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The City of Kelowna spends millions to protect landfill

The city of Kelowna is spending almost $12 million to keep residential developments well away from the Glenmore landfill. It has purchased 182 acres of land at the south end of the landfill, known as Diamond Mountain. Last spring, a development company proposed building a 1,000-unit housing project on the property. City council rejected the […]

Kahnawake couple seeks help from community after fire destroys horse barn

All that’s left of the C&C Ranch on South Texas Road in Kahnawake is the floor. On Tuesday evening, a fire destroyed everything. Cynthia Jacobs, who runs the place with her partner, Christopher Homer, had just left the barn and gone home. “I saw the smoke from my house and I came out, and I […]

Farm Country Stood by Trump. But the Shutdown Is Pushing It to Breaking Point.

DENVER, Colo. — In Georgia, a pecan farmer lost out on his chance to buy his first orchard. The local Farm Service Agency office that would have processed his loan application was shut down. In Wisconsin’s dairy country, a 55-year-old woman sat inside her new dream home, worried she would not be able to pay […]

Sports facility in West Kelowna needs indoor washrooms, not outdoor

A washroom fault has been spotted in West Kelowna’s plans to build a multi-use indoor recreation facility, but city councillors say the project won’t go down the drain. City staff reported to the mayor and council on Tuesday that the dome facility they’re planning needs to have indoor bathrooms. The layout plans of the multi-use […]

Regina Pats, REAL consider future of Brandt Centre with new lease agreement

The Regina Pats and Regina Exhibition Association Limited‘s (REAL) new lease agreement gives both parties time to consider the option of either refurbishing the Brandt Centre at Evraz Place or to build a new entertainment facility. The two groups announced the agreement on Thursday, which won’t expire until May of 2023. “We’re pleased to continue […]

Nazi prison guard who was deported by Donald Trump dies in Germany

A former Nazi prison guard who was deported by Donald Trump has died in Germany. Jakiw Palij, 95, was a former Nazi collaborator who served in the SS as a labour camp guard in the Second World War. He had a 14-year deportation dispute in the US earlier last year. But today the US ambassador […]

Iowa congressman Steve King asks how 'white supremacist' became offensive in US

WASHINGTON (AFP) – A Republican congressman from Iowa who has been accused in the past of racism asked in an interview published on Thursday (Jan 10) how the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” became offensive to Americans. “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization – how did that language become offensive?” Representative Steve King asked […]