Skip to content

The Mix

The US penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. But for one sector of souvenir sellers, it's a living

The US penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. But for one sector of souvenir sellers, it's a living

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump talks of big change in his second term of office. But he's not forgetting small change, either. Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop making pennies with a Feb.
Read more >
Neil Young, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo among the headliners as Glastonbury reveals 2025 line up

Neil Young, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo among the headliners as Glastonbury reveals 2025 line up

LONDON (AP) — Glastonbury Festival is clearly aiming to go out with a bang this summer before it takes one of its regular fallow years off to allow the southwest England farmland it takes place on to recover after playing host to some 200,000 people.
Read more >
Meet the world's oldest female barber. A 108-year-old Japanese woman is overjoyed at the recognition

Meet the world's oldest female barber. A 108-year-old Japanese woman is overjoyed at the recognition

TOKYO (AP) — Meet the world's oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans to retire anytime soon.
Read more >
Stock market today: World shares are mixed after Trump pulls back on some tariffs

Stock market today: World shares are mixed after Trump pulls back on some tariffs

BANGKOK (AP) — European shares opened mostly lower and U.S. futures dropped more than 1% on Thursday after most Asian markets ended the day with gains.
Read more >
Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico

Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico — a 25 per cent across-the-board levy, with a lower 10 per cent charge on Canadian energy — triggering a continental trade war.
Read more >
Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts

Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland.
Read more >
Balmain gives softness with an edge at Paris Fashion Week

Balmain gives softness with an edge at Paris Fashion Week

PARIS (AP) — Doja Cat took her front-row seat at Balmain’s fall show at Paris Fashion Week, fresh off her appearance at the Oscars in a custom beaded Balmain gown.
Read more >
Abdullah Saeed's 'Deli Boys' brings laughter and chaos to the screen

Abdullah Saeed's 'Deli Boys' brings laughter and chaos to the screen

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Abdullah Saeed wasn’t looking to write a groundbreaking comedy. He was just looking for a job.
Read more >
Architects say Trump's tariffs 'blows a complete hole' in continental trade agreement

Architects say Trump's tariffs 'blows a complete hole' in continental trade agreement

WASHINGTON — The Canadian and Mexican architects of the Canada-U.S.
Read more >
Shots over the bow: Why provinces are using liquor leverage in trade war with U.S.

Shots over the bow: Why provinces are using liquor leverage in trade war with U.S.

VANCOUVER — The dozens of Kentucky bourbons listed on the BC Liquor Stores website range from a two-ounce bottle of Maker's Mark, priced at $5.29, to a $2,400 bottle of Woodford Reserve, aged in cognac barrels and presented in a crystal decanter.
Read more >