OMAHA, Neb. — American sorghum farmers fear they will lose their largest export market if China follows through with a tariff on their crop. China imposed preliminary anti-dumping tariffs of 178.6 per cent on U.S. sorghum this week as part of its ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to raise […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon has persuaded more than 100 million shoppers to subscribe to its Prime service that offers free two-day shipping and other perks that help bind people to the company and its ever-expanding empire. CEO Jeff Bezos quantified the size of Amazon’s Prime membership for the first time Wednesday in his annual letter […]
They’ve formed an ad hoc creditor committee, received financial support from owners of about half the debentures and have put forward the name of a person to be the chief restructuring officer
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s government is investing $1.9 billion over the next 10 years to help build 14,000 affordable homes for renters. Premier John Horgan says fixing the housing crisis in the province isn’t just about ownership, but making sure that those who rent can find and afford homes where they can have a future. […]
LOS ANGELES — Higher mortgage rates are making the already challenging task of buying an affordable home even tougher for many Americans this spring. In metro areas such as Denver, buyers are rushing to close a deal before mortgage rates get too high. In Dallas, some are embracing longer commutes to find homes they can […]
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says the Trans Mountain pipeline will only increase tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia by one ship a day, downplaying the risks raised by environmental critics of the project. Speaking following the weekly Liberal caucus meeting today, Carr said he has a lot of confidence that […]
WAYNESBURG, Pa. — Descendants of people buried in a small cemetery in western Pennsylvania are suing the owners of a motel over an excavation project that left the cemetery a mound of earth more than 25 feet high. The (Washington) Observer-Reporter reports the suit filed April 4 against Nikita Lodging Inc. calls on the company […]
VANCOUVER — In a story that moved Tuesday, The Canadian Press incorrectly said that the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network had increased its staffing to investigate online shopping scams. In fact, Lorne Lipkus’s law firm, Kestenberg Siega…
LOS ANGELES — The largest manufacturer of bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, announced Wednesday that it will stop taking orders and shut down its website next month. The announcement comes about a month after President Donald Trump said his administration would “ban” bump stocks, which he said “turn […]
The apparent trigger for the franchisee board’s blistering attack was a letter sent last week by GWNFA lawyers to Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains