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GM strike in 2nd week: Some progress but no end in sight
NEW YORK - The strike against General Motors by 49,000 United Auto Workers entered its second week Monday with progress reported in negotiations but no clear end in sight. Bargainers met all weekend a...
Sep 23, 2019
Kanye West attracts thousands to Wyoming for worship service
BILLINGS, Mont. - Kanye West has held an outdoor worship service that attracted thousands of people to the Wyoming city where he owns a ranch. The Billings Gazette reports West held the free event Sun...
Sep 23, 2019
Unknown future for Xerendipity Garden
The Xerendipity Garden in Polson Park will be closing its doors. The Regional District of North Okanagan will not be renewing the lease for the space, and control and maintenance will revert to the Ci...
Sep 23, 2019
School District going green with next bus purchase
School District 22 may be firing up the ignition to cleaner transportation. Last Wednesday, the Board of Education voted to explore purchasing an electric bus.The motion to consider an electric powere...
Sep 23, 2019
AP interview: Colombia to denounce Maduro at UN meeting
BOGOTA - Colombia's president compared Nicols Maduro to Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic as he goes on a diplomatic offensive to corral the Venezuelan socialist, warning that he would be making...
Sep 23, 2019
CFL taking a closer look into Adams-Bighill incident during Alouettes win
The CFL is reviewing the helmet-swinging incident Saturday involving Montreal Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Adam Bighill. Bighill and Adams...
Sep 23, 2019
Foote back in the fold
The Kelowna Rockets will get one of their top players back from an NHL training camp.The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-assigned forward Nolan Foote back to the Rockets for the 2019-2020 season, which wi...
Sep 23, 2019
Emmy Awards viewership plunges to 6.9 million people
NEW YORK - The Emmy Awards plunged to a record-low viewership of 6.9 million, illustrating a collective shrug by the public for an annual program that celebrates the best of television and is designed...
Sep 23, 2019
Judges may not be buying that 'Stairway' needs new trial
A group of US judges don't seem inclined to order a new trial in a copyright fight over the Led Zeppelin song, "Stairway to Heaven." Members of an 11-judge panel at a Monday hearing before the 9th U.S...
Sep 23, 2019
Stanton homers, Paxton wins 10th straight as Yanks top Jays
NEW YORK - The oft-injured Yankees started Saturday with a rare positive medical report. Then they got something even scarcer this year - a signature, soaring home run from Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton ...
Sep 23, 2019

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