Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Amazon will stop testing workers for COVID-19 at its warehouses at the end of this month, citing the availability of vaccines and free testing. The company began testing warehouse workers last year when tests were more difficult to secure. Warehouse workers, who were considered essential, packed and shipped orders throughout […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge allowed Britney Spears to hire an attorney of her choosing at a hearing Wednesday in which she broke down in tears after describing the “cruelty” of her conservatorship. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny approved Spears hiring former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart, who […]
TOKYO – Stocks edged lower Thursday, pulling major indexes a bit further below the record highs they marked at the beginning of the week. Investors continue to be focused on where the economy is headed as the pandemic wanes and also on the latest company earnings reports. The S&P 500 […]
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is naming Carolyn Rogers as its new senior deputy governor. Rogers is a former assistant superintendent at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. She has spent the past two years as secretary general at an international regulatory body overseen by the world’s […]
BEIJING – Stocks were broadly lower in early trading Thursday, as bond yields continued to fall and investors turned cautious after the market hit a series of record highs last week. The S&P 500 index fell 1.3% as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.1% and […]
MONTREAL – Just For Laughs Montreal plans to return next month with a hybrid of online and in-person programming in various cities. Organizers say the comedy festival will run July 26 to July 31 with some live stand-up shows and other programming taking place in Montreal, New York and Los […]
TORONTO – The show will go on at the Stratford Festival in southwestern Ontario, starting July 10. Organizers say the festival was able to select the season’s launch date now that the province is moving into the next stage of its reopening plan on Wednesday. The second step allows for […]
NEW YORK (AP) – Digital media company BuzzFeed is setting its sights on growth. It plans to become a publicly traded company with an implied value of $1.5 billion through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. BuzzFeed hopes the move will put it in a better position to […]
OTTAWA – The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is the winner of the 2020 Michener Award for a series on the child-welfare system. The award, which was founded in 1970 by then-governor general Roland Michener to honour excellence in public service journalism, was announced at a virtual ceremony on Thursday. Called […]
EDMONTON – The federal and Alberta governments have signed an agreement with a company that could lead to a $1.3 billion hydrogen plant being built in Edmonton. Two federal ministers, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Edmonton mayor Don Iveson announced Wednesday a memorandum of understanding with Air Products Canada to […]
MONTREAL – Air Canada says its senior executives have chosen to return their 2020 bonuses in response to “public disappointment.” The airline company says in a news release the president and CEO, as well as executive vice-presidents of Air Canada, have volunteered to return their bonuses and share appreciation units. […]
Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket into space next month, joining the first crew to fly in a Blue Origin capsule. The Amazon founder announced Monday he will launch July 20 from Texas along with his firefighter brother Mark. Also making the 10-minute up-and-down hop will be the highest […]
