether to go ahead with a major nuclear power plant project in southwest England that some consider too costly. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
The Latest: Suspect named in San Diego police shootings
Matt Nichols leads Bombers to first win at Commonwealth Stadium since 2006
Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols (15) is sacked by Edmonton Eskimos' Marcus Howard (91) during second half CFL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Thursday July 28, 2016.
Indian politician arrested for insulting female leader
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2015 file photo, India's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati smiles as she addresses journalists at a press conference in New Delhi, India. Indian police on Friday, July 29, 2016, arrested Hindu nationalist leader Dayashankar Singh on charges alleging he insulted senior female politician Mayawati by describing her as "worse than a prostitute." Singh later apologized for his remark, but Mayawati demanded his arrest as she rejected his accusation. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)
Italian banks under glare as EU stress tests results due
A man walks on a logo of the Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena bank in Rome in this file photo.
Azerbaijan's TV channel shut down over Turkey coup coverage
‘The housing market is the bad guy’
Realtors' signs are hung outside a newly sold property in Vancouver.
Strike disrupts Air France flights amid summer vacation
FILE - This Thursday, June 13, 2013 file photo shows Air France planes parked on the tarmac at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, France, during an air traffic controllers strike. Air France has cancelled 10 percent of its long-distance flights Friday due to a strike by cabin crew amid mass departures for summer vacation. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)
Rabat zoo seeks answers after elephant kills girl with stone
Donations keep iconic Queen Elizabeth I portrait in Britain
This undated handout photo released by The Art Fund shows the Armada Portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth I. A rare 16th century portrait of Queen Elizabeth I will become public property after a donations appeal raised 10 million pounds ($13 million) to keep it in Britain. The "Armada Portrait" commemorates England's 1588 triumph over an invading Spanish armada. Behind her, the Spanish fleet is shown wrecked in a storm. The painting - one of three copies to survive by an unknown artist - was owned by descendants of sailor Francis Drake, who decided to sell it. (The Art Fund via AP)
Veteran Young Canadians member to stand trial on child sex abuse charges
Germany: Russian hooligans convicted of assaulting Spaniards
Romania: senior banker detained in corruption probe
Why Erdogan should take a lesson from India
Alok Mukherjee.
Lives Lived: Ralph LeRoy Arrison, 103
Ralph LeRoy Arrison
July 29: A tax on kajillionaires. Plus other letters to the editor
Mercedes building new car plant in Hungary, to employ 2,500
Red Cross: up to 1 million Iraqis may have to flee fighting
Italian banks under glare as EU stress tests results due
FILE - In this Wednesday, June 29, 2016 file photo, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during an EU summit in Brussels. About a month on from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, there’s little evidence that economic activity across the continent has been derailed yet. That’s some reassurance for the 19-country eurozone as it faces a host of other problems, many of which relate to Italy, the bloc’s third-largest economy. The Brexit vote has raised the stakes in Italian Premier Matteo Renzi’s upcoming referendum on a raft of changes designed to streamline the country’s political system. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, file)
Euro zone growth halves; inflation inches up in July
A zoom-burst image shows the illuminated euro sign in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt in this April 5, 2011 file photo.
Are Swedes having less sex? The government wants to know
Lake Tahoe warming 15 times faster than long-term average
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2015 file photo, a kayaker paddles along Zephyr Cove, the sight of the 19th Annual Lake Tahoe Summit in south Lake Tahoe, Nev. A new study says the average surface temperature of Lake Tahoe has risen faster over the last four years than any time on record - 15 times faster than the long-term warming rate over the past half century. The annual report issued by the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center says continued warm and dry conditions contributed to several record-breaking measurements at Tahoe in 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
AB InBev sees strong sales for main brands like Corona
FILE - This combination of Associated Press undated file photos shows Budweiser beer in the aisles of Elite Beverages in Indianapolis, and Constellation Brands Corona beers displayed at a liquor store in Palo Alto, Calif. Anheuser-Busch InBev has cleared the last regulatory hurdle to its mega merger with rival SABMiller in a deal that has hit new snags this week, when some shareholders sought an improved offer due to shifts in currency values. Chinese regulatory authorities gave the go-ahead on Friday, July 29, 2016 for AB InBev to sell SABMiller's stake in China's Snow Breweries. China's Ministry of Commerce agreed to the sale of SABMiller's 49 percent stake in Snow to China Resources Beer Co., which owns the rest of China's largest brewer. (AP Photos/File)
Man dead after shooting in east-end Toronto
UN Syria envoy tells Russia: Leave Aleppo corridors 'to us'
Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, speaks about the International Syria Support Group's Humanitarian Access Task Force, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Restaurant employees fired for refusing to serve officer
Eurozone likely to get more stimulus as growth halves
Simulator lets sports fans play golf, hockey and even zombie dodgeball
Vaughan, Ont.-based Visual Sports Systems’s golf simulator uses specialized camera technology and a curved screen.
