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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
Ponoka passes interim budget with projected 2.7% tax increase
The 2020 Interim Budget recently approved by Ponoka town council includes a projected property tax increase of 2.7 per cent. With final rates to be set in the spring, the projected increase would equa...
Dec 19, 2019 Ponoka Mayor Rick Bonnett
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
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
No more baby deliveries at Lacombe Hospital
Expecting mothers in Lacombe will now have to go elsewhere to deliver their babies.Starting tomorrow (Dec. 20), babies will no longer be delivered at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre.Kimberley Som...
Dec 19, 2019 Lacombe Hospital (rdnewsNOW)
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
PM asks U.S. not to sign final trade deal with China until Canadians released
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been releas...
Dec 19, 2019
Ontario signs on to housing help from the federal Liberal government
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed the first of what it hopes will be 13 funding agreements for a new rent supplement for low-income households. The announcement today on the $1.4-billion...
Dec 19, 2019