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US probes 4 automakers in new Takata air bag recall
DETROIT - The U.S. government's highway safety agency has launched an investigation into four automakers that have a potentially deadly type of Takata air bag inflator in their vehicles but have yet t...
Dec 19, 2019
Canada looking at military engineers, on-the-ground training for peacekeeping
OTTAWA - Canada is exploring the possible deployment of military engineers as the newly re-elected Liberal government takes a fresh look at ways to step up its support for United Nations peacekeeping,...
Dec 19, 2019
U.S. software giant checking on logo used by Alberta's energy war room
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy war room says it is pulling and replacing its logo after learning that it was already being used by another company.The war room, officially known as the Canadian Energy Ce...
Dec 19, 2019
Battlefords Business Advent Calendar provides 24 unique stories from local businesses
With only five more shopping days before Christmas, the Battlefords Business Advent Calendar is a great resource for finding local businesses.The Battlefords Business Advent Calendar runs for 24 days ...
Dec 19, 2019 Battlefords Business Calendar offers stories from local businesses. (ID 95262702 © Fortton | Dreamstime.com)
Big oil, big banks and environment leaders link up to solve climate crisis
OTTAWA - In a courtroom in British Columbia Monday, Indigenous communities were arguing the federal government overstepped in approving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and that it has to be stop...
Dec 19, 2019
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
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