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Shuswap winery estimates 99 per cent loss after winter cold snap
CELISTA, B.C. - It's been a rough couple of years for B.C. wineries, but one Shuswap vineyard operator says this winter's cold snap delivered an unprecedented blow to his crops- wiping out an estimate...
Mar 21, 2024
Canada's Aaliyah Edwards declares for 2024 WNBA Draft
Canada's Aaliyah Edwards has declared for the WNBA Draft. The UConn Huskies senior forward made the announcement Thursday on social media with a video referring to this season's NCAA women's basketbal...
Mar 21, 2024
Former soccer star Robinho turns himself in to start serving 9-year prison sentence for rape
SAO PAULO (AP) - Former soccer star Robinho turned himself in Thursday to start serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman...
Mar 21, 2024
No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn't plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high...
Mar 21, 2024
Man who chased people with a knife was just out of prison: Vancouver police chief
Vancouver police say a suspect who was armed with a knife and chasing people on a city street had only been released from prison five days before his arrest. Police say the 46-year-old man may also ha...
Mar 21, 2024
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez says he won't run in Democratic primary
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Thursday that he will not run in the Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges, but he left open the possibility that he ...
Mar 21, 2024
Key recommendations from the government's review of the Cannabis Act
OTTAWA - More than five years after cannabis was legalized in Canada, the government has released its final report of the legislative review of the Cannabis Act. The report is the result of 18 months ...
Mar 21, 2024
B.C. inmates with addiction issues at high risk of reincarceration: study
A new study led by a B.C. criminology professor says people jailed in the province who have addiction and mental health issues are at high risk of being reincarcerated within a few years of being rele...
Mar 21, 2024
Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber's case
BOSTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case to be returned to a lower court to probe claims of juror bias and determine whether his death ...
Mar 21, 2024
Federal cannabis review calls for look at excise taxes charged to pot producers
OTTAWA - A group convened by the federal government to study the act that legalized cannabis is recommending the country review the excise taxes it charges pot companies. A report released by the five...
Mar 21, 2024
