Grocery shopping now a high-tech experience
Arizona Daily Star - With self-checkout stations now commonplace at grocery stores around the country, a new generation of technology is taking convenience to a whole new level. Shoppers can pay with the swipe of a fingertip, ring up groceries as they place them in their ...

and wellness
Georgia Straight - Do yourself and the Heart & Stroke Foundation good at the Canaccord Capital Experience , Tuesday (January 24) at 7 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver (655 Burrard Street). Taste 80 wines from Robert Mondavi Winery and 25 others, plus learn ...

Forty years after the blast
Independent Record - Forty years ago this month, on Jan. 1, 1966, 16-year old Frank Cuta and Bob Nash, 17, were involved in an explosion on the side of Mt. Helena that those of us who lived here back then will never forget. The two teenagers had stolen from a mine near ...