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Sales of electric vehicles plummet in Ontario after rebate cancellation
TORONTO - Sales of electric vehicles in Ontario have plummeted since the Progressive Conservative government cancelled a rebate last year, hampering progress toward a national target. In the firs...
Dec 17, 2019
Dale Lastman appointed chair of Canadian Football League's board of governors
TORONTO - Dale Lastman was appointed as the chair of the CFL's board of governors on Tuesday. Lastman is also the chair of Goodmans LLP and practices corporate, commercial and securitie...
Dec 17, 2019
10 films make shortlist for Oscars' best international film
LOS ANGELES - Ten international films, including widely acclaimed offerings from South Korea, Spain and Senegal, are on the shortlist of movies vying for Academy Award nominations. The best internatio...
Dec 17, 2019
Passenger Transportation Board gives ride-sharing applicant for Kamloops a 'no'
VICTORIA - B.C.'s Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) has made its first decision involving a company applying to offer ride-sharing in the Kamloops area - and that decision is a firm 'no'.Victoria-b...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: Lucky to Go Canada
Climate change chosen as Canadian Press News Story of the Year for 2019
OTTAWA - Climate change has been chosen as the 2019 Canadian Press News Story of the Year. The story was chosen by reporters and editors across the country in a year that saw warnings about ...
Dec 17, 2019
Ciara surprises Georgia students using STEM to remix songs
NORCROSS, Ga. - Recording artist Ciara returned to the city where she launched her career to surprise students at an Atlanta-area STEM high school Monday. The R&B artist sat in on a class at Paul ...
Dec 17, 2019
Itchy bears, careless shooters among causes of BC Hydro's most memorable outages of 2019
BC Hydro has released a list of its most memorable outages of the past year and several involve unusual occurrences in the Interior.A pair of outages were caused by unwitting animal encounters.In Will...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
US industrial production snaps back, rises 1.1% in November
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production snapped back last month, posting the biggest gain in more than two years, boosted by the end of a strike at General Motors. The Federal Reserve said Tuesday tha...
Dec 17, 2019
US housing construction increases 3.2% in November
WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes rose again in November while applications for building permits rose to the highest level in 12 years, both encouraging signs of a rebound in the housing market. ...
Dec 17, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Only the young can save the planet, and it might be too late
THE GENERATION GAP is surely no more obvious than on the issue of climate change.The only ones getting serious about it are young people, while the adults in power fiddle. Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-...
Dec 17, 2019 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
