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'Brazen' bike theft has happy ending
Residents and police worked together to reunite a local teenager with his stolen bicycle.On Aug. 20 around 6:30 p.m. RCMP responded to a report that a man approached the bike rack at the Vernon Recrea...
Aug 22, 2019
Top general says military started dealing with suspected neo-Nazi in the spring
OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military first became aware of a Manitoba reservist's alleged links to a neo-Nazi group in the spring and were investigating him in earnes...
Aug 22, 2019
New report blames growing seal population for decline of cod stocks
FREDERICTON - A new report identifies grey seals as the main cause of a decline in cod stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence that could drive the fish to extinction by mid-century. The...
Aug 22, 2019
Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team
Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. Lawrence, the first fresh...
Aug 22, 2019
Liberals granting more leeway to would-be Venezuelan immigrants, refugees
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are easing immigration and refugee rules for Venezuelans amid their country's deepening political and economic crisis, and ahead of a high-level meeting with the U.S...
Aug 22, 2019
Republican Lewis attacks 'Resistance' in Senate launch
MINNEAPOLIS - Republican Jason Lewis is kicking off a U.S. Senate bid with a video that attacks Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and the so-called "Resistance" to President Donald Trump. Lewis, a former cons...
Aug 22, 2019
Okanagan Screen Arts Society Awards Bursary
It was with great pleasure that the Okanagan Screen Arts Society presented Sierra Shaw with a $2,000 bursary to help pursue her education while she is attending Concordia University in the Design for ...
Aug 22, 2019
Canoeist says contaminated supplement may have caused positive doping test
MONTREAL - Top Canadian Olympic medal contender Laurence Vincent Lapointe is about to start the most important race of her life. The multiple-time world canoeing champion needs to figure out how ...
Aug 22, 2019
City of Vernon taking a 'step' towards energy saving
The City of Vernon is taking a step towards energy efficiency. City council voted to support an updated timeline and engagement process for implementing the BC Step Code for future projects.The code w...
Aug 22, 2019
3 dead as lightning strikes in Poland's Tatra Mountains
WARSAW, Poland - A Polish official says three people, including a child, have been killed by lightning during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland's southern Tatra Mountains. The spokeswoman for Krakow's p...
Aug 22, 2019

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