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After a Vermont playhouse flooded, the show went on
August 27, 2023 - 7:30 AM

WESTON, Vt. (AP) — Members of a beloved Vermont acting company were sleeping in theater housing when torrential rains and flooding forced them to flee, with water inundating the playhouse’s vast basement of dressing rooms, costumes and props and reaching into the first floor.
Opera, orchestra team up to tell story of deadly 1913 flood
February 07, 2019 - 8:44 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new opera revisits the Great Flood of 1913, a Midwestern disaster that killed hundreds, left thousands homeless, and destroyed countless bridges and businesses, but that also paved the way for flood control innovations.
Hello, 2019: Revelry, reflection as world greets new year
December 31, 2018 - 9:15 PM

Fireworks, concerts, spiritual services and political addresses abounded to mark the transition to 2019 as revelers around the globe bid farewell Monday to a year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including in the realms of politics, trade, alliances and religion.
Inspector warned duck boat company of design flaws last year
July 21, 2018 - 7:10 PM

A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17 people during a sudden storm.
NY Fashion Week: Menswear from Raf Simons, Sanchez-Kane
July 14, 2017 - 12:49 PM

NEW YORK - Four days of New York Fashion Week's menswear shows previewing spring 2018 collections included Raf Simons' trip to Chinatown and Barbara Sanchez-Kane's models sporting the phrase "alternative facts" drawn on their faces like moustaches. Here are some highlights.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

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

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After a Vermont playhouse flooded, the show went on

Opera, orchestra team up to tell story of deadly 1913 flood

Hello, 2019: Revelry, reflection as world greets new year

Inspector warned duck boat company of design flaws last year

NY Fashion Week: Menswear from Raf Simons, Sanchez-Kane

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