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Boeing slashes 12,000 jobs as virus seizes travel industry
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. One of the nation's bigges...
May 27, 2020
NASA chief "all in" for Tom Cruise to film on space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA is rolling out the International Space Station's red carpet for Tom Cruise to make a movie in orbit. The space agency's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said before Wednesda...
May 27, 2020
Glazed or jelly? Doughnuts lure city-roaming bear into trap
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Glazed or jelly? A black bear roaming around a Florida city proved no match for the doughnuts that lured the animal into a humane trap. The Fort Myers News-Press reports that the ju...
May 27, 2020
"OK, let's make history": hybrid House of Commons convenes to debate COVID-19
OTTAWA - "OK, let's make history": with those words from the Speaker of the House of Commons, a hybrid meeting of members of Parliament is now underway. It's the first time in Canadian history that MP...
May 27, 2020
Province announces capital projects for post-secondary schools
Three of Saskatchewan's post-secondary institutions are getting upgrades through construction projects.The Government of Saskatchewan announced Wednesday the projects will occur at the University of R...
May 27, 2020
Saskatchewan looking to appoint its own chief firearms officer
Saskatchewan has started the process of finding its own chief firearms officer (CFO).In a media release Wednesday, the provincial government announced it was beginning a search for a new CFO, who hist...
May 27, 2020
CEO pay has topped $12.3M. Can it keep rising post-pandemic?
The typical pay package for CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies topped $12.3 million last year, and the gap between the boss and their workforces widened further, according to AP's annual survey of exe...
May 27, 2020
Auger-Aliassime announces return to action in Ultimate Tennis Showdown
Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is set to return to action next month. Auger-Aliassime announced Wednesday that he will take part in the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, which is scheduled to star...
May 27, 2020
Canadian international Alphonso Davies running straight at stardom
Whitecaps icon Bob Lenarduzzi remembers watching Alphonso Davies knock the ball ahead on a run and thinking the youngster's touch was too heavy. Only to see the opposition defender, clearly ...
May 27, 2020
'In-person' G7 more effective, but deal with safety concerns first, Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an in-person gathering of G7 leaders would be more effective than the virtual alternative, but he wants to make sure the United States has a plan to dea...
May 27, 2020