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CFJC Midday - Collette Tours, Royal Caribbean Cruises, and WestJet Vacations! Direct Travel specials are hot!
Sonja Thomas with Direct Travel outlines some great vacation specials that include savings on a trip to Japan, the popular Alaska Cruise and several WestJet Vacations to warm destinations.
Oct 24, 2024
Golden Knights make Shea Theodore their highest-paid player with a 7-year extension
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Vegas Golden Knights made defenseman Shea Theodore their highest-paid player Thursday, signing him to a seven-year contract worth an average of $7.425 million per year. Theodore's...
Oct 24, 2024
County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The most far-reaching of Ohio's laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year's voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive righ...
Oct 24, 2024
Scotland's Stuart Armstrong another US$2-million man with Vancouver Whitecaps
While captain Ryan Gauld remains Vancouver's highest-paid player, the Whitecaps now have a second $2-million man (all figures in U.S. dollars) in fellow Scottish international Stuart Armstrong. The ML...
Oct 24, 2024
More rain in B.C. forecast, although 'nothing' compared to atmospheric river
The District of North Vancouver is getting ready for another bout of rain after an atmospheric river weather system drenched B.C.'s south coast last weekend, triggering a mudslide and localized floodi...
Oct 24, 2024
Canadian ice dance stars Gilles and Poirier in a groove heading into new season
HALIFAX - Piper Gilles says she and Paul Poirier will skate until they run out of gas. Right now, the tank is full for Canada's top ice dancers. "We're going to keep skating until we feel like we have...
Oct 24, 2024
Kamloops' Pangilinan honoured by national chamber body
KAMLOOPS - The executive director of the Kamloops and District Chamber of Commerce has been given a prestigious award.Last week, Acacia Pangilinan was named Executive of the Year by the Chamber of Com...
Oct 24, 2024
Redblacks host Ticats looking to snap losing skid ahead of playoffs
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks will host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night in a game that, on paper, might seem insignificant. However, for the Redblacks (8-8-1), who are winless in their last fi...
Oct 24, 2024
Facts about the B.C. Greens who could be kingmakers in the legislature
VICTORIA - Two Green Party legislators could hold the balance of power in British Columbia after Saturday's provincial election gave neither the NDP nor the B.C. Conservatives a majority of seats afte...
Oct 24, 2024
Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges
DENVER (AP) - Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sendin...
Oct 24, 2024
