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The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it will begin sending free COVID tests to homes across the country again. The new home tests are made possible by a $600 million investment from the White House that includes grants to 12 manufacturing companies that make the tests. USPS has been shipping free COVID-19 tests since …

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We’ve learned that the site of the former hotel in the Gray Rocks ski resort in the Laurentians has just been put back up for sale by its owner of the last five years The newspaper. The mandate was given to the American real estate company Marcus & Millichap, which recently opened an office in …

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Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, insists the union is “available 24/7 to negotiate a deal.” That might not technically be true. In a series of text messages obtained by The Detroit News from a private group chat on the former Twitter platform. “If we can keep them wounded for months, they won’t …

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The construction industry faces numerous challenges such as labor shortages, inflation and rising interest rates. Quebec’s housing starts are experiencing their worst year in 60 years, according to APCHQ. • Also read: Abolition of GST in construction: good news, but… • Also read: The elements that are slowing down housing construction, according to an economist …

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In a policy statement after its September meeting, the Bank of Japan said it would keep short-term interest rates at -0.1%. As widely expected, the BOJ also capped the yield on 10-year Japanese government bonds at around zero. An undated editorial photo combining images of Japanese yen banknotes with stock market indicators. Javier Ghersi | …

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After the broadcast of the TVA-Nouvelles report on Wednesday, dozens of citizens offered furniture to Vitalia Toretto, this mother and her three children who had left the rented house in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon because of mold in the garage, just next door, for 2 months . Dozens of messages of support and encouragement were also sent to …

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Canadian auto workers at Ford Motor Co. are getting a new contract that will change their lives, Lana Payne, president of Unifor National, told the Detroit Free Press on Thursday. Although she didn’t go into detail, Payne pointed to successes in areas such as pensions, wages and job security, to name a few. Unifor, the …

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An Alma company that has won over Australia and will be tested in Quebec next summer has developed a revolutionary probe designed to limit damage in the event of a natural disaster. “If we could have used this technology in the summer we just had, it would have helped us a lot,” says Olivier Lundqvist, …

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The Biden administration announced a major initiative Thursday to protect Americans from medical debt and outlined plans to develop federal rules to prevent unpaid medical bills from hurting patients’ credit scores. If enacted, the rules could help tens of millions of people who have medical debt on their credit reports by eliminating information that can …

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Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots: What you should know if you win Here’s what you should know if you win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY A Powerball winner from Michigan is advocating for lottery winners to have the option to remain anonymous. Cristy Davis’ identity was used without her …

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