Canadians invade America with classics for Concourse d’Elegance
A 1952 Lancia B20 GT Aurelia
The showstoppers at this weekend's Concours d'Elegance of America
1924 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A
Oh, the irony: Trader Corp. once again under heavy debt burden
We need a new Marshall Plan to reinvigorate the global economy
The International Monetary Fund said on June 20, 2016 that Japan’s government’s quest for an economic revival faces a long slog in the absence of “bold” structural reforms.
B.C. pledges to use revenue from new tax for affordable housing
After trying to tamp down demand in Vancouver’s superheated housing market with a tax on foreign home buyers, British Columbia is now tackling supply, promising to use the tax revenue to fund affordable housing.
In the battle between fintechs and banks, consumers are the winner
The winner in the digital economy will be (and should be) the customer.
Big banks, small dealers and the growing underwriting divide
Canadian bank headquarters on Bay Street in Toronto.
Turkey's Erdogan slams US reaction to failed coup
Russia says taekwondo team approved for Rio Olympics
Natalya Aksyonova makes an attempt in the women's high jump during the Russian Stars 2016 track and field competitions in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 28, 2016. Aksyonova is among the more than 100 athletes who have been barred from competing in the Rio Olympic Games by international sports federations under sanctions which most Russian athletes consider unfair. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The Latest: IOC sets up special unit to monitor illegal bets
World indoor champion Yekaterina Koneva competes in the women's triple jump during the Russian Stars 2016 track and field competitions in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 28, 2016. Koneva is among the more than 100 athletes who have been barred from competing in the Rio Olympic Games by international sports federations under sanctions which most Russian athletes consider unfair. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Celine Dion superfans eagerly await her return to Quebec for summer tour
Celine Dion super fan Estevam Peric poses at his home in Montreal Thursday, July 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Five stories in the news today, July 29
Constable James Forcillo arrives at a Toronto courthouse on Thursday, July 28, 2016 to be sentenced for the attempted murder of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim in 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu
Sanofi profits down despite growth at Genzyme unit
Questions remain about killing of San Diego policeman
China warns after attacks on Olympic delegates in Rio
Strong support for B.C. housing tax but little confidence in its efficacy: poll
A sold sign is pictured outside a home in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June, 28, 2016. An Angus Reid Institute online poll has found that most respondents support a tax on foreign buyers of Metro Vancouver homes but at the same time doubt how effective the move will be at cooling the region's red-hot real estate market. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Pleas for better police training blend with tears at funeral of Somali-Canadian
The casket of Abdirahman Abdi, who died after an altercation with Ottawa Police on Sunday, is carried out of the Ottawa Main Mosque after his funeral on Friday, July 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Toronto cop who got 6 years for attempted murder granted bail while he appeals
Constable James Forcillo arrives at a Toronto courthouse on Thursday, July 28, 2016 to be sentenced for the attempted murder of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim in 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle Siu
Alberta fires torch economy, biggest monthly GDP decline in more than 7 years
Judge tosses out jury verdict in B.C. terror trial, rules RCMP entrapped pair
John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are shown in a still image taken from RCMP undercover video. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP
Chicago police officers fatally shoot person in stolen car
Chicago police investigate a police-involved fatal shooting in the 7300 block of South Merrill Avenue in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood on Friday, July 29, 2016. Chicago police say they shot and killed an 18-year-old man who was in a stolen Jaguar that sideswiped a squad car and hit a parked car, injuring some officers, Thursday evening. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Pelosi tracks the mega-donors to political campaigns
This image released by HBO shows filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, left, and businessman Haim Saban during the filming of the documentary, "Meet the Donors," premiering Monday, Aug. 1, on HBO. (HBO via AP)
5 new sports move closer to approval for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
8 die as portion of building collapses in India
Sony's profit falls on yen, lagging cellphones, Japan quake
