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Cup champion Blues visit Trump at White House as full team
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump honoured the Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues on Tuesday, using the occasion to announce an envoy to Turkey, mention the economy and an agriculture deal with Ch...
Oct 17, 2019
Extra bylaw enforcement extended to December
Vernon will continue to have extra bylaw officers watching over the downtown for the next couple months.City council has approved just over $34,000 to extend the seasonal enforcement program until Dec...
Oct 17, 2019
Lululemon launches investigation into alleged worker abuse at supplier factory
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. is investigating reports of worker abuse at a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh that has supplied the athleisure retailer. "We take these allegations very serio...
Oct 17, 2019
Tips sought in hit and run case
RCMP in Vernon are seeking public assistance to locate a driver and a vehicle involved in a hit and run collision last week.On October 8 around 6:30 p.m., a grey sedan style car struck a Yamaha motorc...
Oct 17, 2019
Energy Secretary Perry tells Trump he plans on resigning
FORT WORTH, Texas - Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified the president that he intends to leave his job soon. That's according to an administration official who confirmed the news on condition of ...
Oct 17, 2019
Four Green nominees in Quebec made Islamophobic comments, party says
OTTAWA - The Green party said Tuesday it recently learned of Islamophobic social-media posts by four of its Quebec candidates. The candidates will make public statements ...
Oct 17, 2019
'The more you test, the more you find': Recalls a sign of success, experts say
VANCOUVER - A wide-ranging recall of hundreds of beef and veal products from restaurants, grocery stores and hotels due to possible E. coli contamination is the latest in a slew of high-profile f...
Oct 17, 2019
Council supports first pot shop for Armstrong
Armstrong council has given its support to the city's first recreational cannabis store, which now goes to the province for licence consideration."This was our very first one, for the City of Armstron...
Oct 17, 2019
Montreal to ban stores from dumping unsold clothes, food as part of waste plan
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal has plans to forbid grocery chains and other stores from throwing out edible food and useful clothing as part of its five-year plan to significantly...
Oct 17, 2019
Six arrested after drug bust at rural home
Four women and two men now face possible charges after a drug bust at a rural Joe Rich home on Wednesday, Oct. 17.Police executed the search warrant at a home in the 7500 block of Falcon Road, seized ...
Oct 17, 2019

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