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Longtime Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens saw it all and told it well
Former Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens, who earned Hall of Fame recognition in both lacrosse and hockey while criss-crossing the globe in more than three decades with the national news agency...
Apr 01, 2022
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. women's national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old t...
Apr 01, 2022
Arts funding to benefit Vernon/North Okanagan groups
The arts and culture sector in Vernon and the North Okanagan will benefit from new provincial investments.The B.C. Government is committing $7.9 million to the B.C. Arts Council to assist over 300 org...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted the final barrier that was keeping table potatoes from Prince Edward Island out of the United States. A final federal order posted today clea...
Apr 01, 2022
Athletes can battle effects of maltreatment in sport well into adulthood
Brittany Rogers is an adult now and three years removed from her athletic career, yet the cutting words of her childhood gymnastics coaches still play like a broken record in her mind. You're fat. You...
Apr 01, 2022
Vice Mark Nichols ready for return to Team Gushue lineup at world curling playdowns
Forced into isolation due to COVID-19, Team Gushue vice Mark Nichols could only watch on television as his teammates won the Canadian men's curling championship last month. Now Nichols is set to retur...
Apr 01, 2022
First in a series of Sunflower events to support Ukraine, promote peace goes Friday
A concert to serve as a fundraiser to support Ukraine, promote peace, and showcase local performers goes tonight, April 1, in Vernon.The Wayfinder Sunflower Project, in collaboration with Big Apple Pr...
Apr 01, 2022
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA - Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt sha...
Apr 01, 2022
More B.C. public workers now covered by whistleblower law protections
VICTORIA - Whistleblower protections are being extended to more public-sector employees in British Columbia as part of an expansion of the Public Interest Disclosure Act. The Ministry of Attorney Gene...
Apr 01, 2022
Cat on the mend after dog attack
An orange tabby cat is on the road to recovery after surviving an attack by two dogs in the North Okanagan.The BC SPCA said Ping was brought to their Shuswap shelter by a good Samaritan who saw two do...
Apr 01, 2022
