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Wimbledon bans players from Russia, Belarus over Ukraine war
LONDON (AP) - Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to play at Wimbledon this year because of the war in Ukraine, the All England Club announced Wednesday. Among the prominent pla...
Apr 20, 2022
Wimbledon bans players from Russia, Belarus over Ukraine war
LONDON (AP) - Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to play at Wimbledon this year because of the war in Ukraine, the All England Club announced Wednesday. Among the prominent pla...
Apr 20, 2022
Housing starts in Vernon far surpassing 2021 figures
Greater Vernon saw 106 housing starts last month.Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) data for March shows that 16 of the new builds were single family houses, and 90 were apartment units.Th...
Apr 20, 2022
Ukraine war refugees top 5 million as assault intensifies
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - After spending weeks with no electricity or water in the basement of her family's home in Ukraine, Viktoriya Savyichkina made a daring escape from the besieged city of Mariupol w...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. poultry farmers uniquely equipped to respond to possible avian flu
VANCOUVER - Poultry farmers in British Columbia are under pressure to protect their flocks as a highly contagious strain of avian flu sweeps over North America. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poul...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. poultry farmers uniquely equipped to respond to possible avian flu
VANCOUVER - Poultry farmers in British Columbia are under pressure to protect their flocks as a highly contagious strain of avian flu sweeps over North America. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poul...
Apr 20, 2022
Russia hits Ukrainian cities, pours more troops into war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia hurled its military might against Ukrainian cities and towns and poured more troops into the war, seeking to slice the country in two in a potentially pivotal battle for co...
Apr 19, 2022
Red Sox edge Blue Jays 2-1 with just 3 hits
BOSTON (AP) - Connor Wong drove in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 on Tuesday night despite getting held to three h...
Apr 19, 2022
Granlund's shootout winner leads Predators over Flames 3-2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Matt Duchene scored his 40th goal of the season and Mikael Granlund had the only goal of the shootout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames o...
Apr 19, 2022
Wind-fueled wildfire drives Arizona residents from homes
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - At least two dozen structures have been destroyed in a fast-moving wildfire in rural northern Arizona that ballooned to over 9 square miles (23 square kilometers) Tuesday, Coco...
Apr 19, 2022
