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  • Too pretty? Easter poster depicting a handsome, fresh-faced Jesus prompts criticism in Spain

    February 03, 2024 - 12:00 PM

    MADRID (AP) — A poster in the southern Spanish city of Seville that depicts a young, handsome Jesus wearing only a loincloth has unleashed a storm on social media, with some calling it an affront to the figure of Christ and others posting lewd remarks and memes poking fun at the image.

  • Vernon theatre company gets hate messages; sadly it's nothing new

    June 15, 2023 - 6:00 AM

    While a Vernon theatre company enjoys a completely sold-out run of the musical Cabaret, the show's producer is receiving messages full of vitriol.

  • Red states join push to legalize magic mushrooms for therapy

    February 15, 2023 - 10:00 PM

    SANDY, Utah (AP) — Shawn Blymiller spent 10 years of feeling mostly numbed while prescribed traditional anti-depressants, trudging through his day-to-day life as a suburban Salt Lake City father of two kids balancing the obligations of family and work selling technology software.

  • Psychedelic churches in U.S. pushing boundaries of religion

    February 02, 2023 - 9:00 PM

    HILDALE, Utah (AP) — The tea tasted bitter and earthy, but Lorenzo Gonzales drank it anyway. On that frigid night in remote Utah, he was hoping for a life-changing experience, which is how he found himself inside a tent with two dozen others waiting for the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca to kick in.

  • Christian anti-vaxxers win legal case against a B.C. health authority

    January 31, 2023 - 7:00 PM

    Two Christian anti-vaxxers who were fired from their health-care jobs for not getting vaccinated have won a legal victory against Island Health and have been reinstated.

  • Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95

    December 31, 2022 - 8:30 AM

    Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign from the job, died Saturday. He was 95.

  • King Charles salutes late queen, public workers in speech

    December 25, 2022 - 1:00 PM

    LONDON (AP) — King Charles III evoked memories Sunday of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he broadcast his first Christmas message as monarch in a speech that also paid tribute to the “selfless dedication” of Britain’s public service workers, many of whom are in a fight with the government over pay.

  • Mexican faith leader jailed for sex abuse; flock stays loyal

    September 18, 2022 - 9:03 PM

    GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Their spiritual leader is behind bars in California after pleading guilty to sexually abusing minors. Yet legions of followers of Naasón Joaquín García in his home base in Mexico remain fervently loyal to him, viewing his imprisonment as a challenge that will strengthen their church, La Luz del Mundo (The Light of the World), rather than weaken it.

  • King Charles III becomes King of Canada amid artillery salute, heraldic trumpets

    September 10, 2022 - 2:30 PM

    OTTAWA - King Charles III was proclaimed Canada's head of state on Saturday at a ceremony that included heraldic trumpeting, a 21-gun salute and a moment of remembrance for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Accession ceremony for King Charles III to happen Saturday at Rideau Hall

    September 09, 2022 - 9:00 PM

    OTTAWA - King Charles III will be proclaimed Canada's new head of state at an accession ceremony at Rideau Hall on Saturday morning, while the federal government rolls out a series of events to commemorate the legacy of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Reid Hamer-Jackson at his swearing in ceremony, Nov. 1, 2022. JONESIE: Why Reid Hamer-Jackson can't fight city hall
    OPINION I don’t live in Kamloops. Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson’s antics have no effect on me personally, so allow me to be a bit more philosophical about it. I want to like the guy, more for what he could represent than wh
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
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