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  • Communities can't recycle or trash disposable e-cigarettes. So what happens to them?

    October 19, 2023 - 2:15 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste.

  • Heat and wildfires put southern Europe's vital tourism earnings at risk

    August 04, 2023 - 11:48 PM

    RHODES, Greece (AP) — Tourists at a seaside hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes snatched up pails of pool water and damp towels as flames approached, rushing to help staffers and locals extinguish one of the wildfires threatening Mediterranean locales during recent heat waves.

  • Dreaming of summer in the backyard or patio? Create an oasis

    April 06, 2023 - 5:11 AM

    A relaxing retreat just steps from the back door? Count us all in.

  • Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsizes at sea

    June 20, 2022 - 5:55 PM

    HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant has capsized in the South China Sea less than a week after it was towed away from the city, its parent company said Monday.

  • 2021 in Books: `Everything feels magnified'

    December 10, 2021 - 9:10 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Books and authors mattered in 2021, sometimes more than the industry wanted.

  • Music industry weighs vaccine mandates, but politics collide

    August 26, 2021 - 2:05 PM

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The coronavirus vaccine gave the live entertainment industry hope for a rebound in 2021. Now, as COVID-19 cases surge and hospital beds fill up, it feels like March 2020 all over again.

  • Edmunds' guide to vehicle history reports

    July 28, 2021 - 4:59 AM

    Obtaining a vehicle history report is an integral part of any used-car purchase. It’s one of the best ways to learn about a given vehicle’s past and help make your search for a used car much easier. Most importantly, the report tells shoppers if a car has a branded title. Branding means an insurance company has declared the vehicle a total loss and given it a salvage title because of an accident, flood damage or other catastrophic event.

  • Travel rebound: 2 million people go through US airports

    June 12, 2021 - 11:50 AM

    DALLAS (AP) — The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020.

  • How to plan an eco-friendly remodel without overspending

    May 12, 2021 - 4:34 AM

    When Cliff and Karen Tyllick set out to install solar panels on their Austin, Texas , home in 2012, their goal was to reduce their carbon footprint. The fact that they also saved thousands of dollars upfront and lowered their bills was a nice bonus.

  • Hotel design trends: Lobbies and rooms with a point of view

    January 29, 2020 - 7:10 AM

    Designers of hotel spaces have traditionally tended to favour either theatrical flair (baroque finishes and opulent flourishes) or the opposite: a low-key insouciance consisting of neutral, contemporary furniture and acres of beige-ness.
  • 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
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. 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

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