Top Stories – Feb 23 – Telus Cup Coming

JoeAnna’s House will be the financial beneficiary from this weekend’s Telus Kelowna Cup at Big White. Over the years, $168,000 has been raised for local charitable organizations. The event is for skiers and snowboarders of all ability levels as it runs in the form of time duplication, where each participant tries to match their first run’s time down the track.

The sale of Freshii to Montreal-based Foodtastic is complete. It joins Second Cup, Milestones and other brands under the Foodtastic umbrella. Freshii operates 343 locations in North America and internationally.

A trial of a four-day workweek in Britain has found that a majority of the 61 companies that participated will keep going with the shorter hours. They added that most employees were less stressed and had better work-life balance. 71% of workers felt less burned out, 39% less stressed and 48% more satisfied with their job than before the trial.

There’s expected to be a bigger crackdown on sharing passwords of streaming companies. Canadians have been trying to sort it out this week after Netflix limited password sharing. One expert says tech companies are known for engaging in copycat behaviour, where they adopt models that their biggest competitors rolled out first.

If any more balloons come floating over from China, don’t expect to hear about it… unless someone sees it. The Department of Defence says to ensure the integrity of military operations, further information cannot be provided. It says they’ve tracked and stopped attempts to surveil Canada since last year.

It was one year ago today, our time, that Russian troops stormed across the Ukraine border in an unprovoked invasion. The U.S. military, which keeps rough estimates on Russian casualties in Ukraine, puts the figure for wounded and dead at roughly 180,000. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights verified 7,200 civilian deaths as of February 12. Of them, 438 were children.

What would you do if you suddenly had an extra $85,000? That’s the dilemma facing Kelowna’s Wesley Heppner after he left a Super Bowl party and picked up some BC 50/50 tickets at Otter Co-op in West Kelowna. For starters, he’s going to upgrade his truck.

We are “in a different moment” so there is no need for additional public health measures related to COVID. That’s what 62% of 800 British Columbians surveyed, told Research Co. Just over half said they were satisfied with the way the province and local governments have handled the pandemic. However 69% said the virus is still a real threat.

The US Food and Drug Administration says consumers aren’t confused about milk when it isn’t actually milk. It says producers of drinks like almond, oat and soy milk can continue to call it milk. Dairy producers have called for the FDA to crack down on plant-based drinks and other products that they say masquerade as animal-based foods and cloud the real meaning of ‘milk.’

Sports

The Vancouver Canucks wrap up their short 2 game road trip tonight in St. Louis. Once again the faceoff is at 5.

Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin was fined $5,000 for a cross-check to the head of Capitals forward T.J. Oshie. The incident happened early in Tuesday’s 3-1 Red Wings win.

Former Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson won’t play in the CFL this year. He’s signing a deal to play for the New Orleans Breakers of the USFL.