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Ukraine cease-fire takes hold
MINSK, Belarus – A cease-fire took hold Friday night in eastern Ukraine after the president’s representative signed a deal with Russian-backed separatists in an effort to bring an end to nearly five months of fighting.
Unemployment rate stays at 7.0 per cent in August: Statistics Canada
OTTAWA – Canada's economy unexpectedly shed jobs in August thanks to heavy losses in the private sector, raising the eyebrows of economists who widely expected a modest gain in Statistics Canada's flagship monthly report.
GSK won’t be able to supply 2 million doses of flu vaccine promised for 2014-15
TORONTO – GSK, Canada's largest flu vaccine supplier, will not be able to fill about 30 per cent of its Canadian order for the upcoming 2014-15 flu season, the company said Thursday.
Fire bans lifted in northern parts of British Columbia due to cooler weather
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Open fires will be allowed again throughout parts of northern British Columbia starting Friday, thanks to cooler and wetter weather.
Face it, the selfie phone was bound to happen: tech giants bank on snap-happy consumers
BERLIN – Visit any tourist destination, and you're bound to see individuals and groups taking photos of themselves for sharing on social media. It's a declaration to the world that they were there.
Facebook being more proactive in pushing users to check privacy settings
TORONTO – Facebook is being more proactive in ensuring its users fully understand their privacy settings and who can see their posts.
Parties struggle for power, support in unprecedented B.C. teachers’ strike
VANCOUVER – British Columbia's teachers' strike is sailing into uncharted waters, with no resolution on the horizon for the turbulent dispute that has delayed the start of the school year for the first time in provincial history.
How to get around the Wine Country Half Marathon
KELOWNA - About 2,000 runners will be pounding the pavement during the Wine Country Half Marathon in Kelowna, an event designed to bring participants a full-bodied experience transcending exercise. The 21.1 kilometre race starts at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 at the Vibrant Vine Winery on Pooley Road. From there the path meanders through East...
RCMP ready to ticket drivers speeding in some school zones
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Not all schools are affected by the B.C. teachers strike and that means motorists will have to take special care to abide school zone speed limits where school is in session. Private schools are open and the students attending them are arriving by public and private transportation, bikes, rollerblades, skateboards and on foot....
Comedian Joan Rivers dead at 81
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Thursday. She was 81.
To fight Ebola in West Africa, some experts suggest an untested treatment: blood of survivors
LONDON – As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors.
UPDATE: Two people in tour bus crash near Merritt remain in critical condition
KAMLOOPS – Health officials say two people remain in critical condition following a tour bus crash along a mountain highway in British Columbia.
A look south of the border at zany legal pot trade
CONFLICTING LAWS, SHADY PENNY STOCKS, WILD HEALTH CLAIMS CLOUD MARKET; POT FOR YOUR PRIVATES?
Number of people on Canadian no-fly list must stay secret: government
OTTAWA – Federal security officials are resisting pressure to reveal how many people are on Canada's no-fly list, arguing the information could help terrorists plot a catastrophic attack on an airliner.
Proposed class-action lawsuit launched over pesticides linked to bee deaths
TORONTO – A proposed class-action lawsuit has been launched against two chemical companies that make pesticides widely blamed for massive bee deaths, a growing concern in Europe and North America.