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'So many memories': Over 500 homes feared destroyed by fire
December 31, 2021 - 6:10 PM

SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) — One couple returned home Friday to find the mailbox about the only thing left standing. Charred cars and a burned trampoline lay outside smoldering houses. On some blocks, homes reduced to smoking ruins stood next to ones practically unscathed by the flames.
Oprah makes McCartney scream in Paris as McQueen heads North
March 04, 2019 - 1:34 PM

PARIS - Words were almost inaudible amid the screams when Stella McCartney presented her collection at Paris Fashion Week Monday, which toyed with draping and upcycling.
NHL tests puck and player tracking in regular-season games
January 11, 2019 - 12:16 PM

LAS VEGAS - On one screen live video was showing how many feet per second Erik Karlsson was skating. On another was a video-game-like visualization of the game on the ice below between Vegas and San Jose. Nearby screens flashed prop bets — where the next goal would be scored from? would Max Pacioretty skate 3 miles tonight? — as odds were updated by the second.
Experts disclose new details about 300-year-old shipwreck
May 22, 2018 - 5:57 PM

BOSTON - A Spanish galleon laden with gold that sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago was found three years ago with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the agency disclosed for the first time.
How Facebook likes could profile voters for manipulation
March 20, 2018 - 5:46 AM

NEW YORK - Facebook "likes" can tell a lot about a person. Maybe even enough to fuel a voter-manipulation effort like the one a Trump-affiliated data-mining firm stands accused of — and which Facebook may have enabled.
Mounties arrest pipeline protesters in B.C., enforcing court injunction
November 20, 2014 - 10:00 PM

BURNABY, B.C. - Anti-pipeline activists camped out on a mountain near Vancouver clashed with police Thursday, as the RCMP enforced a court injunction ordering protesters to clear an encampment and allow work related to a proposed expansion project by Kinder Morgan.
Retailers using smartphones to track customer shopping habits in stores
May 25, 2014 - 1:00 AM

TORONTO - Before store owner Melissa Davis started using mobile analytics, she didn't know much about her customers shopping habits aside from how many came into her trendy sneaker shop each day, and how many of them bought a new pair of kicks.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Business News

'So many memories': Over 500 homes feared destroyed by fire

Oprah makes McCartney scream in Paris as McQueen heads North

NHL tests puck and player tracking in regular-season games

Experts disclose new details about 300-year-old shipwreck

How Facebook likes could profile voters for manipulation

Mounties arrest pipeline protesters in B.C., enforcing court injunction

Retailers using smartphones to track customer shopping habits in stores

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