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LAVAL — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says its net earnings attributable to shareholders came in at US$782.5 million for the the three months ended July 20. That compares with US$790.8 million during the first quarter a year ago. The Laval, Que.

NEW YORK (AP) — Five new cast members will join the upcoming season of “Saturday Night Live,” NBC announced Tuesday on the heels of several high-profile departures.

WASHINGTON — U.S.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Jason Jacques to a six-month term as the interim parliamentary budget officer. Jacques is already the office's director general of economic and fiscal analysis.

TORONTO — With six games remaining in the regular season and Toronto FC sitting 15 points below the MLS playoff line, GM Jason Hernandez continues to clear the decks.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index finished higher on Tuesday, as gains in basic materials offset broader losses, while U.S. markets fell on the start of a historically weak month for equity markets.

ST. JOHN'S — A mayor near Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city said his town of about 27,000 people would likely run out of water by Tuesday evening.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted angrily Tuesday to news of the closure of a plant that bottles Crown Royal, pouring out a bottle at a press conference and encouraging others to dump the whisky as well.

VANCOUVER — A ridge of high pressure has prompted more heat warnings in British Columbia and broken temperature records, including one that was nearly a century old.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning actor and book club impresario Reese Witherspoon is teaming up with her publisher, Hachette Book Group, on a literacy campaign.