FILE - In this April 30, 2015 file photo, a woman sits near the logo of Sony Corp. in Tokyo. Sony's fiscal first-quarter profit dipped 74 percent to 21.2 billion yen ($205 million), as earnings got hammered by a strong yen and lagging smartphone sales, and a quake that struck southwestern Japan caused damage and production halts in its semiconductor business. The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant reported Friday, July 29, 2016 that April-June sales slipped nearly 11 percent year-on-year to 1.6 trillion yen ($15.7 billion). (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
US growth is thought to have rebounded in April-June quarter
In this Thursday, May 19, 2016, photo, passers-by walk near the construction site a high-rise building in Boston. On Friday, July 29, 2016, the Commerce Department issues the first estimate of how the U.S. economy performed in the April-June quarter. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Pope visits Auschwitz, begs God to forgive "so much cruelty"
Head of Vatican security Domenico Giani, left, looks ahead as Pope Francis waves to faithful participating in the World Youth Days in Krakow's Jordan Park, Poland, Thursday, July 28, 2016. The Pope is on a five-day visit to Poland which will culminate with the World Youth Day on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Barclays bank confident it can weather Brexit uncertainty
FILE - A July 29, 2015 file photo shows the sign on a branch of Barclays Bank in London. Barclays plc said Friday July 29, 2016 second-quarter earnings rose 19 percent as the bank expressed confidence it could weather the uncertainty of Britain's exit from the European Union. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Eni's 2Q losses widen in weak market
India re-imposes curfew in Kashmir city, but clashes persist
Masked Kashmiri protesters throw bricks at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, July 28, 2016. Authorities lifted a curfew in most of parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir but shops and businesses remained shut due to a strike called to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region. Kashmir's largest anti-India street protests in recent years were sparked by the killing of top rebel commander Burhan Wani by government forces July 8. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
2 dozen Chinese relatives of MH370 passengers stage protest
UBS posts 14 per cent drop in net profit in second quarter
Thursday's Games
Senior S. Korean prosecutor indicted on corruption charges
In this Thursday, July 14, 2016 photo, senior South Korean prosecutor Jin Kyung-joon, center, is surrounded by media upon his arrival for questioning at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean prosecutors on Friday, July 29, indicted Jin for allegedly pocketing millions of dollars from shady stock transaction deals with an online game maker. (Lim Tae-hoon/Newsis via AP) KOREA OUT
Four Victoria police officers injured in incident at tent city for the homeless
Clinton frames race against Trump as fear vs. belief in the future
John Ibbitson
Taiwan driver in deadly bus crash was drunk, police say
Al Gore's daughter due in court after June pipeline protest
Matt Nichols leads Bombers to first win at Commonwealth Stadium since 2006
Winnipeg Blue Bombers celebrate a touchdown on the Edmonton Eskimos during second half CFL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Thursday July 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
35 beachgoers stung by rays in San Diego County
Canadian man pleads guilty in drug smuggling case
Vietnam says Taiwan firm's pollution affected 200,000 people
FILE- In this April 28, 2016, file photo, villagers bury dead fish on a beach in Quang Binh, Vietnam. Toxic waste discharged from a Taiwanese-owned Formosa Plastics Group steel complex unit in central Vietnam harmed the livelihoods of more than 200,000 people, including 41,000 fishermen, the Vietnamese government said on Friday in tallying the damage from what it has called the country’s worst environmental disaster according to local media. The company has pledged to pay $500 million in compensation. (Vo Thi Dung/VNA via AP, File)
Veteran member of Young Canadian performance group ordered to stand trial
Text of Hillary Clinton's Democratic convention speech
July 29: Your daily horoscope
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Phantom Boy’s captivating animations bring to life tale of child hero
The charisma of Phantom Boy is the depiction of a sick boy as a super-boy.
Bad Moms delivers on laughs without resorting to clichés
Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Kathryn Hahn star in Bad Moms, an overall hilarious look at the supermom ideal.
Norman Lear bio-doc a sentimental take on sitcom legend
Keaton Nigel as "Young Norman" reciting an essay on stage in the film, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You.
Café Society is never smart or funny enough to justify its anachronistic style
Bobby (Jesse Eisenberg) and Vonnie (Kristen Stewart) in Woody Allen’s Cafe Society. The two – but, particularly, Stewart – seem uncomfortable in the film’s 1930s setting.
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