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Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion
SAN RAMON, Calif. - Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against long...
Dec 01, 2020
Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's transport regulator says the 11,000 complaints filed to the Canadian Transportation Agency since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic will not start to be processed until e...
Dec 01, 2020
WDM set to Light up the Village this holiday season
As the calendar flips to December and the holiday season takes hold, Battlefords residents have the opportunity to get into the festive spirit, with Light up the Village. Light up the Village is an an...
Dec 01, 2020
Toronto FC looking for a new designated player who can generate goals
Toronto FC will be going after goals in searching for a third designated player. The slot became open this week when TFC announced that while it was open to Argentine winger Pablo Piatti returning, it...
Dec 01, 2020
'Big Sky' producers recognize Native American criticism
LOS ANGELES - Native American tribes and advocates are condemning "Big Sky," a Montana-set ABC drama, for ignoring the history of violence inflicted on Indigenous women and instead making whites the c...
Dec 01, 2020
Toronto Raptors sign Canadian Oshae Brissett, unveil camp roster in Florida
On the Toronto Raptors' first full day in their temporary home away from home, the state of Florida hit an inglorious milestone, surpassing one million COVID-19 cases. Concern around the pandemic itse...
Dec 01, 2020
UN: Pandemic to fan surge in humanitarian needs in 2021
GENEVA - The U.N. humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of COVID-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help ...
Dec 01, 2020
Nestle, Cargill at high court in child labour case
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court seemed concerned Tuesday about the impact of siding with food giants Nestle and Cargill and ending a lawsuit that claims they knowingly bought cocoa beans from farms in ...
Dec 01, 2020
'All my love, Elliot': Actor Page comes out as transgender
NEW YORK - Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page, the star of "Juno," "Inception" and "The Umbrella Academy," came out as transgender Tuesday in an announcement greeted as a watershed moment for the trans...
Dec 01, 2020
US: Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened
BILLINGS, Mont. - Climate change, voracious beetles and disease are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that's a key source of food for some grizzly bears and found across ...
Dec 01, 2020