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Uber buys Postmates in $2.65 billion all-stock deal
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Uber finally got its food delivery company, acquiring Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, the ride-hailing giant confirmed Monday. Uber and its Uber Eats food-delivery di...
Jul 6, 2020
As Paris Fashion Week is streamed, critics look to future
PARIS - The coronavirus pandemic has instilled extra unpredictability into the already fickle Paris Fashion Week. After first cancelling the July shows for menswear and Haute Couture, the French fashi...
Jul 6, 2020
Canadian Taylor Pendrith one shot back heading into final round
BERTHOUD, Colo. - Canadian Taylor Pendrith is in contention for his first Korn Ferry Tour victory with one round to go at the TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes. Pendrith, of Richmond ...
Jul 6, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jul 6, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, July 6
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on July 6, 2020: There are 105,536 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,863 confirmed (including 5,574 deaths, 25,346 res...
Jul 6, 2020
A sad anniversary and the COVID-19 fiscal snapshot; In The News for July 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 6. What we are watching in Canada ... LAC...
Jul 6, 2020
Wet weather to continue in the Peace Region following wet week
What was a wet week in the Peace Country last week is expected to give way to some more showers this week, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.The national weather office says between 4...
Jul 6, 2020
Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91
ROME - Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies ...
Jul 6, 2020
Lac-Megantic to mark seventh anniversary of 2013 rail disaster with memorial site
Lac-Megantic will mark the seventh anniversary of a tragic rail disaster that claimed 47 lives by inaugurating a long-planned memorial space. On July 6, 2013, a runaway train hauling tanker cars loade...
Jul 6, 2020
1 ad, 3 accents: How Democrats aim to win Latino votes
WASHINGTON - The Spanish-language ads for Joe Biden used the same slogan to contrast him with President Donald Trump - "los cuentos no pagan las cuentas," a play on words that roughly means "telling s...
Jul 5, 2020