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Forestry workers waiting for more details after $69M BC Government funding announcement
KAMLOOPS - Forestry workers are cautiously optimistic after the provincial government announced $69 million in funding to support forestry workers affected by permanent and indefinite mill closures. F...
Sep 18, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Court hearing on Britney Spears' life, finances closed
LOS ANGELES - A hearing Wednesday on the future of the court conservatorship that for 11 years has controlled the money and affairs of Britney Spears was closed to the public and media. Los Angeles Su...
Sep 18, 2019
California adds wage, benefit protections for gig workers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's governor on Wednesday signed sweeping labour legislation that aims to give wage and benefit protections to rideshare drivers at companies such as Uber and Lyft and to...
Sep 18, 2019
Blazers ranked in CHL top ten
KAMLOOPS --- The Canadian Hockey League has released its pre-season top ten rankings.After going through the pre-season at 7-and-0 the Blazers are ranked fifth.London is number one, followed by Chicou...
Sep 18, 2019 Image credit:CHL
Canfor investor vows to vote against Pattison proposal to take company private
VANCOUVER - An investment management company that controls about 4.8 per cent of the shares of Canfor Corp. says it will vote against the proposal by a Jim Pattison Group company to take the lumb...
Sep 18, 2019
AP source: Joe Kennedy to challenge Sen. Markey in primary
BOSTON - U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III is set to announce a Democratic primary challenge to U.S. Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts in 2020. A person with knowledge of Kennedy's plans told The Associated...
Sep 18, 2019
Cuomo signs bill extending statute of limitations for rape
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday to make it easier to prosecute some sex crimes by extending the statute of limitations for second- and third-degree rape. The Democratic governo...
Sep 18, 2019
Bayern beats Red Star 3-0 to open Champions League campaign
MUNICH - Bayern Munich substitute Thomas Mller provided a late highlight as the German powerhouse beat Red Star Belgrade 3-0 in their Champions League opener on Wednesday. Mller came on for Philippe C...
Sep 18, 2019
Striking workers question whether UAW leaders can be trusted
ROMULUS, Mich. - The strike against General Motors by the United Auto Workers is playing out amid a corruption scandal inside the UAW that has caused distrust of the union leadership among many rank-a...
Sep 18, 2019
Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, a mov...
Sep 18, 2019
