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Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that Ottawa considered the impact on Canadian jobs and global inflation in its decision to return a turbine being repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant....
Aug 12, 2022
MP warns of repeating AIDS stigma with monkeypox, as Feds announce funding
Vancouver Centre member of Parliament Hedy Fry has warned about stigmatization in the battle against monkeypox, recalling the fear surrounding HIV-AIDS when she was a physician in the '80s. Fry says m...
Aug 12, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit has declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital says there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex Rive...
Aug 12, 2022
Two-time champion Simona Halep advances past Coco Gauff at National Bank Open
TORONTO - Two-time champion Simona Halep has moved on to the semifinals of the National Bank Open. The Romanian player dispatched Coco Gauff of the United States 6-4, 7-6 on Friday. The 30-year-old Ha...
Aug 12, 2022
Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
VANCOUVER - Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia. Fisheries and O...
Aug 12, 2022
Excitement in B.C. Indigenous communities as salmon get past Fraser slide zone
VANCOUVER - Thousands of migrating sockeye and chinook salmon appear to be making it through a massive slide area on the Fraser River on their way to spawn in central British Columbia. Fisheries and O...
Aug 12, 2022
Vernon's public arts policy delayed due to other priorities
The City of Vernon still does not have a public visual arts policy to put in place.The City's Public Arts Advisory Committee was disbanded in 2009, resulting in the previous policy no longer being use...
Aug 12, 2022
Montenegro gunman kills 11 on the street; police kill him
CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) - A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage Friday, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead, Montenegro state TV reported, quoting police source...
Aug 12, 2022
Sediment pond project will impact dog park on more days
Dog lovers are having to find new places to walk their pooch as a long-awaited City of Vernon project gets underway.Site preparations have started for constructing a sediment pond at BX Dog Park, alon...
Aug 12, 2022
Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly Republican leader who hired a former state Supreme Court justice to investigate the 2020 election fired him Friday, after the former justice and former Pres...
Aug 12, 2022
