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Heavy snow expected Wednesday through Thursday
Vernon is expected to receive another big dump of snow in the coming days.Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Okanagan Valley, including Vernon and the North Okanagan, as...
Jan 04, 2022
Zelinka, Pendrel bring wealth of experience as top athletes to coaching careers
Jessica Zelinka was among the finest female athletes on the planet in the heptathlon, an event that requires excellence across seven different running, jumping and throwing disciplines. Yet, when the ...
Jan 04, 2022
Matthews returns negative COVID-19 test, not ruled out for meeting with Oilers
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews returned a negative result for COVID-19 on a PCR test one day after a rapid test came back positive. Head coach Sheldon Keefe says the team is awaiting furth...
Jan 04, 2022
Local artist to be featured at B.C. Winter Games
Artwork by a local man will be featured at the B.C. Winter Games in Vernon this February.David Wilson has created a series of pictograms depicting the sports featured in the games."Pictographs are the...
Jan 04, 2022
Both sides claim victory after U.S. complaint about Canada's dairy quota practices
WASHINGTON - Arbitrators have issued their final report into U.S. complaints about how Canada is interpreting North American trade rules around dairy imports - and both countries are claiming victory....
Jan 04, 2022
COVID case counts may be losing importance amid omicron
The explosive increase in U.S. coronavirus case counts is raising alarm, but some experts believe the focus should instead be on COVID-19 hospital admissions. And those aren't climbing as fast. Dr. An...
Jan 04, 2022
Antisemitism envoy, Irwin Cotler, says Quebec's secularism law is discriminatory
OTTAWA - Canada's special envoy on combating antisemitism says Quebec's law banning teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work is "discriminatory" and authori...
Jan 04, 2022
Italian star Lorenzo Insigne appears headed to Toronto FC this summer on bumper deal
TORONTO - It appears Toronto FC has succeeded in landing Italian star Lorenzo Insigne. Reports out of Italy suggest an agreement has been struck between the MLS club and the Napoli forward, with sport...
Jan 04, 2022
Calls grow for inmate releases as COVID-19 cases climb in Canada's jails and prisons
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Calls are growing for governments to release inmates in provincial jails and federal prisons as outbreaks of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant spread through the country's corr...
Jan 04, 2022
Watanabe, Mykhailiuk unavailable against Spurs after entering NBA's health protocol
TORONTO - The Raptors have announced that Yuta Watanabe and Svi Mykhailiuk have entered the NBA's health and safety protocols and will not be available for Toronto's game Tuesday night against visitin...
Jan 04, 2022
