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City Council to vote on new CAO appointment
Mayor Scott Gillingham has nominated Joseph Dunford to serve as Winnipeg’s next Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), with a ...
Mayor nominates local business owner to Winnipeg Police Board
Mayor Scott Gillingham has nominated Amit Kapoor to the Winnipeg Police Board, filling a vacant citizen seat left by the ...
Winnipeg-born Findlay leads Bermuda to final round of FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Currently, Findlay is riding high with Bermuda, who advanced to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying for the first time in ...
Tariffs weigh on big-ticket buys but are no match for the 'cute top': Groupe Dynamite
Groupe Dynamite Inc.’s CEO says tariffs aren’t blunting the appeal of a new cute top. While Andrew Lutfy has seen some customers forgoing big-ticket purchases like boats, RVs and basement renovations ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs probably won't testify as defense says its case could be less than 2 days
NEW YORK (AP) — The possibility that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs might testify at his federal sex trafficking trial all but vanished Tuesday after his lawyer predicted a defense presentation ...
Portugal arrests 6 people linked to a far-right group, seizing explosives and weapons
LISBON (AP) — Portuguese authorities arrested six people linked to a far-right group with “big capabilities” to conduct some action “of a certain dimension” and seized explosive material and several ...
Spain says April blackout caused by cascade of grid failures and 'poor planning,' not a cyberattack
MADRID (AP) — Six weeks after Spain and Portugal suffered a massive power outage, authorities in Madrid issued an official report Tuesday saying April’s cascading blackout that left tens of millions ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down GOP law weakening attorney general's power
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A unanimous Wisconsin’s Supreme Court sided with the Democratic state attorney general Tuesday in a long ...
Americans turn cautious and retail sales slide after a spring spending surge to beat tariffs
Sales at retail stores and restaurants dropped 0.9% in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, after a decline of 0.1% in April. The figure was pulled down by a steep drop in auto sales, after ...
South Korea ratifies treaty aimed at safeguarding international adoptions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After years of delay, South Korea has ratified the Hague Adoption Convention, an international ...
Why target-date funds are great IRA investments
Q: Target-date funds tend to be great investments for an IRA, because if investors choose the target-date fund that fits their time horizon, then that IRA effortlessly fits in with the rest of a ...
Federal government says it will move open banking forward at 'earliest opportunity'
Instead of waiting on Ottawa, the National Bank has moved forward on its own open-banking framework that lets fintechs _ financial technology firms that develop apps for Canadians and businesses — ...