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'Part of me is gone': Abrupt end for Fraser Downs track a blow to B.C. horse racing August 19, 2025 - 1:14 AM

Kristina Rennich started working as a groom at the Fraser Downs racetrack, formerly known as Cloverdale Raceway, when she decided to turn her passion for horses into a career at the age of 12.
Texas A&M's collie mascot Reveille X has eye removed after glaucoma diagnosis July 24, 2025 - 3:46 PM

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Reveille X, Texas A&M's rough collie mascot, had her right eye surgically removed after veterinarians diagnosed her with glaucoma, the university's president said Wednesday.
Patches O’Houlihan, Canada’s reigning horse of the year, euthanized July 10, 2025 - 8:44 PM

TORONTO (AP) — Patches O’Houlihan, Canada’s reigning horse of the year, was euthanized Thursday.
Patches O'Houlihan, Canada's reigning horse of the year, is euthanized after injury July 10, 2025 - 8:21 PM

TORONTO — Patches O'Houlihan, Canada's reigning horse of the year, was euthanized Thursday.
Horses on a Kentucky farm are helping men build sober lives, gain work and reunite families May 22, 2025 - 7:10 AM

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jaron Kohari never thought his path to sobriety would involve horses.
Steer, two horses euthanized at Calgary Stampede rodeo competition July 09, 2024 - 10:59 AM

CALGARY - A third animal has been euthanized at the Calgary Stampede's rodeo competition.
Halifax the latest city to sign up for the Project 8 women's pro soccer league April 09, 2024 - 4:01 PM

Halifax, in the form of the Atlantic Women’s Football Club, is the latest city to join Project 8, the women's professional soccer league taking shape across Canada.
16-1 shot Fierceness wins Breeders' Cup Juvenile for trainer Todd Pletcher November 03, 2023 - 6:30 PM

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Mike Repole has been down this path before. A promising colt of his wins the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, goes to the Kentucky Derby as the early favorite and then nothing.
Calgary Stampede says chuckwagon horse euthanized after suffering injury July 15, 2023 - 3:53 PM

CALGARY - A horse has been euthanized at the Calgary Stampede after suffering an injury during a chuckwagon race.
Arcangelo wins Belmont Stakes to make Jena Antonucci 1st female trainer to win a Triple Crown race June 11, 2023 - 4:54 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Jena Antonucci turned a Triple Crown marred by thoroughbred deaths on the track and threatened by bad air quality from wildfires in Canada into a celebration for racing and women.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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