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Carnival parades on the French Riviera celebrate pop culture and the Olympics coming to Paris
February 18, 2024 - 11:18 AM

MENTON, France (AP) — As most of Europe moves into the solemn weeks before Easter, the party is just getting started on the French Rivera.
Cuban private grocery stores thrive but only a few people can afford them
November 15, 2023 - 6:13 AM

HAVANA (AP) — Until recently, the space was the one-car garage of a private home in Cuba’s capital, Havana. Today, it is a well-stocked, if small, grocery store whose big board at the gate entices shoppers with such offerings as cooking oil, tomato sauce, Hershey's cocoa powder, Nutella, shampoo, cookies and jam — a treasure trove in a country that is short of supplies.
Companies are finding it's not so simple to leave Russia. Some are quietly staying put
May 25, 2023 - 8:31 AM

When Russia invaded Ukraine, global companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately, others curtailing imports or new investment. Billions of dollars' worth of factories, energy holdings and power plants were written off or put up for sale, accompanied by fierce condemnation of the war and expressions of solidarity with Ukraine.
Raising the bar: Soap gets a refresh (no bottle needed)
April 17, 2023 - 10:01 AM

Wyllow Elizabeth started making bars of soap when she found that her skin was sensitive to many store-bought ones. She made soaps for her own use, and only ventured into her local farmers' markets, in Nova Scotia, Canada, to sell the extras.
In Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs
March 04, 2023 - 2:46 PM

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (AP) — On a blustery late-winter day in Shakespeare’s birthplace, the foyer of the Other Place theater is a cozy refuge. Visitors are having meetings over coffee, checking emails, writing poetry, learning to sew.
Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber in Brazil Amazon
January 19, 2023 - 8:41 AM

XAPURI, Brazil (AP) — Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, scarred, 77-year-old feet into a pair of sneakers made by Veja, a French brand.
UK push to restore finances means higher taxes, energy bills
November 17, 2022 - 9:10 AM

LONDON (AP) — Millions of people across Britain face higher taxes and energy bills after the government on Thursday announced an emergency budget focused on restoring the country’s financial credibility and bolstering an economy battered by soaring inflation.
WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP finds
October 20, 2022 - 9:27 AM

LONDON (AP) — Staffers at the World Health Organization’s Syrian office have alleged that their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country.
Minnesota Ojibwe harvest sacred, climate-imperiled wild rice
September 20, 2022 - 8:33 AM

ON LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so gently the stalks sprung right back up.
Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death
August 27, 2022 - 6:13 AM

OSORNO, Chile (AP) — In labor with her first child last month, Lucia Hernández Rumian danced around her hospital room while her husband played the kultrun, a ritual drum.
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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

Lifestyle News

Carnival parades on the French Riviera celebrate pop culture and the Olympics coming to Paris

Cuban private grocery stores thrive but only a few people can afford them

Companies are finding it's not so simple to leave Russia. Some are quietly staying put

Raising the bar: Soap gets a refresh (no bottle needed)

In Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs

Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber in Brazil Amazon

UK push to restore finances means higher taxes, energy bills

WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP finds

Minnesota Ojibwe harvest sacred, climate-imperiled wild rice

Chile hospital integrates Native medicine, birth to death

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