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RCMP investigation on three homicides in northern B.C. to be released on Friday
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP will release its investigative findings on Friday into the murders of three people in northern British Columbia that sparked a manhunt for two teenage suspects across...
Sep 25, 2019

Lawmaker urges FAA to consider pilots' skills globally
A key lawmaker is calling on U.S. regulators to take into consideration the skill level of pilots around the world and not just the United States when making improvements to Boeing's grounded airplane...
Sep 25, 2019

Kylie Jenner hospitalized, will miss Paris Fashion Week
Kylie Jenner has been hospitalized with an undisclosed illness and will have to skip a planned cosmetics rollout at Paris Fashion Week The 22-year-old social media star and makeup mogul said on Twitte...
Sep 25, 2019

Trump: US, Japan agree on 1st stage of new trade agreement
The U.S. and Japan on Wednesday signed a limited trade deal that will eliminate tariffs and expand market access on farm, industrial and digital products. But the deal does not address autos, a key st...
Sep 25, 2019

Economist who grew up in communist Bulgaria is new IMF chief
WASHINGTON - A Bulgarian economist who grew up when her country was a communist nation has been selected to be the next leader of one of capitalism's premier institutions, the 189-nation International...
Sep 25, 2019

Committees finish work in GM talks, top bargainers take over
DETROIT - Contract talks between General Motors and striking United Auto Workers took a step closer to reaching an agreement Wednesday when committees finished their work and sent it to the top bargai...
Sep 25, 2019

Juul stops e-cigarette ads as teen vaping, illnesses grow
WASHINGTON - Juul Labs Inc. will stop advertising its electronic cigarettes in the U.S. and replace its chief executive as mysterious breathing illnesses and an explosion in teen vaping have triggered...
Sep 25, 2019

NY Gov. Cuomo, Food Network star Sandra Lee announce split
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Food Network star Sandra Lee have broken up after more than a decade of dating. The former couple announced the split with a joint statement issued Wednes...
Sep 25, 2019

Frustration in local business community: Chamber survey
The Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce says its recent survey on the state of business conditions in central Alberta revealed a lot of frustration among local businesses. Respondents to the s...
Sep 25, 2019

Bernier promotes immigration limits in B.C. on first western swing of campaign
SURREY, B.C. - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier began a speech in Surrey, B.C., with protesters yelling "PPC, shut it down!" outside the hotel ballroom where a boisterous crowd...
Sep 25, 2019