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Apple closes stores in 4 states, again, as infections rise
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple is closing 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina that it had reopened just few weeks ago as infections rates in some regions in the U.S. begin to r...
Jun 19, 2020
Wirecard CEO quits after auditors can't find $2.1 billion
FRANKFURT - The chief executive of German payment service provider Wirecard AG resigned on Friday after the company disclosed that auditors could not find 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in cash, add...
Jun 19, 2020
Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak
WASHINGTON - In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, according to a U.S. officia...
Jun 19, 2020
Three northern authors win Saskatchewan Book Awards
Three authors from the tri-communities are 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards winners. When We Had Sled Dogs: A story from the trapline, a collaboration by late Elder Ida Tremblay and Miriam Krner won two ...
Jun 19, 2020
Charlottetown statue of Sir John A. MacDonald covered in red paint
CHARLOTTETOWN - A statue of Sir John A. MacDonald in Prince Edward Island has become the latest in a series of defaced of sculptures and monuments depicting historical figures across Canada ...
Jun 19, 2020
Either you love Canada or you don't: Kenney rebukes separatists
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is delivering a sharp rebuke to would-be Alberta separatists by saying "either you love your country or you don't." Kenney says he understands frustrations&nb...
Jun 19, 2020
N.L. liquor corp. reviewing Old Sam Rum in light of racist branding concerns
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp. says it is reviewing a locally bottled brand of rum that appears to depict a laughing Black man as its logo. A carefully wo...
Jun 19, 2020
Phillies: 5 players test positive for virus at Florida camp
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Phillies say five players have tested positive for COVID-19 this week at the team's spring training complex in Clearwater, Florida. The team also said Friday that three...
Jun 19, 2020
AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlash
LOS ANGELES - The nation's largest movie theatre chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local governm...
Jun 19, 2020
Feds relaxing new fuel standards in short term, but making them tougher by 2030
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is scaling back the government's planned Clean Fuel Standard in the short term to give the fossil fuel industry a bit more time to recover from the pan...
Jun 19, 2020