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Vernon project raising Christmas spirit for seniors on the poverty line
December 25, 2016 - 8:00 PM

VERNON - Grace, 87, is barely making ends meet and would love a gift card for groceries so she can buy a couple extras this Christmas. Cowboy George, 63, would like a pair of cowboy boots, size 13, so he can get back in the saddle. Roswita, 74, is asking for an affordable place to rent, preferably with a bathtub and a wood stove to help with her arthritis.
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THOMPSON: Calling balls and strikes on both sides of the US-Canada border
OPINION “Play!” That’s what we say to start a baseball game. By we, I mean umpires. We never say, “Play ball!”…what you hear in movies about the game. A fine distinction, perhaps,

Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

Copenhagen’s hippie oasis wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community&

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Vernon project raising Christmas spirit for seniors on the poverty line