West Coast News

U.S. West Coast refiners are replacing their heavy Iraqi oil imports with cheaper crude from Canada as the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline reshuffles trade flows across the Pacific.

Raymond James is starting April off on a strong note as it lands a billion-dollar powerhouse on the West Coast.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023 tour will be postponed until 2024, citing doctor’s advice.The Boss, who last week celebrated his 74th birthday, is “steadily recovering” from peptic ulcer disease, a press release read. “Out of an abundance of caution,” the remainder of this year’s tour has been pushed to next year.Earlier this month, Springsteen announced that he would be postponing all of his September 2023 dates while he was treated for symptoms related to the disease, which causes ulcers to form in the stomach or small intestine that can cause heartburn, nausea and stomach pain.Those postponed shows included stops in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Albany and Syracuse in New York, Pittsburgh, Washington, and shows in Connecticut and Ohio.The newly postponed shows include shows all across Canada, in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Montreal — as well as two dates in Toronto.The Boss’ West Coast run of Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco has also been postponed.Rescheduled concerts will be announced this week and will take place at the original venues.Peptic ulcer disease can be dangerous, leading to bleeding and emergency situations such as perforation of the ulcer through the stomach.

‘Eagles’ was one of the most successful rock bands in history, it sold more than 150 million albums across the world. It was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Meisner helped establish this rock band in 1971. He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Paying tribute to Meisner, Randy Bachman of the group, Bachman Turner Overdrive said that he was sorry to know that Meisner had left. He called him an ‘incredible singer, songwriter, and bassist’ and prayed for his friends and family. Born in Nebraska, Meisner moved to California and played music and sang songs for Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band, and Poco. Later he joined Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Bernie Leadon to set up the Eagles. He experimented with different types of rock music. Before moving to hard rock, he tried the country-tinged, laid-back West Coast pop-rock sound that created quite a few ripples in the world of music in the 1970s. He soon became exhausted and quit the rock band six years later. As a solo artist, Meisner performed well and composed music like ‘Hearts on Fire’ and ‘Deep Inside My Heart’. He also played on records for other performers like James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, and another Eagles star, Joe Walsh. Meisner will mainly be remembered for musical hits like ‘Hotel California’ and ‘The Best of My Love’. He was not invited to the reunion tour of the band in 1994. But he joined them at the New York City induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.