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Mayor says 'unreal' lineups at Alberta border crossing as restrictions lifted

Mayor says 'unreal' lineups at Alberta border crossing as restrictions lifted

COUTTS, Alta. — The mayor of a village in southern Alberta says the sun rose above the longest row of vehicles the border community had ever seen Monday a few hours after the Canada-United States border restrictions were eased.
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Latest exit from Fed's board gives Biden three slots to fill

Latest exit from Fed's board gives Biden three slots to fill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Randal Quarles announced Monday that he will resign from the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors at the end of the year after completing a four-year term as its top bank regulator, opening up another vacancy on the Fed's influentia
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Vaccine proof required as strict mandate takes effect in LA

Vaccine proof required as strict mandate takes effect in LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — People entering a wide variety of businesses in the city of Los Angeles began having to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination on Monday as one of the country's strictest measures intended to slow spread of the coronavirus took effect.
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Amazon cloud computing division to open second Canadian hub in Calgary region

Amazon cloud computing division to open second Canadian hub in Calgary region

CALGARY — Tech giant Amazon says it has broken ground on its second Canadian cloud-computing server hub — this one to be located in Calgary, bringing billions of dollars of investment to the region.
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Musk: I'll sell 10% of Tesla stock based on Twitter poll

Musk: I'll sell 10% of Tesla stock based on Twitter poll

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Freshii signs deal to open 20 new franchise restaurants in Texas

Freshii signs deal to open 20 new franchise restaurants in Texas

TORONTO — Freshii Inc. says it has signed a deal with a hospitality operator to open 20 new restaurants in the United States over six years — the largest multi-unit franchise agreement in the company's history.
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OpenText to buy Zix in deal worth US$860 million, including debt

OpenText to buy Zix in deal worth US$860 million, including debt

WATERLOO, ONT. — OpenText has signed a deal to buy U.S. company Zix Corp. Inc. in a deal valued at US$860 million, including debt. Under the deal, Ontario-based OpenText will pay US$8.50 per share in cash for the company.
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Aurora Cannabis buying stake in Dutch company Growery, to provide secured loan

Aurora Cannabis buying stake in Dutch company Growery, to provide secured loan

EDMONTON — Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it has signed a deal to invest in a significant equity stake in Growery B.V., a Netherlands-based company that holds a license to participate in the country's controlled cannabis supply chain experiment.
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Sun Life Financial raising quarterly dividend after OSFI lifts restrictions

Sun Life Financial raising quarterly dividend after OSFI lifts restrictions

TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. is raising its dividend after a federal regulator lifted restrictions last week that were put in place in the early days of the pandemic to help protect the country's financial institutions.
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Report: 6 Palestinian rights activists hacked by NSO spyware

Report: 6 Palestinian rights activists hacked by NSO spyware

JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers disclosed Monday that spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of six Palestinian human rights activists, half affiliated with groups that Israel’s defen
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