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Striking B.C. public service workers expand pickets again to more liquor stores
October 07, 2025 - 3:48 PM

VANCOUVER — Too many wildland firefighters "hang up their boots" in British Columbia as wages and working conditions erode, but losing that experience could also mean billions in losses, a wildland firefighter says.
Carney announces 20% increase in military starting pay
August 08, 2025 - 3:46 PM

TRENTON, ONT. — Ottawa is hiking entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists, Prime Minister Mark Carney said at CFB Trenton on Friday.
Kelowna's Jerome Blake enjoying journey to become fastest man in Canada
August 05, 2025 - 9:00 PM

Jerome Blake's rise to becoming Canada's fastest man this season has been a matter of "slow cooking."
Armed Forces members part of alleged terror plot to take over land in Quebec: RCMP
July 08, 2025 - 5:28 PM

MONTREAL — Two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces are among four people arrested and charged on Tuesday for allegedly participating in an anti-government plot to forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City area.
Carney vows Canada will meet 2% NATO spending pledge this year
June 09, 2025 - 4:21 PM

OTTAWA — Canada will meet its NATO defence spending commitment for the first time in decades as it comes to grips with an alarming new world of threats, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in Toronto Monday morning.
Poilievre pledges to use the notwithstanding clause, Carney talks defence procurement
April 14, 2025 - 2:54 PM

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.
RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book
December 29, 2024 - 3:00 PM

OTTAWA - As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.
Climate groups tried to spur action with a Taylor Swift ticket giveaway. Can it work?
December 14, 2024 - 4:00 PM

TORONTO - Taylor Swift commands a legion of devotees, but among the thousands decked out in cowboy boots, friendship bracelets and glitter at her Canadian performances, one was not like the others.
'Aging membership, aging buildings:' Some legion branches struggle to keep doors open
November 11, 2024 - 9:00 AM

MONTREAL - The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal’s Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high.
Chinese Canadian commandos who trained in Okanagan remembered 80 years later
July 22, 2024 - 7:00 PM

During the Second World War there were 13 Chinese Canadians who volunteered for the extraordinarily dangerous Operation Oblivion, and 80 years later Kelowna’s Chinese community remembered their courage.
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THOMPSON: Department of War name change comes with hefty bill for American taxpayers
OPINION Last month, President Donald Trump decided he liked the sound of Department of War a lot more than Department of Defense. It was - like so many Trump impulses - a move that did little to change reality other t

Why some bars and most breweries close early in downtown Kelowna
It’s 10:30 p.m. and the night feels young inside one of Kelowna’s charming breweries, but your hope of painting the town red is dashed by last call. That’s a pretty common experience for folks who aren’t familiar wit

Why Okanagan cannabis shops aren't dominating the black market
Law abiding cannabis companies in the Okanagan deal with the government taking its piece of the pie at every turn, while trying to compete with a black market that's still going strong. Cannabis in B.C. gets taxed at several points betw

The story behind the Shuswap's familiar and historic Trickle Inn
A large, charming white house with green trim has been a familiar site for people travelling through the Shuswap for decades. Perched on side of the Trans-Canada Highway in Tappen, the house was a family home for the Carlin family for sever

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