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MEC to lay off fewer employees than planned, with 1 store to close, new owners say

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The Vancouver-based retailer says 85 per cent of its active workforce will remain on the job once the sale to a U.S. private investment firm closes.

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Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to ceasefire in Nagorno-Karbakh conflict

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Armenia and Azerbaijan say they have agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karbakh starting at noon Saturday.

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Selection of NFB titles by acclaimed women creators includes St. John’s filmmaker Jordan Canning’s new film. Jordan Canning and Howie Shia’s 4 North A, Robin McKenna’s Thanadoula and Catherine Lepage’s The Great Malaise screening at St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival.

The hometown premiere of 4 North A, the first collaboration between St. John’s director Jordan Canning and Saskatoon-born filmmaker Howie Shia, headlines a rich selection of three short works, produced or co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), at the 2020 St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (October 14–18).

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Government announces new, targeted support to help businesses through pandemic

That is why today the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, announced the government’s intention to introduce new, targeted supports to help hard-hit businesses and other organizations experiencing a drop in revenue. The government plans to introduce legislation to provide support that would help these businesses safely get through the second wave of the virus and the winter, cover costs so they can continue to serve their communities, and be positioned for a strong recovery, including:

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Seven Indigenous works from the NFB featured at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, available online across Canada. Michelle Latimer’s award-winning 90th Parallel Productions/NFB feature documentary Inconvenient Indian joins six French-language short films.

Audiences across Canada will be able to share in powerful Indigenous storytelling, including seven National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced works, at the online imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (October 20–25, 2020). The NFB is also partnering on an industry panel for Indigenous virtual reality creators.

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