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Kremlin critic Browder urges squeeze on oligarchs' enablers
May 24, 2022 - 11:50 AM

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Kremlin critic Bill Browder wants governments to step up efforts to get to the riches squirreled away by Russian oligarchs and linked to President Vladimir Putin by forcing the accountants, lawyers and others who set up murky legal and financial structures to become whistleblowers.
NY Philharmonic to cut 500 seats in $550 million renovation
December 02, 2019 - 12:42 PM

NEW YORK - The capacity of the New York Philharmonic's much-maligned concert hall at Lincoln Center will be reduced by more than 500 seats as part of a $550 million renovation that will cause the orchestra to relocate during part of the 2023-24 season.
Olivia Newton-John diagnosed with cancer for 3rd time
September 10, 2018 - 2:43 PM

LOS ANGELES - Olivia Newton-John says she has been diagnosed with cancer for the third time in three decades.
AP: Too quiet on the set; filming accidents often go untold
November 20, 2016 - 10:07 PM

LOS ANGELES - As hundreds of names scrolled up the screen after 2012's "The Avengers," moviegoers who remained glued to their seats for a taste of the next treat in Marvel's superhero universe didn't know one name was missing — that of John Suttles, a truck driver who died helping bring the $1.5 billion blockbuster to theatres.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
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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
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

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

Kremlin critic Browder urges squeeze on oligarchs' enablers