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Nominate NOW for Business Excellence
Don't waste time.Nominate your favourite business, employer, non-profit or community advocate now. The deadline for the 2019 Business Excellence Award nominations is July 15 at noon. Nominate online a...
Jun 26, 2019
Montreal's costly new Champlain Bridge opens to northbound traffic
MONTREAL - Six months late and millions of dollars over budget, Montreal's new Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to northbound traffic Monday morning, officially beginning the replacement of...
Jun 26, 2019
Sebastian Maniscalco to host MTV's 2019 Video Music Awards
NEW YORK - Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco will host MTV's 2019 Video Music Awards. He'll be joined at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Aug. 26 by some of the industry's biggest...
Jun 26, 2019
Canada extends leadership of NATO training mission in Iraq to November 2020
OTTAWA - Canada will lead a NATO training mission in Iraq until November 2020 after the federal government approved an extension to the operation. News of the extension comes as Defence Minister Harji...
Jun 26, 2019
US durable goods orders fall 1.3% in May with aircraft down
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for long-lasting manufactured goods fell sharply in May while demand in a category that tracks business investment rose modestly. Orders fell 1.3% in May followin...
Jun 26, 2019
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse lands same job with Canada's men's team
TORONTO - With a potential deep playoff run cutting in on his summer, and with a new addition to his family on the way, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse was on the fence when approached with...
Jun 26, 2019
OKIB hosts Red Dress Campaign
The Okanagan Indian Band is hosting a Red Dress Campaign today in Vernon to shed light on the number of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across Canada. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. in...
Jun 26, 2019
France to try former IAAF boss Diack and his son
PARIS - Lamine Diack, once one of the most influential men in Olympic sport, has been ordered to stand trial in France for his alleged role in a system of corruption, extortion and doping coverups dur...
Jun 26, 2019
High rollers: Eldorado buys Caesars in deal valued at $17B
A casino juggernaut was formed Monday when Eldorado Resorts announced it is buying Caesars in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $17.3 billion. The acquisition will put about 60 casino-resorts in 16 stat...
Jun 26, 2019
Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge
CHICAGO - President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump says the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a tel...
Jun 26, 2019

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