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Memorials show California community's grief over boat fire
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Just hours after a fire raced through a scuba diving boat, a memorial started sprouting up to commemorate the lives of 34 people who died trapped below decks. Days later, it ha...
Sep 04, 2019
Canada's Bianca Andreescu reaches U.S. Open quarter-finals
NEW YORK - As she has done for most of the 2019 tennis season, Bianca Andreescu kept winning Monday night at the U.S. Open. Make that early Tuesday morning, when the 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont....
Sep 04, 2019
Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as US deal nears
KABUL - The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just h...
Sep 04, 2019
China says trade talks with US to take place in October
BEIJING - U.S. and Chinese envoys will meet in early October for talks aimed at ending a tariff war, later than initially planned, China's Commerce Ministry announced Thursday. The announcement came a...
Sep 04, 2019
NHLPA executive board meets, still deliberating on CBA
NHL players have yet to decide whether to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement with less than two weeks before the deadline to do so. Roughly 50 players met Wednesday night in Chicago...
Sep 04, 2019
Following another mill closure announcement, BC Forests Critic points to potential solutions
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Interfor has announced its Maple Ridge mill will be closing permanently at the end of the year, marking yet another hit to the industry in BC.The closure follows a string of curtai...
Sep 04, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / Balance of Power)
Administration switches off rule for thriftier light bulbs
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration turned its deregulatory focus Wednesday to light bulbs, scrapping a rule that would have phased out less energy efficient incandescent bulbs. The move slows a yea...
Sep 04, 2019
Judge orders Anheuser-Busch to halt 'corn syrup' labels
Big beer is still duking it out over corn syrup. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using Bud Light packaging that implies rival brews made by MillerCoors contain corn syrup. ...
Sep 04, 2019
Armed robber threatens customers at Vernon drive-thru
VERNON, B.C. - A frightening incident for customers using the drive-thru at a Vernon fast food restaurant.Police say around 11:00 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 3), officers responded to an alleged armed robbery...
Sep 04, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
NTSB: Autopilot flaw, driver inattention caused Tesla crash
DETROIT - A design flaw in Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system and driver inattention combined to cause a Model S electric car to slam into a firetruck parked along a California freeway, ...
Sep 04, 2019
