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TORONTO — A "difficult" economic environment took a bite out of Restaurant Brands International Inc.

OTTAWA — Canada's merchandise trade deficit narrowed to $1.3 billion in September as imports fell more than exports, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The result compared with a revised deficit of $1.5 billion for August.

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US): 1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2. Deadpool & Wolverine 3. The Wild Robot 4. Joker: Folie à Deux 5. It Ends With Us 6. Blink Twice 7. Transformers One 8. The Substance 9. Long Legs 10.

Top New Shows (US): 1. The McShay Show , The Ringer 2. American Homicide , iHeart True Crime 3. 48 Hours: NCIS , 48 Hours 4. The Best Idea Yet , Wondery 5. Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov , Vox Media Podcast Network 6.

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. In Too Deep by Andrew Child & Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group) 3. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 4.

Nonfiction 1. Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, narrated by the author (Little, Brown & Company) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3.

Aircraft assembly workers at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere voted to end a seven-week strike overnight.

British Columbia's Crown utility says crews have restored power to 95 per cent of some 290,000 businesses and homes that were in the dark at some point Monday as strong winds battered coastal areas and parts of the central Interior.

TORONTO — Some Taylor Swift fans who were unable to buy tickets to her Toronto shows are getting another shot at seeing the pop star. Ticketmaster says a limited number of tickets were released for the otherwise sold-out dates.

MONCTON, N.B. — Major Drilling Group International Inc. has signed a deal to buy South American specialty drilling contractor Explomin Perforaciones in a deal worth up to US$85 million.