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Canfor board recommends shareholders accept offer by Pattison company
VANCOUVER - The board of Canfor Corp. is recommending shareholders accept an offer by a Jim Pattison Group company to take the lumber producer private. Great Pacific Capital Corp., which already ...
Oct 29, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: ‘Big Moves’ in Downtown Centre Plan a mixed bag
KAMLOOPS - THE ALMOST FINISHED DOWNTOWN CENTRE PLAN goes in front of City council today for a look and it includes plenty to think about.If you don't have the fortitude to absorb all 143 pages plus ap...
Oct 29, 2019 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
The Late Show: World Series games taking almost 4 hours
WASHINGTON - Snacking on chicken at a picnic table near section 402, decked out in his curly W cap and pullover, Bob Batwinis hoped to see a lot at Game 4 of the World Series. Exciting plays. A Washin...
Oct 29, 2019
US official: IS leader believed dead in US military assault
WASHINGTON - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is believed dead after being target...
Oct 29, 2019
Ferocious winds fuel blazes throughout Northern California
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered to leave their homes, California's governor declared a statewide emer...
Oct 29, 2019
Hong Kong weekend ends again with protest violence, tear gas
HONG KONG - An unauthorized anti-government rally in Hong Kong quickly turned chaotic on Sunday as police used tear gas to disperse protesters on a major tourist strip, leading to hours of ugly confro...
Oct 29, 2019
Sedentary adults and the rise of mushroom poisonings; In-The-News for Oct. 29
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 29. What we are watching i...
Oct 29, 2019
Democrats can learn from slim Liberal win to beat Trump: ex-Obama envoy Heyman
OTTAWA - Barack Obama's former Canadian envoy says divided Democrats in his party can learn important lessons from Justin Trudeau's slim election victory in their quest to defeat Donald Trump and the ...
Oct 29, 2019
Saudi-owned TV: Public offering for Aramco in December
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The long-planned initial public offering of a sliver of Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco will begin this December, a Saudi-owned satellite channel reported on T...
Oct 29, 2019
18 killed in attack against protesters in Iraq's Karbala
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi security official says 18 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in an attack against protesters in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Karbala. The official says the attack happened e...
Oct 29, 2019
