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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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 06, 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 05, 2020
NHL, NHLPA agree on protocols to resume season
Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press on Sunday that the NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season. Daly said the sides are still negotiating an ...
Jul 05, 2020
