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  • Asian stocks mixed after lackluster day on Wall Street

    September 07, 2021 - 8:24 PM

    BEIJING - Stocks were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after Wall Street closed mostly lower as traders returned from the Labor Day holiday.

  • Marie Antoinette's diamond bracelets fetch $8.3M at auction

    November 09, 2021 - 4:37 PM

    GENEVA (AP) — A pair of diamond bracelets that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the famed wife of French King Louis XVI who met her fate at the revolutionary guillotine, sold for 7.46 million Swiss francs ($8.34 million) on Tuesday.

  • Take advantage of the pandemic book bump with a holiday gift

    November 09, 2021 - 5:30 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — In this world, there's a book for everybody. Take advantage of that sentiment during the holiday shopping season.

  • Once fading, mask sales starting to rebound

    July 29, 2021 - 8:28 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Masks, which had started to disappear from store shelves, may be front and center again.

  • Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience's portable COVID-19 test

    April 13, 2020 - 5:05 PM

    OTTAWA - Rapid COVID-19 testing devices are on the way to remote and Indigenous communities where access and timely results have been hindered by distance and limited resources, officials said Monday after a new test kit was approved over the weekend.

  • US awards $3M to fill gaps in medical marijuana research

    September 19, 2019 - 9:46 AM

    The U.S. government will spend $3 million to find out if marijuana can relieve pain, but none of the money will be used to study the part of the plant that gets people high.

  • Doctor says Canadian-led heart valve surgery details will 'blow people's minds'

    October 30, 2017 - 5:07 PM

    VANCOUVER - A Vancouver cardiologist has presented details of a revolutionary heart valve surgery to thousands of doctors from around the world and says the minimally invasive procedure will "blow people's minds."

  • Victoria's Secret rocks Paris with $3M bra and Lady Gaga

    December 01, 2016 - 5:10 AM

    PARIS - The laciest, if not raciest, catwalk event of the year — aka, the Victoria's Secret fashion show — took place Wednesday night in in the City of Light. Among the takeaways: performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid joining forces, as well as a $3 million Fantasy bra modelled by Jasmine Tookes. Here are the highlights of the Paris show:

  • New recall headache for Samsung: 3M washing machines

    November 04, 2016 - 1:39 PM

    SAN FRANCISCO - In another black eye for one of the world's leading consumer brands, U.S. authorities announced a recall Friday of nearly 3 million Samsung washing machines following several reports of injuries — including a broken jaw — due to "excessive vibration."

  • Recalls this week: Bottle warmers, baby rattles

    June 24, 2016 - 11:00 AM

    More than 250,000 electric bottle warmers are being recalled because they can overheat and start a fire. Other recalled consumer products this week include faulty computer batteries and hard hats.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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