Key to the recovery was a monthly cash support for workers rolled out by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Economic recovery looks to be weakening in states with virus outbreaks
The shift appears to reflect increased caution by consumers and businesses in the face of the contagion.
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State’s fraud investigations have derailed some Mainers’ federal unemployment benefits
The short-staffed Maine Department of Labor has had to delay payments and a program for those who have exhausted benefits, the state’s labor commissioner told lawmakers Thursday.
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Groups call on Mills to meet with them, take bolder action on COVID-19 racial disparity
Recent data shows that Maine has the worst racial disparity for Black residents in the nation for COVID-19 cases, as infection rates rise among minority communities in Cumberland and Androscoggin counties.
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Maine retailers urge patrons to be kind, wear masks, maintain distancing
They launched the ‘Let’s Be Kind’ campaign Thursday in response to repeated incidents of anger and hostility by customers.
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Juneteenth recognized during Norway vigil
NORWAY — Last Friday the First Universalist Church of Norway hosted its second vigil this month in support of racial justice. The first vigil was held on Jun. 4 in commemoration with the funeral of George Floyd, the black man whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked nationwide demonstrations demanding racial justice and […]
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Prisons to start taking sentenced inmates from jails, but only a dozen a week
AUBURN — The local jail has been holding more than a dozen male inmates who have been blocked from serving their sentences at state prisons because of an order signed by the governor in mid-May. Last week, the Maine Department of Corrections announced that it would again start to accept prisoners from county jails at […]
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‘It’s coming back and biting us’: U.S. records most new virus cases in 1 day since April
With 34,700 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday alone, the coronavirus is wiping out two months of progress and sending infections to record levels in the South and West.
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America is proving it can’t act like a team, and the cost might be the return of sports
There’s no fun in dysfunction: A divided country should be able to abide by simple measures to make our leagues’ attempts to resume play successful.
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Five players withdraw from PGA Tour event because of coronavirus concerns
Brooks Koepka and Webb Simpson are among those who won’t play this week in Connecticut because they were in contact with someone who tested positive.