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LOS ANGELES, May 22 (Reuters) - Soul music legend Aretha Franklin postponed three June concerts, the singer's spokesman said on Wednesday, a week after health issues caused her to cancel two shows in May. Spokesman David Brokaw said the "Queen of Soul"...

* Expenses crisis threatening to undermine government * Conservatives trailing in opinion polls By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, May 19 (Reuters) - The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper abruptly resigned on Sunday over his role in an...

* Scandal becoming one of biggest to strike government * Conservatives had promised to be more accountable By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, May 17 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended on Friday a top aide who is at the center of an...

A few weeks ago, the Toronto trio Metz was played a midafternoon gig at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, with such fury that the welt-inducing performance left me questioning the band members’ physical well-being and sanity....

* Canada-EU talks have dragged for 18 months * EU now turning its attention to talks with U.S. OTTAWA, May 6 (Reuters) - Canada is close to finalizing a long-delayed free-trade deal with the European Union but will not set a timetable for reaching an...

* Canada fears oil exports could be harmed by EU plan * Canada sits on world's third largest oil reserves * Ottawa keen to find new buyers for its crude By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, May 5 (Reuters) - A European Union plan to label crude from the Alberta...

OTTAWA, May 2 (Reuters) - Stephen Poloz, named on Thursday as the next Bank of Canada governor, is seen as an outsider with a solid financial background who will be well able to navigate Ottawa's politics and bureaucracy. Poloz, 57, takes over as...

By David Ljunggren May 1 (Reuters) - The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a majority in the House of Commons and will not have to face an election until October 2015. The main political risk facing the government is a tepid...

* Budget office sees economy below potential through 2015 * Sees bigger budget surplus than government does in 2015-16 OTTAWA, April 29 (Reuters) - Canada's parliamentary budget office (PBO) sees the country's central bank holding its key interest...

By Randall Palmer OTTAWA, April 26 (Reuters) - Canada must review its deportation policy in light of a pardon that was granted to a Canadian resident once threatened with deportation and now accused in an alleged al Qaeda plot to derail a passenger...

LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Quick, cheap and chock full of flavor, street food gives hungry passers-by a lot to love in locales around the world. Trying the local open-air fare is also a key ingredient to sampling any city's culture. That's why online...

* Talks launched in 2009 were due to finish last November * An agreement could generate $28 bln a year in new income * EU-Canada deal would also help shape EU-U.S. talks By Robin Emmott and David Ljunggren BRUSSELS/OTTAWA, April 22 (Reuters) - Talks...