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Sir Harold Evans, crusading publisher and author, dies at 92
September 24, 2020 - 8:44 AM

NEW YORK - Sir Harold Evans, the charismatic publisher, author and muckraker who brought investigative moxie to the British press, newsmaking dash to the American book business through bestsellers like “Primary Colors” and synergetic buzz to all as author-publisher Tina Brown’s husband, has died. He was 92.
Prosecutor: Michael Avenatti saw dollar signs in Nike fraud
January 29, 2020 - 3:45 PM

NEW YORK - A deep-in-debt Michael Avenatti threatened to deploy his big social media and television presence like a “modern weapon” to try to extort up to $25 million from Nike, a prosecutor claimed Wednesday while a lawyer for the California attorney told jurors at a trial's opening not to criminalize his client's “aggressive, tenacious, demanding behaviour.”
Russia hackers pursued Putin foes, not just US Democrats
November 02, 2017 - 2:59 PM

WASHINGTON - It wasn't just Hillary Clinton's emails they went after.
Fintrac removed reference to 'ethnic communities' in draft document for industry
April 02, 2017 - 7:00 AM

TORONTO - Canada's money-laundering watchdog drafted a document warning the real estate sector to be on guard for "specific ethnic communities" dealing with terrorism and war, before removing the reference at the behest of an industry association, documents show.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
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Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

Sir Harold Evans, crusading publisher and author, dies at 92