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Air Canada, flight attendants in final day before strike deadline

More than 10,000 flight attendants are poised to walk off the job around 1 a.m. ET on Saturday, followed by a company-imposed lockout if...

Jackie Bezos, mother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has died

Jeff Bezos created Amazon.com as an online bookstore, with funding from his mother and adoptive father. WASHINGTON — The mother of Amazon founder...

Former Intel engineer sentenced to probation for possessing trade secrets

While still employed at Intel, Varun Gupta downloaded thousands of files, including trade secrets that he later accessed while working for Microsoft. PORTLAND,...

Vancouver mayor Ken Sim wants ex-city manager’s severance released

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim will request at council’s next meeting in September that the value of the severance to be paid out to recently...

Warren Buffett’s company reveals new investments in Nucor, UnitedHealth and two big homebuilders

Only one of the four new investments was big enough to ensure that legendary investor Warren Buffett may have handled them. OMAHA, Neb....

Some Air Canada flights are being cancelled today as clock ticks toward work stoppage

A demonstration by more than a dozen members of the union representing Air Canada's flight attendants prompted the airline to shut down a press...

S&P/TSX composite down more than 100 points, U.S. stock markets also lower

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than 100 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the technology, base metal...

Ridgefield plans to limit lines to Washington state’s In-N-Out location, still in progress

The city expressed concerns over long lines impeding public roads at the anticipated Ridgefield Union Ridge Town Center location. It did not give an...

Portland Trail Blazers sale ‘brings a lot of excitement for Rip City,’ fans say

Longtime fans and a local business expert see promise in Tom Dundon’s leadership and potential investment in Portland’s future. PORTLAND, Ore. — Reports...

A janitor died on the job at SFU. Co-workers want change

Kulbir Kaila’s last shift at Simon Fraser University started like any other. She commuted from her home in Surrey to the Burnaby campus, where...

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