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Postmedia tells Unifor local of buyout, layoff plan to cut Vancouver salary expenses
VANCOUVER – Postmedia has notified unionized employees in Vancouver that it wants to reduce salary…
EXPLAINER: A look at Trump’s long-shot legal challenges
As President Donald Trump continues to push falsehoods about the election, his legal team has…
Canada learning from surgery cancellations during first wave of pandemic: doctor
Robin McGee learned in mid-March that the colorectal cancer she started battling a decade earlier…
Wisconsin issues recount order in 2 counties as Trump wanted
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued an order Thursday to recount more than…
At Paris trial, passengers recall disarming of train gunman
PARIS – When the bare-chested gunman suddenly appeared aboard the speeding Paris-bound train, laden with…
Transition or tropics? EPA chief looks at final trips abroad
After months of travel to battleground states before Election Day, the head of the Environmental…
‘Shuggie Bain’ writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker Prize
LONDON – Scottish writer Douglas Stuart won the Booker Prize for fiction Thursday for “Shuggie…
Teen in Wisconsin protest deaths used pandemic funds for gun
KENOSHA, Wis. – An Illinois teenager who is charged with shooting three people, including two…
Police: Steam ‘pressure event’ killed workers at VA hospital
WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Two workers who died at a Connecticut Veterans Affairs hospital last…
Official: Italy to start COVID vaccinations in January
MILAN – A significant number of Italians who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should…
Pandemic resurgence blunts refined fuel demand recovery, says Imperial Oil CEO
CALGARY – The CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd. says rising COVID-19 infection numbers have stalled…
Stocks rise amid investors’ tug of war between hope, fear
Stocks ended higher, shaking off a weak start and nearly erasing the S&P 500’s losses…
Polish police criticized for using tear gas on protesters
WARSAW, Poland – Polish police came under criticism on Thursday for using tear gas and…
New England Revolution a familiar, formidable foe for Montreal Impact
MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact know exactly what they’re up against as they begin their…
Ending withdrawal rules from registered retirement funds would cost $1B, PBO says
OTTAWA – A new review by Parliament’s spending watchdog says waiving mandatory withdrawal amounts from…
Riders quarterback Fajardo unsure where he’d be without Lawrence’s hit on Collaros
With one play, Simoni Lawrence changed the path of Cody Fajardo’s CFL career. Fajardo entered…
Saint John Sea Dogs have five games postponed after positive COVID test
QUEBEC – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Saint John Sea Dogs have suspended in-person…
Anomalies found in data put census deadline in jeopardy
The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the…
Solitary confinement persists in federal prisons despite new system, reports find
TORONTO – Prisoners are still being held in harmful solitary confinement despite a revamped system…
Some businesses to close after Thanksgiving in 2 week pause
Some businesses will be required to close and capacity at restaurants and houses of worship…
Alabama man arrested in 1995 slaying after calling police
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The days without an arrest turned into months and then years after…
Rights group director latest in chain of Egypt arrests
CAIRO – An Egyptian rights group said Thursday that its director has been arrested days…
US general says IS in Iraq and Syria still long-term threat
WASHINGTON – Although the Islamic State extremist group is battered and scattered, it cannot be…
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Law of Innocence” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 2. “A Time…