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First Canadian guideline urging family doctors to treat alcohol-related issues
VANCOUVER - Family doctors in British Columbia are being urged to annually screen every patient starting at age 12 to prevent addiction to alcohol, a leading cause of soc...
Dec 19, 2019
Statement upgraded to winter storm warning for Coquihalla Highway
MERRITT, B.C. - Hazardous winter conditions are expected on the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt.Environment Canada says an approaching system will hang over the Southern Interior Thursday nigh...
Dec 19, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Big oil, big banks and environment leaders link up to solve climate crisis
OTTAWA - In a courtroom in British Columbia Monday, Indigenous communities were arguing the federal government overstepped in approving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and that it has to be stop...
Dec 19, 2019
Murakami holds rare public reading to mark debut anniversary
TOKYO - A monkey that confesses he steals women's identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, starred Tuesday as author Haruki Murakami marked 40 years since his debut as a noveli...
Dec 19, 2019
Senate advances $1.4T spending deal in drive to adjourn
WASHINGTON - The Senate has voted to advance a $1.4 trillion government spending package in a last, bipartisan burst of legislating before bolting for the holidays from a Capitol that's toxic with imp...
Dec 19, 2019
Work on West Victoria Street to wrap up for the year Friday
KAMLOOPS - Friday (Dec. 20) will wrap up improvement work on West Victoria Street for 2019.In a news release, the City of Kamloops says weather permitting, Extreme Excavating and crews will be back on...
Dec 19, 2019 Image Credit: City of Kamloops
Ford to add 3,000 jobs in the Detroit area, invest $1.45B
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said ...
Dec 19, 2019
Northern Indigenous leaders meet with banks over investment in Arctic energy
TORONTO - First Nations leaders from Yukon are meeting with bankers in Toronto this week to try to persuade them not to invest in energy development on the range of a vital caribou herd. "We are ...
Dec 19, 2019
Halting 737 Max production will hit suppliers, airlines
As Boeing prepares to shutter much of a huge factory near Seattle that builds the grounded 737 Max jet, the economic hit is reverberating across the United States in places such as Wichita, Kansas, St...
Dec 19, 2019
Employers post more jobs in October in sign of solid economy
WASHINGTON - The number of available jobs jumped in October after hitting an 18-month low the previous month, a sign the job market remains strong. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of...
Dec 19, 2019
