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Toronto man charged with assault in alleged attack on newspaper photographer
August 19, 2018 - 1:00 PM

TORONTO - Police in Toronto have made an arrest in an alleged assault on a newspaper photographer in the city's downtown.
iN PHOTOS: The high-rise future of Kelowna's skyline
August 19, 2018 - 12:00 PM

KELOWNA - There’s no question, Kelowna’s skyline is undergoing a transformation like it’s never seen before. So we decided to imagine what it might look like in a few years, should all that’s been proposed come to pass.
Fredericton police collect cards, flowers left at makeshift memorial
August 19, 2018 - 11:30 AM

FREDERICTON - Police officers in Fredericton have collected the flowers and notes left in a makeshift memorial outside the police station and will share the messages of support among their members.
Church-flipping: chapels reborn as cabarets, cheese plants and rock-star shrines
August 19, 2018 - 10:30 AM

Night peering through the stained-glass windows, the dancer preens like a burlesque black swan at what was once the Mackenzie Memorial Gospel Church in Stratford, Ont.
Evacuation alert rescinded for Gottfriedsen Mountain wildfire
August 19, 2018 - 9:44 AM

The wildfire no longer threatens life and properties in the area.
Over 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj pilgrimage
August 19, 2018 - 9:30 AM

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times each day during their prayers.
B.C. resource and tourism industries braced as wildfires rip through forests
August 19, 2018 - 8:30 AM

Tourists are still filling golf courses and shops in Kimberley, B.C., but the smoke-filled city's unique SunMine solar power project is operating at less than half of capacity as nearby forest fires continue to rage.
Quebec liquor board employees to hold second one-day strike on Wednesday
August 19, 2018 - 7:00 AM

MONTREAL - Quebec liquor board employees say they will hold a second one-day strike on Wednesday — a day before the provincial election campaign kicks off.
Italy's leader demands safe roads; bridge toll rises to 43
August 18, 2018 - 9:00 PM

GENOA, Italy - Italy's president demanded guarantees Saturday that all the nation's roads are safe following the Genoa highway bridge collapse, after he hugged and comforted mourners at a state funeral in the grieving port city.
Right-wing, left-wing protesters face off in Seattle
August 18, 2018 - 8:00 PM

SEATTLE - Right-wing demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a "Liberty or Death" rally that drew counter-protesters from the left while dozens of police kept the two sides separated.
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iN PHOTOS: The high-rise future of Kelowna's skyline
KELOWNA - There’s no question, Kelowna’s skyline is undergoing a transformation like it’s never seen before. So we decided to imagine what it might look like in a few years, should all that’s been proposed come to pass.

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Two more wildfires in the South Okanagan-Similkameen
SOUTH OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN - Though not yet listed as fires of note, there are already evacuation alerts in place because of two new wildfires in the South Okanagan-Similkameen area. The Coo
August 18, 2018 4:42 PM
Woman from 'Make Canada Great Always' video says Vernon really was the right choice
VERNON - Cassandra DeSanti never thought a video of herself coming out of anesthesia would be watched by more than a few people. She was wrong. The video, which involves a hilarious p
August 17, 2018 4:30 PM
Evacuation alert expanded near Keremeos
KEREMEOS - The district has expanded the evacuation alert in the rural vicinity of Keremeos today. A media release sent out at about 2 p.m. today, Aug. 18, says that residents in Electoral A
August 18, 2018 3:00 PM
Flights delayed and cancelled at Kamloops airport
KAMLOOPS - If you are anywhere near the city today you know how smoky it is out there. Kamloops Airport tweeted yesterday, Aug. 17, that visibility was about 2 k.m. and that anyone expecting
August 18, 2018 1:44 PM
From refugee to franchisee: Kamloops business owner looks back where he started
KAMLOOPS - He's a familiar face around the city of Kamloops. There's a chance he's maybe served you coffee or traditional Vietnamese Pho. His name is Xuan Nguyen. He's the ow
August 17, 2018 9:00 PM
iN PHOTOS: The high-rise future of Kelowna's skyline
KELOWNA - There’s no question, Kelowna’s skyline is undergoing a transformation like it’s never seen before. So we decided to imagine what it might look like in a few years, shou
August 16, 2018 2:30 PM
Viral video captures dad's hilarious prank on daughter at Vernon hospital
VERNON - A highly medicated woman coming out of surgery at Vernon Jubilee Hospital is famous after a video of her being pranked by her dad was posted to YouTube. The video shows the woman wa
August 15, 2018 9:41 AM
YOUR PHOTOS: Pictures of the smoky sky today in the Interior
%%nodefaultimage%% The smoke from this years' wildfires is so thick in the interior it can be seen from space. The clouds of smoke over North America during the past few weeks
August 18, 2018 12:54 PM
VIDEO: A grieving mother pushes for more suicide prevention in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - When Kym Gallagher woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible pain in her stomach she had never felt before, she knew something was terribly wrong. On April 17, Galla
August 15, 2018 6:30 PM
Parents of two missing women return to Shuswap, North Okanagan to keep searching
The families of two missing woman are again in the Okanagan searching for their daughters. Jane and Dennis Aubert, parents of missing Shuswap woman Nicole Bell, along with Cindy Simps
August 17, 2018 3:52 PM

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