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Northern Super League signs multi-year deal with Hummel to provide team uniforms
TORONTO - The Northern Super League has signed a multi-year partnership with Hummel to become its official kit provider. Founded in 1923 by the Messmer family in Germany and now based in Denmark, Humm...
Dec 18, 2024
Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans ...
Dec 18, 2024
Housing starts picked up locally in November
November was a strong month for Vernon's housing construction sector.The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said there were 98 housing project starts recorded in Greater Vernon during th...
Dec 18, 2024
Theodore Tugboat replica partially sinks at Ontario dock, awaits effort to refloat
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Theodore Tugboat replica that was long a fixture in the Halifax harbour is listing heavily with its red-capped head just above water after partially sinking Tuesday in Ontar...
Dec 18, 2024
Montana's top court upholds landmark ruling in youth climate case over greenhouse gas emissions
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, g...
Dec 18, 2024
Riders sign Canadian defensive back Jayden Dalke to one-year contract extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian defensive back Jayden Dalke to a one-year contract extension Wednesday. The six-foot-one, 200-pound Dalke was slated to become a free agent in Feb...
Dec 18, 2024
Sentencing Friday for Quebecer convicted of killing spouse, two children
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Quebecer convicted this week in a triple domestic murder that left a woman and her two young children dead in a Montreal suburb will be sentenced on Friday. Mohamad Al Ballouz was ...
Dec 18, 2024
Survivors' Secretariat warns it's at risk of bankruptcy without funding decision
OTTAWA - The Survivors' Secretariat says it will be bankrupt by the end of the month unless Canada makes a decision on whether it will fund the group's work. The organization documents what happened a...
Dec 18, 2024
Letters to Santa will be delivered but he 'won't have time' to respond: Canada Post
Canada Post says letters destined for the North Pole will arrive by Christmas Eve as its operations resume, but Santa Claus "won't have time to respond" this year. The Santa letters program is back on...
Dec 18, 2024
Speculation tax comes into effect in Vernon, Coldstream in 2025
The provincial speculation tax will come into effect in 59 B.C. municipalities in the new year, including many local ones.The speculation and vacancy tax (SVT) is a penalty imposed on residential prop...
Dec 18, 2024
