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City to borrow another $45M for ALC work
The City of Vernon will be moving forward with the second round of borrowing to fund the work on the new Active Living Centre.City Council will received a report requesting that $45-million be borrowe...
Jun 20, 2025
Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
OTTAWA - Music streamer Spotify says Canada's federal broadcast regulator shouldn't impose rules meant for radio on streaming services. Appearing before a CRTC hearing today, company representatives c...
Jun 20, 2025
PWHL's Victoire sign Downie-Landry and Flaherty, lose Grant-Mentis to Seattle
MONTREAL - The Montreal Victoire signed forward Jade Downie-Landry and defender Maggie Flaherty on Friday ahead of the upcoming Professional Women's Hockey League draft. Downie-Landry joins Montreal o...
Jun 20, 2025
Roundabout construction to close Kane and Valley intersection through fall
A key intersection in Kelowna's Glenmore area will close to traffic beginning Tuesday, June 24 as crews begin work on a new roundabout.The Kane Road and Valley Road intersection is expected to remain ...
Jun 20, 2025
RCMP warn Kelowna businesses after spike in counterfeit U.S. cash
Mounties in Kelowna are urging local businesses to be on alert following a recent spike in counterfeit U.S. currency circulating in the Central Okanagan.According to RCMP, fake US$20 and US$50 bills a...
Jun 20, 2025
Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge says he'll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention. Judge Michael Farbiarz made the ruling from the bench in federal court in New ...
Jun 20, 2025
Local distillers looking to identify 'plant bandit'
The Vernon branch of Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery is looking to identify a person who stole plants from the property.Jeremie Dyck, owner of the distillery, said a "plant bandit" snuck onto the pr...
Jun 20, 2025
VIA Rail and Unifor reach tentative agreement, strike averted
MONTREAL - Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers across the country. The deal averts a walkout involving members of Unifor, who had voted for a strike mandate...
Jun 20, 2025
LeSage, Rumball part of a sizable Canadian contingent in Major League Rugby playoffs
Ben LeSage normally looks forward to running into fellow Canadian Lucas Rumball. But not Saturday when LeSage's New England Free Jacks host Rumball's Chicago Hounds in Major League Rugby's Eastern Con...
Jun 20, 2025
Applications open for new disability benefit program, payments start next month
OTTAWA - Canada's new disability benefit - a program that provides eligible people with up to $200 a month - is now open for applications. The program is available to people with disabilities between ...
Jun 20, 2025
