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Greater Vernon Christmas tree drop-off site now open
With Christmas now over, residents of Vernon, Coldstream and B.X. can recycle their fresh Christmas trees, free of charge, through the Christmas tree disposal program until January 17, 2022. Trees can...
Dec 28, 2021
Canada's Justin Sourdif suspended one game at world junior men's hockey championship
EDMONTON - Canadian forward Justin Sourdif was suspended one game Tuesday at the world junior men's hockey championship because of an illegal check. Sourdif of Richmond, B.C., served the suspension Tu...
Dec 28, 2021
Wentz joins COVID-19 list as Colts try to earn playoff spot
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Carson Wentz is expected to miss Sunday's key game against Las Vegas after the Indianapolis Colts placed their starting quarterback on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday. It was not...
Dec 28, 2021
Air force reporting progress in fight for pilots as COVID-19 ravages airlines
OTTAWA - The commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force is reporting progress in his long-running fight to recruit and retain more pilots. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Lt.-Gen. Al Meinzinge...
Dec 28, 2021
Canada's Justin Sourdif suspended one game at world junior men's hockey championship
EDMONTON - Canadian forward Justin Sourdif was suspended one game Tuesday at the world junior men's hockey championship because of an illegal check. Sourdif of Richmond, B.C., served the suspension Tu...
Dec 28, 2021
Atletico Ottawa parts ways with Spain's Mista after two years at the CPL club's helm
OTTAWA - Atletico Ottawa has parted ways with Mista, the Canadian Premier League team's inaugural coach. The Spaniard, whose full name is Miguel Angel Ferrer Martinez, was hired in February 2020 just ...
Dec 28, 2021
West Ham thrashes Watford 4-1, up to 5th in Premier League
WATFORD, England (AP) - West Ham ended a five-match winless run in all competitions by securing a 4-1 victory in the Premier League on Tuesday over a depleted Watford team that was playing its first g...
Dec 28, 2021
U.S. forfeits world junior hockey game to Swiss because of COVID-19 quarantine
EDMONTON - Defending champion United States forfeited Tuesday's game against Switzerland at the world junior men's hockey championship because two players tested positive for COVID-19. The American te...
Dec 28, 2021
Canada Child Benefit still needed alongside national daycare system, minister says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of child-care efforts says she still sees a need for the government's cornerstone children's benefit even in a Canada with a national daycare system. Families M...
Dec 28, 2021
Experts open time capsule found at Gen. Lee statue site
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Conservation experts in Virginia's capital have opened a time capsule - the second this month - found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Rob...
Dec 28, 2021
