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Their busiest month, gone: Summerland's restaurants and cafés count the cost of a lost season

The Okanagan town draws visitors to its lake beaches and vineyards through the warm months, and June through September is when its businesses earn enough money to see them through the winter

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Fidel on neo-liberal globalisation

Fidel on neo-liberal globalisation

Today is the birth centenary of Fidel Castro By Dr G Weerasinghe ✍️ A hundred years ago, on 13 August 1926, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, came into this world.

‘Animal Welfare Bill could put fisheries, poultry and pet breeding in legal limbo’

By Ifham Nizam The proposed Animal Welfare Bill could have far-reaching legal and economic consequences for fisheries, poultry production, pet breeding and even small-scale ornamental-fish breeding…

  • Bill's broad animal definition includes fish, posing legal uncertainties for fisheries.
  • Prohibition of recreational injuring of animals may affect angling and pet breeding.
  • Licensing for pet shops and breeding centers could burden ordinary households.

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