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5 dead, 3 hospitalized after fire at Minneapolis high-rise
MINNEAPOLIS - A fire swept through a Minneapolis high-rise apartment building early Wednesday, killing five people and sending three others to the hospital with injuries, officials said. There was no ...
Nov 27, 2019
Three-day transit strike in Vancouver averted, tentative deal reached
VANCOUVER - The union representing 5,000 Metro Vancouver transit workers says it has reached a tentative deal with Coast Mountain Bus Company and Translink, averting a planned full system strike....
Nov 27, 2019
Three-day transit strike in Vancouver averted, tentative deal reached
VANCOUVER - The union representing 5,000 Metro Vancouver transit workers says it has reached a tentative deal with Coast Mountain Bus Company and Translink, averting a planned full system strike....
Nov 27, 2019
US economy grew at a moderate 2.1% annual rate last quarter
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a moderate 2.1% rate over the summer, slightly faster than first estimated. But many economists say they think growth is slowing sharply in the current quarter. T...
Nov 27, 2019
Judiciary Committee set to take over Trump impeachment probe
WASHINGTON - The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump, scheduling a hearing for next week as they push closer to a possible vote on actual char...
Nov 27, 2019
Transit shutdown averted in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The union representing 5,000 Metro Vancouver transit workers says it has reached a tentative deal with Coast Mountain Bus Company and Translink, averting a planned full system strike.The u...
Nov 27, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao dies on set
HONG KONG - Taiwanese-Canadian model-actor Godfrey Gao has died after suffering an apparent heart attack while on set in China. Gao was filming a sports reality show in the eastern Chinese city of Nin...
Nov 27, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: City’s action in pointing finger at heritage society is shameful
KAMLOOPS - THE ST. ANDREW'S ON THE SQUARE mess reached a new low point Tuesday with a lengthy news release from the City attempting to point the finger at the Kamloops Heritage Society.The City's stat...
Nov 27, 2019 Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger
Former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan dead at 91
Former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan, whose political accomplishments were later overshadowed by a sexual assault trial that resulted in an acquittal, has died at the age of 91. Regan, a lawyer and...
Nov 27, 2019
French luxury group LVMH to buy Tiffany for $16.2 billion
PARIS - French luxury group LVMH has agreed to buy New York jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion, adding a famed star to its portfolio that already boasts Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Bulg...
Nov 27, 2019
