'Darkest hour' passed:
The number of Canadians tossed into bankruptcy by the economic downturn rose sharply in May, yet a strong rebound in construction and higher levels of business spending suggest that the ``darkest hour'' of the recession has passed, economists say.
​Sidney Lumet, the acclaimed director of such classics as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and Network, died this morning in New York at the age of 86.