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Penticton council writes letter to premier seeking intervention in shelter dispute
PENTICTON, B.C. - Officials in Penticton, B.C., are appealing to Premier John Horgan in the latest twist in a bitter dispute over a temporary shelter in the Okanagan city. Penticton Mayor John Vassila...
May 12, 2021
Tennis Canada could move top tournaments to US if Toronto, Montreal plan not approved
Tennis Canada hopes to hold its top professional tournaments in Toronto and Montreal this summer, but isn't ruling out moving the events to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tennis Canada says th...
May 12, 2021
Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
BOSTON (AP) - A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for his role in the college admissions bribery scheme. ...
May 12, 2021
SOUND OFF: Electric school buses driving change
YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS B.C. are at the forefront of climate change action in their communities - urging us all to think more deeply about our environmental impacts and to act boldly, and we are listening...
May 12, 2021
Former investment executive gets 3 months in college scam
BOSTON (AP) - A former private equity executive who cofounded an investment fund with U2s Bono was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for his role in the college admissions bribery scheme. ...
May 12, 2021
Commercial, private or military jet? Garneau quarantine travel raises rule questions
OTTAWA - Plans for Canada's foreign affairs minister to take his second international trip in less than a month have raised questions around what's allowed for those in quarantine and a discrepancy be...
May 12, 2021
U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place. Ranil Jayaw...
May 12, 2021
Report: Ellen DeGeneres to end her TV talk show next year
NEW YORK (AP) - Ellen DeGeneres is calling time on her longtime-running talk show, according to reports. The daytime host, who has seen a ratings hit after allegations of running a toxic workplace, ha...
May 12, 2021
France's Supreme Court to rule on Hassan Diab extradition next week: lawyer
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Hassan Diab says the Canadian government should not be part of any further wrongful extradition of the Ottawa sociology professor regardless of the outcome of a looming French Su...
May 12, 2021
Trump officials defend their actions in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two senior Trump administration officials defended their actions during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in testimony before Congress on Wednesday, with former acting Defense Secr...
May 12, 2021
